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WinGet is the Windows Package Manager. This project includes a CLI (Command Line Interface), PowerShell modules, and a COM (Component Object Model) API (Application Programming Interface).

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Open beginner issues: 6
Indexed issues: 1.3k
Avg merge: 1d 11h
Merged PRs (30d): 15

Dominant language: C++
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Sep 14, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
Contributing guide: Contributing guide
Code of conduct: Code of conduct
Beginner labels: help wanted

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1,264 open issues indexed

On a remote computer the install command do not work correct bevore you run winget local on the remote Machine (0x8a15000f) Open

Issue-Bug

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microsoft/winget-cli#4383 · Opened Apr 16, 2024
apps version not correctly getted? Open

Command-Upgrade Issue-Bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4381 · 16 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 15, 2024
Winget Reference within %AppData% does not get created after Winget Installation Open

Issue-Bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4378 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 14, 2024
WinRTAct.dll from Microsoft.WindowsPackageManager.ComInterop NuGet Package crashes with Access Violation when RegFreeWinRT is used Open

Issue-Bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4377 · Opened Apr 13, 2024
PowerShell - Make `Update-WinGetPackage` work just like `winget upgrade` (with no arguments) Open

Issue-Feature PowerShell

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4375 · 2 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Apr 13, 2024
DSC error that tells you to check log should suggest where LOG is Open

Area-Output Command-Configure Issue-Feature

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4370 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 11, 2024
VMware.HorizonClient dependency issue Open

Area-Manifest Blocking-Issue Dependencies Issue-Bug Issue-Feature

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microsoft/winget-cli#4367 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 10, 2024
Post-Install Dependencies Open

Issue-Feature

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microsoft/winget-cli#4366 · Opened Apr 10, 2024
Better support for system context Open

Context-System Issue-Feature

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microsoft/winget-cli#4365 · 4 comments · 5 reactions · Opened Apr 9, 2024
Support experimentation Open

In-PR Issue-Feature

microsoft/winget-cli#4364 · 1 assignee · Opened Apr 9, 2024
[Feature Request] Local File Support for InstallerURL Property in Manifest File Open

Issue-Feature

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4361 · 23 comments · 35 reactions · Opened Apr 8, 2024
Tell what package requires what dependencies when `upgrade --all` Open

Area-Output Command-Upgrade Dependencies Issue-Bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4359 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 8, 2024
Agreements should not terminate entire context Open

Issue-Bug Issue-Feature

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microsoft/winget-cli#4351 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 5, 2024
`upgrade` and `uninstall` commands default to using msstore instead of respecting the package source that the package was originally installed from Open

Area-Matching Issue-Bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4347 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 4, 2024
Winget should support deprecating packages AKA hiding packages from search Open

Area-Manifest Issue-Feature

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4344 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 3, 2024
Disabling App Installer breaks Intune-delivered Store Apps Open

Area-GPO Issue-Feature

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4342 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 2, 2024
`winget pin list` does not recognize package ID parameter Open

Command-Pin Issue-Bug

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microsoft/winget-cli#4340 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 2, 2024
Winget pin add (AppID) --blocking fails to prevent app upgrade when scripts runs as SYSTEM Open

Area-User-Interface Context-System Issue-Docs

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4333 · 8 comments · Opened Mar 31, 2024
Winget as SYSTEM fails to upgrade certain packages Open

Area-User-Interface Context-System Issue-Docs

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4332 · 4 comments · Opened Mar 31, 2024
avoid that winget mixed up updates for LibreOffice v. 7.x with the v. 24.x Open

Issue-Bug

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microsoft/winget-cli#4331 · 4 comments · Opened Mar 30, 2024
WinGet can install packages with installers hosted in ACR Open

Issue-Feature

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microsoft/winget-cli#4329 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 29, 2024
UTF-8 string character can never start with 10xxxxxx Open

Command-Install Issue-Bug msstore Windows-Sandbox

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4328 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 29, 2024
winget upgrade of Microsoft.SQLServerManagementStudio from v19.3 to 20.0 fails Open

