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[Package Issue]: CreativeTechnology.OpenAL

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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

The package CreativeTechnology.OpenAL appears to reinstall on every winget upgrade, even when it is already installed and no new version is available. It seems to not be able to set the installed version, as it appears as Unknown after installation.

### Steps to reproduce

Install the package:

winget install --id CreativeTechnology.OpenAL

Run upgrade:

winget upgrade --all --include-unknown
Observe that CreativeTechnology.OpenAL is installed again.
Run winget upgrade --all --include-unknown once more → it still reinstalls

### Actual behavior

Actual behavior:
The package is treated as upgradable and reinstalls every time.

### Expected behavior

winget upgrade should skip CreativeTechnology.OpenAL when the installed version matches the manifest and no update is available.

### Environment

```raw
Windows Package Manager v1.28.220
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.26200.8117
System Architecture: X64
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.28.220.0

Winget Directories
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Logs %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\DiagOutputDir
User Settings %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\settings.json
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 Disabled
LocalArchiveMalwareScanOverride Disabled
ProxyCommandLineOptions Disabled
DefaultProxy Disabled
```

### Screenshots and Logs

```raw
winget upgrade --all --include-unknown
Name Id Version Available Source
---------------------------------------------------------
OpenAL CreativeTechnology.OpenAL Unknown 1.1 winget
1 upgrades available.
1 package(s) have pins that prevent upgrade. Use the 'winget pin' command to view and edit pins. Using the --include-pinned argument may show more results.

(1/1) Found OpenAL [CreativeTechnology.OpenAL] Version 1.1
This application is licensed to you by its owner.
Microsoft is not responsible for, nor does it grant any licenses to, third-party packages.
Successfully verified installer hash
Extracting archive...
Successfully extracted archive
Starting package install...
Successfully installed

```

Installed version:
```raw
winget list
Name Id Version Available Source
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OpenAL CreativeTechnology.OpenAL Unknown 1.1 winget
```

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue with `winget install --id CreativeTechnology.OpenAL`, then run `winget upgrade --all --include-unknown` twice and inspect the CreativeTechnology.OpenAL package manifest. Done means the installed version is recognized as 1.1 and repeated upgrades skip the package when no newer version exists.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
cli, devtools
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

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