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[Package Issue]: Hashicorp.Terraform

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Description

### Please confirm these before moving forward

- [x] I have searched for my issue and not found a work-in-progress/duplicate/resolved issue.
- [x] I have not been informed if the issue is resolved in a preview version of the winget client.

### Category of the issue

Installation issue.

### Brief description of your issue

Attempting to update Hashicorp.Terraform from 1.12.2 to 1.13.4 fails with:
```
An unexpected error occurred while executing the command:
0x80070490 : Element not found.
Installer failed with exit code: 0x80070490 : Element not found.
```

I suspect this relates to the user folder containing non-ASCII characters such as 'ä'. See #283840 and #304194.

### Steps to reproduce

1. Have the letter "ä" in your user folder.
2. `winget upgrade Hashicorp.Terraform`

### Actual behavior

Installation fails with "Element not found".

### Expected behavior

Terraform is updated to latest version.

### Environment

```raw
> winget --info
Windows Package Manager (Preview) v1.12.250-preview
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.26100.6584
System Architecture: X64
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.27.250.0
```

### Screenshots and Logs

[WinGet-2025-10-16-11-20-54.389.log](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/22944212/WinGet-2025-10-16-11-20-54.389.log)

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the attached WinGet log and reproducing `winget upgrade Hashicorp.Terraform` with a non-ASCII user-folder name on the listed Windows environment. Trace whether the failure is in the Terraform package update or the WinGet client; done means identifying a repository-scoped fix and confirming the upgrade succeeds.

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Assessment

Tech stack
terraform
Domain
devops
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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