[BUG] WinGet functionality inside UniGetUI seems to be corrupted or broken since installing UniGetUI v3.1.4 beta 1

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• I have searched for my issue and have not found a work-in-progress/duplicate/resolved issue.
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UniGetUI Version

3.1.4 beta 2

Windows version, edition, and architecture

Windows 10 22H2 19045.5198

Describe your issue

Since I installed UniGetUI 3.1.4 beta 1, I have been having problems with WinGet within UniGetUI and I am not offered any updates. Furthermore, I am constantly warned "WinGet malfunction detected", but repairing never works. UniGetUI says it has successfully repaired WinGet, but then I get the same warning.

If I click on "Repair WinGet", then a PowerShell window launches, but then while running I see the following (I had to grab a video of it to get a screenshot):

But despite that error while the cmdlet/script file is running, UnIGetUI always comes back and says that WinGet was repaired successfully as follows:

I have not changed anything. I have uninstalled UniGetUI and reinstalled it, but nothing changed. I have also tried enabling the "Use bundled WinGet" option, but that didn't help. The following are the settings I have been using for months other than temporarily trying the "Use bundled WinGet" option:

Please note that I can manually open PowerShell in an admin window and find and install updates via WinGet. I just don't know what to do to get WinGet past whatever problem it is having (or thinks it has) with WinGet. ???

I did update to 3.1.4 beta 2 today, but that didn't change anything. In fact, I tested again today and then produced the screenshots submitted in this submission.

Steps to reproduce the issue

All I have to do is launch UniGetUI and/or try manually looking for updates (since UniGetUI doesn't seem to be able to) and the warning about "WinGet malfunction detected" pops up. If I try repairing, then the whole loop starts.

