How to fix Winget error: Exception calling "Parse" with "1" argument(s): "Version string portion was too short or too long."

[sepheronx]

Did some search and came upon 1 post that had helped me out. So I am hoping this info helps out others here.

Broken winget after installing Windows 11 and all its updates · Issue #3832 · microsoft/winget-cli

Brief description of your issue I have installed Windows 11 on a laptop and completed all the system updates. When I tried to run some winget commands like winget search or winget install I got an ...

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It seems to have stopped working for many (I have tested 3 machines newly install of 22H3 with this same issue).

Type this out in powershell (doesn't require admin privilege):

Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://aka.ms/getwinget -OutFile winget.msixbundle
Add-AppxPackage winget.msixbundle
del winget.msixbundle

Should fix issue.