Support for apps installed outside of the Package manager

[denelon]

I want to use the winget client as my tool for configuring all apps on my PC. Even if I have not installed the app through winget I can list / update / uninstall and repair the app.

By passing a command line argument to the winget, the winget will query the control panel for all ARP entries and all Windows Store and Sideloaded apps.

winget list --win32
winget update --win32
winget uninstall --win32

*--win32 is a placeholder name.

[megamorf]

If you use WMI to query installed programs make sure to not query Win32_Product and instead use Win32reg_AddRemovePrograms. Win32_Product is not query optimized and interacting with that class will initiate a consistency check of packages installed, verifying and repairing the install.

I believe this is still the case with current builds of Windows 10 even if the original kb is somewhat dated: https://support.microsoft.com/en-in/help/974524/event-log-message-indicates-that-the-windows-installer-reconfigured-al

[KevinMarquette]

I think Win32Reg_AddRemovePrograms is a SCCM client thing, not exactly sure.

[megamorf]

@KevinMarquette Oh, you are right. The class is indeed tied to SCCM and not available by default. An alternative approach would be to enumerate the entries in <HKCU|HKLM>\SOFTWARE[\Wow6432Node]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall.

[denelon]

This was completed several releases back. I just missed closing this issue.