Installing powertoys from the store results in an error

[chanan]

Microsoft PowerToys version

N/A - not installed yet

Running as admin

• Yes

Area(s) with issue?

Installer

Steps to reproduce

Followed the link on twitter: https://t.co/N6B6UIBv8Y?amp=1
Clicked the install button in the windows store. The installer downloaded and started installing. The store ui said a problem happened under the button and link for more details. The popup for more details showed this: Code: 0x8A150003

✔️ Expected Behavior

Powertoys should be installed

❌ Actual Behavior

Powertoys install fails

Other Software

Windows 11 Pro insider Build: 22458.rs_prerelease.210910-1430

[Aaron-Junker]

Seems related to microsoft/vscode#10759 (comment). Could you please check if Windows Defender blocked any files related to the store?

[chanan]

It does seem to look the same, but when I got to protection history it says: "No recent actions".

I tried a fresh install just to be sure that recent meant what I think it meant :) no dice, nothing in the Protection History

[TinyTitanPro]

Same problem here, waiting for solutions.

[nancheung]

Seems related to microsoft/vscode#10759 (comment). Could you please check if Windows Defender blocked any files related to the store?

I have the same problem. I didn't install windows Defender，im win11

[franky920920]

Seems related to microsoft/vscode#10759 (comment). Could you please check if Windows Defender blocked any files related to the store?

I have the same problem. I didn't install windows Defender，im win11

Windows defender is installed with system and default enabled.

[kyw504100]

Same problem here, waiting for solutions.

Me too.

[crutkas]

we're investigating this right now. Store team has been looped in

[crutkas]

@chanan / everyone are you able to under the same user with the installer on github? What about Winget?

WinGet and the store in theory should be same user flow model. Wondering maybe if it is the need for the UAC dialog

[chanan]

@crutkas I tried winget and it also failed:

WinGet install powertoys
Found PowerToys (Preview) [Microsoft.PowerToys] Version 0.45.0
This application is licensed to you by its owner.
Microsoft is not responsible for, nor does it grant any licenses to, third-party packages.
Downloading https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.45.0/PowerToysSetup-0.45.0-x64.exe
  ██████████████████████████████  51.6 MB / 51.6 MB
Successfully verified installer hash
An unexpected error occurred while executing the command:
rename: The system cannot find the file specified.: "C:\Users\CBRAUN~1\AppData\Local\Temp\WinGet\Microsoft.PowerToys.0.45.0", "C:\Users\CBRAUN~1\AppData\Local\Temp\WinGet\Microsoft.PowerToys.0.45.0.exe"

I am pretty sure the EXE will work, so I didnt try it so my system stays "clean" in case you have more things for me to try. Would you like me to try the EXE?

[kyw504100]

@chanan / everyone are you able to under the same user with the installer on github? What about Winget?

WinGet and the store in theory should be same user flow model. Wondering maybe if it is the need for the UAC dialog

Maybe because the file name is not end with .exe?

[crutkas]

interesting .... why doesn't it have a file exe?!?

[kyw504100]

interesting .... why doesn't it have a file exe?!?

If I rename the file and run the command again. It worked.

[crutkas]

@kyw504100 can you do me a favor and run winget with the additional flag --verbose-logs.

You email me the logs, [email protected] if you want or GH works too

[Aaron-Junker]

First I thought it's because the name is too long, but if you can rename it, this isn't the case.

Even though Windows sometimes uses some tricks to increase this limit. Maybe it's an issue with that.

[modalhoki]

@chanan / everyone are you able to under the same user with the installer on github? What about Winget?
WinGet and the store in theory should be same user flow model. Wondering maybe if it is the need for the UAC dialog

Maybe because the file name is not end with .exe?

@kyw504100 can you do me a favor and run winget with the additional flag --verbose-logs.

You email me the logs, [email protected] if you want or GH works too

i found the issue. for some reason the rename command is trying to find "Microsoft.PowerToys.0.45.0" file instead of "Microsoft.PowerToys.0.45.0-x64" (the "-x64" bit is missing).

[crutkas]

We are working on a fix with the store / winget team here.

