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`winget upgrade --all` uninstalls Microsoft.WindowsSDK and fails to install the new version
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Description
Brief description of your issue
winget upgrade --all uninstalls Microsoft.WindowsSDK and fails to install the new version.
Bottom line: the app has disappeared from my system 😭
Steps to reproduce
Run winget upgrade --all on a system with version 10.0.22000.832 of Microsoft.WindowsSDK installed, where the latest available version reported by winget is version 10.0.22621.2.
Expected behavior
Microsoft.WindowsSDK should be upgraded to version 10.0.22621.2
Actual behavior
Microsoft.WindowsSDK gets uninstalled, and then winget fails to install the new version:

Environment
Windows Package Manager (Preview) v1.5.101-preview
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.22621.1344
System Architecture: X64
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.20.101.0
Logs: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\DiagOutputDir
User Settings: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\settings.json
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Research direction
Run winget upgrade --all with Microsoft.WindowsSDK 10.0.22000.832 installed and inspect the diagnostic logs under %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\DiagOutputDir. Trace the upgrade failure for the SDK package; done means version 10.0.22621.2 is installed without leaving the package uninstalled.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100