# WinGet Application: Microsoft Corporation Dem still dey call am windows package manager, app installer winget Microsoft Corporation, System Di App Installer command line. Di process na winget.exe. Settings > Apps dey use am for current Windows. E no be Chocolatey. ## Wetin you need know WinGet na Microsoft CLI. Chocolatey na different, older manager. WinGet dey come follow App Installer. Run winget.exe from prompt. Settings > Apps dey use am for current Windows. Chocolatey na choco.exe from chocolatey.org. Scoop na anoda third-party manager. - **Wetin e be?**: Microsoft package-manager CLI **Di same as Chocolatey?**: No. choco.exe na different manager **Where e dey stay?**: App Installer. Settings > Apps dey use am Feex tok say If di command na winget, I go stay ontop Microsoft client. I no go mix dat line with choco install except say na Chocolatey you mean. Di Store window na choice. ## Wetin be WinGet? winget.exe na di Windows Package Manager client. App Installer na di Store package wey dey provide am. choco.exe na Chocolatey Software older community manager. ## If you never use am before If guide talk say "winget install", WinGet na Microsoft package manager. E dey come follow App Installer for current Windows. Open prompt make you run winget. Settings > Apps dey use am for some installs. E no be Chocolatey (choco.exe), e no be Scoop, and e no be di Store window. ## Wetin dem dey use am for? **Search and install from di winget source** winget search and winget install. Chocolatey dey use choco install and different community repo. **Upgrade packages wey Settings > Apps fit see too** winget upgrade --all na CLI habit. Di Store UI na different window. **Export and import lists** winget export na Microsoft list format. packages.config file na Chocolatey, no be dis one. ## Na who e dey for? - People wey dey follow one-line install command from Microsoft - Anybody wey dia Settings > Apps install use di package manager - Users wey dey choose between winget, Chocolatey, and Scoop ## Current status WinGet (2020) na current package manager from Microsoft Corporation. Di vendor still dey direct Windows users go https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/package-manager/winget/. ## How old e be? WinGet preview enter for 2020. Chocolatey start for 2011. Scoop for 2013. For current Windows 11, App Installer many times dey already get winget.exe. Windows 7 PC no go get dis one inside box. ## Versions Major channels first. Exact build numbers no dey all verified here. App Installer / winget stable Preview ## System requirements Values dey follow wetin di publisher release publicly. Workload still dey change di real need. ### Minimum | Operating system | Windows 10 1809+ with App Installer, according to Microsoft. Current Windows 11 normal-normal already get am | | ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | RAM | E reach for Windows plus dis app. Heavy projects go want more. | ## Resource profile - **CPU demand**: E dey follow di installer wey e launch **Network demand**: Dey download packages ## Installed processes Dese executables belong to dis product when e dey installed. | winget.exe | Package manager CLI | | ------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------- | | WindowsPackageManagerServer.exe | Package manager service host for some builds | ## Startup components winget.exe na CLI. E no suppose sit down for Startup. Di package manager service fit run when Windows need am. ## File locations | Typical install | C:\Users\\\\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\winget.exe | | --------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- | ## File formats YAML manifests inside di community repo. Export JSON/text lists ## Common wahala dem ### dem no recognize winget Install or update App Installer from Store, or use di GitHub bundle wey Microsoft document. Chocolatey no go add winget.exe. ### Package id no match Chocolatey id winget search dey use Microsoft catalog. choco search na anoda world entirely. ## How to get unstuck ### where.exe winget. If e missing, update App Installer from Store Na di Microsoft client be dat. chocolatey.org na di oda manager if na choco you bin want. ### winget source list if installs fail Source wey spoil na WinGet config matter. Scoop buckets na different tool. ### No replace winget.exe from random zip Use Microsoft Learn or di Store App Installer. Ninite na one-time builder, no be repair tool. ## Alternatives Chocolatey for di older community repo. Scoop for user-folder tools. Microsoft Store for GUI. Ninite for one-time bundle. ## Official help and downloads Start with di vendor. Random exe sites no be support channel. | Download | [learn.microsoft.com/windows/package-manager/winget/ ](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/package-manager/winget/)Official installer or vendor page | | ------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Help | [learn.microsoft.com/windows/package-manager/ ](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/package-manager/)Vendor support | | Official site | [learn.microsoft.com/windows/package-manager/winget/ ](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/package-manager/winget/)Start here, no be random exe host | ## Related hardware Any current Windows 10 or 11 PC wey get App Installer. Network matter pass RAM. ## Technical details Technical details Vendor version numbers dey change. Dis article no pin down any build. ## Related Dis entities connect to dis article. Type dey show for every link. [Microsoft Store: Application](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/software/microsoft-store/)[Chocolatey: Application](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/software/chocolatey/)[How to read Task Manager: Guide](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/software/system/how-to-read-task-manager/) ## Sources and verification Recorded source label: August 2026. Dis label no establish independent verification. [How we dey do research](https://feex.it/wiki/research/). - [WinGet official site ](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/package-manager/winget/)· Vendor product page - [WinGet help ](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/package-manager/)· Vendor support - [WinGet GitHub ](https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli)· CLI source and releases - [Foxhole process map ](https://foxhole.feex.it/)· First-party samples on top Windows PCs. No be lab benchmark. ## Dis article make sense to you? Yes or no dey enough. Choose reason if you want, or add short note. Quick facts The short identity of dis page. Specs, sources, and the full story still dey inside the article. - **Developer**: Microsoft Corporation **Category**: Package manager **Process**: winget.exe **License**: MIT (Windows Package Manager) **First released**: 2020 **Official site**: [learn.microsoft.com/winget](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/package-manager/winget/) **Feex map am**: Dem see am on top Windows PCs for Foxhole Recorded source status: Feex Reviewed: Recorded source label: August 2026. Dis label no establish independent verification. --- Source: [Canonical Feex Wiki page](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/software/winget/) [Developer guide](https://feex.it/wiki/developers/) | [API policy](https://feex.it/developers/api-policy/) | [Agent guidance](https://feex.it/wiki/llms.txt)