The third release candidate for Windows Package Manager 1.3 is now available for testing.

Windows Package Manager 1.3.1872

This release represents our third Windows Package Manager 1.3 release candidate build for Windows 10 (1809+), and Windows 11.

This release modifies the package manifest of AppInstaller to enable the UnvirtualizedResources capability and disables virtualizing all resources in order to support the installation of portable packages.

Experimental features have been disabled in this release. We will follow this release with another Pre-release "developer" build at GitHub so users can continue with experimental features available.

Note: The  Windows Package Manager Community Repository does not accept portable applications. They will not be accepted until after 1.3 is Generally Available and has been rolled out to the majority of Windows systems via the automatic upgrade from the Microsoft Store. Users may test with local manifests.

Features

Support for installation of portable/standalone apps  #182
Add a notes/info field to manifests.  #607
Add an optional URL to Expected Return Codes  #1889
Manifest Field for User Manual / Documentation  #1984
Add alternative version number field to manifest to make correlation with entries in Add/Remove programs more reliable  #980
Setting for always using verbose logs  #1940
winget --info should print the system architecture  #1925
An even better progress bar  #2055

Bugs

Mitigate crash that can occur when installed version is null  #2278
Searching for dotnet package  #2218
Allow winget to install MS Store packages without account just like the MS Store  #1585
--include-unknown not functioning as expected  #1939
Includes a fix for an App Installer bug that was causing crashes due to null pointer reads

