PowerShell - Interactive WinGet Updates

Interactive WinGet Updates PowerShell Code

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Overview

Sources:

• jdhitsolutions/WingetTools: A set of PowerShell tools for working with the winget package manager.
• WingetTools/docs/Get-WGUpgrade.md at main · jdhitsolutions/WingetTools
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This note showcases using the PowerShell Module WingetTools by jdhitsolutions to implement an interactive way to display upgradeable WinGet packages on a Windows machine, select the packages to update/upgrade, and invoke the updates.

Code Snippets

Dependencies:

• WinGet and PowerShell (Core)
• PowerShellGet or PSResourceGet
• Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleGuiTools for Out-ConsoleGridView Function
• WingetTools Module

Installation

Install from the PowerShell Gallery using a method from below.

Installation Methods:

• Installation via PowerShellGet
• Installation via PSResourceGet

# Install via PowerShellGet
Install-Module WingetTools -Scope CurrentUser -Force
 
# Install via PSResourceGet
Install-PSResource WingetTools -Scope CurrentUser -Force
 
# Import into Current Session
Import-Module WingetTools
 
# Test Getting Help for a Function
Get-Help Get-WGUpgrade -Full

Usage

#Requires -RunAsAdministrator
Get-WGUpgrade | Out-ConsoleGridView -OutputMode Multiple | Invoke-WGUpgrade

Details

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See Also

• PowerShell Code
• PowerShell Map of Content

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Appendix

Note created on 2024-04-15 and last modified on 2024-04-15.

Backlinks

LIST FROM [[PowerShell - Interactive WinGet Updates]] AND -"CHANGELOG" AND -"04-RESOURCES/Code/PowerShell/PowerShell - Interactive WinGet Updates"

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