From 24a5f095add94b4230500bdef588de88ad458436 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Justin <justinwlin@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:19:24 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix(runpodctl): correct the windows install command

wget in PowerShell is an alias for Invoke-WebRequest, which has no -O parameter,
and -O is an ambiguous prefix of -OutFile, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer and
-OperationTimeoutSeconds. The documented command failed instead of downloading.

Also installs to %LOCALAPPDATA%\runpodctl and adds it to PATH, so Windows users
get a working runpodctl like the macOS and Linux tabs already do, and adds the
arm64 variant. Matches the runpodctl README and skill install guide.

Upstream: https://github.com/runpod/runpodctl/issues/311
---
 runpodctl/overview.mdx | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/runpodctl/overview.mdx b/runpodctl/overview.mdx
index a7bb931f9..2e07f511c 100644
--- a/runpodctl/overview.mdx
+++ b/runpodctl/overview.mdx
@@ -99,9 +99,32 @@ export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
 </Tab>
 
 <Tab title="Windows">
-```bash
-wget https://github.com/runpod/runpodctl/releases/latest/download/runpodctl-windows-amd64.exe -O runpodctl.exe
-```
+
+In PowerShell, `wget` is an alias for `Invoke-WebRequest`, so use `Invoke-WebRequest` directly. This installs runpodctl to `%LOCALAPPDATA%\runpodctl` and adds it to your `PATH`, so you can run `runpodctl` from any terminal.
+
+**AMD64 (x86_64):**
+```powershell
+$dest = "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\runpodctl"
+Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -Uri https://github.com/runpod/runpodctl/releases/latest/download/runpodctl-windows-amd64.zip -OutFile "$env:TEMP\runpodctl.zip"
+Expand-Archive -Force -Path "$env:TEMP\runpodctl.zip" -DestinationPath $dest
+$userPath = [Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable('Path', 'User')
+if ($userPath -notlike "*$dest*") {
+  [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('Path', "$userPath;$dest", 'User')
+}
+```
+
+**ARM64:**
+```powershell
+$dest = "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\runpodctl"
+Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -Uri https://github.com/runpod/runpodctl/releases/latest/download/runpodctl-windows-arm64.zip -OutFile "$env:TEMP\runpodctl.zip"
+Expand-Archive -Force -Path "$env:TEMP\runpodctl.zip" -DestinationPath $dest
+$userPath = [Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable('Path', 'User')
+if ($userPath -notlike "*$dest*") {
+  [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('Path', "$userPath;$dest", 'User')
+}
+```
+
+Open a new terminal so the `PATH` change takes effect, then verify with `runpodctl version`.
 
 </Tab>
 

From a696e9ad0faec8eac831c1f9ff8990acb770662b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Justin <justinwlin@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2026 13:40:43 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fix(runpodctl): compare whole PATH entries in the Windows
 install snippets

---
 runpodctl/overview.mdx | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/runpodctl/overview.mdx b/runpodctl/overview.mdx
index 2e07f511c..9fdcf671d 100644
--- a/runpodctl/overview.mdx
+++ b/runpodctl/overview.mdx
@@ -108,8 +108,9 @@ $dest = "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\runpodctl"
 Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -Uri https://github.com/runpod/runpodctl/releases/latest/download/runpodctl-windows-amd64.zip -OutFile "$env:TEMP\runpodctl.zip"
 Expand-Archive -Force -Path "$env:TEMP\runpodctl.zip" -DestinationPath $dest
 $userPath = [Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable('Path', 'User')
-if ($userPath -notlike "*$dest*") {
-  [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('Path', "$userPath;$dest", 'User')
+$pathEntries = @($userPath -split ';' | Where-Object { $_ })
+if ($pathEntries -notcontains $dest) {
+  [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('Path', (($pathEntries + $dest) -join ';'), 'User')
 }
 ```
 
@@ -119,8 +120,9 @@ $dest = "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\runpodctl"
 Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -Uri https://github.com/runpod/runpodctl/releases/latest/download/runpodctl-windows-arm64.zip -OutFile "$env:TEMP\runpodctl.zip"
 Expand-Archive -Force -Path "$env:TEMP\runpodctl.zip" -DestinationPath $dest
 $userPath = [Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable('Path', 'User')
-if ($userPath -notlike "*$dest*") {
-  [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('Path', "$userPath;$dest", 'User')
+$pathEntries = @($userPath -split ';' | Where-Object { $_ })
+if ($pathEntries -notcontains $dest) {
+  [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('Path', (($pathEntries + $dest) -join ';'), 'User')
 }
 ```