Issue: 0x80070005 Access denied for winget commands after usage of gsudo (owner of folder %localappdata%\Temp\WinGet is changed to the used admin account)

[coka4you]

Issue Description

After executing the command ‘gsudo winget xyz (e.g.: list)’, the owner of the folder %localappdata%\Temp\WinGet is changed to the local admin account. Explicit permissions are set for the admin account used. As a result, all subsequent winget commands under normal user rights fail with the message ‘Access denied’. This does not occur with a regular shell with elevated rights (via UAC).

Only manually taking ownership and granting full access for the normal user or deleting the folder %localappdata%\Temp\WinGet will allow further winget commands without admin rights.

Steps to Reproduce

1. cmd: winget list -> everything fine
2. cmd: gsudo winget list -> everything fine
3. cmd: winget list -> access denied
4. take ownership for %localappdata%\Temp\WinGet
5. cmd: winget list -> everything fine

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Context:

• Windows version: Win10 22H2, Build 19045.4780

• gsudo version: v2.5.1

[borque]

I can confirm this bug on Win11 23h2.

[gerardog]

Are you using a local admin account, or entering credentials for other user in the UAC Popup?

[borque]

I use a normal local user account and have to enter the credentials of a different local account with admin priviliges.

[coka4you]

I use a normal local user account and have to enter the credentials of a different local account with admin priviliges.

Same here

[DrStrange]

Martí Climent has now raised this issue with the winget devs: https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/issues/5109