microsoft / microsoft/winget-cli

[Side-By-Side] List by package identifier fails

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Area-Matching Issue-Bug Side-by-Side
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Description

Brief description of your issue

I am well aware of the uninstall issues with side by side packages and the CLI not being able to disambiguate between package versions. However, winget list shouldn't need to disambiguate and should be unaffected by side-by-side installs.

Using winget list <PackageId> fails with side-by-side applications, even though listing by name succeeds

Steps to reproduce

Install multiple versions of a single package identifier.
Run winget list <PackageId>

Expected behavior

All versions of the package identifier to be listed

Actual behavior

Logs.zip

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32>  winget list microsoft.windowssdk
No installed package found matching input criteria.
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32>  winget list windowssdk
No installed package found matching input criteria.
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> winget list "Windows software development kit"
Name                                                      Id                   Version          Available
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Windows Software Development Kit - Windows 10.0.18362.1   Microsoft.WindowsSDK < 10.0.22000.832 10.0.22621.2
Windows Software Development Kit - Windows 10.0.19041.685 Microsoft.WindowsSDK < 10.0.22000.832 10.0.22621.2
Windows Software Development Kit - Windows 10.0.22000.832 Microsoft.WindowsSDK 10.0.22000.832   10.0.22621.2
Windows Software Development Kit - Windows 10.0.22621.1   Microsoft.WindowsSDK 10.0.22621.1     10.0.22621.2
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> winget list Microsoft.WindowsSDK
No installed package found matching input criteria.
Environment
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> winget --info
Windows Package Manager (Preview) v1.4.3132-preview
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.19044.2251
System Architecture: X64
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.19.3132.0

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Research direction

Reproduce the issue with multiple installed versions of Microsoft.WindowsSDK, then compare winget list Microsoft.WindowsSDK with listing by package name. Start at the winget list <PackageId> CLI path and its installed-package matching behavior. Done means listing by package identifier returns all installed versions without affecting name-based listing.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
cli
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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