An error occurred while connecting to the catalog

[alyssajotice]

Brief description of your issue

When running Get-WinGetPackage I get the error An error occurred while connecting to the catalog.

@luxu-ms @jiayac

Steps to reproduce

I ran this command on a Dev Box using PowerShell 7. This is the source image: microsoftwindowsdesktop_windows-ent-cpc_win11-23h2-ent-cpc-os .

Versions:

Expected behavior

I expected Visual Studio Code to install.

Actual behavior

I get an error message.

Environment

Photo above.

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[denelon]

This looks like an earlier version of WinGet. I suggest getting the latest version of App Installer via the Microsoft Store in the Dev Box and trying again.

[alyssajotice]

Adding the Desktop App Installer fixed this issue:

$DesktopAppInstallerAppx = "$env:TEMP\DesktopAppInstaller.appx"
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "[https://aka.ms/getwinget"](https://aka.ms/getwinget%22) -OutFile $DesktopAppInstallerAppx
Add-AppxPackage -Path $DesktopAppInstallerAppx -ForceApplicationShutdown

[alyssajotice]

@denelon I am reopening this because the fix I listed above did not work on a Windows 11 Dev Box. I cannot download the App Installer via the Microsoft store.

Image: microsoftwindowsdesktop_windows-ent-cpc_win11-23h2-ent-cpc-os (version 1.0.0)

Edition	Windows 11 Enterprise
Version	23H2
Installed on	‎4/‎10/‎2024
OS build	22631.3296
Experience	Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22687.1000.0

winget info:

Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.22631.3296
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.17.10691.0

Issue:

PS C:\Users\Ally> Add-AppxPackage -Path $DesktopAppInstallerAppx -ForceApplicationShutdown
Add-AppxPackage: Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF3, Package failed updates, dependency or conflict validation.

Windows cannot install package Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_1.22.10861.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe because this package depends on a framework that could not be found. Provide the framework "Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.8" published by "CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US", with neutral or x64 processor architecture and minimum version 8.2310.30001.0, along with this package to install.

NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 53774ade-8062-0006-00be-9289718bda01 in the Event Log or use the command line Get-AppPackageLog -ActivityID 53774ade-8062-0006-00be-9289718bda01

[alyssajotice]

Fixed with Repair-WinGetPackageManager -Latest -Force'