Program Winget.exe Failed to Run No Applicable App Licenses Found

No Applicable App Licenses Found

In some cases, you get this error when open Windows Package Manager (winget) on Windows 10/11.

Even the package was installed successfully.

Get-AppxPackage -Name "Microsoft.Desktop*"

Name              : Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller
Publisher         : CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US
Architecture      : X64
ResourceId        :
Version           : 1.18.2091.0
PackageFullName   : Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_1.18.2091.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
InstallLocation   : C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_1.18.2091.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
IsFramework       : False
PackageFamilyName : Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe
PublisherId       : 8wekyb3d8bbwe
IsResourcePackage : False
IsBundle          : False
IsDevelopmentMode : False
NonRemovable      : False
Dependencies      : {Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.7_7.2109.13004.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe,
                    Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00.UWPDesktop_14.0.30704.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe,
                    Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_1.18.2091.0_neutral_split.scale-100_8wekyb3d8bbwe}
IsPartiallyStaged : False
SignatureKind     : Store
Status            : Ok

1️⃣ To fix it, you need to download the .XML license file and the .msixbundle installer from Microsoft GitHub https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/releases and then re-add the package.

2️⃣ Open Windows PowerShell or Windows Terminal admin then navigate to the Downloads folder. Run dir command to verify the files are downloaded.

PS C:\Windows\system32> cd C:\Users\admin\Downloads\
PS C:\Users\admin\Downloads> dir

    Directory: C:\Users\admin\Downloads

Mode                LastWriteTime         Length Name
----                -------------         ------ ----
-a----        9/29/2022   2:43 PM           2688 7b91bd4a0be242d6aa8e8da282b26297_License1.xml
-a----        9/29/2022   2:43 PM       14587619 Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle

3️⃣ Run the following commnad to readd the winget package into your computer.

Add-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online`
 -PackagePath .\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle`
 -LicensePath .\7b91bd4a0be242d6aa8e8da282b26297_License1.xml

5️⃣ Run winget command to verify it works.

PS C:\Users\admin\Downloads> winget
Windows Package Manager v1.3.2091
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

The winget command line utility enables installing applications and other packages from the command line.

usage: winget [<command>] [<options>]

The following commands are available:
  install    Installs the given package
  show       Shows information about a package
  source     Manage sources of packages
  search     Find and show basic info of packages
  list       Display installed packages
  upgrade    Shows and performs available upgrades
  uninstall  Uninstalls the given package
  hash       Helper to hash installer files
  validate   Validates a manifest file
  settings   Open settings or set administrator settings
  features   Shows the status of experimental features
  export     Exports a list of the installed packages
  import     Installs all the packages in a file