The PowerShell module `Microsoft.WinGet.Client:1.12.440` cannot be installed in Windows PowerShell

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PowerShell Module

Relevant command(s)

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Brief description of your issue

• The PowerShell module Microsoft.WinGet.Client:1.12.440 cannot be installed in Windows PowerShell.

Steps to reproduce

• Open Windows PowerShell in the Windows Sandbox and execute the following command:

Install-PackageProvider -Name NuGet -Force
Install-Module -Name Microsoft.WinGet.Client -Repository PSGallery -RequiredVersion 1.12.440 -Force

Expected behavior

• No error message was displayed.

Actual behavior

• Executing Install-Module -Name Microsoft.WinGet.Client -Repository PSGallery -RequiredVersion 1.12.440 -Force results in the following error:

PackageManagement\Install-Package : Package 'Microsoft.WinGet.Client' failed to be installed because: End of Central Di
rectory record could not be found.
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1\PSModule.psm1:1809 char:21
+ ...          $null = PackageManagement\Install-Package @PSBoundParameters
+                      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidResult: (Microsoft.WinGet.Client:String) [Install-Package], Exception
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Package '{0}' failed to be installed because: {1},Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement
   .Cmdlets.InstallPackage

• The funny thing about this is that Microsoft.WinGet.Client:1.11.460 doesn't cause this problem. In other words, specifying 1.11.460 eliminates the error.

Install-PackageProvider -Name NuGet -Force
Install-Module -Name Microsoft.WinGet.Client -Repository PSGallery -RequiredVersion 1.11.460 -Force

• Even more ridiculous is that I can solve this problem by manually installing Install-PSResource/Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet.

Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Force
Install-PackageProvider -Name NuGet -Force
Install-Module Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet -Repository PSGallery -Force
Install-PSResource -Name Microsoft.WinGet.Client -Repository PSGallery -TrustRepository

Environment

- Installation not completed; cannot be provided.

Start by reproducing the two Install-Module commands in Windows PowerShell in the Windows Sandbox, comparing Microsoft.WinGet.Client versions 1.12.440 and 1.11.460. Investigate the PowerShellGet/PackageManagement installation path and compare it with the working Install-PSResource path; done means version 1.12.440 installs successfully without the central-directory error.