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Add PhotoDemon to WinGet
WinGet is Microsoft's package manager they are now shipping in recent updates to Windows 10: (it's on my system and I haven't had to manually install it) https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/package-manager/winget/
By providing a manifest (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/package-manager/package/repository) Windows users can install PhotoDemon with nothing more than winget install photodemon. For installing a bunch of software on a new machine (or VM), this is a great tool, and it can even do updates. The great thing is that it can even update software on your machine that wasn't originally installed from WinGet; try winget upgrade to see what can be updated on your machine!
Thank you for the tip @Kroc. Looks like an interesting possibility to explore!
Microsoft have added support for portable (non-installer) programs to WinGet: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/windows-package-manager-1-3/
Thank you for the update, @Kroc ! Once 9.0 is released, I'd love to investigate this further.
I had some time to investigate this today, and it looks like portable app support in winget is currently limited to standalone .exes with no other dependencies.
There is strong support for zip-based portable packages - which is exactly what I need for PhotoDemon - and as of a few days ago, a pull request appeared that might enable this,
Fingers crossed for a successful merge!