[Package Issue]: Microsoft.DotNet.DesktopRuntime.8 keeps being updated to the same version

[lackovic]

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Category of the issue

Other

Brief description of your issue

When running winget upgrade -h --all winget reports the update is successfully installed.

When running winget upgrade -h --all again, winget incorrectly detects the old version as installed and installs the new version again.

Steps to reproduce

Run > winget upgrade -h --all twice.

Actual behavior

The same following output is shown after each command:

Installing dependencies:
(1/1) Found Microsoft .NET Windows Desktop Runtime 8.0 [Microsoft.DotNet.DesktopRuntime.8] Version 8.0.1
This application is licensed to you by its owner.
Microsoft is not responsible for, nor does it grant any licenses to, third-party packages.
Successfully verified installer hash
Starting package install...
Successfully installed

Expected behavior

The output above is shown only after the first command but not after the second.

Environment

Windows Package Manager v1.6.3482
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.22631.3085
System Architecture: X64
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.21.3482.0

Screenshots and Logs

WinGet-Microsoft.DotNet.DesktopRuntime.8.8.0.1-2024-01-27-10-19-02.892.log

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[lackovic]

I found out I had two versions of Microsoft.DotNet.DesktopRuntime.8 installed:

> winget list | findstr /i pruntim
Microsoft Windows Desktop Runtime - 8.??? Microsoft.DotNet.DesktopRuntime.8        8.0.1                           winget
Microsoft Windows Desktop Runtime - 6.??? Microsoft.DotNet.DesktopRuntime.8        < 8.0.0               8.0.1     winget

Also shown in Apps > Installed Apps:

After uninstalling the version 6 from the Installed Apps the issue disappeared.

[Trenly]

This is a known issue and is being tracked over at winget-cli with the Side-by-side and Area-Matching labels.

• Better support for Side by Side packages winget-cli#2129

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[lackovic]

After uninstalling the version 6 from the Installed Apps the issue disappeared.

Uninstalling is not an option because there are applications on my computer that need version 6 and they keep reinstalling it.

So I am still facing this issue on every update.