What's Changed

• Improve ARP matching heuristic by  @lechacon in  #2179
• Improve error handling in correlation test script by  @lechacon in  #2206
• Display ReturnResponseUrl if present by  @ryfu-msft in  #2210
• Display InstallationNotes after a successful install by  @ryfu-msft in  #2211
• Display documentations in show command by  @ryfu-msft in  #2212
• Add missing localization error handling for root level localization info by  @JohnMcPMS in  #2220
• Use AppsAndFeaturesEntries DisplayVersion info for installed package version mapping by  @yao-msft in  #2213
• Indent documentations in 'show' command by  @Trenly in  #2234
• Portable Support as Stable Feature by  @ryfu-msft in  #2233
• Delete unneeded test code from libraries pulled as subtrees by  @lechacon in  #2232
• Add simple stats to correlation result processing script by  @lechacon in  #2229
• Treat manifest localization validation error as warning for non full validation(manifest reading) by  @yao-msft in  #2144
• Fixed builds on VS 2022 version 17.2. by  @jedieaston in  #2156
• Implementation for Portable Uninstall and Upgrade by  @ryfu-msft in  #2140
• Load index from validated msix for unpackaged context by  @yao-msft in  #2139
• Doc for ARP version mapping change by  @yao-msft in  #2162
• Fix list/upgrade table for packages with multiple ARP entries. by  @jedieaston in  #2137
• Setting for Logging Level by  @Trenly in  #1945
• Improve --include-unknown message by  @felipecrs in  #1946
• Added system architecture to winget --info. by  @jedieaston in  #1937
• Fix: Only include unknown packages which exist in source by  @Trenly in  #1972
• Allow PackageFamilyName to be declared with non msix installers by  @yao-msft in  #1944
• Addition of initial 1.2 schema with 'Portable' installerType by  @ryfu-msft in  #1930
• Make build pipeline task fail on unit tests failure by  @yao-msft in  #1975
• Remove duplicated message about unknown versions by  @felipecrs in  #1982
• Expose simple applicable installer check in Com api by  @yao-msft in  #1974
• Fix pipeline build: ensure project target version matches the AppInstaller package by  @yao-msft in  #1990
• Add uninstall functionality to Com api by  @yao-msft in  #1909
• Remove duplicated message when no upgrades by  @felipecrs in  #1986
• Anonymize Com caller value by  @yao-msft in  #1998
• Fixed issues preventing compilation on VS 2022 17.1. by  @jedieaston in  #2000
• Rename source auto update group policy by  @lechacon in  #1995
• Function that will accept source agreement by  @Jeff-Jerousek in  #2020
• Portable apps specification by  @denelon in  #2012
• Add policy definition for ms-appinstaller to ADMX by  @lechacon in  #2038
• Change to official DNS by  @JohnMcPMS in  #2026
• Make upgrade help inform of list ability by  @Trenly in  #2034
• Mitigate crash occuring in CompositeSource by  @JohnMcPMS in  #2043
• Use AppsAndFeatures name and publisher by  @JohnMcPMS in  #2042
• Apply latest loc patch by  @lechacon in  #2045
• Add support for InProc Com invocation by  @yao-msft in  #2035
• Display fine-grained blocks in progress bars by  @chausner in  #2046
• Support for 1.2 Schema Additions by  @ryfu-msft in  #2028
• Update portable spec with symlink solution design by  @ryfu-msft in  #2075
• Add nuget publish pipeline for in-proc Com binaries by  @yao-msft in  #2077
• Add support for in-proc Com state separation by  @yao-msft in  #2068
• Add heuristics for matching packages to ARP after installing by  @lechacon in  #2044
• Optimize images by  @Trenly in  #2082
• Add a system for testing correlation E2E by  @JohnMcPMS in  #2071
• Make In-proc Com nuget package better support .net framework 4.* by  @yao-msft in  #2083
• Build pipeline updates and improvements by  @yao-msft in  #2085
• Fix issue with correlation chaining from the SQLite index by  @JohnMcPMS in  #2087
• Fix exceptions breaking out of the multi-package install loop by  @JohnMcPMS in  #2089
• Update README by  @denelon in  #2113
• fix passing null parameters to Find-WinGetPackage by  @bftblomster in  #2092
• Allow winget to install MS Store packages without account by  @zachcwillson in  #2095
• Require selection argument on install/show/search/uninstall by  @JohnMcPMS in  #2125
• Remove ARP matching for single ARP change, and consider publisher+name for matching by  @lechacon in  #2119
• Implementation for Portable install flow by  @ryfu-msft in  #2078
• Fix packageId and sourceId match check for portable install by  @ryfu-msft in  #2138
• Act on elevation requirements in majority cases by  @JohnMcPMS in  #2126
• Add Package Dependencies to index. by  @hackean-msft in  #1667
• Update windows-package-manager-release-roadmap.md by  @opsetech in  #1770
• Bug fix: PackageTrackingCatalog and SQLiteIndexUpdate by  @hackean-msft in  #1780
• Update TSG with more information about a known issue by  @ashpatil-msft in  #1785
• Added argument to control whether to upgrade packages if they have "unknown" versions by  @jedieaston in  #1765
• First drafted client cmdlets from Hackathon 221 by  @denelon in  #1760
• Fix some build warnings by  @lechacon in  #1794
• Fix Typo in upgrade.md by  @floh96 in  #1822
• Add support for UnsupportedOSArchitectures manifest element by  @lechacon in  #1807
• Added check for maximum size of downloaded file names by  @jedieaston in  #1842
• Fix DLL load error in WinGetUtil by  @lechacon in  #1844
• Update localization strings by  @JohnMcPMS in  #1845
• Add comments for localization by  @lechacon in  #1847
• Moved "Installing Dependencies" message to only print if there are dependencies to install. by  @jedieaston in  #1851
• Adds experiment to know if PATH is common issue. by  @Lewiscowles1986 in  #1841
• Check FS feature flags instead of checking for NTFS by  @sredna in  #1859
• Add titles to 1.1 schema for ExpectedReturnCode and UnsupportedOSArchitecture by  @ryfu-msft in  #1862
• Split pipeline build job into x86 and x64 by  @lechacon in  #1852
• Allow upgrades in packages that register a different installer type by  @lechacon in  #1796
• Add a default user agent to REST source calls by  @JohnMcPMS in  #1839
• Add upgrade functionality in Com api by  @yao-msft in  #1853
• Print the upgrade table during upgrade --all by  @jedieaston in  #1866
• Add support for markets by  @lechacon in  #1806
• [ImgBot] Optimize images by  @vedantmgoyal2009 in  #1871
• Fix crash that can occur when failure pointers are null by  @JohnMcPMS in  #1880
• Added extra check for valid arguments in upgrade. by  @jedieaston in  #1874
• Add InstallerErrorCode to COM interface by  @JohnMcPMS in  #1926
• Update gif animation for winget install wingetcreate by  @ryfu-msft in  #1931
• Bump version to 1.3 by  @JohnMcPMS in  #1933

Full Changelog:  release-v1.2.10271...release-v1.3.1872

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