did you know that Windows has a cool feature called a package manager those
of you who have used Linux before might already be very familiar with a package
manager but in case you aren't a package manager is a quick way to manage
programs from a command line they've been part of Linux for a very long time
but Windows only recently got a package manager as a standard feature wait a
second a command line you mean the way my grandpa uses computer back in the'80s
why the heck would you install or update programs that way can you just you know
download what you want through a web browser or the Microsoft store of course
you can do those things that way but Windows package manager called winget
differs in a couple of important ways winget can provide a very comprehensive
list of everything installed on your computer simply by typing this command
but you can also keep most of your programs up to date easily regardless of
whether or not they're in the Microsoft store you see wingit operates by
Consulting a Microsoft maintained repository of packages and a package
contains both the software you want as well as information about any
dependencies it might need to run properly such as additional files or
resources some of the packages in the wing get repository are Microsoft
programs but there are lots of thirdparty programs as well as of the
time we wrote this video Wing get had over 7,000 packages in its repository
surely you're running some of those programs this means one of the things we
get excels at is keeping your programs up to date with one command just type
this into the command prompt hit enter and everything on your system that can
be updated through winget will be listed and the installation process will begin
immediately as wingit pulls packages from either Microsoft itself or from
thirdparty servers that host the software that you want this includes
popular tools such as OBS BLC Zoom
Discord and various game launchers much easier than trying to go and check for
updates for all those programs manually especially if you have lots of programs
installed that AR aren't kept up to date through the Microsoft store there's also
another way winget can make your life more convenient and we'll tell you what that is along with an important warning
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in the description today if you're migrating to a new pc winget can make it
easy for you to quickly install many of the programs you had on your old PC this
is because winget has an export feature which creates a list of the supported
packages installed on your PC which you can save to a USB drive by using this
command just just enter the drive letter of your flash drive then insert the
drive into your new pc and type in this import command to install everything on
your list just like with the update example we mentioned earlier it's easier
than downloading programs one by one and delete packages you don't need on the
new system before importing it if it doesn't spark Joy uninstall winget can
also search for and install new programs without having to click through a bunch
of installation screens you can search with this command and install a program
without those messy dialogue scenes by using this command if you want a no fuss
uninstallation of something on your PC you can pull this off by typing this in
but do you remember how we said that winget lists more installed programs
than what you might see in the settings app this means that winget could make it
easier for you to inadvertently remove something your system depends on so
unless you're really familiar with the packages you're trying to remove we'd
recommend just uninstalling through the settings app instead winget was designed
more for advanced users so the assumption is you know what you're doing
a little more than the average Joe if you're revving up this command prompt no
disrespect meant to You Average Joe's who might be watching this video of course we love you and we hope you
become Advanced Joe's Maybe by using Wing get thanks for watching if you like
this video check out our other video on why Windows 11 has been so slow to gain
users I say from your Windows XP desktop