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Rhinny2012 · Dec 20, 2023

I do agree that winget seems to be the problem. How the heck did something like that disappear? And why can't I get it back?

OAT · Dec 20, 2023

Rhinny2012 said:
Just tried that and it said I have a newer version installed. I let it install this one anyway, but am seeing no difference.

you must uni

Rhinny2012 said:
I do agree that winget seems to be the problem. How the heck did something like that disappear? And why can't I get it back?

Can you go to command line and do a winget (enter)
You should see something like this:

Rhinny2012 · Dec 20, 2023

So it does look like winget is "missing". How does that happen? And how can I get it back? I guess I could restore to an older point, but I hate to do that.

OAT · Dec 20, 2023

Rhinny2012 said:
So it does look like winget is "missing". How does that happen? And how can I get it back? I guess I could restore to an older point, but I hate to do that.

C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_1.22.3481.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe

This is where winget.exe should reside, _ version may differ_

Rhinny2012 · Dec 20, 2023

OAT said:
you must uni

Can you go to command line and do a winget (enter)
You should see something like this:

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So this is what I get when I do that:

OAT · Dec 20, 2023

C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_1.22.3481.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe

This is where winget.exe should reside.

Rhinny2012 · Dec 20, 2023

I tried both as Admimistrator and normal, and get the same thing both times. I tried just typing winget from a command prompt on another computer and it came up with the long list as OAT pointed out. So that definitely seems like the problem.

OAT · Dec 20, 2023

Rhinny2012 said:
I tried both as Admimistrator and normal, and get the same thing both times. I tried just typing winget from a command prompt on another computer and it came up with the long list as OAT pointed out. So that definitely seems like the problem.

Could be some corruption in the profile.
Can you enable Admin?

Code:

net user administrator /active:yes  (enter)

Logout and select Admin from the lock screen and try the winget command again.

Rhinny2012 · Dec 20, 2023

So I think I found it. I searched for"winget not installed", and it led me to this page in options, and sure enough, it was turned off. No freakin' idea why, but I turned it back on and it let me run the

winget uninstall "windows web experience pack"

Going to restart and see what happens

zebal · Dec 20, 2023

Rhinny2012 said:
Just tried that and it said I have a newer version installed. I let it install this one anyway, but am seeing no difference.

It must be because your winget is not in PATH.

you should see the winget.exe file appear at C:\Users\[Username]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps

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OAT · Dec 20, 2023

Rhinny2012 said:
So I think I found it. I searched for"winget not installed", and it led me to this page in options, and sure enough, it was turned off. No freakin' idea why, but I turned it back on and it let me run the

Going to restart and see what happens

Don't forget to re-install now.

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Rhinny2012 · Dec 20, 2023

Rhinny2012 said:
So I think I found it. I searched for"winget not installed", and it led me to this page in options, and sure enough, it was turned off. No freakin' idea why, but I turned it back on and it let me run the

Going to restart and see what happens
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This worked!!! I just turned it on, ran the winget command, restarted, and they are back. Thanks to everyone who helped out. If it wasn't for all of you, I wouldn't have known to look for winget.

OAT · Dec 20, 2023

Rhinny2012 said:
This worked!!! I just turned it on, ran the winget command, restarted, and they are back. Thanks to everyone who helped out. If it wasn't for all of you, I wouldn't have known to look for winget.

Yes, glad for you. That alias setting being disabled is puzzling though.
Why would it be off?

Rhinny2012 · Dec 20, 2023

No idea. I didn't even know there was such a thing, so I didn't turn it off. I mentioned that I did a restore a while back. All I can think of is that it turned itself off during the restore, but I have no idea why.

OAT · Dec 20, 2023

Rhinny2012 said:
No idea. I didn't even know there was such a thing, so I didn't turn it off. I mentioned that I did a restore a while back. All I can think of is that it turned itself off during the restore, but I have no idea why.

Please kindly mark this thread as 'Solved', it could be useful to someone else.