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[BUG] which unsupported by Command Prompt, leading to package managers not found: "winget.exe was not found on the system" etc #2325

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redactedscribe opened this issue Jun 19, 2024 · 14 comments
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redactedscribe commented Jun 19, 2024

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Describe your issue

Firstly, I have not tested the lastest beta or stable. If I have additional time, I will.

The issue is, I've been using the WingetUI experimental setting "Use system Winget (System language must be set to english)" for many months, but for several weeks (not sure how long), WingetUI no longer updates any WinGet packages. WingetUI's settings reports "Winget was not found!". It also shows B:\ThisExe\WasNotFound\InPath\winget.exe for the path.

This setting used to work, and I believe it still worked in the first v3 version that was released. Perhaps it broke in some 3.0.x update? It definitely worked in v2 WingetUI.

Disabling the experimental setting and restarting WingetUI causes WingetUI to begin offering WinGet package updates again.

> where.exe winget.exe
D:\Scoop\shims\winget.exe
C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\winget.exe

Related? #2239

Thanks.

WingetUI 3.0.2

Steps to reproduce the issue

Didn't do anything differently. The experimental feature just stopped working one day, presumably after the latest / a recent WingetUI update.

WingetUI Log

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█ Name: Winget
█ Enabled: True
█ Found: False
█ THE MANAGER WAS NOT FOUND. PERHAPS IT IS NOT 
█ INSTALLED OR IT HAS BEEN MISCONFIGURED 
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Did the experimental setting always require the system language to be English? "Use system Winget (System language must be set to english)". Mine is set to English but United Kingdom, if that matters?

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Please test the latest alpha. WinGet component has essentially been rebuilt

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@marticliment Which exe should I choose, and why are there two? UniGetUI.Installer.exe or WingetUI.Installer.exe.

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They are both copies of the same file, they are left as a compatibility feature with older installers

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Thanks. Will UniGetUI get installed to C:\Program Files\UniGetUI in the future? Currently the installer suggests C:\Program Files\WingetUI so I installed it there right over the stable version.

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redactedscribe commented Jun 20, 2024

I've just installed UniGetUI. Unfortunately, it does not help. In fact, the situation is worse because WinGet is not found when the experimental setting to use the system winget.exe is enabled or disabled. Previously disabling this setting at least used the bundled winget.exe. For some reason, UniGetUI cannot find, or does not provide, its own winget.exe.

[20/06/2024 12:54:00] Command winget.exe was not found on the system
[20/06/2024 12:54:00] ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄
                      █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ MANAGER LOADED ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
                      █ Name: Winget
                      █ Enabled: True
                      █ Found: False
                      █ THE MANAGER WAS NOT FOUND. PERHAPS IT IS NOT 
                      █ INSTALLED OR IT HAS BEEN MISCONFIGURED 
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Also, UniGetUI cannot find GSudo for some reason when I think there was no problem before:

[20/06/2024 12:54:00] Command gsudo.exe was not found on the system
[20/06/2024 12:54:00] System GSudo enabled but not found!
> where.exe gsudo.exe
D:\Scoop\apps\gsudo\current\gsudo.exe

Oh, and Scoop, which it clearly is:

[20/06/2024 12:54:02] Command scoop was not found on the system
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                      █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ MANAGER LOADED ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
                      █ Name: Scoop
                      █ Enabled: True
                      █ Found: False
                      █ THE MANAGER WAS NOT FOUND. PERHAPS IT IS NOT 
                      █ INSTALLED OR IT HAS BEEN MISCONFIGURED 
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> where.exe scoop
D:\Scoop\shims\scoop
D:\Scoop\shims\scoop.cmd

Also Python, Npm, and .NET Tool aren't found. Only Chocolatey and Powershell are found.

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█ Executable path: C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\UniGetUI\Chocolatey\choco.exe
...
█ Executable path: C:\WINDOWS\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe

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How are you running WingetUI? Admin? special environment?
Where do you run the where.exe commands? Cmd, PWSH? Admin or regular user?

