Multiple installed packaged found #1083

AdilHindistan · 2021-06-03T01:23:06Z

Brief description of your issue

Cannot upgrade Visual Studio Code as winget fails to properly use the provided criteria

Steps to reproduce

All of the following commands fail:

PS C:\Users\adil> winget upgrade --id Microsoft.VisualStudioCode
Multiple installed packages found matching input criteria. Please refine the input.
Name                                Id
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Visual Studio Code                  Microsoft.VisualStudioCode
Microsoft Visual Studio Code (User) {771FD6B0-FA20-440A-A002-3B3BAC16DC50}_is1

PS C:\Users\adil> winget upgrade --id Microsoft.VisualStudioCode -e
Multiple installed packages found matching input criteria. Please refine the input.
Name                                Id
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Visual Studio Code                  Microsoft.VisualStudioCode
Microsoft Visual Studio Code (User) {771FD6B0-FA20-440A-A002-3B3BAC16DC50}_is1

PS C:\Users\adil> winget upgrade -e Microsoft.VisualStudioCode
Multiple installed packages found matching input criteria. Please refine the input.
Name                                Id
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Visual Studio Code                  Microsoft.VisualStudioCode
Microsoft Visual Studio Code (User) {771FD6B0-FA20-440A-A002-3B3BAC16DC50}_is1

PS C:\Users\adil> winget upgrade -e --id Microsoft.VisualStudioCode
Multiple installed packages found matching input criteria. Please refine the input.
Name                                Id
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Visual Studio Code                  Microsoft.VisualStudioCode
Microsoft Visual Studio Code (User) {771FD6B0-FA20-440A-A002-3B3BAC16DC50}_is1

Expected behavior

It should match just the top one:

Name                                Id
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Visual Studio Code                  Microsoft.VisualStudioCode

Actual behavior

Matches another install that actually does not have the id I typed.

Environment

PS C:\Users\adil> winget --info
Windows Package Manager v1.0.11451
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.19042.985
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.11.11451.0

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denelon · 2021-06-03T03:01:48Z

@AdilHindistan can you share the output for winget list visual?

We've run into some challenges with packages that have a different version number than what shows up in "Add / Remove Programs". The Visual Studio Code manifests have a four part version number, and only the first three appear to be registered in Windows.

denelon · 2021-06-03T03:06:46Z

I'm also wondering if you have the "stable" release and a daily build installed on your machine. I've seen some interesting interactions with packages that have side by side install support.

AdilHindistan · 2021-06-03T19:09:23Z

I'm also wondering if you have the "stable" release and a daily build installed on your machine. I've seen some interesting interactions with packages that have side by side install support.

How do I check @denelon ?

denelon · 2021-06-03T19:21:55Z

Run winget list visual and share the output if you don't mind. Visual Studio Code supports "side by side" install for stable and "daily" builds. I believe we would see more than one entry for "Visual Studio Code".

AdilHindistan · 2021-06-04T14:37:30Z

I think you are onto something here @denelon

PS C:\Users\adil> winget list visual
Name                                             Id                                     Version        Available Source
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Visual Studio Code                               Microsoft.VisualStudioCode             1.47.3         1.56.2    winget
Microsoft Visual C++ 2010  x64 Redistributable … {1D8E6291-B0D5-35EC-8441-6616F567A0F7} 10.0.40219
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x64… {5FCE6D76-F5DC-37AB-B2B8-22AB8CEDB1D4} 9.0.30729.6161
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x64… {8220EEFE-38CD-377E-8595-13398D740ACE} 9.0.30729
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x64)… {050d4fc8-5d48-4b8f-8972-47c82c46020f} 12.0.30501.0
Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable (x86)… {33d1fd90-4274-48a1-9bc1-97e33d9c2d6f} 11.0.61030.0
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable        {710f4c1c-cc18-4c49-8cbf-51240c89a1a2} 8.0.61001
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable        {7299052b-02a4-4627-81f2-1818da5d550d} 8.0.56336
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86… {9BE518E6-ECC6-35A9-88E4-87755C07200F} 9.0.30729.6161
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable … {a9cfe9c7-e54f-46cd-9c5c-542ff8e3e8c4} 14.28.29334.0
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable … {b2d0f752-adc5-496e-8f70-8669de01f746} 14.28.29334.0
Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable (x64)… {ca67548a-5ebe-413a-b50c-4b9ceb6d66c6} 11.0.61030.0
Microsoft Visual C++ 2010  x86 Redistributable … {F0C3E5D1-1ADE-321E-8167-68EF0DE699A5} 10.0.40219
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x86)… {f65db027-aff3-4070-886a-0d87064aabb1} 12.0.30501.0
Visual Studio Code                               Microsoft.VisualStudioCode             1.56.2

When I launch appwiz.cpl to check, it shows two entries.

