Why can't I update powershell by winget?

Question

In this link ,it says

I did get an available upgrade. But when I try to update it, I got this.

So why is that?

Answer 1

It may be that the version you're running now used a MSIX to install, but the newer version uses MSI (or some other combination of installers). Or it may be one of the other things found in this problem:

https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/discussions/2155

Try this (mentioned in the 14 Nov 2022 post at the bottom of the above thread): winget install Microsoft.PowerShell -v 7.3.0.0 --but substitute the version number to which you want upgrade to.

Also, is the "winget" you're using the most recent version?