It's impossible to upgrade some programs

[Aerodymier]

Brief description of your issue

Some upgrades are impossible or way too hard. Take Python as an example. These 3 following commands:

winget upgrade "Python 3"
winget upgrade Python.Python.3
winget upgrade Python.Python.3 --version 3.10.150.0

always return 2 results and winget wants more input.

In this screenshot, I don't even know what the package below is. When I execute winget show {21b42743-c8f9-49d7-b8b6-b5855317c7ed}, it doesn't even show anything. Even if it did, upgrading this package would be possible because of the ID but upgrading normal Python is impossible because whenever I type its ID, both of them show up.

Steps to reproduce

1. Execute one of these commands:

winget upgrade "Python 3"
winget upgrade Python.Python.3
winget upgrade Python.Python.3 --version 3.10.150.0

2. You should see 2 inputs. Python was an example here, same thing happens with a lot of programs.

Expected behavior

I should be able to upgrade programs without that much effort. Commands should have a flag which will match exactly the ID provided.

Actual behavior

Some apps give 2 results and it's impossible to upgrade one of them.

Environment

Windows Package Manager version: v1.1.12702
Windows: Windows.Desktop version: v10.0.22000.194
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller version: v1.16.12702.0

Any other software?

[vedantmgoyal9]

Probably we need to add ProductCode in all the manifests of Python.Python.3?

[kdpuvvadi]

It's issue with msstore source from winget-cli. you can either use switch -e with complete package identifier(case sensitive)

winget install -e Python.Python.3

or you can remove msstore source with

winget source remove msstore

microsoft/winget-cli#1523
#29493

[Aerodymier]

Is msstore source in use right now? Or is it still experimental?

[jedieaston]

It is in stable.

Running winget upgrade --source winget <arguments> should work.

[Aerodymier]

In my opinion, source should be in the list which also shows IDs. So we can know what these different apps are from.

[denelon]

microsoft/winget-cli#1562

[Aerodymier]

This also happened with Microsoft.VC++2015-2019Redist-x64 today and I don't think that these have a msstore source.

It's not possible to update x64 version, I tried both its ID and its name.

[kdpuvvadi]

It's working for me.

C:\Users\KD> winget install Microsoft.VC++2015-2019Redist-x64
Found Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable (x64) [Microsoft.VC++2015-2019Redist-x64] Version 14.29.30135.0
This application is licensed to you by its owner.
Microsoft is not responsible for, nor does it grant any licenses to, third-party packages.
Downloading https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/d3cbdace-2bb8-4dc5-a326-2c1c0f1ad5ae/9B9DD72C27AB1DB081DE56BB7B73BEE9A00F60D14ED8E6FDE45DAB3E619B5F04/VC_redist.x64.exe
  ██████████████████████████████  24.0 MB / 24.0 MB
Successfully verified installer hash
Starting package install...
Successfully installed

try with winget install -e --source winget Microsoft.VC++2015-2019Redist-x64

[Aerodymier]

It's working for me.

C:\Users\KD> winget install Microsoft.VC++2015-2019Redist-x64
Found Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable (x64) [Microsoft.VC++2015-2019Redist-x64] Version 14.29.30135.0
This application is licensed to you by its owner.
Microsoft is not responsible for, nor does it grant any licenses to, third-party packages.
Downloading https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/d3cbdace-2bb8-4dc5-a326-2c1c0f1ad5ae/9B9DD72C27AB1DB081DE56BB7B73BEE9A00F60D14ED8E6FDE45DAB3E619B5F04/VC_redist.x64.exe
  ██████████████████████████████  24.0 MB / 24.0 MB
Successfully verified installer hash
Starting package install...
Successfully installed

try with winget install -e --source winget Microsoft.VC++2015-2019Redist-x64

It still warns me about multiple packages matching:

However this only happens if I try to upgrade. Installing works perfectly.

[Aerodymier]

Looks like someone has added "Source" to this warning, thanks for it!

[DJviolin]

Confirming that upgrade doesn't work in Visual C++ packages:

$ winget upgrade --id Microsoft.VC++2015-2019Redist-x86 --source winget
$ winget upgrade --id Microsoft.VC++2015-2019Redist-x64 --source winget

What happens if I use install? I will have to 2x2 packages then? Isn't this an antipattern why winget exist on the first place?