[Grisu70]

Hi,
the problem is that when the file is downloaded the extension is lost :

but if i open the temp folder i have :

Fabrizio

[crutkas]

xref winget fix: microsoft/winget-cli#1497

[KevinLaMS]

If you have a Windows Insider build, you can update the App Installer, and the latest winget will fix this.
If you install from github, you can download the latest client here: https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/releases.

[kyw504100]

If you have a Windows Insider build, you can update the App Installer, and the latest winget will fix this.
If you install from github, you can download the latest client here: https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/releases.

It worked! Thanks

[chanan]

I still have not been able to install PowerToys via winget. There are a few problems.

1. I was not able to update winget from the store, it was still only offering 1.0.x - So I updated from the git hub release page.
2. I tried winget install powertoys as I have previously done. Below is output:

WinGet install powertoys
The `msstore` source requires that you view the following agreements before using.
Terms of Transaction: https://aka.ms/microsoft-store-terms-of-transaction
The source requires current machine's geographic region to be sent to function properly.

Do you agree to all the source agreements terms?
[Y] Yes  [N] No: y
Multiple packages found matching input criteria. Please refine the input.
Name                Id                  Source
-----------------------------------------------
Microsoft PowerToys XP89DCGQ3K6VLD      msstore
PowerToys (Preview) Microsoft.PowerToys winget

So I tried a few variations of that without success:

WinGet install PowerToys (Preview)
Preview: The term 'Preview' is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable program.
Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.

Clearly not correct so I tried:

WinGet install Microsoft.PowerToys
Multiple packages found matching input criteria. Please refine the input.
Name                Id                  Source
-----------------------------------------------
Microsoft Photos    9WZDNCRFJBH4        msstore
PowerToys (Preview) Microsoft.PowerToys winget

Note that now it is clashing with Microsoft Photos. Not sure where that came from.

[kyw504100]

I still have not been able to install PowerToys via winget. There are a few problems.

1. I was not able to update winget from the store, it was still only offering 1.0.x - So I updated from the git hub release page.
2. I tried winget install powertoys as I have previously done. Below is output:

WinGet install powertoys
The `msstore` source requires that you view the following agreements before using.
Terms of Transaction: https://aka.ms/microsoft-store-terms-of-transaction
The source requires current machine's geographic region to be sent to function properly.

Do you agree to all the source agreements terms?
[Y] Yes  [N] No: y
Multiple packages found matching input criteria. Please refine the input.
Name                Id                  Source
-----------------------------------------------
Microsoft PowerToys XP89DCGQ3K6VLD      msstore
PowerToys (Preview) Microsoft.PowerToys winget

So I tried a few variations of that without success:

WinGet install PowerToys (Preview)
Preview: The term 'Preview' is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable program.
Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.

Clearly not correct so I tried:

WinGet install Microsoft.PowerToys
Multiple packages found matching input criteria. Please refine the input.
Name                Id                  Source
-----------------------------------------------
Microsoft Photos    9WZDNCRFJBH4        msstore
PowerToys (Preview) Microsoft.PowerToys winget

Note that now it is clashing with Microsoft Photos. Not sure where that came from.

Using the MS store ID worked.

[crutkas]

you'd do winget install microsoft.powertoys

[chanan]

winget install microsoft.powertoys

No dice:

winget install microsoft.powertoys
Multiple packages found matching input criteria. Please refine the input.
Name                Id                  Source
-----------------------------------------------
Microsoft Photos    9WZDNCRFJBH4        msstore
PowerToys (Preview) Microsoft.PowerToys winget

[kyw504100]

you'd do winget install microsoft.powertoys

C:\Users\kyw504100>winget install microsoft.powertoys -s winget
Found PowerToys (Preview) [Microsoft.PowerToys] Version 0.45.0
This application is licensed to you by its owner.
Microsoft is not responsible for, nor does it grant any licenses to, third-party packages.
Downloading https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.45.0/PowerToysSetup-0.45.0-x64.exe
  ██████████████████████████████  51.6 MB / 51.6 MB
Successfully verified installer hash
Starting package install...
Successfully installed

Will work if source is specified.

[chanan]

Yep @kyw504100 that worked and powertoys installed correctly from winget

[crutkas]

This should be fixed with WinGet v1.1.12663. We think we got this fixed back 9/27