Winget shared build installation is broken

[pyorot]

See explanation:

When installed via installer, symlinks for the exe files are created in "%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\WinGet\Links", and this directory is then added to the current user path variable (not the machine path). The issue is that the exe, when run, will be the symlink. The exe tries to locate the shared dll files from its launch directory and if not found then via searching the path. The launch directory will be "%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\WinGet\Links" and the dlls are not referenced there. Windows does not automatically search the target directory of a symlink, so the dlls are never found because they can't be found via the combined local user + machine path string.

Just encountered this problem myself and wonder what can be done about it…

[GyanD]

This needs to be addressed by Winget. My package contents just form a passive payload. There's no installer or script included.

See microsoft/winget-pkgs#103471 and microsoft/winget-cli#2711

[pyorot]

Oh that's cringe; I had no idea. I can at least update that reddit thread with this info tho. Would it make sense then to stop releasing a shared build on winget since it just doesn't work out of the box?

[GyanD]

The issue has been fixed in Winget. See comments starting at microsoft/winget-cli#2711 (comment)

[pyorot]

Good timing :O. Have you submitted an updated manifest?

[GyanD]

That's upto the package maintainer @SpecterShell

[SpecterShell]

That patch will be applied to the package validation pipeline after WinGet client 1.9 stable is generally available, after which I'll update the manifests ;).

[pyorot]

That patch will be applied to the package validation pipeline after WinGet client 1.9 stable is generally available, after which I'll update the manifests ;).

@SpecterShell just in case you forgot now that 1.9 is out, since i see the pull request for this is closed

[SpecterShell]

That patch will be applied to the package validation pipeline after WinGet client 1.9 stable is generally available, after which I'll update the manifests ;).

@SpecterShell just in case you forgot now that 1.9 is out, since i see the pull request for this is closed

I'm waiting for microsoft/winget-pkgs#186398