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Terminal error message: Access denied

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Description

Brief description of your issue

I know this bug has been posted in issues before this, but I still haven't solved my problem after scrutinizing those issues, and my winget still doesn't work, so I'm reopening a new issue, so I hope you guys can understand me.

My current version of winget is "1.21.3482.0", which is the latest version of winget, and I have manually added "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps" to my system environment variables. But I can't use any commands of winget in terminal, it will tell me that access is denied.

My Windows version information is as follows:
Version: Windows 11 Professional
Version: 23H2
OS version: 22631.3227
Experience: Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22687.1000.0

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Steps to reproduce
$ winget
Expected behavior

I don't know.

Actual behavior
程序“winget.exe”无法运行: 拒绝访问。所在位置 行:1 字符: 1
+ winget
+ ~~~~~~。
所在位置 行:1 字符: 1
+ winget
+ ~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ResourceUnavailable: (:) [], ApplicationFailedException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NativeCommandFailed
Environment
Name              : Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller
Publisher         : CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US
Architecture      : X64
ResourceId        :
Version           : 1.21.3482.0
PackageFullName   : Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_1.21.3482.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
InstallLocation   : C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_1.21.3482.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
IsFramework       : False
PackageFamilyName : Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe
PublisherId       : 8wekyb3d8bbwe
IsResourcePackage : False
IsBundle          : False
IsDevelopmentMode : False
NonRemovable      : True
Dependencies      : {Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.7_7.2208.15002.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe, Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00.UWPDesktop_14.0.3
                    3519.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe, Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_1.21.3482.0_neutral_split.language-zh-hans
                    _8wekyb3d8bbwe, Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_1.21.3482.0_neutral_split.scale-100_8wekyb3d8bbwe...}
IsPartiallyStaged : False
SignatureKind     : Store
Status            : Ok

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Research direction

Start with the winget invocation in PowerShell and the reported Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller package metadata. Compare the WindowsApps path and environment setup against a working Windows 11 23H2 installation, then determine whether the access-denied behavior can be reproduced. Done means the cause is isolated and a verified remediation or confirmed product defect is documented.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
cli, operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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