Issue-Bug Side-by-Side

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 20/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4323 · 7 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 28, 2024
Potentially release Microsoft.WinGet.Client as a nuget package Open

Issue-Feature

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microsoft/winget-cli#4322 · Opened Mar 28, 2024
WinGet on Windows Server Core Open

Issue-Feature

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microsoft/winget-cli#4319 · 27 comments · 18 reactions · Opened Mar 27, 2024
Installing Microsoft.Powershell with --scope User installs wrong version Open

Area-External Issue-Bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 28/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4318 · 6 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Mar 27, 2024
Path environment variable is not registered correctly when Windows user name contains multibytes Open

Area-Accessibility Issue-Bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4317 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened Mar 27, 2024
`Install-WinGetPackage -Override` does not take current directory into account unlike `winget install --override` Open

Issue-Bug PowerShell

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4313 · 3 comments · Opened Mar 26, 2024
Package ID Microsoft.Teams refers to two different packages including Microsoft Edge Open

Area-Matching Issue-Bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4312 · 3 comments · Opened Mar 26, 2024
MS EDGE 122.0.2365.106 WINGET UPGRADE PUZZLE (Windows 10) Open

Issue-Bug

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microsoft/winget-cli#4308 · Opened Mar 25, 2024
Support ARP entry values of REG_EXPAND_SZ type Open

Area-Matching Issue-Feature

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4303 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 24, 2024
Agreements block `--all` functionality Open

Command-Upgrade Issue-Bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4301 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened Mar 23, 2024
Denied packages should be hidden from `winget upgrade` list Open

Command-Upgrade Issue-Feature

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4299 · 4 comments · 10 reactions · Opened Mar 23, 2024
`upgrade --all` will execute update flow for denied packages Open

Command-Upgrade Issue-Bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4298 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 23, 2024
"Error: Failed to install" winget version issue Open

Issue-Bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 20/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4296 · 3 comments · Opened Mar 21, 2024
Side-by-Side installations Open

Experimental Issue-Feature

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4290 · 9 comments · Opened Mar 20, 2024
Add `winget validate` to PowerShell Module Open

Issue-Feature PowerShell

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4274 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 16, 2024
Add `winget hash` to PowerShell Module Open

Issue-Feature PowerShell

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microsoft/winget-cli#4273 · 2 comments · Opened Mar 16, 2024
"Failed in attempting to update the source: winget" when using ssh Open

Command-Install Issue-Bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4272 · 5 comments · Opened Mar 15, 2024
Repair-WingetPackageManager not working as expected in system context Open

Issue-Bug PowerShell

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4271 · 28 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 13, 2024
Distribute in an enterprise Open

Issue-Docs

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microsoft/winget-cli#4268 · 6 comments · Opened Mar 13, 2024
`winget export -o -` creates a file named `-` instead of writing to stdout Open

Area-Output Command-Export Issue-Feature

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 50/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4267 · 2 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Mar 13, 2024
Hook `winget configure` into OOBE Open

Issue-Feature

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microsoft/winget-cli#4265 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 13, 2024
winget configure fails when calling WindowsOptionalFeature DSC Resource Open

Command-Configure DSC-Resource Issue-Bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4264 · 11 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Mar 12, 2024
winget should not error when installing the exact version of a package that is already installed Open

Issue-Bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4262 · 7 comments · 7 reactions · Opened Mar 12, 2024
Add switch that causes operations to run on a lower priority Open

Issue-Feature

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microsoft/winget-cli#4259 · Opened Mar 12, 2024
Issue with Version Detection for Discord and PostgreSQL Open

Area-External Issue-Docs

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microsoft/winget-cli#4257 · 4 comments · Opened Mar 10, 2024
Uninstall zip-based package hangs Open

Command-Uninstall Issue-Bug Portable

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4242 · 8 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 6, 2024
`winget configure` to log whether DSC resource unit is actually applied/set or skipped Open

Area-Output Command-Configure Issue-Feature

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4241 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 6, 2024
Filter installed packages in list by "not available in a configured source" Open

Command-List Issue-Feature

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4237 · 2 reactions · Opened Mar 6, 2024

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