Winget doesnt run as system on fresh windows installs, even after running windows update and store updates

JamesFCroft commented 1 week ago

Brief description of your issue

Winget not running as system on a fresh install of Windows

This means it cannot be used with Intune to roll out software

Steps to reproduce

Install a fresh copy of Windows (I did mine as a VM) Windows 11 pro and Windows 11 enterprise tested, 23H2 and 22H2 SW_DVD9_Win_Pro_11_22H2.24_64BIT_English_Pro_Ent_EDU_N_MLF_X23-81095 Download PSexec From an admin command prompt, Run PSexec -s CMD run whoami to confirm you are NT\system. cd c:\program files\windowsapps dir to get the path, something like Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe CD to that directory Run winget.exe No output will be displayed nor logs appear in the diagoutput directory, it should go to c:\windows\temp if run as system. No install commands work, or viewing version of winget

Drop out to a normal command prompt as admin user and it works fine.

Expected behavior

Packages should install - blogs from 2023 as discussed on this site, report it is working, with the only issue of the exe not being in a PATH system variable Logs should appear for every run

Actual behavior

Fails to run without any errors reported

Environment

Windows Package Manager v1.8.1911
Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.22631.4037
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.23.1911.0

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c-vo commented 1 week ago

+1 same problem here

surgatengit commented 1 week ago

Winget has never worked properly, especially on clean installations, even though it comes pre-installed. The installation is often broken, preventing it from running or updating. The best solution is to install it directly.

Start-BitsTransfer -Source "https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/releases/download/v1.8.1911/Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle" -Destination "$env:USERPROFILE\Downloads\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller.msixbundle"
Add-AppxPackage -Path "$env:USERPROFILE\Downloads\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller.msixbundle"

c-vo commented 1 week ago

Workaround: In my case, the only solution that worked was separately installing the latest Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable, followed by a reboot.

JamesFCroft commented 1 week ago

Workaround: In my case, the only solution that worked was separately installing the latest Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable, followed by a reboot.

Yes! installing VC_redist.x64 fixed this for me Thank you for taking the time to reply!

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