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winget upgrade --all lists and silently skips app with different installer technology #3817

Description

Brief description of your issue

When an upgrade for an application is available, but with a different installer technology, winget upgrade --all lists the app but skips it silently:

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Here are the logs:
WinGet-2023-10-27-TrackerSoftware.PDF-XChangeEditor.zip

Steps to reproduce

  1. Install TrackerSoftware.PDF-XChangeEditor using the EXE installer from https://www.pdf-xchange.com/product/downloads.
  2. run winget upgrade --all

Expected behavior

winget upgrade --all should attempt to upgrade the app and complain that it can't with the standard "A newer version was found, but the install technology is different from the current version installed. Please uninstall the package and install the newer version." message.

Actual behavior

winget upgrade --all silently skips the app:

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Environment

Windows Package Manager v1.6.2771
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.22621.2428
System Architecture: X64
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.21.2771.0
Winget Directories
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Logs %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\Diag…
User Settings %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\sett…
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
Links
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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

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    Command-UpgradeIssue related to WinGet UpgradeIssue-FeatureThis is a feature request for the Windows Package Manager client.Resolution-DuplicateIssue is a duplicate

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