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[Package Issue]: Microsoft.VCRedist.2005.x64 incorrectly identifies as x86
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Description
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Category of the issue
Side-By-Side installation.
Brief description of your issue
When looking to install Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable, winget offers both .x86 and .x64 packages.
PS > winget search --source winget --id Microsoft.VCRedist.2005
Name Id Version
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Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Microsoft.VCRedist.2005.x86 8.0.61001
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable (x64) Microsoft.VCRedist.2005.x64 8.0.61000
However, the .x64 package ID is not correctly retained upon installation of Microsoft.VCRedist.2005.x64.
Instead, the installed package identifies using the ID Microsoft.VCRedist.2005.x86.
This also affects update detection, as x86 and x64 have different available versions.
Steps to reproduce
Install Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable (x64)
winget install -e --source winget --id Microsoft.VCRedist.2005.x64
Check for details of installed package
winget list --source winget --id Microsoft.VCRedist.2005
Actual behavior
While the package Name is correct, the package ID incorrectly uses the .x86 architecture identifier.
PS > winget list --source winget --id Microsoft.VCRedist.2005
Name Id Version Available
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Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable (x64) Microsoft.VCRedist.2005.x86 8.0.61000 8.0.61001
Installing Microsoft.VCRedist.2005.x86 if Microsoft.VCRedist.2005.x64 is already installed will overwrite the x64 version (8.0.61000) with the x86 version (8.0.61001).
Installing the x64 version after the x86 version will result in a duplicate entry in winget for the package ID Microsoft.VCRedist.2005.x86.
PS > winget list --source winget --id Microsoft.VCRedist.2005
Name Id Version
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Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Microsoft.VCRedist.2005.x86 8.0.61001
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable (x64) Microsoft.VCRedist.2005.x86 8.0.61000
Expected behavior
Installed package ID should use the .x64 architecture identifier
PS > winget list --source winget --id Microsoft.VCRedist.2005
Name Id Version Available
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Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable (x64) Microsoft.VCRedist.2005.x64 8.0.61000 8.0.61000
Installing the x86 version should not override an already-installed x64 version.
Installing both versions should result in different package ID entries.
PS > winget list --source winget --id Microsoft.VCRedist.2005
Name Id Version Available
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Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Microsoft.VCRedist.2005.x86 8.0.61001
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable (x64) Microsoft.VCRedist.2005.x64 8.0.61000 8.0.61000
Environment
Windows Package Manager v1.8.1791
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.22631.3810
System Architecture: X64
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.23.1791.0
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 %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 Disabled
ProxyCommandLineOptions Disabled
DefaultProxy Disabled
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue with the supplied winget install and list commands, then compare the Microsoft.VCRedist.2005.x86 and Microsoft.VCRedist.2005.x64 package metadata. Check that installing the x64 package retains its .x64 ID, that update detection is correct, and that installing both architectures produces separate entries.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- powershell
- Domain
- cli, tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100