Winget - The process has no package identity. At line:1 char:1

[jlapchuk]

Brief description of your issue

When attempting to run winget in Powershell, I receive the following error:

ResourceUnavailable: Program 'winget.exe' failed to run: The process has no package identity.At line:1 char:1
+ winget
+ ~~~~~~.

Environment

[winget --info]
Windows Package Manager version: N/A
Windows: Windows.Desktop version: N/A
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller version: 1.12.11692.0

[KevinLaMS]

Joshua (@jlapchuk) Would you mind filing a FeedBack hub issue? This will get us a logs. Initially it sounds like winget is not installed correctly.

[jlapchuk]

Ok, I just submitted it through feedback hub. I've tried remove App Installer and reinstalling again, but that doesn't fix the issue.

[rbarbrow]

Joshua (@jlapchuk) have you updated the microsoft store that worked for me

[jlapchuk]

Yeah, I tried that, even tried removing and reinstalling the Microsoft Store app using PowerShell, but still no luck.

[denelon]

Joshua (@jlapchuk) what version of App Installer do you have?

[jlapchuk]

I have v1.12.11692.0 installed.

[denelon]

Do you have the App Execution Alias enabled?

[jlapchuk]

Yeah, I checked that as well, turning it off/on again doesn't clear the error.

[denelon]

Karl Wester-Ebbinghaus (@Karl-WE) I seem to remember you had some luck identifying scenarios where the package manager doesn't work. I hope I'm remembering correctly. Does this look familiar?

Joshua (@jlapchuk) what version of Windows is this running on?

[denelon]

Joshua (@jlapchuk) it could also be the path. #210

[jlapchuk]

I'm running Windows 10 Enterprise 21H1 (OS Build 19043.1165)
I tried adding to the system's PATH variable, but that didn't work either.

[Karl-WE]

Demitrius Nelon (@denelon) thanks for asking. I does not look familiar to issues I have reported. eventually remote related to #640 ?

Joshua (@jlapchuk) can describe if you have installed the winget appx from github manually?
The user that executed the appx package is member of the administrators group of the machine?
Did you receive an UAC message on launching the appx?
Do you have more than one user on this machine?
Is it AD joined or AAD joined?