[Package Issue]: Gyan.FFmpeg does not uninstall correctly

[mstevens83]

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Category of the issue

Other

Brief description of your issue

Package Gyan.FFmpeg (v5.1.2) does not properly uninstall:

I'm using --force because otherwise it refuses to uninstall due to the package being supposedly modified, which is not the case. I even get this straight away after installing it fresh.

Notice I'm running this as Administrator because that also how I install it (due to microsoft/winget-pkgs#95349 / https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/issues/2909).

Steps to reproduce

(As administrator:) winget install gyan.ffmpeg winget uninstall gyan.ffmpeg (complains about the package being modified, which is not the case) winget uninstall gyan.ffmpeg --force

Actual behavior

%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe and subfolder/files remain behind.

Expected behavior

All files/folders related to package are gone.

Environment

Windows Package Manager v1.4.10173
Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.22621.1105
System Architecture: X64
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.19.10173.0


Gyan.FFmpeg v5.1.2

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[Trenly]

I'm using --force because otherwise it refuses to uninstall due to the package being supposedly modified, which is not the case. I even get this straight away after installing it fresh.

@denelon - sounds like a CLI issue

Actual behavior

%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe and subfolder/files remain behind.

Expected behavior

All files/folders related to package are gone.

If any files are created in the folder outside of just the ffmpeg application, the default behavior of winget is to preserve them when uninstalling to avoid removing user data. You can override this using --purge when uninstalling or by setting the default behavior to purge in winget settings

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@mstevens83 thanks for attempting to open an issue. Unfortunately, you didn't write anything in the body which makes it impossible to understand your concern. You are welcome to fix up the issue and try again by opening another issue with the body filled out.

[mdanish-kh]

This has been fixed in WinGet v1.5.1081-preview release through PR https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/3002

cc @denelon

[alexyo02]

Hi, still have the same problem on the latest stable version of Winget (v1.5.2201), on Windows 11 22h2. No matter what command I use, the process is stuck

[mdanish-kh]

@alexyo02 That is probably related to https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/issues/3279. There are a couple workarounds to fix the uninstall mentioned in that issue