microsoft / microsoft/winget-cli
Winget fails to correctly identify PowerShell version
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Description
Brief description of your issue
Winget fails to correctly identify PowerShell version and suggests old version is installed.
The problem does not go away after rebooting or reinstalling PowerShell
Steps to reproduce
Install PowerShell 7.3.7 over 7.3.6
Launch winget upgrade
See recommendations to upgrade from 7.3.6 to 7.3.7
Expected behavior
No recommendation to upgrade presented, the software is already installed
Actual behavior
False recommendation to upgrade already installed PowerShell
Environment
Windows Package Manager v1.6.2631
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.22621.2361
System Architecture: X64
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.21.2631.0
Winget Directories
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Logs %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\Diag…
User Settings %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\sett…
Portable Links Directory (User) %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Links
Portable Links Directory (Machine) C:\Program Files\WinGet\Links
Portable Package Root (User) %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages
Portable Package Root C:\Program Files\WinGet\Packages
Portable Package Root (x86) C:\Program Files (x86)\WinGet\Packages
Installer Downloads %USERPROFILE%\Downloads
Links
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Privacy Statement https://aka.ms/winget-privacy
License Agreement https://aka.ms/winget-license
Third Party Notices https://aka.ms/winget-3rdPartyNotice
Homepage https://aka.ms/winget
Windows Store Terms https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/storedocs/terms-of-sale
Admin Setting State
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LocalManifestFiles Disabled
BypassCertificatePinningForMicrosoftStore Disabled
InstallerHashOverride Disabled
LocalArchiveMalwareScanOverride Disabled
Contributor guide
First steps
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- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the reported winget upgrade result after installing PowerShell 7.3.7 over 7.3.6, using the environment details in the issue. Compare the installed version with the version detected by WinGet; done means the already-installed version no longer produces a false upgrade recommendation.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp, powershell
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100