How to Install Windows Package Manager without Microsoft Store

Windows Package Manager

In some cases, you cannot use Microsoft Store so, you cannot install or update App Installer. And when you install an app using Windows Package Manager, you get the following error.

Install WinGet without Micosoft Store

To fix it, we’ll install Windows Package Manager without Microsoft Store. Before you begin, you need install dependencies stuff.

1. Right click on Windows start icon then select Windows PowerShell Admin or Windows Terminal Admin in Windows 11  and keep it open throughout this guide.

Install VC++ v14 Desktop Framework Package

1. Download the correct VC++ v14 Desktop Framework Package for your architecture.

2. Install with: Add-AppxPackage -Path “Path to file”

Add-AppPackage -Path .\Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Desktop.appx

Download and install Microsoft.UI.Xaml

Winget v1.2.10271 introduced a new dependency for Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.7 and above which you have to install manually.

1. Download the Nuget package manually by clicking Download package on the right hand side under the About section.

2. Change the file extension of downloaded file from .nuget to .zip then extract it to a folder.

3. Navigate to toolsAppX[YOUR ARCHITECTURE]Release and you can see the package.

4. Install with: Add-AppxPackage -Path “Path to file”

Add-AppPackage -Path .\Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.8.appx

Installing Winget

1. Finally, download the .msixbundle package from: https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/releases

2. Install with: Add-AppxPackage -Path “Path to file”

Add-AppPackage -Path .\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle

3. Verify that the installation succeeded by running winget in PowerShell. If no errors occur then you’re done!

PS C:\Users\admin\Downloads> winget
Windows Package Manager v1.3.2091
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

The winget command line utility enables installing applications and other packages from the command line.

usage: winget [<command>] [<options>]

The following commands are available:
  install    Installs the given package
  show       Shows information about a package
  source     Manage sources of packages
  search     Find and show basic info of packages
  list       Display installed packages
  upgrade    Shows and performs available upgrades
  uninstall  Uninstalls the given package
  hash       Helper to hash installer files
  validate   Validates a manifest file
  settings   Open settings or set administrator settings
  features   Shows the status of experimental features
  export     Exports a list of the installed packages
  import     Installs all the packages in a file

For more details on a specific command, pass it the help argument. [-?]

The following options are available:
  -v,--version  Display the version of the tool
  --info        Display general info of the tool

More help can be found at: https://aka.ms/winget-command-help