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Problem trying to update WinRAR from version 7.10.0 to 7.13.0 #321287

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WinGet CLI

Relevant command(s)

winget upgrade

Brief description of your issue

Since 3-4 months ago I have a problem trying to upgrade mi free WinRAR 7.10.0 to 7.13.0 with WinGet.
My box is a Windows 11 computer with i7 processor and 32 GB of RAM.

I issue the simple command:

winget upgrade "WinRAR 7.10 (64-bit)"

or

winget upgrade "RARLab.WinRAR"

Any one of then seems to download the correct installer (7.13 spanish version as I am from Argentina), installs it (as the program's properties shows it is in versión 7.13.0) but winget does not recognize the new version signature so it keeps trying to upgrade to that 7.13.0 versión whenever I ask what's left to upgrade.

winget upgrade

returns:

Nombre Id Versión Disponible Origen

WinRAR 7.10 (64-bit) RARLab.WinRAR 7.10.0 7.13.0 winget
1 actualizaciones disponibles.

Could it be a problem with the language (spanish) that is the root cause of my problem?
I add that I have not the same issue with other applications I am used to upgrade with winget.

Thank you for your advice.
Regards.
Ariel from Argentina.

Steps to reproduce

I have installed WinRAR 7.10.0 spanish version.
I execute
winget upgrade "RARLab.WinRAR"
System says the upgrade went well.
But when I execute
winget upgrade
System says WinRAR needs to be updated again.

Expected behavior

I would like for winget to recognize it has upgraded WinRAR and remove WinRAR from the lacking upgrades list.

Actual behavior

After I send the upgrade command, when i ask for the applications lacking upgrade, WinRAR still is not recognized as upgraded even when the app's About dialog say so.

WinGet-2025-12-09-12-26-02.868.log

Environment

Administrador de paquetes de Windows v1.12.350
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. Todos los derechos reservados.

Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.26200.6725
Arquitectura del sistema: X64
Paquete: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.27.350.0

Directorios de WinGet
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Registros                                   %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\DiagOutputDir
Configuración de usuario                    %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\settings.json
Directorio de vínculos portátiles (usuario) %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Links
Directorio de vínculos portátiles (equipo)  C:\Program Files\WinGet\Links
Raíz de paquete portátil (usuario)          %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages
Raíz de paquete portátil                    C:\Program Files\WinGet\Packages
Raíz de paquete portátil (x86)              C:\Program Files (x86)\WinGet\Packages
Descargas del instalador                    %USERPROFILE%\Downloads
Módulos de configuración                    %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Configuration\Modules

Vínculos
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Declaración de privacidad   https://aka.ms/winget-privacy
Contrato de licencia        https://aka.ms/winget-license
Avisos de terceros          https://aka.ms/winget-3rdPartyNotice
Página principal            https://aka.ms/winget
Términos de Microsoft Store https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/storedocs/terms-of-sale

Configuración de administrador            Estado
-------------------------------------------------------
LocalManifestFiles                        Deshabilitado
BypassCertificatePinningForMicrosoftStore Deshabilitado
InstallerHashOverride                     Deshabilitado
LocalArchiveMalwareScanOverride           Deshabilitado
ProxyCommandLineOptions                   Deshabilitado
DefaultProxy                              Deshabilitado

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