LesFerch
[Feature Request] Add support for deploying WinSetView through WinGet
> What about winget? It comes with windows.
I recommend opening a new issue. I'll mark it as an enhancement and may look at it someday, but it would be nice to get some help to create a WinGet package.
The last time this came up, a user created a WinGet package for WinSetView following the guidelines for a portable app and there was an issue. Those guidelines apparently required the use of a symlink instead of a shortcut. But a symlink won't work correctly from a Cmd or PowerShell prompt. It works fine when double-clicked or executed via the Run menu. If this is accurate, I think it was a very silly idea for the powers that be to insist on a symlink. If they still have that requirement, then a WinGet package for WinSetView (and any portable app you wish to run from the command line) will be at least partially broken.
Originally posted by @LesFerch in https://github.com/LesFerch/WinSetView/issues/107#issuecomment-2308897499
While users report issues in Windows 10, it appears to work out of the box in Windows 11.
The WinSetView repository now includes an installer, WinSetView-Setup.exe, created with Inno Setup. This may now be used to create a reliable WinGet package.
@LesFerch If possible, please don't replace the installer file after you have made a Github release. It breaks installing via winget(and choco), as the installer it expects, is not the one it finds at the download location. Therefore the installation fails with a "installer hash mismatch".
If you have small fixes, please make them as a new minor release, then I will get notified about it :)
Ah, sorry, I missed your previous message stating that a package had been made. I'll increment the most minor version number going forward when there are trivial changes.
Ah, sorry, I missed your previous message stating that a package had been made. I'll increment the most minor version number going forward when there are trivial changes.
Thank you, I'll try my best to keep it up to date :)
Did you update the package yet? I just tried and got a hash error, so I guess not.
Did you update the package yet? I just tried and got a hash error, so I guess not.
Yep, had to be approved and merged first. That can take anywhere from a few hours to a day :)
Should be working now!
@LesFerch Confirmed it to work now. Can leave up the previous releases too?