[Package Issue]: Microsoft.PowerShell

[HunterZ]

Please confirm these before moving forward

• I have searched for my issue and not found a work-in-progress/duplicate/resolved issue.
• 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

Error message when trying to upgrade from 7.3.9.0 to 7.4.0.0:
A newer version was found, but the install technology is different from the current version installed. Please uninstall the package and install the newer version.

I need to know if it's actually safe to uninstall PowerShell!

Steps to reproduce

Unknown

Actual behavior

Error message as shown

Expected behavior

Package upgrades successfully

Environment

Windows Package Manager v1.6.3133
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.22621.2715
System Architecture: X64
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.21.3133.0

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

Links
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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
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LocalManifestFiles                        Disabled
BypassCertificatePinningForMicrosoftStore Disabled
InstallerHashOverride                     Disabled
LocalArchiveMalwareScanOverride           Disabled

Screenshots and Logs

Winget logfile says:
Installer [X86,wix,Machine,] not applicable: Installed package type 'exe' is not compatible with installer type wix

[HunterZ]

I downloaded PowerShell 7.4 manually from Microsoft and installed it, and Winget now insists that both 7.3.9 and 7.4 are installed.

Telling it to uninstall 7.3.9 results in 7.4 being uninstalled. When I then try to run Powershell it reports a 5.x version. Meanwhile, Winget still insists that 7.3.9 is installed. What a disaster!

Edit: After uninstalling the ghost 7.3.9 entry and then rerunning the manual 7.4 installer, I think I'm sorted. I can't believe that a Microsoft tool handled updating of another Microsoft tool so incredibly poorly though.

[SpecterShell]

Weird. The PowerShell team didn't release any burn-based .exe installer before (all of them are wix-based .msi) but now I have two PowerShell entries and one of them is burn-based, making WinGet keep mentioning updates for PowerShell.

I went through all the previous PRs for this package but none of them is associated with it. Totally no idea when and how it got into my device. 🤔

[mdanish-kh]

I went through all the previous PRs for this package but none of them is associated with it. Totally no idea when and how it got into my device. 🤔

Similar case here microsoft/winget-cli#3798

[SpecterShell]

I went through all the previous PRs for this package but none of them is associated with it. Totally no idea when and how it got into my device. 🤔

Similar case here microsoft/winget-cli#3798

I guess it was installed by Windows Update.

[SpecterShell]

OK I got the link to this hidden installer from Windows Update.

http://download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/software/updt/2023/11/powershell-7.3.10-win-x64_a435a353f3dc69edfaf11b53134c8b656cbf6a21.exe

[NLZ]

I did what the instruction said, uninstalled via winget uninstall Microsoft.PowerShell from pwsh, then ran winget install Microsoft.PowerShell from windows powershell 5, and it worked, no loss of profile or anything

[BrandonWanHuanSheng]

OK I got the link to this hidden installer from Windows Update.

http://download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/software/updt/2023/11/powershell-7.3.10-win-x64_a435a353f3dc69edfaf11b53134c8b656cbf6a21.exe

I can't find that URL on the package.xml. You might using another third party tools to spot the hidden links.

See results:

[SpecterShell]

All PowerShell releases available on Windows Update:

https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=PowerShell