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Update all out-of-date Windows programs in batch

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Christophe
Markdown, WSL and Docker lover ~ PHP developer ~ Insatiable curious.

Update all out-of-date Windows programs in batch

Use the winget tool to install and manage applications

If you're working under Linux or WSL, you know very well the sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade instruction to ask the operating system to upgrade programs present on your disk with newer version.

Under Windows, since a few years (starting with Windows 10), there is such command too: it's winget.

Open your Linux folder in Windows Explorer

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Christophe
Markdown, WSL and Docker lover ~ PHP developer ~ Insatiable curious.

Open your Linux folder in Windows Explorer

Did you know it is possible to use the Windows Explorer program and navigate on your Linux filesystem?

An easy way to open your current folder in Windows Explorer is to call the explorer.exe binary.

So, f.i., in your Linux console, open any existing folder like cd ~/repositories/blog and then, just run explorer.exe ..