If you are unable to access the Windows Store app and wish to install winget, you can easily do so by following these steps:
- First download the latest version of winget: https://aka.ms/getwinget
- Then use this Powershell command to install winget
Add-AppxPackage -Path Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle
Probably you will get this error:
Windows cannot install package Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_1.19.10173.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe because this package depends on a framework that could not be found. Provide the framework “Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.7” published by “CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US”, with neutral or x64 processor architecture and minimum version 7.2109.13004.0, along with this package to install. The frameworks with name “Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.7” currently installed are: {}
The reason is that you miss the dependency Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.7
Now you have to go to the nuget website and download the nuget package: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.UI.Xaml/2.7.3
Then you have to rename the file extension of the downloaded file to .zip
Open the zip file and go to tools > AppX > X64 > Release and extract the Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.7.appx file
Install the extracted appx file
Add-AppxPackage -Path .\Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.7.appx
You may also get this error when you try to install winget
Windows cannot install package Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_1.19.10173.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe because this package depen
ds on a framework that could not be found. Provide the framework “Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00.UWPDesktop” published by “CN=
Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US”, with neutral or x64 processor architect
ure and minimum version 14.0.30704.0, along with this package to install. The frameworks with name “Microsoft.VCLibs.14
0.00.UWPDesktop” currently installed
You can download Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00.UWPDesktop here: https://aka.ms/Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Desktop.appx
Install Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Desktop with this command:
Add-AppxPackage -Path .\Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Desktop.appx
And now you should install the winget application without errors:
Add-AppxPackage -Path .\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle
Happy installing 🙂