After the mess I made in previous posts this summary might be useful.
Thanks PatchMyPC, the great and powerful program downloader and updater.
curl
Downloads into folder in which consol is active
curl -O https://patchmypc.com/freeupdater/PatchMyPC.exe
Downloads into a specific folder
mkdir C:\Portable
curl -o C:\Portable\PatchMyPC.exe https://patchmypc.com/freeupdater/PatchMyPC.exe
I have had to add -L on occasion or use curl.exe instead of curl but curl normally works fine
wget
Download wget into the working directory (if link changes, fix it)
curl -o C:\Windows\System32\wget.exe https://eternallybored.org/misc/wget/1.21.4/64/wget.exe
Downloads into folder in which consol is active
wget https://patchmypc.com/freeupdater/PatchMyPC.exe
Downloads into specific folder
mkdir C:\Portable
wget https://patchmypc.com/freeupdater/PatchMyPC.exe -O C:\Portable\PatchMyPC.exe
Downloads into folder in which consol is active from a list of urls in a .txt file
(list.txt in the folder in which consol is active)
wget -i list.txt
Downloads into specific folder from a list of urls in a .txt file
wget -i "path to list\list.txt" -P C:\Portable
If a "certifacte" error occurs ad this --no-check-certificate. It's good to add if processing a list.
powershell
Downloads into specific folder
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://patchmypc.com/freeupdater/PatchMyPC.exe -OutFile $env:USERPROFILE\Desktop\PatchMyPC.exe
winget
Download winget installed programs list to specific folder
winget export -o %userprofile%\desktop\list.json
Install from a downloaded .json file
winget import -i %userprofile%\desktop\list.json --accept-source-agreements --accept-package-agreements
If cmd or powershell is active in the same directory as the list.json
winget import -i list.json --accept-source-agreements --accept-package-agreements
Notepad++ does a great job of deleting the unwanted install lines in the exported json file.
It is also fast if you want to create a bat file from it.
highlight a symbol ctl+f mark all & bookmark, search bookmark, remove bookmarked lines.
highight the first " on the install line ctl+f all and replace with install commands
alt+click and drag to highlight any column and delete.
click and drag down/up to select rows for deletion
Notepad++ is the mother of all text editors :)
