This is a preview build of WinGet for those interested in trying out upcoming features and fixes. While it has had some use and should be free of major issues, it may have bugs or usability problems. If you find any, please help us out by filing an issue.
New in v1.12
- MCP server available; run
winget mcpfor assistance on configuring your client. - App Installer now uses WinUI 3. The package dependency on WinUI 2 has been replaced by a dependency on the Windows App Runtime 1.7.
Bug Fixes
- Manifest validation no longer fails using
UTF-8 BOMencoding when the schema header is on the first line
Experimental Features
- Experimental support for Fonts
Experimental support for Fonts
The following snippet enables experimental support for fonts via winget settings. The winget font list command will list installed font families and the number of installed font faces.
{
"$schema" "https://aka.ms/winget-settings.schema.json",
"experimentalFeatures": {
"fonts": true
}
}
What's Changed
- Don't build MCP for fuzzing by @JohnMcPMS in #5625
- Resolve nuget package graph for .NET projects together by @JohnMcPMS in #5627
- Update to latest MCP nuget by @JohnMcPMS in #5633
- Update release notes to mention WinUI dependency change by @florelis in #5656
- Improve COM server quiescing by @JohnMcPMS in #5652
- Improve issue forms & add corresponding label triggers by @mdanish-kh in #5661
- Fix conflict with issue forms by @Trenly in #5663
Full Changelog: v1.12.100-preview...v1.12.170-preview