Windows Package Manager 1.7.3481-preview

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This is the seventh 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. Winget also supports initiating a reboot if a package requires one to complete an install. Winget resume is a new feature that will support resuming an installation when coming back from a reboot. 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.

    "experimentalFeatures": {
	  "directMSI": true,
          "windowsFeature": true,
          "resume": true,
          "configuration03": true,
          "reboot": 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. 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

• Configuration schema property descriptions added by @alexravenna in Configuration schema property descriptions added #3499
• The initial yaml schema manifest for version 1.7.0 by @Madhusudhan-MSFT in The initial yaml schema manifest for version 1.7.0 #3876
• Move to latest cppwinrt package across all projects by @JohnMcPMS in Move to latest cppwinrt package across all projects #3868
• Add suggested dictionaries for spellchecking and remove unneeded words by @florelis in Add suggested dictionaries for spellchecking and remove unneeded words #3885
• Remove unneeded words from spellchecking by @florelis in Remove unneeded words from spellchecking #3890
• Update docs for winget commands by @KK-Designs in Update docs for winget commands #3909
• Ignore deprecation warning by @JohnMcPMS in Ignore deprecation warning #3905
• Fix pipeline build error by @florelis in Fix pipeline build error #3937
• Add support for double-clicking on .wingetdev files for applying configuration by @florelis in Add support for double-clicking on .wingetdev files for applying configuration #3860
• Add a script to bootstrap running Pester tests by @JohnMcPMS in Add a script to bootstrap running Pester tests #3899
• Add WingetDSC E2E tests by @ryfu-msft in Add WingetDSC E2E tests #3939
• Improve repair by @msftrubengu in Improve repair #3886
• Enable cmdlets for Windows PowerShell by @msftrubengu in Enable cmdlets for Windows PowerShell #3951
• Register restart for resume by @ryfu-msft in Register restart for resume #3858
• Allow user settings to control logging channels by @JohnMcPMS in Allow user settings to control logging channels #3955
• Add package id, name, and source to install/update/uninstall result for PowerShell cmdlet by @ryfu-msft in Add package id, name, and source to install/update/uninstall result for PowerShell cmdlet #3954
• Update Store Certs by @yao-msft in Update Store Certs #3968
• Introduce strong and weak comparisons between installers by @JohnMcPMS in Introduce strong and weak comparisons between installers #3956
• Include framework packages during installed packages enumeration by @yao-msft in Include framework packages during installed packages enumeration #3975

New Contributors

• @alexravenna made their first contribution in Configuration schema property descriptions added #3499

Full Changelog: v1.7.3172-preview...v1.7.3481-preview

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