winget installs two Notepad++ packages

[baconsplit]

Description of the Issue

When installing notepad++ via winget on Windows 11 it installs a second Notepad++ package named
<NotepadPlusPlus_7njy0v32s6xk6> and has Version 1.0.0.0

Steps to Reproduce the Issue

1. Setup Windows 11 with winget
2. $winget install Notepad++.Notepad++
3. wait a bit (?)
4. $winget list and see a second Notepad++ package installed

Expected Behavior

Only one Notepad++ package in winget list

Actual Behavior

Two packages, one with a very old version name and weird name.

Debug Information

I am unsure whether this is a problem with winget or Notepad++, but since Notepad++ is the only package/app with this behavior, I suspect Notepad++ having some weird dependencies or similar in the winget package mangaer.

[CennoxX]

NotepadPIusPIus_7njy0v32s6xk6 is from Notepad++/contextMenu/NppShell.msix, I believe this is for installing the context menu in Windows 11.

[baconsplit]

Ah that could be!
But other Apps like 7-Zip and VSCode (or VSCodium in my case) manage to add context menu entries without having an additional package in the winget list.
I may be nitpicking a lot here, but I like to have it all clean - maybe there is a way for Notepad++ to also include the context menu logic in the main package?

[sXNA]

Notepad++ doesn't support winget officially so I don't think this will be fixed soon.

[rdipardo]

@baconsplit

maybe there is a way for Notepad++ to also include the context menu logic in the main package?

Like @CennoxX said, the extra package is a workaround for the new Windows 11 context menu API: https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/nppShell/#readme. There's a separate issue tracker for that.