This is the second 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. The experimental feature for the winget download command is now supported and included in this release. You can now specify the package installer you want to download locally.

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 such as WinGet download:

    "experimentalFeatures": {
	  "dependencies": true,
	  "directMSI": true,
          "configuration": true,
	  "windowsFeature": true,
	  "download": 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 and will no longer be included as a release asset. 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

• Create SUPPORT.md by @denelon in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3340
• Update README.md by @denelon in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3341
• Update README.md by @mdanish-kh in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3342
• Fix for onboarding to GitOps.ResourceManagement by @Trenly in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3350
• Onboarding to GitOps.ResourceManagement by @microsoft-github-policy-service in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3347
• #2874: Fix for error git submodule status: fatal no submodule mapping… by @gigi81 in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3305
• Move GitOps rules to their own files by @Trenly in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3352
• Fix Component Governance alerts by @msftrubengu in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3355
• Add Breaking-Change label to comment triggers by @Trenly in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3357
• Respect Group Policies for sources by @florelis in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3367
• Stub upgrade self by @msftrubengu in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3299
• Refresh process path variable when installing package dependencies by @ryfu-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3296
• Network troubleshooting by @denelon in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3389
• Microsoft.WinGet.Configuration samples by @msftrubengu in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3369
• Support for out of process configuration clients by @JohnMcPMS in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3363
• Force close sandbox server upon timeout by @yao-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3392
• Relax InstallationNotes max length by @yao-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3397
• Fix wingetutil nuget publish pipeline by @yao-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3396
• Improve packaged test log collection and fix crash by @JohnMcPMS in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3395
• Do not attempt post install ARP correlation if PackageFamilyName is provided and present for the user by @JohnMcPMS in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3391
• Support winget installing AppInstaller by @msftrubengu in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3377
• configure test command "implemented" by @JohnMcPMS in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3414
• Disable RTTI by @JohnMcPMS in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3422
• Explicitly close file stream on FileLogger destruction by @yao-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3424
• Add configuration binaries to binskim scan and fix issues by @yao-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3426
• Build fixes by @msftrubengu in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3433
• Fix using expired cert in tests by @msftrubengu in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3435
• Repair-WinGetPackageManager improvements by @msftrubengu in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3423
• Download command by @ryfu-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3376
• Add initial version of yaml manifest 1.6 by @yao-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3449
• Configure validate command by @JohnMcPMS in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3441
• Add missing definitions to release builds by @msftrubengu in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3450
• Populate missing ManifestVersion for manifest from rest source and make PackageFamilyName and installer type manifest validation warning by @yao-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3460
• Add file logger to the statics object creation by @JohnMcPMS in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3451
• Skip stub packages for msix installer validation by @yao-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3468
• Upgrade 1.6 schema to 2020-12 by @Trenly in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3478
• Allow --include-unknown in list --upgrade-available by @florelis in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3473
• Simplify creating local index by @msftrubengu in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3445
• Move functions to cmdlets for Microsoft.WinGet.Client by @msftrubengu in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3469
• Generate manifest for Winget Download by @ryfu-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3448
• Implement DownloadCommandProhibited by @yao-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3487
• Fix Component Governace issue with System.Security.Cryptography.Xml by @yao-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3495
• Revert "Down sampling (#2950)" by @JohnMcPMS in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3511
• Move Microsoft.WinGet.Client E2E test to Pester framework by @msftrubengu in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3503
• Don't copy processor's output binaries by @msftrubengu in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3526
• Attempt to prevent crash in TelemetryTraceLogger::InitializeInternal() by @florelis in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3527

New Contributors

• @microsoft-github-policy-service made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3347
• @gigi81 made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3305

Full Changelog: https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/compare/v1.6.1573-preview...v1.6.2291-preview