UniGetUI Log

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                           Welcome to UniGetUI Version 3.1.4-beta2
[12/9/2024 1:51:29 PM]
[12/9/2024 1:51:29 PM] Build 72
[12/9/2024 1:51:29 PM] Encoding Code Page set to 437
[12/9/2024 1:51:29 PM] Using built-in UniGetUI Elevator
[12/9/2024 1:51:29 PM] Loaded language locale: en
[12/9/2024 1:51:30 PM] Randomly-generated background API auth token for the current session: okedfnqcco7yvvra7wilf8ya79je2gilg67mgtxn8fj7x6qfmffgr9ugc2pukku1
[12/9/2024 1:51:30 PM] Api running on http://localhost:7058
[12/9/2024 1:51:30 PM] Lang files were updated successfully from GitHub
[12/9/2024 1:51:30 PM] Downloaded new icons and screenshots successfully!
[12/9/2024 1:51:30 PM] Command npm was not found on the system
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[12/9/2024 1:51:30 PM] Command vcpkg was not found on the system
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                       █ Enabled: False
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                       █ Enabled: False
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                       █ Name: Pip
                       █ Enabled: False
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[12/9/2024 1:51:30 PM] Command scoop was not found on the system
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                       █ Name: Scoop
                       █ Enabled: False
                       █ THE MANAGER IS DISABLED
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                       █ Name: Winget
                       █ Enabled: True
                       █ Found: True
                       █ Fancy exe name: winget.exe
                       █ Executable path: C:\Users\ZeroE\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\winget.exe
                       █ Call arguments: 
                       █ Version: 
                       █   System WinGet CLI Version: v1.10.40-preview
                       █   Using Native WinGet helper (COM Api)
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                       █ Name: Chocolatey
                       █ Enabled: False
                       █ THE MANAGER IS DISABLED
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                       █ Name: PowerShell
                       █ Enabled: True
                       █ Found: True
                       █ Fancy exe name: powershell.exe
                       █ Executable path: C:\Windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                       █ Call arguments:  -NoProfile -Command
                       █ Version: 
                       █   Name                           Value                                                                                   
                       █   ----                           -----                                                                                   
                       █   PSVersion                      5.1.19041.5198                                                                          
                       █   PSEdition                      Desktop                                                                                 
                       █   PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}                                                                 
                       █   BuildVersion                   10.0.19041.5198                                                                         
                       █   CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000                                                                         
                       █   WSManStackVersion              3.0                                                                                     
                       █   PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3                                                                                     
                       █   SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
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                       █ Name: PowerShell7
                       █ Enabled: True
                       █ Found: True
                       █ Fancy exe name: pwsh.exe
                       █ Executable path: C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\pwsh.exe
                       █ Call arguments:  -NoProfile -Command
                       █ Version: 
                       █   PowerShell 7.4.6
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[12/9/2024 1:51:32 PM] LoadComponentsAsync finished executing. All managers loaded. Proceeding to interface.
[12/9/2024 1:51:32 PM] Found 1 installed packages from PowerShell7
[12/9/2024 1:51:32 PM] Failed to download the PowerShell7 manifest at Url=https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2/Packages(Id='AIShell',Version='1.0.1') with status code NotFound
[12/9/2024 1:51:32 PM] No manifest content could be loaded for package AIShell on manager PowerShell7
[12/9/2024 1:51:34 PM] Found 1 installed packages from PowerShell
[12/9/2024 1:51:35 PM] Found 0 available updates from PowerShell
[12/9/2024 1:51:41 PM] Manager WinGet failed to list available updates with exception InvalidOperationException: WinGet: Failed to connect to composite catalog.
[12/9/2024 1:51:41 PM] Since this was the first attempt, Winget.AttemptFastRepair() will be called and the procedure will be restarted
[12/9/2024 1:51:41 PM] Manager WinGet failed to list installed packages with exception InvalidOperationException: WinGet: Failed to connect to composite catalog.
[12/9/2024 1:51:41 PM] Since this was the first attempt, Winget.AttemptFastRepair() will be called and the procedure will be restarted
[12/9/2024 1:51:41 PM] Attempting to reconnec to WinGet COM Server...
[12/9/2024 1:51:41 PM] Attempting to reconnec to WinGet COM Server...
[12/9/2024 1:51:50 PM] Error finding updates on manager Winget
[12/9/2024 1:51:50 PM] Error finding installed packages on manager Winget
[12/9/2024 1:51:50 PM] System.AggregateException: One or more errors occurred. (WinGet: Failed to connect to composite catalog.)
                        ---> System.InvalidOperationException: WinGet: Failed to connect to composite catalog.
                          at UniGetUI.PackageEngine.Managers.WingetManager.NativeWinGetHelper.GetLocalWinGetPackages() in C:\SomePrograms\WingetUI-Store\src\UniGetUI.PackageEngine.Managers.WinGet\ClientHelpers\NativeWinGetHelper.cs:line 240
                          at System.Threading.Tasks.Task`1.InnerInvoke()
                          at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunFromThreadPoolDispatchLoop(Thread threadPoolThread, ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
                       --- End of stack trace from previous location ---
                          at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunFromThreadPoolDispatchLoop(Thread threadPoolThread, ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
                          at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.ExecuteWithThreadLocal(Task& currentTaskSlot, Thread threadPoolThread)
                          at UniGetUI.PackageEngine.Managers.WingetManager.WinGet.GetInstalledPackages_UnSafe() in C:\SomePrograms\WingetUI-Store\src\UniGetUI.PackageEngine.Managers.WinGet\WinGet.cs:line 103
