microsoft / microsoft/winget-cli
Enable user operations when group policy blocks winget
Nobody has claimed this yet.
- Dominant language
- C++
- Stars
- 26.4k
- Forks
- 1.8k
- Avg merge
- 1d 11h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 15
Description
Relevant area(s)
WinGet CLI
Relevant command(s)
No response
Brief description of your issue
When trying to execute winget commands Windows now complains:
Dieser Vorgang wird von Gruppenrichtlinie deaktiviert: Windows-Paket-Manager aktivieren
Steps to reproduce
winget upgrade --all --scope user
Expected behavior
if scope is user: install, upgrade ... should be allowed
Actual behavior
winget stops with Dieser Vorgang wird von Gruppenrichtlinie deaktiviert: Windows-Paket-Manager aktivieren
Environment
[winget --info]
Windows-Paket-Manager v1.11.430
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.
Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.26100.3775
Systemarchitektur: X64
Paket: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.26.430.0
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
No file or test is named. Start by reproducing winget upgrade --all --scope user under the reported group policy and trace the WinGet CLI handling of the policy error. Done means user-scoped install and upgrade operations are allowed while the policy still governs other operations.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- cli, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100