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The sideBySide Experimental Features causes variant issue when trying to install an application Winget as the source and setting "sideBySide: true" under experimental features.
I also submitted to the Feedback Hub with all of my Winget logs and diagnostic data recorded. Find it here:
The video attached is a side-by-side recording of my Terminal and Winget "settings.json" so you can see exactly how sideBySide was enabled, install failed, sideBySide disabled, install succeeds.
Unexpected Error - GetVariant(14) 0x80070490 : Element not found.
Disable sideBySide
Open new shell
winget install Google.Chrome.Beta -s winget
Google Chrome Beta installs as expected
Also tried with winget install Google.Chrome.Dev -s winget
Expected behavior
C:>winget install Google.Chrome.Beta -s winget
Found Google Chrome Beta [Google.Chrome.Beta] Version 125.0.6422.14
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://dl.google.com/dl/chrome/install/beta/googlechromebetastandaloneenterprise64.msi
██████████████████████████████ 116 MB / 116 MB
Successfully verified installer hash
Starting package install...
Successfully installed
C:>
Actual behavior
C:>winget install Google.Chrome.Beta -s winget
An unexpected error occurred while executing the command:
GetVariant(14)
0x80070490 : Element not found.
Brief description of your issue
The sideBySide Experimental Features causes variant issue when trying to install an application Winget as the source and setting "sideBySide: true" under experimental features.
I also submitted to the Feedback Hub with all of my Winget logs and diagnostic data recorded. Find it here:
https://aka.ms/AAq7fke
The video attached is a side-by-side recording of my Terminal and Winget "settings.json" so you can see exactly how sideBySide was enabled, install failed, sideBySide disabled, install succeeds.
https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/assets/67825086/ddb77b54-d21b-4011-a39b-54ad311a70f9
Steps to reproduce
Steps:
winget install Google.Chrome.Beta -s winget
Unexpected Error - GetVariant(14) 0x80070490 : Element not found.
winget install Google.Chrome.Beta -s winget
Also tried with
winget install Google.Chrome.Dev -s winget
Expected behavior
C:>
winget install Google.Chrome.Beta -s winget
Found Google Chrome Beta [Google.Chrome.Beta] Version 125.0.6422.14 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://dl.google.com/dl/chrome/install/beta/googlechromebetastandaloneenterprise64.msi ██████████████████████████████ 116 MB / 116 MB Successfully verified installer hash Starting package install... Successfully installedC:>
Actual behavior
C:>
winget install Google.Chrome.Beta -s winget
An unexpected error occurred while executing the command: GetVariant(14) 0x80070490 : Element not found.C:>
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