where are windows server 2022 installation instructions? #4502

Activity

1. M. Greyson Christoforo (greyltc)

   added

   Issue-DocsIt's a documentation issue that really should be on MicrosoftDocsIt's a documentation issue that really should be on MicrosoftDocs

   on May 23, 2024
2. microsoft-github-policy-service

   added

   Needs-TriageIssue needs to be triagedIssue needs to be triaged

   on May 23, 2024
3. greyltc commented on May 23, 2024

   

   M. Greyson Christoforo (greyltc)

   on May 23, 2024

   Author

   More actions

   After doing some more searching, I think this issue is a duplicate of #438 which has seemingly been closed as a "won't fix" if I understand correctly (issue marked closed & docs are non-existent).

   I think it's a bit strange to dangle the possibility of installation on windows server 2022 in the readme, then make it a secret out of how to actually do it.
4. denelon commented on May 24, 2024

   

   Demitrius Nelon (denelon)

   on May 24, 2024

   Collaborator

   More actions

   There are a couple of different options. Users should also be aware that WinGet distributed through the App Installer is considered a Windows System component which means once it's been added to Windows Server 2022, removal is not supported.

   One method is the instructions at Microsoft Learn for bootstrapping WinGet in the Windows Sandbox. The other method is using the Repair-WinGetPackageManager PowerShell cmdlet inside the Microsoft.WinGet.Client PowerShell module.

   $progressPreference = 'silentlyContinue'
   Write-Information "Downloading WinGet and its dependencies..."
   Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://aka.ms/getwinget -OutFile Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle
   Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://aka.ms/Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Desktop.appx -OutFile Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Desktop.appx
   Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://github.com/microsoft/microsoft-ui-xaml/releases/download/v2.8.6/Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.8.x64.appx -OutFile Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.8.x64.appx
   Add-AppxPackage Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Desktop.appx
   Add-AppxPackage Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.8.x64.appx
   Add-AppxPackage Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle
5. Demitrius Nelon (denelon)

   removed

   Needs-TriageIssue needs to be triagedIssue needs to be triaged

   on May 24, 2024
6. tristanbarcelon commented on Jun 22, 2024

   

   tristanbarcelon

   on Jun 22, 2024

   More actions

   Hi Demitrius Nelon (@denelon) I followed your suggestion above and received an error about missing license.

   
7. Karl-WE commented on Nov 17, 2024

   

   Karl Wester-Ebbinghaus (Karl-WE)

   on Nov 17, 2024

   Last edited by Karl-WE

   Contributor

   More actions

   A non Microsoft approach is
   Bit.ly/winget-install

   Works for unsupported OS like Windows Server 2022 and 2019.
8. tristanbarcelon commented on May 14, 2025

   

   tristanbarcelon

   on May 14, 2025

   More actions

   I updated winget on Server 2022 using later version of winget-install and it borked the winget cli. Incidentally, Microsoft.Winget.Client still works.
9. DandelionSprout commented on May 31, 2026

   

   Imre Eilertsen (DandelionSprout)

   on May 31, 2026

   Last edited by DandelionSprout

   Contributor

   More actions

   I got the following to work for Windows Server 2019 RTM Desktop Experience, making it practically guaranteed it'll also work for Server 2022:

   1. Install the newest VC++ Redist X64 from https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist
   2. Download the newest Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle file from https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/releases
   3. Change its file extension from .msixbundle → .zip in File Explorer.
   4. Extract the .zip.
   5. In the extracted folder, find AppInstaller_x64.msix. Then change that one too to a .zip and extract it.
   6. Open a command line in the extracted AppInstaller_x64 folder, and run .\winget search weather or similar.
   7. It works. Text strings are a bit broken, but it works. MSIX programs (e.g. PowerShell 7) installed through Winget can sometimes throw "No applicable app licenses found" on first launch, but will work on the 2nd launch onwards.

   Screenshot proof:

   

   This guide will probably also work for pretty much anyone wanting a portable Winget environment for any ≥2018 Windows version (except Server Core).

   I did also try to see if this would work with Windows 8 RTM, Windows 8.1 RTM, and Windows Server 2016 RTM, but it turned out Winget relies on something called IsWow64Process2 that was introduced in 2017 OS updates.
10. Mizuki Sango (msageha)

    added a commit that references this issue on Jul 4, 2026

    fix(windows): winget 導入を GitHub リリース方式に切り替える

    ...

    1add5d5
11. Demitrius Nelon (denelon)

    added a commit that references this issue on Aug 13, 2026

    Improved the OS support requirements in the README. (#6447)

    ...

    824f09a