Install Tab: Get Installed missed some apps #1488

sleekspeed22 · 2024-01-28T01:52:49Z

Describe the bug
On the Install Tab... using the Get Installed button. Not all apps in the list that are installed on my Windows systems were discovered. I re-installed WinGet to see if that was the problem but a number of app were missing. I assume they should be discovered whether or not they were installed through Windows Store or is they are installed on drives other than C:>... It found most app except for Zoom, Joplin, Anaconda, Blender, and GIMP.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

Open Powershell as Admin
run irm christitus.com/win |iex
it should default to Install tab... select if it is not selected
click on Get Installed button

Expected behavior
I expected that any app that is on the list would be discovered if it is installed on this OS (through this OS). Zoom, Joplin, Anaconda, Blender, and GIMP were missed. Blender was installed through Steam.

Screenshots
App are found when doing a Windows search :

Perhaps Blender is working as Designed since it's in Steam

Additional context
Blender might be working as designed... not sure.

v-Kaefer · 2024-01-28T03:54:24Z

It's because it searches the systems programs with winget list.
You can check it in winutil.ps1 with the Function Invoke-WinUtilCurrentSystem

But then it filters the provided list, with all that were installed with winget. (last column)

Which means that if you installed it manually and in a different place than winget would, it won't be found.

But there could be problems, such as portmaster. That was first implemented with a wrong/deprecated repo and winget.
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