[Bug]: Cannot install for all users with Winget

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Mattermost Desktop Version

5.9.0

Operating System

Windows 11 x64

Mattermost Server Version

9.5.6

Steps to reproduce

Here is what Mattermost-desktop looked like before installation. It is not installed in either the user or machine scope.

PS C:\Windows\Temp> Test-Path $ENV:LocalAppData\Programs\mattermost-desktop\Mattermost.exe
False
PS C:\Windows\Temp> Test-Path $ENV:ProgramFiles\mattermost-desktop\Mattermost.exe
False
PS C:\Windows\Temp>

Install Mattermost-desktop into the machine scope using winget.

PS C:\Windows\Temp> winget install -e --id Mattermost.MattermostDesktop --scope machine
Found Mattermost [Mattermost.MattermostDesktop] Version 5.9.0
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://releases.mattermost.com/desktop/5.9.0/mattermost-desktop-5.9.0-win-x64.msi
  ██████████████████████████████  88.9 MB / 88.9 MB
Successfully verified installer hash
Starting package install...
Successfully installed
PS C:\Windows\Temp>

Expected behavior

If “--scope machine” is specified, it is expected to be installed under Program Files.

PS C:\Windows\Temp> Test-Path $ENV:LocalAppData\Programs\mattermost-desktop\Mattermost.exe
False
PS C:\Windows\Temp> Test-Path $ENV:ProgramFiles\mattermost-desktop\Mattermost.exe
True
PS C:\Windows\Temp>

Observed behavior

But in fact, it has been installed in the wrong user scope. This is a post-installation state, confirming that Mattermost-desktop was installed in the wrong user scope.

PS C:\Windows\Temp> Test-Path $ENV:LocalAppData\Programs\mattermost-desktop\Mattermost.exe
True
PS C:\Windows\Temp> Test-Path $ENV:ProgramFiles\mattermost-desktop\Mattermost.exe
False
PS C:\Windows\Temp>

Log Output

No logs.

Additional Information

I checked https://docs.mattermost.com/install/desktop-msi-installer-and-group-policy-install.html#install-for-all-users and found that “ALLUSERS=1” I checked and understood that I needed to specify “ALLUSERS=1”. So I installed with “--custom ALLUSERS=1” and confirmed that it was installed under Program Files as expected.

PS C:\Windows\Temp> Test-Path $ENV:LocalAppData\Programs\mattermost-desktop\Mattermost.exe
False
PS C:\Windows\Temp> Test-Path $ENV:ProgramFiles\mattermost-desktop\Mattermost.exe
False
PS C:\Windows\Temp> winget install -e --id Mattermost.MattermostDesktop --scope machine --custom ALLUSERS=1
Found Mattermost [Mattermost.MattermostDesktop] Version 5.9.0
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://releases.mattermost.com/desktop/5.9.0/mattermost-desktop-5.9.0-win-x64.msi
  ██████████████████████████████  88.9 MB / 88.9 MB
Successfully verified installer hash
Starting package install...
Successfully installed
PS C:\Windows\Temp> Test-Path $ENV:LocalAppData\Programs\mattermost-desktop\Mattermost.exe
False
PS C:\Windows\Temp> Test-Path $ENV:ProgramFiles\mattermost-desktop\Mattermost.exe
True
PS C:\Windows\Temp>

This led me to believe that there was a problem with the Winget manifest. https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/blob/master/manifests/m/Mattermost/MattermostDesktop/5. 9.0/Mattermost.MattermostDesktop.installer.yaml, I think you are missing the InstallerSwitches specification.

- Architecture: x64
  Scope: user
  InstallerUrl: https://releases.mattermost.com/desktop/5.9.0/mattermost-desktop-5.9.0-win-x64.msi
  InstallerSha256: 2E8592BC18E1AA18A59365547135778FE462A76549ECC4A8FA005452F74BF162
- Architecture: x64
  Scope: machine
  InstallerUrl: https://releases.mattermost.com/desktop/5.9.0/mattermost-desktop-5.9.0-win-x64.msi
  InstallerSha256: 2E8592BC18E1AA18A59365547135778FE462A76549ECC4A8FA005452F74BF162
  InstallerSwitches:  # Added line
    Custom: "ALLUSERS=1"  # Added line
- Architecture: arm64
  Scope: user      
  InstallerUrl: https://releases.mattermost.com/desktop/5.9.0/mattermost-desktop-5.9.0-win-arm64.msi
  InstallerSha256: 2A13566E780CCAED7A944C974AE547E7B045D2A4D25602740D210AECE3F028C8
- Architecture: arm64
  Scope: machine   
  InstallerUrl: https://releases.mattermost.com/desktop/5.9.0/mattermost-desktop-5.9.0-win-arm64.msi
  InstallerSha256: 2A13566E780CCAED7A944C974AE547E7B045D2A4D25602740D210AECE3F028C8
  InstallerSwitches:  # Added line
    Custom: "ALLUSERS=1"  # Added line

I thought about submitting a PR to the winget-pkgs repository, but then I saw the following in the manifest file, so I assumed this file was auto-generated.

# Created with komac v2.5.0

I don't know if this is the right place for this bug report, but I could not find another appropriate place to report it. Please let me know if there is another correct place to report it.

Thanks.

mattermost / desktop