microsoft/winget-cli v1.12.170-preview

Windows Package Manager 1.12.170-preview

Repository: microsoft/winget-cli

Tag: v1.12.170-preview

Published: 2025-09-09T19:18:43Z

Prerelease: yes

Release notes: 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 mcp for 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 The package dependency on WinUI 2 has been replaced by a dependency on the Windows App Runtime 1.7.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 BOM encoding when the schema header is on the first line

Experimental Features

• Experimental support for Fonts

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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 https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/5625
• Resolve nuget package graph for .NET projects together by @JohnMcPMS in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/5627
• Update to latest MCP nuget by @JohnMcPMS in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/5633
• Update release notes to mention WinUI dependency change by @florelis in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/5656
• Improve COM server quiescing by @JohnMcPMS in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/5652
• Improve issue forms & add corresponding label triggers by @mdanish-kh in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/5661
• Fix conflict with issue forms by @Trenly in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/5663

Full Changelog: https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/compare/v1.12.100-preview...v1.12.170-preview