updating GAM by winget has stopped working

[Top Row Technologies]

I have been using winget to update GAM on my Windows laptops for quite some time. Starting with the 7.39.01 version, GAM is not updating via winget.

In looking at the logs, the winget app manager (starting with 7.39.01) seems to point to the ARM installer and not the X86 installer (or only the ARM installer is available instead of both being available?). Is this something that can be fixed? How can I help?

2026-04-14 09:02:39.663 [CLI ] Updating from [7.39.01] to [7.40.02]
2026-04-14 09:02:39.663 [CORE] Reading cached file [C:\Users\RSPURG~1\AppData\Local\Temp\WinGet\cache\V2_M\Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\manifests/g/GAM-Team/gam/7.40.02/6ef5]
2026-04-14 09:02:39.663 [YAML] Detected UTF-8
2026-04-14 09:02:39.665 [CLI ] Starting installer selection.
2026-04-14 09:02:39.665 [CLI ] Installer [Arm64,inno,Machine,en-US] not applicable: Machine is not compatible with Arm64

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Roger Spurgeon

Top Row Technologies

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[Ross Scroggs]

Try adding this to your winget command: --architecture x64

Ross

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[Top Row Technologies]

Thanks, Ross! I've already updated my main laptop via the MSI installer, so I'll check back on this when I'm at my home computer and or when the next version is released.

-Roger

[Top Row Technologies]

With GAM 7.41.0 out, I tried winget again. Still no luck. It appears to only have an installer for Arm64 and not for x64? I get the same results on two different laptops, both x64 laptops, so I don't think that it's a problem on my computers. Happy to help, if there is any further troubleshooting to do or logs that I can grab.

PS C:\Users\rspurgeon> winget update GAM-Team.gam --verbose-logs --architecture x64
No applicable upgrade found.
A newer package version is available in a configured source, but it does not apply to your system or requirements.
PS C:\Users\rspurgeon> 

Snippets of the verbose log:

2026-04-17 14:48:00.263 [CORE] WinGet, version [1.28.220], activity [{66EF42EB-3321-4751-A477-C29D872D0EEF}]

2026-04-17 14:48:00.263 [CORE] Process: winget.exe[1048], Offset: 00007FFB427E0000

2026-04-17 14:48:00.263 [CORE] OS: Windows.Desktop v10.0.26200.8246

2026-04-17 14:48:00.263 [CORE] Command line Args: "C:\Users\rspurgeon\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\winget.exe" update GAM-Team.gam --verbose-logs --architecture x64

2026-04-17 14:48:00.263 [CORE] Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.28.220.0

2026-04-17 14:48:00.263 [CORE] IsCOMCall:0; Caller: winget-cli

2026-04-17 14:48:00.268 [CLI ] WinGet invoked with arguments: 'update' 'GAM-Team.gam' '--verbose-logs' '--architecture' 'x64'

2026-04-17 14:48:00.268 [CLI ] Found subcommand: update

2026-04-17 14:48:03.521 [REPO] Performing search: Query:[none] Include:PackageFamilyName='GAM-Team.gam'[Exact] Include:ProductCode='GAM-Team.gam'[Exact] Include:Id='GAM-Team.gam'[CaseInsensitive] Include:Name='GAM-Team.gam'[CaseInsensitive] Include:Moniker='GAM-Team.gam'[CaseInsensitive]

2026-04-17 14:48:03.535 [REPO] Performing search: Query:[none] Filter:Id='GAM-Team.gam'[CaseInsensitive]

2026-04-17 14:48:03.540 [REPO] Finding installed package from available package using system reference search: [...]

2026-04-17 14:48:03.548 [CLI ] Found one app. App id: GAM-Team.gam App name: gam

2026-04-17 14:48:03.548 [CLI ] Market Filter created with market: US

2026-04-17 14:48:03.548 [CLI ] Locale Comparator created with Required Locales: [] , Preferred Locales: [en-US] , IsInstalledLocale: 1

2026-04-17 14:48:03.548 [CLI ] Architecture Comparator created with allowed architectures: [X64]

2026-04-17 14:48:03.550 [REPO] Attempting to open pinning database: C:\Users\rspurgeon\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\pinning.db

2026-04-17 14:48:03.550 [CORE] Reading cached file [C:\Users\RSPURG~1\AppData\Local\Temp\WinGet\cache\V2_PVD\Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\packages\GAM-Team.gam\642813d1\versionData.mszyml]

2026-04-17 14:48:03.551 [CORE] PackageVersionDataManifest deserializing:

sV: 1.0

vD:

- v: 7.41.00

  rP: manifests/g/GAM-Team/gam/7.41.00/b611

  s256H: af875cb3df83b39655accd863935921727da9072279617396d22f631a7f5563d

2026-04-17 14:48:03.551 [YAML] Detected UTF-8

2026-04-17 14:48:03.554 [CLI ] Updating from [7.40.03] to [7.41.00]

2026-04-17 14:48:03.554 [CORE] Reading cached file [C:\Users\RSPURG~1\AppData\Local\Temp\WinGet\cache\V2_M\Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\manifests/g/GAM-Team/gam/7.41.00/b611]

2026-04-17 14:48:03.554 [YAML] Detected UTF-8

2026-04-17 14:48:03.555 [CLI ] Starting installer selection.

2026-04-17 14:48:03.555 [CLI ] Installer [Arm64,inno,Machine,en-US] not applicable: Machine is not compatible with Arm64

2026-04-17 14:48:03.566 [CLI ] Terminating context: 0x8a15002b at C:\__w\1\s\external\pkg\src\AppInstallerCLICore\Workflows\UpdateFlow.cpp:be

On Tue, Apr 14, 2026 at 1:43 PM Ross Scroggs <ross.s...@gmail.com> wrote:

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[Ross Scroggs]

Jay and I don't support Winget for GAM, we'll have to identify who is yo get a solution.

Ross

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[Top Row Technologies]

Thank you for all that you do to support GAM. I love it and have been using it for years.

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