microsoft / microsoft/winget-cli
Problems with portable applications
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Description
Brief description of your issue
Portable applications are causing issues while upgrade/uninstall or after uninstall try install
Steps to reproduce
- Install
Rclone.Rclone - Run any rclone commands as simple as
rclone version - Try to upgrade or uninstall
Expected behavior
Uninstall/install/upgrade properly
Actual behavior
Unable to remove Portable package as it has been modified; to override this check use --forcePortable package has been modified;
Environment
winget --info
Windows Package Manager (Preview) v1.5.441-preview
Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.19045.2728
System Architecture: X64
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.20.441.0
Contributor guide
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- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue with Rclone.Rclone using the listed install, command, upgrade, and uninstall steps on the stated Windows environment. Investigate the portable-package modification check and related uninstall or upgrade handling; done means portable packages can be upgraded, uninstalled, and reinstalled without the reported errors.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- cli, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100