Install winget-cli from PowerShell

• Install winget-cli straight from PowerShell
• Works on Windows 10, Windows 11, Server 2019/2022
• Always gets the latest version of winget

How to use

Method 1 - no need to download the file because it connects to PSGallery to fetch it

• In PowerShell, type Install-Script -Name winget-install and answer yes to any prompts

• Then type winget-install

Tip - how to trust PSGallery

If you want to trust PSGallery so you aren't prompted each time you run this command, you can type...

Set-PSRepository -Name 'PSGallery' -InstallationPolicy Trusted

Method 2 - download file locally and run

• Download winget-install.ps1 or winget-install-signed.zip (and extract the inner PS1 script)

• Run the script with .\winget-install.ps1

Available Scripts

• winget-install.ps1

  • Unsigned script

• winget-install-signed.zip

  • Signed script

  • Compressed for transport and to retain signature

  • Uncompress to use

  • For use if you do not want to enable unsigned script execution in PowerShell

Script Functionality

• VCLibs and Xaml are installed first

• Processor architecture is determined for prerequisites

• VCLibs is installed straight from the appx package

• Xaml is installed by downloading the nupkg, extracting it, and installing the appx package

• winget-cli is then installed

• User PATH variable is adjusted to include WindowsApps folder

• Grabs the latest version of winget on each run

Note

• If you receive an error message about the Appx module not being loaded, try using a different version of PowerShell (version 6 and 7 seem to be buggy still, but the native PowerShell version in Windows works)