Winget Client Powershell cmdlets - Unable to find installation package error

[ryfu-msft]

Brief description of your issue

When trying to run the Install-WinGetPackage commandlet, I encounter various error messages relating to arguments being determined as null as seen in the snippet below. This also occurs for Uninstall-WinGetPackage. Looks like there's an issue relating to feeding in the arguments to the Find-WinGetPackage powershell script.

Install-WinGetPackage -Id Microsoft.Powertoys

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\Users\ryfu\git\winget-cli\tools\PowerShell\Microsoft.WinGet.Client\src\Library\Find-WinGetPackage.ps1:91 char:13
+             $WinGetArgs += "--Name", $Name.Replace("…", "")
+             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\Users\ryfu\git\winget-cli\tools\PowerShell\Microsoft.WinGet.Client\src\Library\Find-WinGetPackage.ps1:95 char:13
+             $WinGetArgs += "--Moniker", $Moniker.Replace("…", "")
+             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\Users\ryfu\git\winget-cli\tools\PowerShell\Microsoft.WinGet.Client\src\Library\Find-WinGetPackage.ps1:99 char:13
+             $WinGetArgs += "--Tag", $Tag.Replace("…", "")
+             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\Users\ryfu\git\winget-cli\tools\PowerShell\Microsoft.WinGet.Client\src\Library\Find-WinGetPackage.ps1:103 char:13
+             $WinGetArgs += "--Command", $Command.Replace("…", "")
+             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\Users\ryfu\git\winget-cli\tools\PowerShell\Microsoft.WinGet.Client\src\Library\Find-WinGetPackage.ps1:111 char:13
+             $WinGetArgs += "--Source", $Source.Replace("…", "")
+             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

Invoke-WinGetCommand : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'WinGetArgs' because it is an empty string.
At C:\Users\ryfu\git\winget-cli\tools\PowerShell\Microsoft.WinGet.Client\src\Library\Find-WinGetPackage.ps1:132 char:50
+         $List = Invoke-WinGetCommand -WinGetArgs $WinGetArgs -IndexTi ...
+                                                  ~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (:) [Invoke-WinGetCommand], ParameterBindingValidationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorEmptyStringNotAllowed,Invoke-WinGetCommand

Steps to reproduce

• git clone winget repository
• Run command in powershell

Import-Module  C:\git\winget-cli\tools\PowerShell\Microsoft.WinGet.Client\src\Microsoft.WinGet.Client.psm1

• Restart powershell and run

Install-WinGetPackage -Id Microsoft.Powertoys

Expected behavior

It should install Microsoft.Powertoys

Actual behavior

Shows error and reports:

Unable to locate package for installation

Environment

Windows Package Manager v1.1.12653
Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.22515.1000
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.16.12653.0