                       --- End of stack trace from previous location ---
                          at UniGetUI.Core.Classes.TaskRecycler`1.RunOrAttach(Func`1 method, Int32 cacheTimeSecs) in C:\SomePrograms\WingetUI-Store\src\UniGetUI.Core.Classes\TaskRecycler.cs:line 66
                          at UniGetUI.PackageEngine.Managers.WingetManager.NativeWinGetHelper.GetAvailableUpdates_UnSafe() in C:\SomePrograms\WingetUI-Store\src\UniGetUI.PackageEngine.Managers.WinGet\ClientHelpers\NativeWinGetHelper.cs:line 157
                          at UniGetUI.PackageEngine.Managers.WingetManager.WinGet.GetAvailableUpdates_UnSafe() in C:\SomePrograms\WingetUI-Store\src\UniGetUI.PackageEngine.Managers.WinGet\WinGet.cs:line 96
                          at System.Threading.Tasks.Task`1.InnerInvoke()
                          at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunFromThreadPoolDispatchLoop(Thread threadPoolThread, ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
                       --- End of stack trace from previous location ---
                          at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunFromThreadPoolDispatchLoop(Thread threadPoolThread, ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
                          at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.ExecuteWithThreadLocal(Task& currentTaskSlot, Thread threadPoolThread)
                          at System.Threading.Tasks.Task`1.InnerInvoke()
                          at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunFromThreadPoolDispatchLoop(Thread threadPoolThread, ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
                       --- End of stack trace from previous location ---
                          at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunFromThreadPoolDispatchLoop(Thread threadPoolThread, ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
                          at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.ExecuteWithThreadLocal(Task& currentTaskSlot, Thread threadPoolThread)
                          --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
                          at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.ThrowIfExceptional(Boolean includeTaskCanceledExceptions)
                          at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Wait(Int32 millisecondsTimeout, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
                          at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Wait(TimeSpan timeout, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
                          at UniGetUI.PackageEngine.ManagerClasses.Manager.PackageManager._getInstalledPackages(Boolean SecondAttempt) in C:\SomePrograms\WingetUI-Store\src\UniGetUI.PackageEngine.PackageManagerClasses\Manager\PackageManager.cs:line 239
[12/9/2024 1:51:50 PM] System.AggregateException: One or more errors occurred. (WinGet: Failed to connect to composite catalog.)
                        ---> System.InvalidOperationException: WinGet: Failed to connect to composite catalog.
                          at UniGetUI.PackageEngine.Managers.WingetManager.NativeWinGetHelper.GetLocalWinGetPackages() in C:\SomePrograms\WingetUI-Store\src\UniGetUI.PackageEngine.Managers.WinGet\ClientHelpers\NativeWinGetHelper.cs:line 240
                          at System.Threading.Tasks.Task`1.InnerInvoke()
                          at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunFromThreadPoolDispatchLoop(Thread threadPoolThread, ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
                       --- End of stack trace from previous location ---
                          at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunFromThreadPoolDispatchLoop(Thread threadPoolThread, ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
                          at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.ExecuteWithThreadLocal(Task& currentTaskSlot, Thread threadPoolThread)
                          at UniGetUI.PackageEngine.Managers.WingetManager.WinGet.GetInstalledPackages_UnSafe() in C:\SomePrograms\WingetUI-Store\src\UniGetUI.PackageEngine.Managers.WinGet\WinGet.cs:line 103
                       --- End of stack trace from previous location ---
                          at UniGetUI.Core.Classes.TaskRecycler`1.RunOrAttach(Func`1 method, Int32 cacheTimeSecs) in C:\SomePrograms\WingetUI-Store\src\UniGetUI.Core.Classes\TaskRecycler.cs:line 66
                          at UniGetUI.PackageEngine.Managers.WingetManager.NativeWinGetHelper.GetAvailableUpdates_UnSafe() in C:\SomePrograms\WingetUI-Store\src\UniGetUI.PackageEngine.Managers.WinGet\ClientHelpers\NativeWinGetHelper.cs:line 157
                          at UniGetUI.PackageEngine.Managers.WingetManager.WinGet.GetAvailableUpdates_UnSafe() in C:\SomePrograms\WingetUI-Store\src\UniGetUI.PackageEngine.Managers.WinGet\WinGet.cs:line 96
                          at System.Threading.Tasks.Task`1.InnerInvoke()
                          at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunFromThreadPoolDispatchLoop(Thread threadPoolThread, ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
                       --- End of stack trace from previous location ---
                          at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunFromThreadPoolDispatchLoop(Thread threadPoolThread, ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
                          at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.ExecuteWithThreadLocal(Task& currentTaskSlot, Thread threadPoolThread)
                          at System.Threading.Tasks.Task`1.InnerInvoke()
                          at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunFromThreadPoolDispatchLoop(Thread threadPoolThread, ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
                       --- End of stack trace from previous location ---
                          at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunFromThreadPoolDispatchLoop(Thread threadPoolThread, ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
                          at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.ExecuteWithThreadLocal(Task& currentTaskSlot, Thread threadPoolThread)
                          --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
                          at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.ThrowIfExceptional(Boolean includeTaskCanceledExceptions)
                          at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Wait(Int32 millisecondsTimeout, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
                          at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Wait(TimeSpan timeout, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
                          at UniGetUI.PackageEngine.ManagerClasses.Manager.PackageManager._getAvailableUpdates(Boolean SecondAttempt) in C:\SomePrograms\WingetUI-Store\src\UniGetUI.PackageEngine.PackageManagerClasses\Manager\PackageManager.cs:line 194
[12/9/2024 1:51:50 PM] Backup saved to D:\__Zero\MEGAsync\Documents\UniGetUI\L-TP-P15-GEN-2 installed packages 2024-12-09 13-51-50.ubundle
[12/9/2024 1:52:32 PM] Manager PowerShell 7.x failed to list available updates with exception TimeoutException: The operation has timed out.
[12/9/2024 1:52:32 PM] Since this was the first attempt, PowerShell7.AttemptFastRepair() will be called and the procedure will be restarted

