winget upgrade Microsoft.WSL fails with error 0x80073d28 instead of triggering UAC prompt
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Description
### Windows Version
10.0.26100.8875
### WSL Version
2.7.11.0 upgrading to 2.7.13
### Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?
- [x] WSL 2
- [ ] WSL 1
### Kernel Version
6.18.33.2-2
### Distro Version
N/A (Package upgrade issue via WinGet)
### Other Software
Windows Package Manager (winget)
### Repro Steps
1. Open a standard (non-elevated/unprivileged) PowerShell terminal.
2. Run winget upgrade Microsoft.WSL.
3. Observe the installer start progress.
### Expected Behavior
winget prompts a User Account Control (UAC) elevation request to allow administrator privileges for the installation to proceed, matching previous versions and standard system app upgrade behavior.
### Actual Behavior
The installer fails immediately at 1% progress without triggering a UAC prompt, outputting the following error:
`Installer failed with exit code: 0x80073d28 : The package installation failed because administrator privileges are required. Please contact an administrator to install this package.`
### Diagnostic Logs
UAC is set to Always Notify
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Research direction
Reproduce the failure from a standard, non-elevated PowerShell terminal with `winget upgrade Microsoft.WSL`, using the reported WSL versions and UAC setting. Compare the observed 0x80073d28 failure with the expected UAC prompt; done means the upgrade requests elevation and proceeds successfully.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- powershell
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100