microsoft / microsoft/winget-pkgs
[Package Issue]: Move "Microsoft.BingWallpaper" (except 1.1.459) → "Microsoft.BingWallpaper.Legacy" for all sorts of reasons.
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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 recentmost version in Winget, 2.0.0.1, was published in 2023, and was EXE-based. I have however succeeded in finding newer 2026 MSIX versions, and have submitted a PR for it.
There's just one problem:
For goodness knows what reason, Microsoft gave the new versions **lower** version numbers than the 2023 one. So in order to avoid all sorts of problems, the ≤2023 versions (2.0.0.1, and likely also 1.0.9.9 and 1.0.9.8) should either be deleted, or be moved to a separate `Microsoft.BingWallpaper.Legacy` package.
### Steps to reproduce
1) Run `winget show Microsoft.BingWallpaper`.
2) See it shows the newest version as 2.0.0.1.
3) Download and install https://download.microsoft.com/download/3c0e11a1-2e57-4bc3-b877-1a04248078a4/W011/0x00005001/BingWallpaper_1.1.459.0_x86.msix
4) See that it is evidently newer but has a lower version number (1.1.459).
### Actual behavior
A 3-year old version is shown as the newest in Winget, even after a more recent version(s) gets added to Winget.
### Expected behavior
That 1.1.459 is shown as the newest version once the soon-to-be-submitted PR gets merged.
### Environment
```raw
Windows Package Manager (Preview) v1.30.50-preview
© 2026 Microsoft. All rights reserved.
Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.26200.8246
System Architecture: X64
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.30.50.0
WinGet Directories
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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
Group Policy State
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Enable Windows App Installer Hash Override Enabled
Admin Setting State
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LocalManifestFiles Enabled
BypassCertificatePinningForMicrosoftStore Disabled
InstallerHashOverride Enabled
LocalArchiveMalwareScanOverride Enabled
ProxyCommandLineOptions Disabled
ConfigurationProcessorPath Disabled
DefaultProxy Disabled
```
### Screenshots and Logs
None at the moment; I'll update this textbox with a screenshot if I see a relevant situation to take one.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start with the Microsoft.BingWallpaper package data in winget-pkgs and compare it with the PR mentioned in the issue. Use `winget show Microsoft.BingWallpaper` and the listed 1.1.459 MSIX as checks; done means legacy versions are separated and 1.1.459 is reported as the newest version.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100