winget. Error: (5) Access is denied. Topic is solved

[XMCQCX]

Hi,
I execute this PowerShell command to update all apps on my system:

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winget upgrade --all

Today, on 2023-06-20 at 09:57, I encountered an error while ahk was attempting to update from version 2.0.2 to 2.0.3.

[lexikos]

At the moment, I have no interest in trying to work out exactly what winget is doing. If someone can reproduce this error by running setup directly at the command line, I would be more interested in looking into it.

[jNizM]

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*#1 (1452) : [DirCreate] DirCreate(dir := installDir "\.staging\" A_ScriptName)
*#1 (1452) : [UnpackFiles] DirCreate(dir := installDir "\.staging\" A_ScriptName)
*#1 (473) : [Installation.Prototype.ResolveSourceDir] this.SourceDir := UnpackFiles(this.InstallDir)
*#1 (532) : [Installation.Prototype.InstallFull] this.ResolveSourceDir()
*#1 (412) : [Install_Main] inst.%method%(params*)
*#1 (1188) : [] Install_Main()
> Auto-execute

But works flawless with elevated privileges
(cmd as admin: silent parameter or with winget)

[lexikos]

Perhaps it is defaulting to Program Files. It is not supposed to do that unless it is running as administrator. I will debug later.

[lexikos]

As far as I can tell, this only happens when all of the following conditions are met:

• There is an "all users" installation under HKLM.
• There is no "current user" installation under HKCU.
• You are not running as admin.
• You did not specify the installation directory.

In other words,

• You originally installed AutoHotkey as admin.
• You are now trying to install AutoHotkey without admin privileges.

If you go through the same steps that you did to install it in the first place, you should get a positive result.

v2.0.4 prompts for elevation under these conditions, allowing the existing installation to be updated, which is most likely the desired result. However, it would have been equally valid to simply install in the default non-admin location, or perhaps even more correct if /silent can be construed as a request to suppress all prompts.