This is the fourth development build after the Windows Package Manager 1.2 build for Windows 10 (1809+) and Windows 11.

Experimental features are enabled in this release.

Support for installation of portable/standalone apps is now a stable feature in this preview.

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. You may need to manually clean up Windows Apps & Features if you install on the main OS rather than a Windows Sandbox.

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

Bugs

Searching for dotnet package #2218

What's Changed

• Improve ARP matching heuristic by @lechacon in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/2179
• Improve error handling in correlation test script by @lechacon in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/2206
• Display ReturnResponseUrl if present by @ryfu-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/2210
• Display InstallationNotes after a successful install by @ryfu-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/2211
• Display documentations in show command by @ryfu-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/2212
• Add missing localization error handling for root level localization info by @JohnMcPMS in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/2220
• Use AppsAndFeaturesEntries DisplayVersion info for installed package version mapping by @yao-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/2213
• Indent documentations in 'show' command by @Trenly in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/2234
• Portable Support as Stable Feature by @ryfu-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/2233
• Delete unneeded test code from libraries pulled as subtrees by @lechacon in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/2232
• Add simple stats to correlation result processing script by @lechacon in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/2229

New Contributors

• @felipecrs made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/1946
• @Jeff-Jerousek made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/2020
• @bftblomster made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/2092
• @zachcwillson made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/2095

Full Changelog: https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/compare/v1.3.431...v.1.3.1611