How to Install ActiveState Komodo IDE Silently with winget on Windows

Installing ActiveState Komodo IDE interactively is fine when you're sitting at the machine. When you're deploying to 50 machines or building a CI image, you want a one-line silent install. Here's how winget does it.

Quick answer

Open Terminal as Administrator and run:

winget install --id ActiveState.KomodoIDE -e --silent --accept-package-agreements --accept-source-agreements

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Typical install time: 10–60 seconds depending on installer size.

What gets installed

Field	Value
Package ID	`ActiveState.KomodoIDE`
Publisher	ActiveState Software Inc.
Installer type	Windows Installer (MSI)
License	Mozilla Public License
Latest version	12.0.1
Minimum OS	10.0.0.0
Homepage	activestate.com

MSI installers accept /quiet (no UI) and /norestart (skip reboot). winget passes both automatically with --silent.

Per-user install (no admin)

If you don't have admin rights, try per-user scope:

winget install --id ActiveState.KomodoIDE -e --scope user --silent

If the manifest doesn't have a user-scope installer, winget falls back with an error — in that case you genuinely need admin or use the Access denied fix.

Specify a version

To pin a known-good version (useful for reproducible CI / team standardisation):

winget install --id ActiveState.KomodoIDE -e --version 12.0.1 --silent

List available versions:

winget show --id ActiveState.KomodoIDE --versions

Override silent flags

If winget's --silent doesn't fully suppress the installer's UI, pass native flags via --override:

winget install --id ActiveState.KomodoIDE -e --override "/quiet /norestart"

These are the Windows Installer (MSI)-native silent switches the installer recognises.

Verify after install

winget list --id ActiveState.KomodoIDE

If the version is shown, the install succeeded.

Upgrade silently

winget upgrade --id ActiveState.KomodoIDE -e --silent --accept-package-agreements --accept-source-agreements

Or upgrade as part of a bulk weekly cron — see How to update all Windows apps.

Uninstall silently

winget uninstall --id ActiveState.KomodoIDE --silent --disable-interactivity

Detailed guide: How to uninstall Windows apps with winget.

In a provisioning script

PowerShell snippet for unattended Windows setup:

$apps = @(
  "ActiveState.KomodoIDE"
  # add more packages here
)

foreach ($id in $apps) {
  winget install --id $id -e --silent `
    --accept-package-agreements --accept-source-agreements
}

Wrap in Task Scheduler for one-shot machine provisioning. See Fresh Windows 11 setup.

Common errors

"ActiveState Komodo IDE is already installed" — winget detected the existing install. To force-reinstall over the existing copy:

winget install --id ActiveState.KomodoIDE -e --silent --force

"Installer hash does not match" — ActiveState Software Inc. published a new version before the winget manifest updated. Wait ~24 hours or pass --force. See hash mismatch fix.

"Access denied" / 0x80070005 — run Terminal as Administrator. See Access denied fix.

0x80073D02 — package in use — ActiveState Komodo IDE is currently running. Close it then retry. See package in use fix.