Microsoft has released a new preview release of Windows Package Manager.

Windows Package Manager 1.7.3172-preview

This is the fifth development build after the Windows Package Manager 1.6 build for Windows 10 (1809+) and Windows 11. This build will be released to Windows Insider Dev builds and Windows Package Manager Insiders.

Experimental features are enabled in this release. This preview release includes performance improvements as well as fixes for enabling Windows Features when running in packaged context. There are new experimental features for allowing winget to kick of a reboot if one is required and support for the new v0.3 configuration schema.

Run winget features to see which experimental features are enabled or disabled. Add the following to your settings (winget settings) file to enable the experimental features.

    "experimentalFeatures": {
	  "directMSI": true,
          "windowsFeature": true,
          "configuration03": true,
          "reboot": true,
    },

Windows Package Manager also includes  Winget configuration, which automatically handles the setup and configuration requirements for an ideal development environment on your Windows machine. WinGet configuration file helps with installing and managing software packages, applications, programming languages, frameworks, tools, or settings necessary for a project.

Check out our  session at Microsoft Build to learn how to get your machine to a ready-to-code state.

A prerelease version of the  Microsoft.WinGet.Client PowerShell module has been published to the PowerShell Gallery. To install the latest version of the PowerShell module, run the following command in PowerShell 7+.

Install-Module -Name Microsoft.WinGet.Client

The PowerShell module requires App Installer ( winget) to be installed. The Repair-WinGetPackageManager cmdlet (work in progress) is designed to install or repair App Installer.

What's Changed

• Make manifest retrieval choice more dynamic by  @JohnMcPMS in  #3738
• Allow --accept-source-agreements with local manifests by  @Trenly in  #3573
• Invoke ShellExecute on dism.exe for enabling Windows Features by  @ryfu-msft in  #3659
• Allow --include-unknown with install by  @Trenly in  #3752
• Broadcast WM_SETTINGCHANGE on change of path by  @Trenly in  #3751
• Add resume command and support saving the argument state. by  @ryfu-msft in  #3508
• Allow higher versions to satisfy the VCLibs dependency in Repair by  @JohnMcPMS in  #3763
• Use package version as potential last update timestamp by  @JohnMcPMS in  #3759
• Add missing condition for using toolset v143 when building JsonCppLib for arm by  @florelis in  #3773
• Move SQLite base code by  @JohnMcPMS in  #3790
• Fix non-test hook code for Windows Feature by  @JohnMcPMS in  #3789
• Skip dependency evaluation with --skip-dependencies by  @mdanish-kh in  #3784
• Download and install Workflow patches for skip dependencies by  @yao-msft in  #3794
• Add experimental feature for initiating reboot for single package installs by  @ryfu-msft in  #3631
• Microsoft.WinGet.Client Any CPU by  @msftrubengu in  #3622
• Inform user if a module requires elevation by  @msftrubengu in  #3758
• Add missing manifest fields by  @hackean-msft in  #3757
• Configuration Schema 0.3 by  @JohnMcPMS in  #3779
• Extend Configuration COM API for export by  @florelis in  #3787
• Fix binskim issues by  @ryfu-msft in  #3815
• Performance improvements by  @JohnMcPMS in  #3808
• Fix OOP config helper by  @JohnMcPMS in  #3873
• Revert manifest schemas to json draft-07 by  @ryfu-msft in  #3875
• Allow Microsoft.WinGet.Client to run in any PowerShell session running as system by  @msftrubengu in  #3816
• Fix signaling the app shutdown event running as admin by  @msftrubengu in  #3874

Full Changelog:  v1.7.2782-preview...v1.7.3172-preview

Release Windows Package Manager 1.7.3172-preview · microsoft/winget-cli