How to Update Apps on Your PC with Winget

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Windows provides users with a lot of freedom, including how to install and where to get the application.

Therefore, there is currently no single location that can handle updates to all software on your PC. Microsoft Store handles its own updates. Some applications have their own built-in updates that run regularly or automatically when you start the application. Some content (usually a driver) can be received directly through Windows Update.

Other applications will not be updated at all unless you manually access the developer website and download and install a new version.

After a while, this becomes very cumbersome.

Winget makes updates easy

The real miracle of Winget is its ability to interact with and update nearly any app on your PC, assuming that the app has built-in automatic update functionality.

Whether you get it from GitHub, a random website, or the Microsoft Store, Winget handles them the same way.

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To open your application using Winget, first run Windows terminal (or PowerShell).

After opening Winget, run winget list to get the program list.

From here, you can update the apps one by one, or all apps at the same time.

Update a single application

If you want to upgrade the app individually, scroll through the app list and find your app in the list. You can upgrade the application with a name or ID. I tend to copy and paste names to reduce the possibility of mistyped.

You must use Ctrl C to copy the selected text in the terminal; right-click does not work.

I chose Audacity, so to actually update Audacity, I will run:

 <code>winget upgrade “Audacity 3.7.0”</code>

Be sure to put the program name in quotes or the terminal will treat anything with spaces in the name as multiple separate things.

Sometimes you have to click the prompt in the relevant application to complete the update, and other times you will receive some prompts from the program the next time you start the program.

Update all applications at the same time

If you just want to update all applications at the same time, you only need one command:

 <code>winget upgrade --all</code>

Remember, this actually tries to update everything. If you have many applications installed, this can take a while, and you need to answer some tips for individual programs along the way.

What else can Winget do?

Winget can handle most other things related to package management, not just upgrades. There are some commands you should know.

• winget show: Show information about the package you filled in. This can be helpful if you want to know where something comes from or other metadata.
• winget search: Allows you to find specific applications and programs on your PC based on your name or installation location.
• winget list: Lists all applications on the PC that Winet can detect.
• winget source: Allows you to add other repositories from which programs can be installed.
• winget uninstall: Uninstall the program you specified.
• winget help: List all Winet commands and a brief description.

Most of these commands can also use special parameters to refine their functionality. The help documentation that comes with winget help command actually explains everything very well.

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Winget is one of the best built-in utilities that Windows offers. If you want to save time, it's well worth learning to use it.

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