Doesn't work when installed with winget

[ericswpark]

Preflight Checklist

• [ ] Running microsoft-edge:https://google.com redirects successfully
• [ ] Microsoft Edge is selected in any "How do you want to open this?" box

Install Type

New Install

Install Mode

N/A or Unsure

Steps to reproduce

1. Install MSEdgeRedirect using winget
2. Run MSEdgeRedirect
3. Try the example command to check redirect

✔️ Expected Behavior

The redirect works

❌ Actual Behavior

M$ Edge opens

Microsoft Windows version

23H2 (OS Build 22631.2861)

Other Software

No response

Other

I noticed all of the active options are greyed out:

Probably because winget doesn't install with administrative privileges, however I don't know how to ask winget to run the installer as admin. Maybe it could be added to the README?

[sekoku]

I think the problem is that winget itself doesn't has the update in the "repo" for it. You can look with winget list and it won't find anything. If there's an available update, it'll show it on the second column of the version listings where winget update will update it.

It's up to the developer and/or MS to have winget be able to see the update, it seems.

[akienm]

I noticed some additional odd behavior with winget, while Edge will load normally, and do most normal browsing OK... but anything else wouldn't work. I'm having to completely rebuild my computer because an SSD failure, and used Edge to go to MS's web site to get office, but I'd click on Login and it'd spin and spin and then stop. No login form, not even any page change. So I went to extensions to see if I could see any extensions I wasn't aware of that might be the issue... But the extensions page for Edge was just blank. Wouldn't load anything. Used winget to remove MSEdgeRedirect, and now everything is working as expected.

The extensions page in Edge not working really surprised me.

[e-t-l]

Winget doesn't really "install" msedgeredirect, does it? For me it just created a folder and downloaded the program executable. Seems like most other programs installed with winget will actually run the installer after downloading it. Is there any way to make this app do that as well?

[rcmaehl]

Winget doesn't really "install" msedgeredirect, does it? For me it just created a folder and downloaded the program executable. Seems like most other programs installed with winget will actually run the installer after downloading it. Is there any way to make this app do that as well?

It should install to C:\Program FIles, I'm guessing it did not?

[scottj]

It should install to C:\Program FIles, I'm guessing it did not?

The winget package installed the files in %LOCALAPPDATA%\MSEdgeRedirect for me.