The best Windows 11 tool you aren't using (but should) can now upgrade itself

[Windows Central]

The Windows Package Manager is my absolute favorite Windows 11 tool, and now it can even upgrade itself so you never have to leave the command line.

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[ZeTux]

Woow... Inovation much cool and such original!


Oh, wait! Linux package managers were doing this for ages...

 

[Ben Wilson]

Ctrl+F "innovative" - "innovate" - "original"

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[404notfound]

The so-called "package manager" in Winodws 11 is nothing but a wrapper around existing installers. This makes it difficult to use with certain programs, especially on machines with more than one user.

Another great example of Microsoft copying a feature that Linux or macOS had first and doing a P155 Poor job.

The underlying problem seems to be that since Microsoft doesn't (and likely won't) force software companies to use the MSIX format. So long as winget is just a wrapper around EXE and MSI installers, it will be just another poor imitation of a package manager. Better than nothing, but alternatives do exist.

 

[naddy69]

"The underlying problem seems to be that since Microsoft doesn't (and likely won't) force software companies to use the MSIX format."

But that's because Microsoft is in no position to force developers/software companies to do anything these days. There are way too many alternatives to Windows now.

2005 was a long time ago. Developers no longer follow Microsoft. Microsoft now follows developers.