Blender update reports "multiple packages found"

[xarthurx]

>winget upgrade --id BlenderFoundation.Blender

Multiple installed packages found matching input criteria. Please refine the input.
Name    Id
----------------------------------------------
Blender BlenderFoundation.Blender
blender {8E411BEA-E05E-4E73-B9D3-A89A3084D67D}

and winget update --all won't update the software either.

[xarthurx]

But, the software IS updated when using the update --all option, though when doing winget update, it still shows the software is not updated...

Not sure why.

[denelon]

This appears to be the case where either the package is installed "side by side" rather than upgrading the package in place, or the upgrade doesn't properly modify the entries in Apps & Features. This "loop" is unfortunately fairly common when the Windows Package Manager doesn't have sufficient metadata in the manifest to make an exact match to exactly one instance of the package being installed on the system. We're working on improving the matching and allowing multiple entries in the manifest for the metadata reported to Apps & Features.

[denelon]

We've been working on the side-by-side scenarios. You could try the latest release and enable the experimental feature on:

• https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/releases/tag/v1.8.924-preview

Please provide feedback at:

• https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/discussions/4281

[denelon]

Is this still a problem on WinGet 1.8?

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