We’ve added an enhancement to provide not only a standard error message, but now a URL can also be included. exe-based installers can provide custom responses for various failure scenarios. You can also pass “–display-notes” or “–suppress-notes” to override settings. You can add “suppressInstallNotes” as a setting to prevent them from being displayed. The default behavior is to display these notes. We’ve also added arguments and settings to manage these notes. Installation notes will be displayed after the package is installed. Some other packages have nuances related to what a user should understand before running them the first time. Most command-line packages require a terminal restart for the environment variables to be loaded.

You will now be able to see the documentation and an associated URL when you run winget show.

Some packages include documentation associated with a package version. What is new in Windows Package Manager (winget) 1.3? Version 1.3 is now available with an impressive list of new features and capabilities, such as portable apps support, install notes and associated documentation, an improved progress bar, and others. Microsoft has released a big update for Windows Package Manager, also known as winget.

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