microsoft / microsoft/winget-cli
Winget download does not work on OS packages that do support winget install
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Description
Brief description of your issue
Winget download does not work on OS packages that do support winget install. It should be noted that these packages are not discoverable in the store.
This can be seen with gaming services and devhome.
Steps to reproduce
Execute winget download 9MWPM2CQNLHN and winget download 9n8mhtphngvv for gaming services and dev home respectively.
Expected behavior
The packages are downloaded as expected.
Actual behavior
The package download fails with "The Microsoft Store package does not support download." despite winget install 9MWPM2CQNLHN and winget download 9n8mhtphngvv1 both working.
Environment
winget --info
Windows Package Manager (Preview) v1.10.40-preview
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.26100.2314
System Architecture: X64
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.25.40.0
Winget Directories
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Logs %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\DiagOutputDir
User Settings %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\settings.json
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 Enabled
BypassCertificatePinningForMicrosoftStore Disabled
InstallerHashOverride Disabled
LocalArchiveMalwareScanOverride Enabled
ProxyCommandLineOptions Disabled
DefaultProxy Disabled
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- 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 download 9MWPM2CQNLHN and winget download 9n8mhtphngvv on the reported Windows and WinGet versions, then trace the Microsoft Store package download handling. Done means both packages download successfully, including those not discoverable in the store, while the existing install behavior remains working.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100