winget-cli Unremovable pin for the already removed package

Brief description of your issue

There was a package I actually pinned at some point.

Later it was removed(probably via Windows interface and not winget itself).

The pin is still present even though the package is not. And it is probably ok for some usecases(you might still want to keep your pins just in case), however, I can not remove the pin manually too since trying to do so results in "No installed package found matching input criteria." error.

So there is a pin for non-existent package which also cannot be removed. And winget reminds you of that each time saying that you need to upgrade the non-existent package manually because of the pin

Steps to reproduce

Install a package with old version
Pin it to some version, which is not the latest
Remove it via standart Windows interface instead of winget command
Try to run winget update -u -r, it will say that there is a pin for a package(which is not present), and it needs to be upgraded manually
winget pin list will show the package(even though it is not installed)
winget pin remove will not work since package is not actually present

Expected behavior

One of two things:

Pin is automatically removed if the package is no longer present
Pin is not automatically removed, however it should be possible to unpin it without the package presence.

Also: winget will not say anything about pins for packages which are not actually installed when you run an upgrade

Actual behavior

Winget is stuck at not being able to do anything with that "ghost" pin. Also it suggests to upgrade the pinned package manually, however it is not even present on the system to begin with

Environment

Windows Package Manager (Preview) v1.9.1792-preview
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.26120.961
System Architecture: X64
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.24.1792.0

Winget Directories
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Logs                               %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\DiagOutputDir
User Settings                      %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\settings.json
Portable Links Directory (User)    %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Links
Portable Links Directory (Machine) C:\Program Files\WinGet\Links
Portable Package Root (User)       %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages
Portable Package Root              C:\Program Files\WinGet\Packages
Portable Package Root (x86)        C:\Program Files (x86)\WinGet\Packages
Installer Downloads                D:\Downloads

Links
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License Agreement   https://aka.ms/winget-license
Third Party Notices https://aka.ms/winget-3rdPartyNotice
Homepage            https://aka.ms/winget
Windows Store Terms https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/storedocs/terms-of-sale

Admin Setting                             State
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LocalManifestFiles                        Disabled
BypassCertificatePinningForMicrosoftStore Disabled
InstallerHashOverride                     Disabled
LocalArchiveMalwareScanOverride           Disabled
ProxyCommandLineOptions                   Disabled
DefaultProxy                              Disabled

Jun 30 '24 13:06 Hekzory

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Jun 30 '24 13:06 github-actions[bot]

I believe this is related to:

https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/issues/4163

Can you try passing the full ID of the package with winget pin remove --id <ID> command?

Jul 01 '24 04:07 mdanish-kh

I believe this is related to:

https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/issues/4163

Can you try passing the full ID of the package with winget pin remove --id <ID> command?

Yeah, it helped, thank you!

Jul 01 '24 17:07 Hekzory