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redactedscribe commented Jun 20, 2024

Nothing special, definitely not as admin. where.exe is run via PowerShell Core (pwsh.exe) using Windows Terminal. Running where via Command Prompt (cmd.exe) gives the same outputs: winget.exe, python.exe, gsudo.exe etc are found. I installed UniGetUI over WingetUI. Since UniGetUI can't find the executables, UniGetUI is basically non-functional at the moment.

Maybe it's related to the path containing unusual characters? My Scoop path (where most my executables live) actually contains a ! (not shown in above comments).

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Your paths should never contain a ! character. Please try removing it temporarily and try again

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redactedscribe commented Jun 20, 2024

A ! in a Windows path should not be a problem as it's perfect valid. WingetUI had no problem with my Scoop path, only the UniGetUI alpha. Temporarily removing it may or may not be easy, I will see (most software which is running is under this path).

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redactedscribe commented Jun 20, 2024

I created a new folder on my desktop (no ! in path). Copied winget.exe to said folder. Added the folder to the top of the user's PATH. Checked Command Prompt with where to verify new winget.exe path is detected (it was, and the first instance listed). Restarted UniGetUI. Logs still show Command winget.exe was not found on the system. This is with the experimental setting enabled. But as mentioned, disabling it doesn't help either. WinGet is never found, nor are the others I mentioned.

It doesn't look like ! in a package manger path is the issue.

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redactedscribe commented Jun 25, 2024

Hello @marticliment, I just installed beta0 to see if there was any improvement. Unfortunately no. In case it helps, here's a level 5 debug log after starting UniGetUI (lines 4-5, 8-9, and 11 are red text) -- Skip to the bottom paragraph for what I think the problem actually is:

[26/06/2024 01:05:55] 
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                        / / / /___  (_) ____/__  / /_/ / / /  _/
                       / / / / __ \/ / / __/ _ \/ __/ / / // /  
                      / /_/ / / / / / /_/ /  __/ /_/ /_/ // /   
                      \____/_/ /_/_/\____/\___/\__/\____/___/   
                          Welcome to UniGetUI Version 3.1.0-beta0
[26/06/2024 01:05:55]
[26/06/2024 01:05:55] Version Code:  3.0992
[26/06/2024 01:05:55] Begin "which" search for command gsudo.exe
[26/06/2024 01:05:55] LoadLanguageFile Failed for LangKey=en_GB, ForceBundled=True
[26/06/2024 01:05:56] System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not find file 'C:\Program Files\WingetUI\Assets\Languages\lang_en_GB.json'.
                      File name: 'C:\Program Files\WingetUI\Assets\Languages\lang_en_GB.json'
                         at Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles.SafeFileHandle.CreateFile(String fullPath, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, FileOptions options)
                         at Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles.SafeFileHandle.Open(String fullPath, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, FileOptions options, Int64 preallocationSize, Nullable`1 unixCreateMode)
                         at System.IO.Strategies.OSFileStreamStrategy..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, FileOptions options, Int64 preallocationSize, Nullable`1 unixCreateMode)
                         at System.IO.Strategies.FileStreamHelpers.ChooseStrategyCore(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, FileOptions options, Int64 preallocationSize, Nullable`1 unixCreateMode)
                         at System.IO.StreamReader.ValidateArgsAndOpenPath(String path, Encoding encoding, Int32 bufferSize)
                         at System.IO.File.ReadAllText(String path, Encoding encoding)
                         at UniGetUI.Core.Language.LanguageEngine.LoadLanguageFile(String LangKey, Boolean ForceBundled) in C:\SomePrograms\WingetUI-Store\src\UniGetUI.Core.LanguageEngine\LanguageEngine.cs:line 66
[26/06/2024 01:05:56] Loaded language locale: en
[26/06/2024 01:05:56] Api auth token: 6zlplk952zg9sx70dunw83qa85lbi800iv9axgsl00xgfl4gpj43h9vcbt7rdgyf
[26/06/2024 01:05:56] An error occurred while initializing the API
[26/06/2024 01:05:56] Nancy.Hosting.Self.AutomaticUrlReservationCreationFailureException: The Nancy self host was unable to start, as no namespace reservation existed for the provided url(s).
                      
