THE EASY WAY TOINSTALL SOFTWAREON WINDOWS10
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If you’ve ever used Windows, it’s a fair bet that you’ve installed the odd software package – be that Chrome, Word or Fortnite. And, no doubt, you did it in the usual way, by opening up the File Explorer, launching setup.exe, clicking through a series of confirmations, waiting for the necessary files, libraries and settings to be installed, then finally clicking “Close” to finish up.
While this process is easy for beginners to get along with, all that clicking and waiting around is hardly efficient. If you have several apps to set up it can be a real pain, as you can’t start a second installation until the first is complete.
Fear not, though. A better way is at hand, as long as you’re not afraid of a little typing. In May of this year, Microsoft unveiled the new Windows Package Manager (WPM), a text-based installer that lets you download and deploy an extensive selection of apps and games – including plenty of well-known desktop applications – by simply entering a single short command into the command prompt or a PowerShell session. It’s far faster and simpler than working via a graphical installer,
