

Run the command winget search sysinternals to find any result that matches the search term.It is available on the Microsoft Store or as a direct download from the project's GitHub repository. If you get an error returned, you need to install the Windows Package Manager on the system before you can use it.You can update it from the Microsoft Store, it is part of App Installer, if you are an Insider, or by downloading it using the instructions under 3). If you get an earlier version, you need to update it.If you get version 3 or higher, you are all set.

Run the command winget -version to see if you get a version returned.You may also open an elevated command prompt window if you do, you won't get elevation prompts if applications require it. Open Start, type cmd, and select the result to open a Command Prompt window. First thing you need to do is open a command prompt window.With Windows Package Manager 1.1 installed, Windows users may search, install, and upgrade applications from Microsoft's Store. Windows Package Manager 1.1 and Microsoft Store Microsoft announced in June 2021 that it would tighten the submission rules. Windows Package Manager 1.0 was released in May 2021. Now, with Microsoft Store accepting Win32 programs next to UWP apps, it may very well be seen as an exciting improvement, at least by users and administrators who don't refuse to use the Microsoft Store at all. Now, it is that list plus everything that is in Microsoft Store.Ī year back, a feature that would add Microsoft Store as a source, would not have garnered much enthusiasm from users. Up until now, users got a single source of curated Windows programs when they used the default Windows Package Manager functionality.
