Wrong scope detected for Gluon.SceneBuilder

[anthonyvdotbe]

Brief description of your issue

winget incorrectly says the currently installed package is installed with machine scope, blocking upgrades

Steps to reproduce

• install Scene Builder 23.0.1 manually by downloading and running the MSI (use the default install location of C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\SceneBuilder)
• run winget upgrade --exact --id Gluon.SceneBuilder

Expected behavior

Scene Builder is upgraded to version 24.0.0

Actual behavior

winget output:

No applicable upgrade found.
A newer package version is available in a configured source, but it does not apply to your system or requirements.

from the logs:

2025-04-29 17:07:37.984 [CLI ] Installer [X64,wix,User,en-US] not applicable: Installer scope does not match currently installed scope: User != Machine

The installer manifest has user scope and the current installation scope is user, so this does not make sense.

Environment

Windows Package Manager v1.10.390
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.26100.3915
System Architecture: X64
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.25.390.0

Winget Directories
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Logs                               %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\Loc…
User Settings                      %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\Loc…
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                %USERPROFILE%\Downloads
Configuration Modules              %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Configuration\Modules

Links
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Privacy Statement   https://aka.ms/winget-privacy
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

[denelon]

It looks like the registry key for the application when installed via the downloaded MSI is under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE which means as far as I can tell using the registry, that it's registered system wide. If it were installed for a user, I would expect they key to be under HKEY_CURRENT_USER.

I found this by running a search in the registry for SceneBuilder.

[anthonyvdotbe]

That's not what I'm seeing: the key is under HKCU\Software, as expected, and is not under HKLM\SOFTWARE:

[denelon]

Hmm. I was on an arm64 device when I tested. I'm wondering if that matters.

I'm also a member of local administrators (which causes Git to always go machine vs. user regardless of switches).

I'd love to get a repro on this. I'll need to get another device and setup the same testing.

[denelon]

Thanks @ItzLevvie can you repro the bug reported?

[denelon]

Thanks!