                      Please either enable UrlReservations.CreateAutomatically on the HostConfiguration provided to 
                      the NancyHost, or create the reservations manually with the (elevated) command(s):
                      
                      netsh http add urlacl url="http://+:7058/" user="Everyone"
                      
                         at Nancy.Hosting.Self.NancyHost.StartListener()
                         at Nancy.Hosting.Self.NancyHost.Start()
                         at UniGetUI.Interface.BackgroundApiRunner.Start() in C:\SomePrograms\WingetUI-Store\src\UniGetUI.Interface.BackgroundApi\BackgroundApi.cs:line 73
[26/06/2024 01:05:56] Begin "which" search for command winget.exe
[26/06/2024 01:05:56] Begin "which" search for command npm
[26/06/2024 01:05:56] Begin "which" search for command python.exe
[26/06/2024 01:05:57] Begin "which" search for command dotnet.exe
[26/06/2024 01:05:57] Command gsudo.exe was not found on the system
[26/06/2024 01:05:57] System GSudo enabled but not found!
[26/06/2024 01:05:57] Command winget.exe was not found on the system
[26/06/2024 01:05:57] ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄
                      █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ MANAGER LOADED ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
                      █ Name: Winget
                      █ Enabled: True
                      █ Found: False
                      █ THE MANAGER WAS NOT FOUND. PERHAPS IT IS NOT 
                      █ INSTALLED OR IT HAS BEEN MISCONFIGURED 
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[26/06/2024 01:05:57] Command npm was not found on the system
[26/06/2024 01:05:57] ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄
                      █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ MANAGER LOADED ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
                      █ Name: Npm
                      █ Enabled: True
                      █ Found: False
                      █ THE MANAGER WAS NOT FOUND. PERHAPS IT IS NOT 
                      █ INSTALLED OR IT HAS BEEN MISCONFIGURED 
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[26/06/2024 01:05:57] Downloaded new icons and screenshots successfully!
[26/06/2024 01:05:57] Command python.exe was not found on the system
[26/06/2024 01:05:57] ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄
                      █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ MANAGER LOADED ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
                      █ Name: Pip
                      █ Enabled: True
                      █ Found: False
                      █ THE MANAGER WAS NOT FOUND. PERHAPS IT IS NOT 
                      █ INSTALLED OR IT HAS BEEN MISCONFIGURED 
                      ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
[26/06/2024 01:05:57] Command dotnet.exe was not found on the system
[26/06/2024 01:05:57] ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄
                      █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ MANAGER LOADED ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
                      █ Name: .NET Tool
                      █ Enabled: True
                      █ Found: False
                      █ THE MANAGER WAS NOT FOUND. PERHAPS IT IS NOT 
                      █ INSTALLED OR IT HAS BEEN MISCONFIGURED 
                      ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
[26/06/2024 01:05:57] Saving window geometry 2640,397,1741,929,0
[26/06/2024 01:05:59] Begin "which" search for command scoop
[26/06/2024 01:05:59] Command scoop was not found on the system
[26/06/2024 01:05:59] ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄
                      █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ MANAGER LOADED ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
                      █ Name: Scoop
                      █ Enabled: True
                      █ Found: False
                      █ THE MANAGER WAS NOT FOUND. PERHAPS IT IS NOT 
                      █ INSTALLED OR IT HAS BEEN MISCONFIGURED 
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[26/06/2024 01:05:59] Loaded 1 sources for manager Chocolatey
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                      █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ MANAGER LOADED ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
                      █ Name: Chocolatey
                      █ Enabled: True
                      █ Found: True
                      █ Fancye exe name: choco.exe
                      █ Executable path: C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\UniGetUI\Chocolatey\choco.exe
                      █ Call arguments: 
                      █ Version: 
                      █   2.2.2
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[26/06/2024 01:05:59] Loaded 1 sources for manager PowerShell
[26/06/2024 01:05:59] ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄
                      █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ MANAGER LOADED ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
                      █ Name: PowerShell
                      █ Enabled: True
                      █ Found: True
                      █ Fancye exe name: powershell.exe
                      █ Executable path: C:\WINDOWS\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                      █ Call arguments:  -NoProfile -Command
                      █ Version: 
                      █   Name                           Value                                                                                   
                      █   ----                           -----                                                                                   
                      █   PSVersion                      5.1.22621.3672                                                                          
                      █   PSEdition                      Desktop                                                                                 
                      █   PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}                                                                 
                      █   BuildVersion                   10.0.22621.3672                                                                         
                      █   CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000                                                                         
                      █   WSManStackVersion              3.0                                                                                     
                      █   PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3                                                                                     
                      █   SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
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[26/06/2024 01:05:59] Manager Chocolatey has not implemented RefreshPackageIndexes
[26/06/2024 01:05:59] Manager PowerShell has not implemented RefreshPackageIndexes
[26/06/2024 01:05:59] LoadComponentsAsync finished executing. All managers loaded. Proceeding to interface.
[26/06/2024 01:06:00] Found 0 available updates from Chocolatey
[26/06/2024 01:06:00] Found 0 installed packages from Chocolatey
[26/06/2024 01:06:01] Loaded 1 sources for manager Chocolatey
[26/06/2024 01:06:01] Loaded 1 sources for manager PowerShell
[26/06/2024 01:06:01] Found 2 installed packages from PowerShell
[26/06/2024 01:06:01] Starting package backup
[26/06/2024 01:06:01] Creating new instance of InstallationOptions for package UniGetUI.PackageEngine.PackageClasses.Package, as no instance was found in cache
[26/06/2024 01:06:01] Creating new instance of InstallationOptions for package UniGetUI.PackageEngine.PackageClasses.Package, as no instance was found in cache
[26/06/2024 01:06:01] Finished loading serializable objects. Serializing with format JSON
[26/06/2024 01:06:01] Serialization finished successfully
[26/06/2024 01:06:01] Backup saved to F:\WingetUI\USER installed packages 2024-06-26 01-06-01.json
[26/06/2024 01:06:03] Found 0 available updates from PowerShell

