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Uniget Will Not Update Some Packages Installed Via Winget #5522
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UniGetUI Version
2026.3.2
Windows version, edition, and architecture
Windows 11 Home, x64
Describe your issue
Some programs (like Vivaldi and many others) will refuse to be updated in Uniget (if installed via winget). My solution was to uninstall the program and install via Uniget. This seems like a huge problem.
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GabrielDuf commentedon Oct 16, 2026
Hi TaxicabMessiah (@TaxicabMessiah),
I need a bit more detail to figure out what's going wrong. Could you collect the following from one failed Vivaldi update?
TaxicabMessiah commentedon Oct 16, 2026
Oh, so you're saying Uniget usually identifies and updates when programs were installed via other sources? That's good to know it's probably just my system. I've uninstalled the programs and installed them with Uniget to solve my issue on this PC so I don't have those logs anymore. I do have a unique setup including a local DNS server I have to disable. If it happens on my new PC I'll save the pertinent data.
EotT123 commentedon Oct 21, 2026
Same here, i cannot update any program anymore since I've update them with winget.
Using
manual updateopens a terminal with something like:winget.exe update --id "ARP\Machine\X86\{141A88F8-31AC-49EA-B428-2BE8C19DED83}_is1" --exact --source winget --accept-source-agreements --disable-interactivity --scope user --silent --include-unknown --accept-package-agreements --force --architecture x64.However, this results in
No installed package found matching input criteria.There is probably something wrong with the id? The above example is for the application
FanControlwith idRem0o.FanControl.BrianG61UK commentedon Oct 22, 2026
I think I have seen UniGetUI get confused when I have installed something using one method and changed my mind and decided I wanted to install it using another method. Like if I decide I wanted it installed for all users but originally accidentally installed it just for me, Or if I installed from Microsoft store and then realised that was an old version that isn't updated and decided to install with a .exe installer program.
Now in one case I remember I decided in the end that it was Winget that was messing up, not UniGetUI and I actually had to investigate how to convince Winget that I really had uninstalled one version and didn't want to update (reinstall) it, which I had to do by pinning it because I could just not work out why Winget always thought it was still installed!
TaxicabMessiah commentedon Oct 23, 2026
This is borderline incomprehensible BG. Just say the facts of the matter without the story.