winget upgrade Microsoft.WindowsTerminal.Preview fails (A higher version of this application is already installed.) #20871

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opened 2026-01-31 07:26:28 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @jessey-git on GitHub (Nov 23, 2023).

Windows Terminal version

1.19.2831.0

Windows build number

10.0.22621.2715

Other Software

No response

Steps to reproduce

  • Have Windows Terminal Preview version 1.19.2831.0 installed
  • Attempt to upgrade by winget upgrade Microsoft.WindowsTerminal.Preview
  • Watch it fail

Expected Behavior

This should succeed.

Actual Behavior

It fails with the following -- perhaps the Xaml junk is confusing it?

winget upgrade Microsoft.WindowsTerminal.Preview                                                                      T: 0.8%
Found Windows Terminal Preview [Microsoft.WindowsTerminal.Preview] Version 1.19.3172.0
This application is licensed to you by its owner.
Microsoft is not responsible for, nor does it grant any licenses to, third-party packages.
This package requires the following dependencies:
  - Packages
      Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.8 [>= 2.8.4]
Installing dependencies:
(1/1) Found Microsoft.UI.Xaml [Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.8] Version 8.2306.22001.0
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...
  ████████████████████████████▌   95%
Installer failed with exit code: 0x80073d06 : The package could not be installed because a higher version of this package is already installed.
A higher version of this application is already installed.
Originally created by @jessey-git on GitHub (Nov 23, 2023). ### Windows Terminal version 1.19.2831.0 ### Windows build number 10.0.22621.2715 ### Other Software _No response_ ### Steps to reproduce * Have Windows Terminal Preview version 1.19.2831.0 installed * Attempt to upgrade by `winget upgrade Microsoft.WindowsTerminal.Preview` * Watch it fail ### Expected Behavior This should succeed. ### Actual Behavior It fails with the following -- perhaps the Xaml junk is confusing it? ``` winget upgrade Microsoft.WindowsTerminal.Preview  T: 0.8% Found Windows Terminal Preview [Microsoft.WindowsTerminal.Preview] Version 1.19.3172.0 This application is licensed to you by its owner. Microsoft is not responsible for, nor does it grant any licenses to, third-party packages. This package requires the following dependencies: - Packages Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.8 [>= 2.8.4] Installing dependencies: (1/1) Found Microsoft.UI.Xaml [Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.8] Version 8.2306.22001.0 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... ████████████████████████████▌ 95% Installer failed with exit code: 0x80073d06 : The package could not be installed because a higher version of this package is already installed. A higher version of this application is already installed. ```
claunia added the Issue-BugResolution-External labels 2026-01-31 07:26:28 +00:00
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Reference: starred/terminal#20871