User should define what kind of packages can be installed / can be listed

[LokiMidgard]

Description of the new feature/enhancement

The tool should have a configuration that prevents specific kinds of installers. E.g. WinGet could configured to only install MSIX and not MSI packages.

The problem I have with currently existing package manages or precisly the managed packages under windows is that I don't trust there uninstall. While MSI can be correctly uninstalled and often will, in my experience it does not always works. Using a package manager hides the fact what install medium is used. (It is not that I never install software that uses MSI but I generally think twice about it)

If I could setup winget in a way that it lists only packages that are known to uninstall/update without problems I head much more confidence in using it.

This way MSIX (and maybe other formats that can be easily removed) can be promoted a little bit without loosing support for "older" software.

[denelon]

This looks loosely related to #154. I only mention it as we would likely use that work item to make sure we have the ability to manage the client. This would be a feature to allow or disallow a subset of installer types.

[Trenly]

[Policy] Area-Settings

[denelon]

We've added support to specify the installer-type when installing packages. The remaining work would be to make a section in settings to specify required installer types.

[Trenly]

We've added support to specify the installer-type when installing packages. The remaining work would be to make a section in settings to specify required installer types.

I do believe that the settings portion already exists - however, it only applies to the install command and does not affect winget search or winget list

[Trenly]

@denelon - The functionality for specifying required installer type in settings was added in #3516 and has now been available since WinGet v1.6.2482