Visual Studio code
Visual Studio code (User)

System-wide one is the older version, the one shown on top and it is installed at

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{EA457B21-F73E-494C-ACAB-524FDE069978}_is1
    Inno Setup: Setup Version    REG_SZ    5.6.1 (u)
    Inno Setup: App Path    REG_SZ    C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code
    InstallLocation    REG_SZ    C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\
    Inno Setup: Icon Group    REG_SZ    Visual Studio Code

user version is installed at
%appdatalocal%\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\

I don't recall installing 2 different versions. Judging by the date, it looks like I wanted to update the vscode and update ended up in the %appdatalocal%\

denelon · 2021-06-04T15:48:04Z

The Windows Package Manager has "settings" and an argument to specify "User" vs. "Machine". The default is "User" when not specified (assuming the manifest is configured correctly). Depending on when and how the first version was installed, this could have been the result of the Windows Package Manager not being able to map to the version or scope on your machine. We will need to perform some additional testing to see if the behavior is correct in the client, or if we need to make some additional changes in the code paths to see if it is possible to detect which one a user has installed, and at least provide a warning to avoid this scenario. We have a feature to look at "UpgradeCode" in MSI packages, and I'm hoping that will properly address at least this scenario.

Thank you so much for the detailed analysis!

It really helps when we have sufficient data to be able to troubleshoot and reproduce errors

denelon · 2021-09-23T22:18:37Z

I believe we have narrowed down what has happened in this case. The previous version was installed as "machine" and the installer in the manifest currently defaults to "user". We see the earlier version, but when we install we install the new version as "user". This shows up as a second entry. I'm not sure what we could do in cases like this to help improve experience. If you can think of a better behavior, let us know. I'd be happy to have a new "Feature" request additional behavior or user control.

Elias-Graf · 2021-10-21T14:18:54Z

@denelon I'm experiencing this issue when trying to uninstall a package.

> winget list --name Colorpicker
Name        Id                  Version Available Source
--------------------------------------------------------
Colorpicker Toinane.Colorpicker 2.0.0   2.0.3     winget
Colorpicker Toinane.Colorpicker 2.0.3             winget

One of those packages (the new one) was installed via an .exe downloaded from the internet, the other one was installed via winget (at least that's how I remember it, don't count on it though).

So I wanted to remove one of the packages:

> winget uninstall Colorpicker
Multiple installed packages found matching input criteria. Please refine the input.
Name              Id
--------------------------------------------------------
Colorpicker       Toinane.Colorpicker
Colorpicker 2.0.3 {2fa01720-ea93-5692-9697-66fad2caf3bf}

I totally understand why the command would fail, so I found out about the "exact" flag and tried that:

winget uninstall -e Toinane.Colorpicker
Multiple installed packages found matching input criteria. Please refine the input.
Name              Id
--------------------------------------------------------
Colorpicker       Toinane.Colorpicker
Colorpicker 2.0.3 {2fa01720-ea93-5692-9697-66fad2caf3bf}

The ids are clearly not the same, why is this failing? I'm also confused as to why the winget list also returns two packages, but both have the same id.

I also reported the issue here: #282 (comment), but I assume it's the wrong issue as that is specifically about installing powershell.

In case you are wondering about the version:

> winget -v
v1.1.12663

ghost added the Needs-Triage Issue need to be triaged label Jun 3, 2021

denelon added Issue-Bug It either shouldn't be doing this or needs an investigation. and removed Needs-Triage Issue need to be triaged labels Jun 3, 2021

denelon added the Needs-Author-Feedback Issue needs attention from issue or PR author label Jun 3, 2021

denelon added this to the v.Next - Windows Package Manager milestone Jun 3, 2021

ghost added Needs-Attention Issue needs attention from Microsoft and removed Needs-Author-Feedback Issue needs attention from issue or PR author labels Jun 4, 2021

denelon removed the Needs-Attention Issue needs attention from Microsoft label Jun 9, 2021

denelon closed this as completed Sep 23, 2021

denelon modified the milestones: v.Next-Client, v1.2 Client, v1.1-Client Oct 1, 2021

denelon mentioned this issue Oct 21, 2021

Uninstall fails when two versions have the same name, and different ID. #1619

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