microsoft / microsoft/winget-cli
Find-WinGetPackage crashes PowerShell on Windows Server 2022
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Description
Brief description of your issue
Running Find-WinGetPackage onedrive on Windows Server 2022 (21H2) crashes PowerShell.
Steps to reproduce
- Launch PowerShell v5 as admin
- Run Install-Module Microsoft.WinGet.Client
- Run Find-WinGetPackage onedrive
Expected behavior
List OneDrive packages in the repository OR report there is missing component. Not just crash.
Actual behavior
Crashes PowerShell instance.
Environment
Windows Package Manager v1.11.400
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Windows: Windows.Server v10.0.20348.3932
System Architecture: X64
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.26.400.0
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 \\middle-earth.co.uk\dfs\users\it.support\Downloads
Configuration Modules %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Configuration\Modules
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
ProxyCommandLineOptions Disabled
DefaultProxy Disabled
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- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the crash with PowerShell v5 on Windows Server 2022 using the listed Install-Module and Find-WinGetPackage commands. Inspect the resulting crash details and the WinGet diagnostic logs under the reported LocalState\Diag… path; done means the command lists OneDrive packages or reports a missing component without terminating PowerShell.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp, powershell
- Domain
- cli, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100