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Winget not recognized after installation - Path issue #2758

Open dimuththarindu opened 3 weeks ago

dimuththarindu commented 3 weeks ago

Description:

I keep getting this error message saying:

Winget is not installed

I tried to install it multiple times, but it always failed with the following error:

Error: This command cannot be run due to the error: The system cannot find the file specified.

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Steps Taken:

I found this issue while troubleshooting: GitHub Issue Reference

Followed these steps:

Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/releases/latest/download/Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle" -OutFile "$env:TEMP\winget_installer.msixbundle"

Add-AppxPackage -Path "$env:TEMP\winget_installer.msixbundle" -ForceApplicationShutdown

The installation completed successfully without errors but didn’t fix the issue.

I also manually downloaded and installed the Windows Package Manager from the GitHub releases page, but the problem persists.

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The winget commad is still not recognized in the command prompt.

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Issue Discovered:

The problem was due to the %UserProfile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps folder not being added to the system’s PATH environment variable.

Suggestion:

Please add a check during installation to ensure this path is included, as it seems to be a common issue, even on up-to-date systems. This could help prevent similar issues in the future.

MyDrift-user commented 3 weeks ago

Noticed that too, this is the case with something else aswell because the command is not recognized without a shell restart.