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At Build 2026, Microsoft’s most consequential Windows announcement was a developer-optimized Windows 11 configuration, shown alongside the Surface Laptop Ultra and Surface RTX Spark Dev Box, that strips away distractions, preloads core developer tools, and reframes Windows as a calmer, faster...

Microsoft released Coreutils for Windows during Build 2026, making familiar Unix and Linux command-line utilities available as native Windows applications through a Microsoft-maintained package installable with WinGet. The move is small in surface area and large in symbolism: Windows is no...

Windows users can avoid the old browser-download-installer routine by using Microsoft’s Windows Package Manager, better known as WinGet, a command-line tool available on Windows 11, modern Windows 10 releases, and Windows Server 2025 through App Installer. That sounds like a small convenience...

Microsoft used Build 2026 on June 2 to pitch Windows 11 as a developer-first AI workstation platform, announcing WinGet-powered developer configurations, WSL and Terminal upgrades, local AI models, agent containment features, and new NVIDIA RTX Spark hardware including Surface RTX Spark Dev Box...

Devolutions has released UniGetUI 2026.1.11 for Windows 10 and Windows 11, delivering a stability-focused update to the open-source graphical package manager that wraps WinGet, Chocolatey, Scoop, pip, npm, and .NET Tool behind a single desktop interface. The release is not a glamour build; it is...

Microsoft’s current support guidance tells Windows users to check whether an app is installed by opening Start > Settings > Apps > Installed apps, while also noting that apps may appear in the Start menu, with frequently used apps surfaced first and the full list arranged alphabetically. That...

Windows 11 has become far better at updating itself than at updating the everyday desktop apps people actually use, and that gap is exactly where Winget-AutoUpdate makes its case. The community tool, recently highlighted by Windows Central, turns Microsoft’s command-line Windows Package Manager...

Windows Terminal has quietly become one of the most useful productivity tools on modern Windows, and the biggest surprise is how much everyday work it can replace once you learn a few core commands. In the MakeUseOf piece, the author argues that instead of treating Terminal as a niche escape...

The command line still has a reputation problem on Windows, but in 2026 that reputation is increasingly out of date. A few carefully chosen tools can turn the terminal from a developer-only space into a practical, everyday control center for installing apps, reading files, tracking changes, and...

Microsoft’s Windows Package Manager has quietly closed a long-standing administrative annoyance: the client and the App Installer package now share a single, consistent versioning line with the release of WinGet 1.28.190, and that alignment matters more than it sounds. Background WinGet started...

Keeping every driver on a Windows 11 PC fully up to date with a single native Command Prompt command is a tempting idea, but it’s not how Microsoft designs driver servicing — there is no single built‑in CMD instruction that scans, downloads, and installs every device driver on a modern Windows...

Linux’s fingerprints are all over modern Windows — not just in the developer tooling that lets engineers run containers and build apps, but in everyday features millions of users now take for granted. What started as a set of pragmatic, open-source approaches on UNIX and Linux systems has seeped...

If your Chrome install on Windows 11 has become slow, unstable, or simply refuses to start, a quick uninstall-and-reinstall using the Windows Package Manager (winget) is often the fastest way back to a clean, working browser — and it can be done entirely from the Terminal in a matter of moments...

If McAfee arrived on your new laptop as a trial or factory-installed security bundle and you’re ready to remove it, there are three reliable paths to a clean uninstall on Windows 11: the built‑in Settings (GUI) flow, a fast command‑line removal with Microsoft’s winget package manager, and a deep...

If you want MongoDB on a Windows 11 workstation right now, you have two solid routes: the one‑line, repeatable WinGet method that gets you from zero to a registered Windows service quickly, or the full MSI installer if you prefer a graphical, configurable setup. This feature walks both paths...

Windows 10 users chasing faster downloads—whether for Windows Update, large game files, GitHub releases, or tunnelling traffic through proxies—now have more practical options than ever, but the fastest route isn’t always the simplest: you need to understand Windows’ Delivery Optimization...

Windows 11’s quiet evolution over the past few years has produced a stack of small, focused wins that together deliver a noticeably smoother, more productive PC experience — from a remarkably rebuilt Snipping Tool to a Game Bar optimized for handhelds, deeper package management, and tighter...

I spent far too long chasing conflicting guides before I discovered a reliable, low-friction way to get Anthropic’s Claude Code running on Windows 11: use WinGet to install the official native build. The result is one simple command—no Node.js hoops, no WSL overhead unless you want it—and a...

If you’ve ever wished Windows handled app installs and updates the way Linux does — predictable, scriptable, and fast — you already have the tool you need built into modern Windows: the Windows Package Manager, aka WinGet. This command-line utility removes the repetitive clicking and guesswork...

Microsoft has quietly restored a simple, native terminal text editor to Windows: Microsoft Edit — a compact, open‑source TUI (text user interface) editor you can run directly from Command Prompt, PowerShell, or Windows Terminal without switching to a GUI. The tool is designed for quick edits —...