Improved the OS support requirements in the README. - #6447
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Improved the OS support requirements in the README.#6447Imre Eilertsen (DandelionSprout) wants to merge 4 commits into
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📖 Description
Especially, Windows Server 2022 had been described pretty vaguely previously; this PR explains how to get it running.
It also lists Windows Server 2025 and Windows 11 as fully supported just in case, Windows Server 2019 as getting it to run, and Windows Server Core / earlier Windows versions as not getting it to run and why.
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🔍 Validation
I spent an afternoon in early July or late June 2026 on gradually testing my way from Windows 8.0 RTM (the earliest Windows version to support UWP executable formats) onwards, seeing if the extracted
winget.execould be run or not, and noted down the most important ones of the error messages if not.What I remember that I tested with in VMs, and the results:
— Windows 8.0 RTM
— Windows 8.1 RTM
— Windows Server 2016 RTM
✓ Windows Server 2019 RTM
— (Previous tests) Windows Server Core 2025
— (Test done 9 August 2026) Windows 10 1709 x64 (Only the
msstoresource works withwinget list, and trying to install from that source leads to0x80040154 : Class not registered)✅ Checklist
📋 Issue Type
Microsoft Reviewers: Open in CodeFlow