Package Managers Logs

Manager WinGet with version:
System WinGet CLI Version: v1.10.40-preview
Using Native WinGet helper (COM Api)

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Logged native task on manager Winget. Task type is ListSources
Process start time: 12/9/2024 1:51:30 PM
Process end time:   12/9/2024 1:51:30 PM

-- Task information
 ...

The task reported success

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Logged subprocess-based task on manager Winget. Task type is RefreshIndexes
Subprocess executable: "C:\Users\ZeroE\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\winget.exe"
Command-line arguments: " source update --disable-interactivity"
Process start time: 12/9/2024 1:51:32 PM
Process end time:   12/9/2024 1:51:41 PM

-- Process STDOUT
 ...

Return code: SUCCESS (0)

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Logged native task on manager Winget. Task type is ListInstalledPackages
Process start time: 12/9/2024 1:51:32 PM
Process end time:   UNFINISHED

The task has not finished yet

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Logged native task on manager Winget. Task type is OtherTask
Process start time: 12/9/2024 1:51:32 PM
Process end time:   12/9/2024 1:51:41 PM

-- Task information
 ...

-- Task errors
  Failed to connect to installedSearchCatalogRef. Aborting.

The task reported a failure (1)

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Logged native task on manager Winget. Task type is ListUpdates
Process start time: 12/9/2024 1:51:41 PM
Process end time:   UNFINISHED

The task has not finished yet

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Logged subprocess-based task on manager Winget. Task type is RefreshIndexes
Subprocess executable: "C:\Users\ZeroE\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\winget.exe"
Command-line arguments: " source update --disable-interactivity"
Process start time: 12/9/2024 1:51:41 PM
Process end time:   12/9/2024 1:51:48 PM

-- Process STDOUT
 ...

Return code: SUCCESS (0)

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Logged native task on manager Winget. Task type is ListInstalledPackages
Process start time: 12/9/2024 1:51:41 PM
Process end time:   UNFINISHED

The task has not finished yet

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Logged native task on manager Winget. Task type is OtherTask
Process start time: 12/9/2024 1:51:41 PM
Process end time:   12/9/2024 1:51:50 PM

-- Task information
 ...

-- Task errors
  Failed to connect to installedSearchCatalogRef. Aborting.

The task reported a failure (1)

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Logged native task on manager Winget. Task type is ListUpdates
Process start time: 12/9/2024 1:51:48 PM
Process end time:   UNFINISHED

The task has not finished yet

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[marticliment]

Please run the following commands in powershell:
Install-Module Microsoft.WinGet.Client
Repair-WinGetPackageManager

[ZPNRG]

I first started to run the "Install-Module Microsoft.WinGet.Client" in a non-eleveated Powershell window, but it said it needed admin privileges. So, I opened an admin-level Powershell window and ran both lines in succession. Nothing appeared to happen. This is what I saw:

However, apparently, the Microsoft Store version of WinGet was installed. I see this in the sources:

This didn't fix anything. I wasn't getting the "WinGet malfunction detected" message, but UniGetUI was also still not finding any updates. However, once I re-enabled the "Enable the automatic WinGet troubleshooter" option, the "WinGet malfunction detected" message returned and UniGetUI still isn't finding any available updates (that I know there are).

[marticliment]

winget --list on a command prompt does work?

[ZPNRG]

--list doesn't appear to be a valid switch/option. From an admin Powershell window, "winget list" works fine and comes back with a list of maybe 70-80 apps installed on the system. Here is a small sample of the first few listed:

[marticliment]

Now, after running this command, please test UniGetUI again

[ZPNRG]

Okay. Nothing has changed. Upon lauching UniGetUI and checking for updates, I immediately got the "WinGet malfunction detected" message and no updates were found. Here is what I wonder...

