Unable to update or uninstall a renamed package

Relevant area(s)

WinGet CLI

Relevant command(s)

winget uninstall

Brief description of your issue

I use WinGet through UniGet which simplifies things for me with a convenient GUI. A month ago I uninstalled my gallery-dl package that I installed with chocolatey and shifted to use WinGet for it. I installed the mikf.gallery-dl.Nightly package. I realized that the exe was being appended with the "nightly" suffix and I learned of the rename parameter that can fix that. So I uninstalled the package and reinstalled it using the following command that was generated by UniGet:

winget.exe update --id "mikf.gallery-dl.Nightly" --exact --source winget --accept-source-agreements --disable-interactivity --silent --include-unknown --accept-package-agreements --force

It installed and everything was okay. However, I've come to realize that I could not update the package. It's been around a few weeks now that I can not upgrade the package despite even using --ignore-security-hash thinking that was the issue. Today, I've come to find that I can't even uninstall the package. I've checked %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Links and the link was there along with the folder the link directed to. Using the exe works fine too ([gallery-dl][debug] Version 1.30.0-dev:2025.07.14 - Executable (dev/windows)).

❯  winget list gallery-dl
Name       Id                      Version    Available  Source
---------------------------------------------------------------
gallery-dl mikf.gallery-dl.Nightly 2025.07.14 2025.08.22 winget

I don't know how to proceed to fix this issue I'm having because I have the package installed, WinGet lists the package as installed, but both the upgrade and uninstall commands are failing. What is the problem here, is the problem because I renamed the package?

Logs

The logs were taken from UniGet's log which was similar to the logs within "Operation History" which I assume was the direct WinGet logs

Package update operation for Package=mikf.gallery-dl.Nightly with Manager=Winget
Installation options: <InstallOptions instance (only non-default values are shown)
	SkipHashCheck: True
	CustomParameters_Install: [--rename, "gallery-dl.exe"]
	OverridesNextLevelOpts: True>
Overriden options: <Scope=;RunAsAdministrator=;WG_SpecifyVersion=;PS_NoScope=False>
Version: 2025.07.14 -> 2025.08.22
Starting operation...
Executing process with StartInfo:
 - FileName: "C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\winget.exe"
 - Arguments: "update --id "mikf.gallery-dl.Nightly" --exact --source winget --accept-source-agreements --disable-interactivity --silent --include-unknown --accept-package-agreements --force --ignore-security-hash"
Start Time: "8/24/2025 10:20:52 AM"
No installed package found matching input criteria.
End Time: "8/24/2025 10:20:54 AM"
Process return value: "-1978335212" (0x8A150014)
gallery-dl could not be updated

Package uninstall operation for Package=mikf.gallery-dl.Nightly with Manager=Winget
Installation options: <InstallOptions instance (only non-default values are shown)
	SkipHashCheck: True
	CustomParameters_Install: [--rename, "gallery-dl.exe"]
	OverridesNextLevelOpts: True>
Overriden options: <Scope=;RunAsAdministrator=;WG_SpecifyVersion=;PS_NoScope=False>
Starting operation...
Executing process with StartInfo:
 - FileName: "C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\winget.exe"
 - Arguments: "uninstall --id "mikf.gallery-dl.Nightly" --exact --source winget --accept-source-agreements --disable-interactivity --version "2025.07.14" --silent"
Start Time: "8/24/2025 10:23:30 AM"
No installed package found matching input criteria.
End Time: "8/24/2025 10:23:31 AM"
Process return value: "-1978335212" (0x8A150014)
gallery-dl could not be uninstalled

Steps to reproduce

1. Install mikf.gallery-dl.Nightly via WinGet:
2. Uninstall the package
3. Reinstall the package but with the rename flag (winget.exe update --id "mikf.gallery-dl.Nightly" --exact --source winget --accept-source-agreements --disable-interactivity --silent --include-unknown --accept-package-agreements --force)
4. ---> BUG: Attempt to update/uninstall the package

Expected behavior

Successfully update or uninstall the package

Actual behavior

Unable to update nor uninstall the package

Environment

❯  winget --info
Windows Package Manager v1.11.430
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.19045.6218
System Architecture: X64
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.26.430.0

Winget Directories
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
Configuration Modules              %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Configuration\Modules

Links
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
--------------------------------------------------
LocalManifestFiles                        Disabled
BypassCertificatePinningForMicrosoftStore Disabled
InstallerHashOverride                     Enabled
LocalArchiveMalwareScanOverride           Disabled
ProxyCommandLineOptions                   Disabled
DefaultProxy                              Disabled

Reproduce the installation with mikf.gallery-dl.Nightly and the --rename option, then compare the winget list result with the failing update and uninstall commands. Start with the supplied WinGet logs and error code; done means both operations locate the installed package and complete successfully.