Installing Hugo on Windows

1. Install Git first

Open this web site and download GIT
https://git-scm.com/download/win

2. Install GO

https://go.dev/doc/install
You want to download and install : go1.21.3.windows-amd64.msi

3. Install Winget

Login to your microsoft account:
https://account.microsoft.com/account?lang=en-us

  1. Open the Windows Start menu, type store, and press Enter to open the Microsoft Store app.

  2. In the search bar, type winget and press Enter. In the results, click the App Installer application

  3. On the App Installer page, click Get to install the app.

4. Using Winget to Install Hugo

Winget is Microsoft’s official free and open source package manager for Windows.
This will install the extended edition of Hugo:
Open the Windows Start menu, type command press enter
now type the following command and press enter
winget install Hugo.Hugo.Extended

5. Creating a new site

Readthis article:
Creating Your First Hugo Site