Most Windows users switch browsers as soon as they buy a new computer or perform a clean install of Windows. Below we will see how you can download a browser without a browser.
via the Microsoft Store
Using the Microsoft Store, you can download the application you are interested in. This allows you to download most browsers. However, Google Chrome is not available through the Microsoft Store.
Use Winget
Winget is a full-featured package manager that lets you download or update any application by typing a command, similar to Linux. Follow these steps to use Winget to install a browser.
Open Windows search and type “cmd”. Right-click on the black icon and select Run as Administrator.
In the new window, type winget and then install. Add the program name as shown below (developer name first then program name).
winget install Google.Chrome
winget install Mozilla.Firefox
winget install Opera.Opera
winget install Brave.Brave
winget install VivaldiTechnologies.Vivaldi
With Microsoft HTML Help
If you want to download a browser for Windows and don’t want to use Winget or go to the Microsoft Store, you can try Microsoft HTML HelpIt is an executable program that works similar to a browser and is present in any version of Windows.
Open CMD and type hh website. For example, you can type hh https://google.com
It will open a small old Google website, allowing you to download the browser of your choice.
Use the cURL command
cURL allows you to download files from the Internet using PowerShell.
Open PowerShell as administrator.
Give the order desktop cd cURL to save the downloaded file to your desktop.
Enter the command below and replace “https://site.com” with the URL of the site containing your browser’s .EXE file.
curl -L "https://site.com" -o download.exe
Let’s look at some links
Fire Fox: https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-latest&os=win64
Chrom: https://dl.google.com/chrome/install/standalonesetup64.exe
opera: https://net.geo.opera.com/opera/stable/windows
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