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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

MSIX framework uninstall reports success without removing package when matched by PackageFamilyName Open

Command-Uninstall Issue-Bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

microsoft/winget-cli#6525 · Opened Sep 15, 2026
winget upgrade --all --scope does do nothing on certain upgrades without giving reason Open

Command-Upgrade Issue-Bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

microsoft/winget-cli#6516 · Opened Sep 10, 2026
ARP Package mismatch Open

Command-List Command-Uninstall Command-Upgrade Issue-Bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

microsoft/winget-cli#6508 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 8, 2026
Disallow auto reboots on winget upgrade Open

Command-Upgrade Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#6507 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 7, 2026
winget hangs indefinitely after "Starting:" — installer process is never created (no prefetch entry, no child process); a control package on the same machine installs fine Open

Command-Install Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#6506 · Opened Sep 4, 2026
Add a short form alias for "--accept-package-agreements" and "--accept-source-agreements". Open

Issue-Feature

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 58/100

microsoft/winget-cli#6505 · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 4, 2026
Winget is broken with BlockNonAdminUserInstall being set Open

Command-Install Command-Repair Command-Upgrade Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#6499 · Opened Sep 1, 2026
2026-09 - September 8, 2026 - KB5124008 update for Windows 11 - WinGet can no longer be run in an elevated terminal (Administrator Protection enforcement) Open

Command-Upgrade Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#6497 · 3 comments · Opened Sep 1, 2026
Documentation for `winget list` is missing the `--sort` argument Open

Issue-Docs Possible-Duplicate

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 76/100

microsoft/winget-cli#6493 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 29, 2026
Allow passing an external authentication token override instead of using the builtin authentication handler Open

Area-COM-API Issue-Feature Possible-Duplicate PowerShell

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

microsoft/winget-cli#6492 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 28, 2026
Package name normalization does not support ARM(64) Open

Command-List Issue-Bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 65/100

microsoft/winget-cli#6490 · Opened Aug 26, 2026
WinGet fails with 0x80070005 (Access Denied) on install after uninstallation is prompted when the package installer type changes (Win32 to MSIX). This can result in a corrupted system Open

Issue-Bug Possible-Duplicate

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 42/100

microsoft/winget-cli#6488 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 25, 2026
DSC stops setting configuration if `WinGet/Source` encounters "hash incompatible" error Open

Command-Configure Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#6484 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 22, 2026
Incorrect message : Installation abandoned Open

Issue-Bug Possible-Duplicate

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 58/100

microsoft/winget-cli#6481 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 21, 2026
Microsoft Store app is published but not discoverable through WinGet msstore source Open

Area-External Command-Search Command-Show Issue-Bug msstore

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

microsoft/winget-cli#6480 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 21, 2026
Update registry metadata for portable packages updated outside of WinGet. Open

Command-Upgrade Issue-Feature Portable

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

microsoft/winget-cli#6479 · Opened Aug 20, 2026
Installed non-winget app with the same "Name" as a winget app got mistakenly identified Open

Command-List Issue-Bug Possible-Duplicate

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

microsoft/winget-cli#6475 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 20, 2026
Previous Versions not removing on Winget update Open

Command-Upgrade Issue-Bug PowerShell

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

microsoft/winget-cli#6474 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 19, 2026
Show "no updates available" instead of "No installed package found matching input criteria." when running "winget list --upgrade-available" Open

Issue-Feature Possible-Duplicate

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 65/100

microsoft/winget-cli#6473 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 19, 2026
Unify punctuations as full-width in `zh-CN` Open

Issue-Localization

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

microsoft/winget-cli#6470 · Opened Aug 18, 2026
`winget configure` unable to install Docker Desktop with DO Open

Command-Configure Issue-Bug Possible-Duplicate

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

microsoft/winget-cli#6469 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 18, 2026
Require IconSha256 in schema Open

Command-Show Issue-Bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 58/100

microsoft/winget-cli#6468 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 18, 2026
Updating portable package removes its PATH entry Open

Command-Upgrade Issue-Bug Possible-Duplicate

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

microsoft/winget-cli#6461 · 6 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Aug 13, 2026
Microsoft.DSC/Group unusable via winget configure Open

Command-Configure DSC-Resource Issue-Bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

microsoft/winget-cli#6460 · Opened Aug 12, 2026
Allow WINGET to automatically change installer technologies instead of installing with error Open

