I need a script to SILENTLY install winget

garlin · 05 Jul 2023

winget doesn't support any download-only options. But winget packages are provided from the winget repository, or Windows Store.

- For Windows Store apps, you can use Microsoft Store - Generation Project (v1.2.3) [by @RGAdguard & mkuba50] to download Appx and MSIX packages for most free apps if you know their Product ID names, or the URL from Windows Store's website.

- For winget repository, you can search the app manifests on Github:
winget-pkgs/manifests at master . microsoft/winget-pkgs . GitHub

Each of the manifests contains a direct download URL from the app's publisher. For example, let's take Adobe Reader's installer YAML file:

Code:

# Created using wingetcreate 1.2.5.0
# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://aka.ms/winget-manifest.installer.1.4.0.schema.json

PackageIdentifier: Adobe.Acrobat.Reader.64-bit
PackageVersion: 23.003.20215
MinimumOSVersion: 10.0.0.0
Scope: machine
InstallModes:
- interactive
- silent
- silentWithProgress
InstallerSwitches:
  Silent: /sAll /rs /rps /l /re
  SilentWithProgress: /sAll /rs /rps /l /re
UpgradeBehavior: install
FileExtensions:
- pdf
- pdfa
- pdfx
- xfx
AppsAndFeaturesEntries:
- DisplayName: Adobe Acrobat DC (64-bit)
  Publisher: Adobe
  ProductCode: '{AC76BA86-1033-FF00-7760-BC15014EA700}'
  InstallerType: msi
Installers:
- Architecture: x64
  InstallerType: exe
  InstallerUrl: https://ardownload2.adobe.com/pub/adobe/acrobat/win/AcrobatDC/2300320215/AcroRdrDCx642300320215_MUI.exe
  InstallerSha256: 8A704F83CDC984ACF4AC0C948BDC4FBC5E2CB7C4F5183C8223327A9061BB356F
  ProductCode: '{AC76BA86-1033-FF00-7760-BC15014EA700}'
ManifestType: installer
ManifestVersion: 1.4.0

As you can see, there's nothing special. Everyone else has the same public access to the installer; winget's value is combining both repo and Windows Store sources into a single easy to use package manager.

glantz · 30 Aug 2023

This might be too late to be useful for you but posting this anyway in case anyone else stumbles on this thread.

Here's a script that I was able to get working. It grabs the latest Winget appx package from Microsoft's github repo directly. Hope it helps!

Code:

# Check if WinGet is installed; download WinGet if not.
$wingetPath = "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_*_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe"
if ($Null -eq (Resolve-Path @($wingetPath))) {
    Write-Host "installing WinGet..."
    $latestWingetMsixBundleUri = $(Invoke-RestMethod https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/winget-cli/releases/latest).assets.browser_download_url | Where-Object {$_.EndsWith(".msixbundle")}
    $latestWingetMsixBundle = $latestWingetMsixBundleUri.Split("/")[-1]
    Write-Information "Downloading winget to artifacts directory..."
    Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $latestWingetMsixBundleUri -OutFile "./$latestWingetMsixBundle"
    Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://aka.ms/Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Desktop.appx -OutFile Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Desktop.appx
    Start-Job -Name InstallVCLib -ScriptBlock { Add-AppxPackage Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Desktop.appx }
    Wait-Job -Name InstallVCLib
    Start-Job -Name InstallWinGet -ScriptBlock { Add-AppxPackage $latestWingetMsixBundle }
    Wait-Job -Name InstallWinGet
    if ($Null -eq (Resolve-Path @($wingetPath))) {
        Write-Error "Unable to detect WinGet after install. Halting installation. $($_.Exception.Message)"
    }
}

juankar · 11 Jan 2024

Some minutes ago I've made a ps1 script to install winget and dependencies to my windows LTSC x86 I have now in an old notebook. Then I searched for a similar script and I found this forum thread.
I need to try in a new installed system because in this one I made command after command with powershell and it worked.
These are the lines of the script:

Code:

Add-AppxPackage Microsoft.VCLibs.x86.14.00.Desktop.appx
Add-AppxPackage Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.7.appx
Add-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online -PackagePath .\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle -LicensePath .\24146eb205d040e69ef2d92d7034d97f_License1.xml -Verbose

I want to integrate Winget installation in my LTSC installation media somehow, and the first problem I find is that I can't elevate permissions with a cmd line to allow Powershell scripts. I hope I'll find a solution.

garlin · 11 Jan 2024

PS command-line to run an elevated PS script, w/o modifying the current Execution Policy:

Code:

powershell "Start-Process powershell -Verb Runas -ArgumentList '-NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -file C:\path\script.ps1'"