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The manic cousin of Microsoft Copilot
https://builtbybel.com/blog/bloatynosy-is-now-winpilot
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How to solve errors with Winget. (eg. uninstall Windows Web Experience Pack) #91

Closed ThinkEV closed 6 months ago

ThinkEV commented 1 year ago

On a fresh windows 11 installation (winget -v reports version 1.2.10691) I am getting winget uninstall errors. Actually, it does not work at all.

The solution is to update winget.

  1. Open https://aka.ms/getwinget which downloads the latest version, e.g. Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle

Installing it by just calling the file fails. You need to install it with PowerShell like this:

  1. Open PowerShell as Administrator
  2. Type: Add-AppPackage -path "C:\Users\YOUR-USERNAME\Downloads\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle"

This will install it. Enjoy.

freddyboy1974 commented 1 year ago

Go to Store app in Windows. Search Winget, Update from there.

ThinkEV commented 1 year ago

This did not work on my machine: it was denied with an error message. The way I described always works.

Belim commented 6 months ago

Give the successor to Bloatynosy, Winpilot, a shot.

christianbueno1 commented 4 months ago

Hope this information helps you, and can update winget