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how to change install location of "winget"?

I want to change the install path of winget (the package manager for windows) to D:\Program Files\{insert folder name}. This is the command I was told to use on the documentation winget install --id {insert program id} --location "D:\Program…
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How can I add configuration file to Nano obtained from WinGet on WIndows?

I have installed this version of Nano using: winget install GNU.nano Now, I'm trying to figure out where to put the config files for nano to read them. Below is the list of places where I've tried putting the…
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How to remove/uninstall corrupted winget package?

When I run winget list python I get that Python.Python.3 is installed by winget; however, running python says the executable is missing. winget uninstall --id Python.Python.3 runs the uninstaller but the uninstaller halts and does not complete. Is…
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Does "winget" just trust whatever each program's installer has selected by default?

I recently learned about the amazing (in theory) command "winget", built into Windows 10. But something about it worries me: a lot of software has all kinds of user-hostile defaults selected in the installer, everything from "enable telemetry" to…
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List of CDN URL's used for Winget

I am currently trying to roll Microsoft Store app (new) via Intune, but it looks like some of the CDN URLs are being blocked by our web filtering software (Forcepoint) I would like to know where winget pulls the installers from so that I can look at…
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Preferences reports wrong version for some installed apps

For a few of my apps, the preferences/apps control panel shows an incorrect (outdated) version. winget reports the same thing. For example, I have installed OBS Studio 28.0.2, but winget thinks it's 25.0.8. Same thing with another software suite…
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Remove package from winget package list without uninstalling

Synopsis: I used Winget to install an application that had an auto updater, such as Discord. The issue here is that if the Discord app upgrades itself,the Winget will be unable to detect the change in version. I'd like to remove the application…
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How do you programmatically check if there are updates to your installed programs with winget?

I've spent a ridiculous amount of time trying to make use of winget. If I simply run winget upgrade, or winget upgrade for each program I care about, it not only checks if there is an update, but actually updates, which frequently means it…
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MSYS2 cannot be updated in winget

winget v1.4.10173 While performing winget upgrade --all I got the folowing result: Name Id Version Available Source ------------------------------------------------------------ MariaDB 10.5 (x64) MariaDB.Server 10.5.18.0…
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Why doesn't the winget package of python include python3.exe?

The community-accepted solution for including a shebang line for Python seems to be to use #!/usr/bin/env python3. However, when I install Python 3 using the winget package (i.e. winget install --id Python.Python.3.11), and then attempt to run a…
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Winget: works from limited user but not admin

Windows machine has one administrative account and one limited user account. Windows's package manager, winget, works as expected from the limited user account that, IIRC, installed the app. It does not work--returns an error that 'winget' is…
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Winget renamed Microsoft.Teams into Microsoft.Edge

I was experimenting with winget, looking what Windows components I could easily remove with its help. I ran winget install --id Microsoft.Teams, and then uninstalled it with winget uninstall --id Microsoft.Teams. This seemingly removed the package,…
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Where does wingetcreate save new manifests to?

I created and submitted a new winget package manifest to Microsoft's winget-pkgs github repository using Microsoft's official CLI tool WinGetCreate by typing wingetcreate new and filling out the subsequent forms. On the pull request page I'm asked…
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Is WinGetUI necessary for using WinGet?

I use Chocolatey for doing some installations. I've decided I'd also add WinGet to my machine. During the process of installing WinGet it also suggested I install WinGetUI. I thought that meant WinGetUI was necessary for the functioning of WinGet,…
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How can I see and/or change the "geographic region" that is sent when using winget?

When I run winget upgrade winget on Windows, among the output it says "The source requires current machine's geographic region to be sent to function properly." (Emphasis by me.) I don't live in England, but I would like to see British English…
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