I think I may have an idea for what the problem is: UniGetUI PowerShell logs show "The token '&&' is not a valid statement separator in this version." errors because my Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1 profile file is used for both PowerShell Core and Windows PowerShell and the syntax used isn't supported in the older PowerShell. Since I only use the former PowerShell (pwsh.exe) I have not noticed this error until now. I stopped Windows PowerShell loading the profile and there is no PowerShell error displayed in the UniGetUI PowerShell logs anymore, but it doesn't solve the issue.


Okay, it looks like I was confused by which vs where:

My Command Prompt only supports where, not which, and as you can see by the logs above "Begin "which" search for command winget.exe" etc would then of course fail.

Here's a table of the commands which work in what console on my system (<command> scoop was tested):

Console which where where.exe
Command Prompt ✔️ ✔️
Windows PowerShell ✔️
PowerShell Core ✔️ ✔️

Note: which, where, and where.exe produce the same output, e.g.:

C:\Users\User>where scoop
D:\Scoop\shims\scoop
D:\Scoop\shims\scoop.cmd

Perhaps UniGetUI should be using where not which? I'm not sure if it's normal that my Command Prompt can't use which. Can you test if your local Command Prompt supports which?

Thanks.

@redactedscribe redactedscribe changed the title [BUG] Experimental setting: System "Winget was not found!" [BUG] which unsupported by Command Prompt, leading to package managers not found: "winget.exe was not found on the system" etc Jun 26, 2024
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As always, thanks for the fix @marticliment. That should work. Looking forward to using UniGetUI again!

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Just to confirm @marticliment, the package managers and executables are now being detected/found in beta 1.

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Great!

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