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You could do that almost 10 years ago with chocolatey the exactly same way, here is one liner

    iwr https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1 | iex; cinst googlechrome

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And how did you get chocolatey on that new install? I'm guessing that the vast majority of users opened IE and downloaded it through that browser.

"iwr https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1 | iex" installs chocolatey without having to open IE

I see. That's why my comment was worded so carefully: though I'm sure one _could_ install chocolatey from the Windows CLI, a tiny minority ever would do so.

But that's for introducing me to the iwr command. I don't use Windows often, but it's good to know what tools are available in the rare instances that I need to. Now I need a mnemonic to remember it... "I Want Real (curl)"

C:\Windows\System32\curl.exe exists if you want real curl. (or just run curl from a command prompt. curl in powershell is an alias for iwr.

Its 5 years outdated tho, better use this, always up to date:

https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/curl

Invoke Web Request is another good one, considering iwr is just an alias for the PowerShell cmdlet Invoke-WebRequest.

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