How to install multiple applications using winget and winstall on Windows 10

Winstall is a web application that allows you to create scripts to simplify the process of installing multiple applications using winget on Windows 10.

What is Winget? What is Winstall?

Microsoft has built Windows Package Manager (winget), which allows you to explore, install, upgrade, delete, and set up one or more applications on Windows 10 with the command line.

Although using winget to install an application is easy, when you need to download and install many applications, the command can be very complicated and this is where winstall becomes useful.

Winstall is a web application started by Mehedi Hassan on GitHub, connected to the Microsoft app store and allows you to visually select the applications you want to install. Winstall automatically creates a script, which you can then use to batch install applications on Windows 10 using winget.

In this tutorial, you'll learn the steps to using winstall to create a script to install multiple applications using winget on Windows 10.

How to install multiple applications using winstall and winget

To install multiple applications using winstall and winget, follow these steps:

1. Open winstall on the web.

https://winstall.app/

2. Click the View All button .

3. Select the applications you want to install by double clicking on them.

Quick tip : You can identify the selected item with a purple border. You can click on the application to deselect it or click the Clear Selections button .

4. Click the Generate script button .

5. Click the Copy to clipboard button .

Quick note : The default output is to use the winget with the Command Prompt and you must turn on the Show PowerShell script switch to modify the script and use it on PowerShell. Additionally, you can even download a .bat file to automate the installation process on the device.

6. Open Start.

7. Open Command Prompt with admin rights.

8. Right-click and paste ( Ctrl+ V) the winget script to install the application and click Enter.

For example, this script installs Atom, VLC and 1Password:

winget install --id=AgileBits.1Password -e && winget install --id=twinkstar.browser -e && winget install --id=VideoLAN.VLC -e

When you complete the steps, the application will automatically download and install on your Windows 10 device.

You can use Windows Package Manager without admin rights, but you will be prompted for this. If you still choose not to use admin rights, the installation will fail.