microsoft / microsoft/winget-cli
winget stops working/"'winget' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file."
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Description
Brief description of your issue
A few days ago winget stoped to work.
Steps to reproduce
open cmd and run winget
Expected behavior
winget is working
Actual behavior
"'winget' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file."
Environment
windows 11 22h2 22621.1992
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Research direction
No source file, test, or entry point is identified. Reproduce the failure by opening cmd and running winget on Windows 11 22H2 build 22621.1992, then investigate why the command is unavailable; done means winget runs instead of producing the reported “not recognized” error.
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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