Get App Installer
Open App Installer on Microsoft Store, install or update it, then close and reopen PowerShell or Windows Terminal so winget is on PATH.
Install the equalizer package
winget install -e --id FxSound.FxSound Package source: microsoft/winget-pkgs FxSound.FxSound. Manual fallback: fxsound_setup.exe from fxsound.com or GitHub. Guides: winget, Windows install, home.
App Installer from Microsoft
Stay on fxsound.com, GitHub Releases for fxsound2/fxsound-app, or winget id FxSound.FxSound when you install or update on Windows. Those doors publish the current fxsound_setup.exe family without Softonic-style wrappers that rename the button.
Prefer one update path on this PC. Mixing a machine-scope winget seat with a random portable unzip from a search ad is how people end up with two FxSound folders and unclear Start menu shortcuts. Read AGPL-3.0 LICENSE text before you redistribute modified builds.
Related Windows audio pages cover install, winget, portable-or-exe history, safety, first run, presets, system-wide routing, and the Equalizer APO comparison. Supporting cluster pages for releases, GitHub, and download-safe intent link back to the same FxSound path.
Confirm winget in a new terminal
Stay on fxsound.com, GitHub Releases for fxsound2/fxsound-app, or winget id FxSound.FxSound when you install or update on Windows. Those doors publish the current fxsound_setup.exe family without Softonic-style wrappers that rename the button.
Prefer one update path on this PC. Mixing a machine-scope winget seat with a random portable unzip from a search ad is how people end up with two FxSound folders and unclear Start menu shortcuts. Read AGPL-3.0 LICENSE text before you redistribute modified builds.
Related Windows audio pages cover install, winget, portable-or-exe history, safety, first run, presets, system-wide routing, and the Equalizer APO comparison. Supporting cluster pages for releases, GitHub, and download-safe intent link back to the same FxSound path.
Package id for FxSound
Stay on fxsound.com, GitHub Releases for fxsound2/fxsound-app, or winget id FxSound.FxSound when you install or update on Windows. Those doors publish the current fxsound_setup.exe family without Softonic-style wrappers that rename the button.
Prefer one update path on this PC. Mixing a machine-scope winget seat with a random portable unzip from a search ad is how people end up with two FxSound folders and unclear Start menu shortcuts. Read AGPL-3.0 LICENSE text before you redistribute modified builds.
Related Windows audio pages cover install, winget, portable-or-exe history, safety, first run, presets, system-wide routing, and the Equalizer APO comparison. Supporting cluster pages for releases, GitHub, and download-safe intent link back to the same FxSound path.
When winget is blocked
Stay on fxsound.com, GitHub Releases for fxsound2/fxsound-app, or winget id FxSound.FxSound when you install or update on Windows. Those doors publish the current fxsound_setup.exe family without Softonic-style wrappers that rename the button.
Prefer one update path on this PC. Mixing a machine-scope winget seat with a random portable unzip from a search ad is how people end up with two FxSound folders and unclear Start menu shortcuts. Read AGPL-3.0 LICENSE text before you redistribute modified builds.
Related Windows audio pages cover install, winget, portable-or-exe history, safety, first run, presets, system-wide routing, and the Equalizer APO comparison. Supporting cluster pages for releases, GitHub, and download-safe intent link back to the same FxSound path.
Related reading for winget setup
Stay on fxsound.com, GitHub Releases for fxsound2/fxsound-app, or winget id FxSound.FxSound when you install or update on Windows. Those doors publish the current fxsound_setup.exe family without Softonic-style wrappers that rename the button.
Prefer one update path on this PC. Mixing a machine-scope winget seat with a random portable unzip from a search ad is how people end up with two FxSound folders and unclear Start menu shortcuts. Read AGPL-3.0 LICENSE text before you redistribute modified builds.
Related Windows audio pages cover install, winget, portable-or-exe history, safety, first run, presets, system-wide routing, and the Equalizer APO comparison. Supporting cluster pages for releases, GitHub, and download-safe intent link back to the same FxSound path.
Machine-scope install expectations
Stay on fxsound.com, GitHub Releases for fxsound2/fxsound-app, or winget id FxSound.FxSound when you install or update on Windows. Those doors publish the current fxsound_setup.exe family without Softonic-style wrappers that rename the button.
Prefer one update path on this PC. Mixing a machine-scope winget seat with a random portable unzip from a search ad is how people end up with two FxSound folders and unclear Start menu shortcuts. Read AGPL-3.0 LICENSE text before you redistribute modified builds.
Related Windows audio pages cover install, winget, portable-or-exe history, safety, first run, presets, system-wide routing, and the Equalizer APO comparison. Supporting cluster pages for releases, GitHub, and download-safe intent link back to the same FxSound path.
Fall back to the official setup exe
Stay on fxsound.com, GitHub Releases for fxsound2/fxsound-app, or winget id FxSound.FxSound when you install or update on Windows. Those doors publish the current fxsound_setup.exe family without Softonic-style wrappers that rename the button.
Prefer one update path on this PC. Mixing a machine-scope winget seat with a random portable unzip from a search ad is how people end up with two FxSound folders and unclear Start menu shortcuts. Read AGPL-3.0 LICENSE text before you redistribute modified builds.
Related Windows audio pages cover install, winget, portable-or-exe history, safety, first run, presets, system-wide routing, and the Equalizer APO comparison. Supporting cluster pages for releases, GitHub, and download-safe intent link back to the same FxSound path.