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Support other portable application formats #5083

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denelon opened this issue Dec 18, 2024 · 0 comments
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Support other portable application formats #5083

denelon opened this issue Dec 18, 2024 · 0 comments
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Issue-Feature This is a feature request for the Windows Package Manager client.

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denelon commented Dec 18, 2024

Description of the new feature / enhancement

WinGet has support for portable applications when they are "executables" as in *.exe.

Other formats have been suggested like:

  • *.bat
  • *.com
  • *.jar

Current WinGet Community repository policies prohibit .bat and .com, but these could be offered in private enterprise repositories.

The Java archive format .jar requires a JRE to be present on the system, and that comes with challenges associated with dependencies.

This "parent" issue will be linked to by labels in the WinGet Community Repository when portable packages using other formats are submitted.

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@denelon denelon added the Issue-Feature This is a feature request for the Windows Package Manager client. label Dec 18, 2024
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