This program is used to back up your packages using the winget tool from Windows
It make the process a bit easier, store the name of the packages that weren't found through winget and is able to find some more of them.
It is used via command line like follows:
- Install the utility via one of the installation options
- Run it or extract it
- Use it as-is by opening a terminal or add it to your PATH environment variable
- Run it like so:
To save your packages:
./packageBackup.exe -s outputFilePath
./packageBackup.exe --save outputFilePathAll the packages that couldn't be found via winget will be listed in outputFileName_unavailable.
You will need to manually reinstall them. That is the case for most games.
You can also blacklist some packages by creating a blacklist.txt file containing a name filter on each line, like so:
first filter
second filter
...
last filter
A default one is included (excluding default Windows and Microsoft packages).
To load your packages from a file:
./packageBackup.exe -l inputFileName
./packageBackup.exe --load inputFileNameTo uninstall the app, simply go to Windows Settings, Applications, then select packageBackup and click on uninstall
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