Solved Winget errors Win 11 25H2

EB2XR6 · Oct 27, 2025

I was wondering if anyone else is having issues with Winget please?
winget update
Failed in attempting to update the source: winget
No installed package found matching input criteria

Windows 11 25H2
Windows Package Manager v1.11.510

Thank you
EBSXR6

Eaglehawk · Oct 27, 2025

Yes, me too. On multiple computers.

EB2XR6 · Oct 27, 2025

Eaglehawk said:
Yes, me too. On multiple computers.

Thanks Eag;ehawk, glad it is just not me.

pseymour · Oct 27, 2025

Appears to be an issue on their end.

Code:

ps> winget update
Failed in attempting to update the source: winget
An unexpected error occurred while executing the command:
Download request status is not success.
0x801901f4 : Internal server error (500).

Eaglehawk · Oct 28, 2025

It's working now.

EB2XR6 · Oct 28, 2025

Eaglehawk said:
It's working now.

Thank you Eaglehawk.

Ed Tittel · Oct 28, 2025

When that error comes up it means that winget is falling over when trying to grab the source:winget database. When this happens, it may be helpful to reset that source winget source reset or perhaps winget source reset --force should tell you quickly if the problem is on your PC or in the cloud. If it's on your PC one or the other of those commands will work; if in the the cloud, they won't.
HTH,
--Ed--

spapakons · Oct 28, 2025

I use UniGetUI utility which shows all the updates in a window and let me choose which ones to update. For updates I want to manually update or never update I just put them in the ignore list. However, out of curiosity I run the command in a PowerShell as Administrator and now it seems to work OK.

Release UniGetUI 3.3.5 · marticliment/UniGetUI

Changelog Fixed reliability issues that affected 3.3.4 (Crashes caused by XamlException) Downgrade AppSdk from 1.8 to 1.7 UniGetUI.Installer.exe SHA256: A6F510D6C5C33A4E187BA11DDC626BECA0430EE0F4...

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Ed Tittel · Oct 28, 2025

I like UniGetUI, too. But I also do things manually with winget just to keep up with the update pulse, if you know what I mean. Life is ever so much easier since these tools have come along, though.
--Ed--

pseymour · Oct 28, 2025

Well it was a 500-level HTTP error, so…

spapakons · Oct 28, 2025

pseymour said:
Well it was a 500-level HTTP error, so…

Access denied, if I remember correctly, which means there was some issue with the server blocking access to everyone but Admins.

beagle1957 · Oct 29, 2025

Well...it WAS working. And now after today's upgrade, it is not.

EB2XR6 · Oct 29, 2025

beagle1957 said:
Well...it WAS working. And now after today's upgrade, it is not.

I just finsihed a Win11 Pro install on a PC and ran Winget with no issues

spapakons · Oct 30, 2025

winget update displays all applications with available updates. If it returns nothing, then all applications are updated. If it returns an error, please post a screenshot to diagnose and help you.

PS: Make sure you run it in a PowerShell as Administrator. It won't work in Command Prompt or without Administrator access rights.

garlin · Oct 30, 2025

spapakons said:
PS: Make sure you run it in a PowerShell as Administrator. It won't work in Command Prompt or without Administrator access rights.

That's not always true. Some apps are designed to be installed on a per-user instance, and as long as they don't need Admin rights to install, winget will run. If the installer calls for admin rights, then you will get an UAC prompt to finish the install.

spapakons · Oct 30, 2025

Why not run it with Admin rights just in case?

garlin · Oct 30, 2025

Yes. But you made a comment which isn't always correct.

There are legitimate cases where someone might install a per-user app. Like some browsers will install themselves for one user, and not for all users on the system.

CLS · Oct 30, 2025

Issues with Winget. My computer is running on Windows 11 25H2 (26200.6901).

I also have issue with UNIGETUI. I have tryed to repair but same error message appear again in the application.

spapakons · Oct 30, 2025

Just in case WinGet is missing or malfunctioning, you can either click on "Repair WinGet" in UniGetUI or run this in Powershell as Administrator:

Add-AppxPackage -RegisterByFamilyName -MainPackage Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe

PS: I just saw you already tried to repair WinGet. Try the command in PowerShell instead and post a screenshot if you see any errors.

PS2: The error in PowerShell says it could not open URL (access Microsoft Server or the online file). Probably some rule in your Firewall. If using a third-party firewall, add an exception to C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\winget.exe (where username is your own user folder) and C:\Program Files\UniGetUI\UniGetUI.exe To verify that Firewall is the culprit, disable the firewall temporarily and run WinGet again. If it works, then some rule is blocking WinGet, add an exception or remove the offending rule.

CLS · Oct 30, 2025

spapakons said:
Just in case WinGet is missing or malfunctioning, you can either click on "Repair WinGet" in UniGetUI or run this in Powershell as Administrator:

Add-AppxPackage -RegisterByFamilyName -MainPackage Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe

PS: I just saw you already tried to repair WinGet. Try the command in PowerShell instead and post a screenshot if you see any errors.

PS2: The error in PowerShell says it could not open URL (access Microsoft Server or the online file). Probably some rule in your Firewall. If using a third-party firewall, add an exception to C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\winget.exe (where username is your own user folder) and C:\Program Files\UniGetUI\UniGetUI.exe To verify that Firewall is the culprit, disable the firewall temporarily and run WinGet again. If it works, then some rule is blocking WinGet, add an exception or remove the offending rule.

I found the solutions, it was the app Tinywall that I have installed on my computer, I needed to set it "autolearn", now everthings is working again

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