Install Notepad++ silently using Windows Powershell

If you are wondering if there is a way to install the Notepad++ application on your device in the background (silently) then you can make use of Windows Powershell.

Go to Run and type powershell, press enter to open it,
Now type command: winget install -e --id Notepad++.Notepad++
Now go to Run and type: Notepad++ and press enter
Notepad++ Application will load up

Note: If you are using Windows Server 2019 or 2022, you will not have the winget package installer available, in such a case you can still install Notepad++ by downloading the exe file first and executing the

Start-Process command with PassThru

PS C:\> Invoke-WebRequest https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-
plus/releases/download/v8.2.1/npp.8.2.1.Installer.exe -OutFile c:\npp.8.2.1.Installer.exe

PS C:\> Start-Process .\npp.8.2.1.Installer.exe /S -NoNewWindow -Wait -PassThru

Handles  NPM(K)    PM(K)      WS(K)     CPU(s)     Id  SI ProcessNam
                                                          e
-------  ------    -----      -----     ------     --  -- ----------
     58       8     1288       3676       0.03   4884   2 npp.8.2...


PS C:\>

Install Notepad++ setup silently using Powershell

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