[Package Issue]: Genymobile.scrcpy

[headquarter8302]

Please confirm these before moving forward

• [X] I have searched for my issue and not found a work-in-progress/duplicate/resolved issue.
• [X] I have not been informed if the issue is resolved in a preview version of the winget client.

Category of the issue

Installation issue.

Brief description of your issue

The symlink generated in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Links is either faulty, or nonfunctional.

See Genymobile/scrcpy/issues/4027 for a more complete description

Steps to reproduce

1. Install the package as usual. winget install Genymobile.scrcpy
2. Let Winget proceed with the installation

Actual behavior

• The symlink scrcpy doesn't work. See aforementioned linked issue.

Expected behavior

• The symlink to work as usual.

Environment

└ ❯ winget --info
Windows Package Manager v1.4.10173
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.19045.2965
System Architecture: X64
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.19.10173.0

Logs: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\DiagOutputDir

User Settings: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\settings.json

Links
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Privacy Statement   https://aka.ms/winget-privacy
License Agreement   https://aka.ms/winget-license
Third Party Notices https://aka.ms/winget-3rdPartyNotice
Homepage            https://aka.ms/winget
Windows Store Terms https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/storedocs/terms-of-sale

Screenshots and Logs

WinGet-2023-05-23-04-37-55.375.log

[mdanish-kh]

[Policy] zip-binary

This is because the portable package depends on .dlls that can't be referenced via a symlink.

One workaround is to upgrade to the latest preview version of WinGet and install the package in a non-administrative / user shell (with developer mode turned off in Windows). This would prevent symlink creation and would force WinGet to put the entire path of the portable package directly into the PATH variable.

[microsoft-github-policy-service[bot]]

Hello @headquarter8302,

This package appears to depend on .dlls that aren't available via symlink.

This package is blocked until support for zipped binaries is implemented in:

• microsoft/winget-cli/issues/2711

Be sure to add your 👍 to the issue to help raise the priority and avoid posting "Me too!" messages to respect those who have subscribed to the issue.

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[fluentmoheshwar]

+1