microsoft / microsoft/winget-cli
Winget does not update
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Description
Brief description of your issue
Hi,
I am currently have winget installed on my machine and it does not update, when a full package update (aka winget update --all) is executed. Interestingly my winget installation breaks fairly regularly.
Steps to reproduce
Local user:
PS C:\Users\Max> winget update --all
Failed in attempting to update the source: winget
No installed package found matching input criteria.
Super user rights:
PS C:\Windows\System32> winget update --all
No installed package found matching input criteria.
I have tried the following commands to fix the behavior:
winget source reset --force
Furthermore, I have reinstalled winget multiple times and updated the App Installer package to the most recent version.
Expected behavior
Winget installs most recent updates from msstore and winget update database.
Actual behavior
Winget does not update.
Environment
Windows Package Manager v1.7.11132
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.19045.4355
System Architecture: X64
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.22.11132.0
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
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- 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 winget update --all as both a local user and an administrator, then inspect the diagnostic logs under the App Installer LocalState path shown in the environment. Done means the command updates installed packages from the configured sources without reporting a source failure or claiming that no installed package matches.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- cli, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100