Create Windows Start menu item for Rainmeter.rmskin file extension and the Rainmeter Skin Installer. Create a Windows file association for the.Install the program to the default or selected Destination folder.Note: If you do not see the below Gist please refer to code at this location: PS-WinGet_Apps_To_Install. I have chosen PowerShell to run the script but that is not a requirement. Below is my script that you are free to copy and adapt as you see fit. I tested a few installations interactively but once I got the hang of it I scripted out a list of commonly used tools and applications that I use on almost all of my machines. Once installed you can run commands for search, show, install and more. There are a few options for installation and I chose to download from the releases from the winget repository. The first step is to install the winget tool. Use the winget tool to install and manage applications

Microsoft makes no warranties, express or implied, with respect to the information provided here. Solutionĭisclaimer: At time of writing, Windows Package Manager and the winget tool are in public preview and may be substantially modified before they are generally available. I have gone through this process many times before, but this time around I thought it would be good to test out the new Windows Package Manager and winget tool. After a re-install of Windows I was once again put to the task of re-installing dozens of applications. Unfortunately the restore put the machine into an unusable state (a sign that I won’t be using that backup software any longer). Last week my primary laptop (~4 months old) ran into some issues and I attempted a restore from a weekly backup taken just a few days before.

Feel free to use my sample script as a starting point for downloading useful tools and applications for Windows. In this post I’ll tell you about the Windows Package Manager and winget tool (currently in preview) for installing Windows packages.

Winget install