[Package Issue]: Microsoft.VisualStudioCode reports error code 67 "the network name cannot be found" when upgrading

[tranquilcarbon]

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

when updating visual studio code 1.75.0 to 1.75.1, the installer will download but will fail displaying the following error:

"ShellExecuteEx failed; code 67. The network name cannot be found."

Steps to reproduce

update visual studio code from version 1.75.0 to version 1.75.1.

Actual behavior

the installer will download and prompt for UAC credentials, after being supplied with these credentials, the installer will crash displaying the following error:

"ShellExecuteEx failed; code 67. The network name cannot be found."

Expected behavior

the update should be done successfully.

Environment

Windows Package Manager v1.4.10173
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.19045.2546
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

Screenshots and Logs

WinGet-2023-02-13-13-21-00.180.log

[cjwijtmans]

Same issue with Version 1.79.1. No clue what happened and why.

Edit: i am running winget in a non admin account.

[mdanish-kh]

This should be resolved in WinGet v1.5 release candidate. @tranquilcarbon @cjwijtmans Can you please upgrade your WinGet Client and try again?

[cjwijtmans]

Please release 1.15 then :) its a major bug.