No existing Julia version after installing through MS Store and Juliaup is unable to install new versions

[arestwo]

When trying to install Julia via the Microsoft Store, no actual Julia version gets installed on my PC, and juliaup is unable to install any versions. I am running Windows 10.
Trying to run julia in the command line gives this error:

>julia
Error: The Julia launcher failed to figure out which juliaup channel to use.

Running juliaup status shows no channels. When trying to add a new one, I get this error:

>juliaup add 1.10.3
Error: Io error. Look inside err_kind for more details.

Deleting the ~/.julia/juliup folder and then trying to run julia returns this:

>julia
Error: Failed to run `run_command_add` from the `run_command_initial_setup_from_launcher` command.

Caused by:
    Io error. Look inside err_kind for more details.
Error: The Julia launcher failed to figure out which juliaup channel to use.

after which the folder simply gets created again.

Downloading and installing an official binary without going through the Microsoft Store works perfectly fine.

[ASura-137-036]

same issue happening for me.

[jgardona]

Yeah, happens to me today. One year after this bug report. XD

[mpec-vrtalbot]

This issue happened to me today. I thought something was wrong with my existing Julia installation so I uninstalled it in the Start Menu, deleted the .julia folder and ran the commands that previously had worked fine for me several times (winget install julia -s msstore) - only to find that I got these errors. I tried running the exe installer and the alternative commands (winget install --name Julia --id 9NJNWW8PVKMN -e -s msstore) with no success. Ultimately I restored the .julia folder from the Recycle Bin but I am not sure yet whether my Julia installation is fully fixed.

I tried the same commands again on another Windows machine which had never had Julia on it, and this time the installation did not even complete - I got the error "Failed to install or upgrade Microsoft Store package. Error code: 0x80073cf4."

I would greatly appreciate any insight you can provide into this bug, and into how one might properly install/reinstall Julia while these commands appear broken

.

[g-adel]

>juliaup add release

[mpec-vrtalbot]

I tried running "juliaup add release" before I posted my previous comment, because I had seen that suggested elsewhere. Unfortunately it did not work - i do not recall the error message though. The only way I was able to get Julia back on my computer was by recovering the old installation from the bin.

I am not able to risk trying this again on my own machine - I really need a working version of Julia - but I can try it again on another machine when i get the chance, to see what the error message was when I tried the "add release" command.

[carenaudo]

I have the same issue, i deleted all the folders, restarted the pc, reinstalled (using the store, using the msi from the official site) and the same. cant install or initialize julia. really frustrating since i cant see what is the error with only this info:
juliaup add release
Checking for new Julia versions
Error: Io error. Look inside err_kind for more details.

is there a way to look inside err_kind? to find what is causing this. i was working ok with julia and broke after the last update and now i cant even reinstall it

[JacFearnley]

I am also having the same issues when installing Julia from the Microsoft store. I have tried deleting all folders relating to Julia after uninstalling, rebooting, and then reinstalling. This produces the same errors listed above by arestwo and carenaudo.

I can get a working version of Julia running by installing the specific binaries, but it would obviously be preferable to be able to use Juliaup and the recommended installation method.

[carenaudo]

i ended using the same. Anyone know where the error logs of juliaup are saved? maybe this will be of help to find the issue, since the description only says err_kind