For probably 15 years or so, I have run my primary Windows account as a Standard (non-admin) account. I still do and I just deal with UAC and perform the necessary admin authentication as needed for various tasks. So, when I open a (non-admin) Windows Powershell window and run "winget list", I get this:

As I said above earlier, if I open an admin (elevated) Powershell window, then "winget list" works fine and comes back with a long list of installed apps.

However, since I started using WinGetUI (now UniGetUI) in June 2023, I've always been running it 100% of the time from my Standard (non-admin) Windows account. I do install UniGetUI to work for all users, but I never use it from the Windows admin account. So, if Winget is having a problem from a regular (non-admin) Powershell command line launched from my Standard Windows account, then I wouldn't think UniGetUI would be able to work when it is running in my Standard Windows account unless UniGetUI is somehow getting around that behind the scenes.

I wonder if I need to delete both sources and then just re-install the original source I was using (https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache). Granted, maybe you have seen better results with UniGetUI using the MSStore version.

[DrStrange]

ZPNRG
I would think since WinGet works in your Admin account but not in your standard user account and the error is 0x80070005 access is denied , the fix might (issue has existed in many releases prior to 3.1.4 beta 1) be to go to C:\Users\ZeroE\AppData\Local\Temp and check your Security properties for the WinGet folder. If ZeroE is missing from the "Group or user names" , add ZeroE as a user and give ZeroE full control. Check if winget list now works and that UnigetUI no longer shows WinGet malfunction detected.
Unfortunately this is a long standing recurring bug with an issue previously raised for it here, in winget-cli and in GSudo's repositories. See #3008 , microsoft/winget-cli#4704 and gerardog/gsudo#376
It might be caused whenever GSudo (and UnigetUI Elevator?) is called to update a package. Marti "doesn't know why GSudo causes the error when regular UAC doesn't".

[ZPNRG]

DrStrange (@DrStrange) Okay. I'll look into it. What is strange is that something must have changed with me installing UniGetUI 3.1.4 beta 1 that introduced this or the dormant bug was brought to the surface. Nothing has changed on my PC as far as permissions, etc. Geez, I haven't reinstalled Windows in a couple of years. Now, that said, maybe Windows is getting "creaky" and a Windows update or something else screwy happened about the same time as I updated to UniGetUI 3.1.4 beta 1.

[realAllonZ]

I had the same issue and ran the suggested commands in powershell:
Install-Module Microsoft.WinGet.Client
Repair-WinGetPackageManager

I no longer see the Repair winget message but cannot confirm effectiveness because of [BUG] Cannot Access Settings #3085.

UPDATE 1: After resolving [BUG] #3085 I can confirm that WinGetUI is now running without errors.

UPDATE 2: The WinGet malfunction error message has returned

[tps800]

Looks like the underlying error is: No applicable license found.

Winget.exe seems needing a license file to run, but this file is missing. And without it you may get some error messages not giving real causes trying to run winget.exe: "Fehler beim Ausführen des Programms "winget.exe": Eine angegebene Anmeldesitzung ist nicht vorhanden. Sie wurde gegebenenfalls bereits beendet."

C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\winget.exe: "Das angegebene Programm kann nicht ausgeführt werden." -- not really helpful, since acl and policy say it can.

winget.exe has more than one location installed. Some run. some not. It depends.

• C:\PRGS\UniGetUI\winget-cli_x64\winget.exe -- works (v1.8.1911)
• C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\winget.exe -- does not (v1.24.25200.0)
• C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\winget.exe -- does not (v1.24.25200.0)
• C:\Users\<anotheruser>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\winget.exe -- does not (v1.24.25200.0)
• C:\Users\<anotheruser>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\winget.exe -- does not (v1.24.25200.0)

Could we have an installable package including the necessary license file installed at a place winget.exe can find this license? Or: could someone remove this license-stuff from winget.exe to make it work again as it did with older versions? Or: could we make UniGetUI take a selectable version of winget.exe?

[tps800]

Repair-WinGetPackageManager does not repair anything. It just does a reinstall of winget.exe.

If -AllUsers is given it does so for all users (regardless if these users had it installed or not). But it does not install the license winget.exe is missing :-(