Microsoft.WindowsSDK installer failed

[andylizf]

Brief description of your issue

Microsoft.WindowsSDK was upgraded successfully but with installer failed.

Steps to reproduce

having Windows Software Development Kit at version 10.0.22000.832. run winget upgrade

Expected behavior

installer exit normally.

Actual behavior

Found Windows Software Development Kit [Microsoft.WindowsSDK] Version 10.0.22621.2
This application is licensed to you by its owner.
Microsoft is not responsible for, nor does it grant any licenses to, third-party packages.
Successfully verified installer hash
Starting package uninstall...
Successfully uninstalled
Starting package install...
Installer failed with exit code: 2008

Environment

Windows Package Manager v1.4.10173
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.22000.1516
System Architecture: X64
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.19.10173.0

[Trenly]

Seems related to https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/issues/1818

[aetonsi]

Just happened to me too when going from 10.0.19041.685 to 10.0.22621.2. I got the error, then the update disappeared from the winget upgrade list, because winget sees version 10.0.22621.2 as currently installed. The problem is, that's probably incorrect. In the appwiz.cpl list, the Windows SDK is listed with name Windows Software Development Kit - Windows 10.0.22621.755 but version 10.1.22621.755 (note the minor version change): But then, if i try to uninstall it, the confirmation popup says: I thought that maybe the popup is actually asking if i want to uninstall the sdk "for windows 10.0.22621.755", this being my current OS version. Problem is, running cmd /c ver to see the full OS string, it says Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22621.1413].

There's 5 different versions of things involved, 10.0.19041.685/10.0.22621.2/10.1.22621.755/10.0.22621.755/10.0.22621.1413, i'm getting lost..

[OfekShilon]

Happens here too:

PS C:\Users\ofeks> winget update --all
Name                                                      Id                   Version        Available      Source
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WinDbg Preview                                            Microsoft.WinDbg     1.2210.3001.0  1.2303.30001.0 winget
Windows Software Development Kit - Windows 10.0.22000.832 Microsoft.WindowsSDK 10.0.22000.832 10.0.22621.2   winget
2 upgrades available.

(1/2) Found WinDbg [Microsoft.WinDbg] Version 1.2303.30001.0
This application is licensed to you by its owner.
Microsoft is not responsible for, nor does it grant any licenses to, third-party packages.
Successfully verified installer hash
Starting package install...
  ██████████████████████████████  100%
Successfully installed

(2/2) Found Windows Software Development Kit [Microsoft.WindowsSDK] Version 10.0.22621.2
This application is licensed to you by its owner.
Microsoft is not responsible for, nor does it grant any licenses to, third-party packages.
Successfully verified installer hash
Starting package uninstall...
Successfully uninstalled
Starting package install...
Installer failed with exit code: 2008

[ryfu-msft]

Similar to #1818

This is no longer an issue now that different versions of Windows SDK have been separated into their own packages. These package versions should be side-by-side installations rather than a direct upgrade.