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Install Microsoft To-Do without accessing the Windows Store
If you are on windows 11 you should have winget (microsoft package manager).
To install Microsoft to do, open PowerShell as admin and run this command: winget install 9NBLGGH5R558
note: if you don't have admin credentials, the command should run even of you run Powershell as a regular user.
9NBLGGH5R558 is the ID for the To Do app: https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/microsoft-to-do-lists-tasks-reminders/9NBLGGH5R558
note it at the end of the URL, if the ID changes, replace that with the current ID. You can figure that out by going to the Microsoft store on the web and search for the Microsoft to Do.
if you don't have winget, run this script in Powershell as admin:
$ProgressPreference='Silent'
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/releases/download/v1.3.2691/Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle -OutFile .\MicrosoftDesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://aka.ms/Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Desktop.appx -OutFile Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Desktop.appx
Add-AppxPackage Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Desktop.appx
Add-AppxPackage Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle
the script might change so please check for updates here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/package-manager/winget/
hope this helps.
- Awesome, thank you. For me, Store and sideloading are disabled.
FYI, To Do (at least in my case) seems now to be part of Outlook, and is accessible from the navigation bar on the left edge, and can be opened in a dedicated window (like the calendar). However, the GUI differs slightly from the desktop app version of To Do. - Just need to highlight this option as it requires no alternative websites nor app installers and is a built in Win 10 feature. Thank you for posting the Winget command 🙂
command: winget install 9NBLGGH5R558
9NBLGGH5R558 is the ID for the To Do app: https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/microsoft-to-do-lists-tasks-reminders/9NBLGGH5R558- Just wanted to say THANK YOU for this! This is by far the simplest solution and it does work.
Thank you thank you thank you!
