Windows 10: Powershell installation via winget is stuck at finalizing stage

I have tried installing Powershell many times, both via winget and by downloading the .msi installer but it apparently never completes succesfully. The installer always gets stuck at the very last stage a few seconds remaining, according to the progress bar, no matter how long I wait I once let it run overnight.Is there something I can try other than doing a fresh reinstall of Windows?This is the log from 'C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\DiagOutputDir\WinGet-Microsoft.PowerShell.7.4.6.0-2024-12-27-17-08-05.823.log':=== Log

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powershell error running winget opens a "open with" window in windows 11

Troubleshooting here:

winget-cli/doc/troubleshooting at master · microsoft/winget-cli · GitHub

Specifically, something related to this:

1. The App Installer did not automatically add the PATH environment variable. You should add the path environment variable. The value to add is "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps". You can verify this by running %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WindowsApps\winget from a command-prompt or & "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Microsoft\WindowsApps\winget" from a powershell. If the command runs then, but not before, then you very likely have a missing PATH environment component.
   

 

winget

Go to Settings > Apps > Apps & features then, in the right-hand pane, click on the link for Manage app execution aliases.

If the winget client has installed properly then you should see this:





If you don't see this then either the installer hasn't added itself to the PATH environment variable or you haven't signed out/signed in (or both... there are issues reported with this first release).

Try installing it again:

https://github.com/microsoft/winget-...bwe.appxbundle

You should see this:





If it installs successfully then you should see this:





In a console (PowerShell or CMD), the command winget list should result in something like this:





Hope this helps...

 

winget

You have installed it first, haven't you? It doesn't come with Windows. If so, try a Command Prompt rather than Powershell.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/win...anager/winget/