Issue-Feature Possible-Duplicate

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

microsoft/winget-cli#6459 · 4 comments · Opened Aug 12, 2026
Change "wix" into an alias for "msi". Open

Issue-Feature

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

microsoft/winget-cli#6457 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 12, 2026
"winget search (any text) -s msstore" shows oddly few results. Open

Command-Search Issue-Bug msstore Possible-Duplicate

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

microsoft/winget-cli#6456 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 12, 2026
Installing 7zip on Windows on Arm installs x64 version Open

Command-Install Issue-Bug Possible-Duplicate

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

microsoft/winget-cli#6455 · 11 comments · Opened Aug 12, 2026
Installing or updating some packages makes them inaccessible through OpenSSH Windows server Open

Command-Install Issue-Bug Possible-Duplicate

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

microsoft/winget-cli#6454 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 12, 2026
[Request] Allow Links (symlinks) to be created even if ArchiveBinariesDependOnPath is true Open

Issue-Feature Possible-Duplicate

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

microsoft/winget-cli#6450 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened Aug 10, 2026
Uninstall user scope under admin via a custom integrity verification Open

Issue-Feature Needs-Author-Feedback Possible-Duplicate

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

microsoft/winget-cli#6448 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 10, 2026
Default (user) installations as admin should warn (or block without a flag) that the package may be impossible to uninstall Open

Issue-Feature Needs-Author-Feedback Possible-Duplicate

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

microsoft/winget-cli#6443 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 7, 2026
Refresh doc/windows/package-manager/winget/ reference docs to match live CLI behavior Open

Issue-Docs

Difficulty 3/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 72/100

microsoft/winget-cli#6441 · Opened Aug 6, 2026
Define source priority behavior for package resolution Open

Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#6436 · Opened Aug 6, 2026
Define deterministic package resolution across multiple sources Open

Issue-Feature

microsoft/winget-cli#6435 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 6, 2026
Add E2E coverage for the WinGetSourceCreator / IndexCreationTool layer Open

Issue-Feature

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 70/100

microsoft/winget-cli#6434 · Opened Aug 4, 2026
WinGetSourceCreator / IndexCreationTool cannot index multi-file manifests (only singleton manifests supported) Open

Issue-Feature

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

microsoft/winget-cli#6433 · Opened Aug 4, 2026
Remove Visual C++ Redistributable (VCRedist) Dependency from `winget configure` for Non-Elevated Runs Open

Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#6432 · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 4, 2026
Add a flag to install/upgrade packages witth a custom --location for shortcuts Open

Issue-Feature

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 38/100

microsoft/winget-cli#6429 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 3, 2026
WinGetSourceCreator: add opt-in progress/audit logging to the offline source build pipeline Open

Issue-Feature

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 38/100

microsoft/winget-cli#6428 · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 3, 2026
WinGetSourceCreator: PackWithMappingFile should verify makeappx.exe exists before invoking it Open

Issue-Feature

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

microsoft/winget-cli#6427 · Opened Aug 3, 2026
Updating a font doesn't replace the previous version Open

Command-Upgrade Issue-Bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

microsoft/winget-cli#6425 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened Aug 3, 2026
Proposal: Allow 'self-signed' MSIX packages with user approve **if Developer Mode is enabled** Open

Issue-Feature

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 38/100

microsoft/winget-cli#6424 · 2 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Aug 2, 2026
Add `--suppress-disclaimer` Option to `winget configure` Open

Command-Configure Issue-Feature

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

microsoft/winget-cli#6419 · 2 comments · Opened Jul 31, 2026
Add documentation on that standalone language codes like "en" are also supported, and not just language-country codes like "en-US". Open

Issue-Docs

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

microsoft/winget-cli#6415 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 30, 2026
[aw] No-Op Runs Open

agentic-workflows

Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 1/100

microsoft/winget-cli#6406 · 3 comments · Opened Jul 29, 2026
Interactive vs. fail-fast default behavior for WinGet (arguments + settings) Open

Breaking-Change Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#6398 · Opened Jul 28, 2026
Update pull request template: require evidence, tests, and AI disclosure Open

Issue-Feature

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 76/100

microsoft/winget-cli#6397 · Opened Jul 27, 2026
Add a policy on AI-generated / AI-assisted contributions Open

Issue-Feature

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 65/100

microsoft/winget-cli#6396 · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 27, 2026
Add coding conventions guidance for contributors Open

Issue-Feature

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

microsoft/winget-cli#6395 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 27, 2026

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