From a2dc59924a1c231b5a16580e8bdda0480b9aa477 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: apman <amalchowperryman@devolutions.net>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2026 14:15:07 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] TEMP fix by Copilot for runtime error at startup

Same failure in two call paths (installed packages and updates):
Process.Start receives an empty FileName in WinGetCliHelper.

System.InvalidOperationException: Cannot start process because a file name has not been provided.
at System.Diagnostics.Process.Start()
at UniGetUI.PackageEngine.Managers.WingetManager.WinGetCliHelper.GetInstalledPackages_UnSafe()
at UniGetUI.PackageEngine.Managers.WingetManager.WinGet.GetInstalledPackages_UnSafe()
---
 .../WinGet.cs                                 | 11 ++++++++---
 .../WinGetManagerTests.cs                     | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/UniGetUI.PackageEngine.Managers.WinGet/WinGet.cs b/src/UniGetUI.PackageEngine.Managers.WinGet/WinGet.cs
index f75b610f44..5ccae01075 100644
--- a/src/UniGetUI.PackageEngine.Managers.WinGet/WinGet.cs
+++ b/src/UniGetUI.PackageEngine.Managers.WinGet/WinGet.cs
@@ -386,10 +386,15 @@ Func<string, bool> fileExists
         }
 
         internal IWinGetManagerHelper CreateCliHelperForSelectedCliTool()
+        {
+            return CreateCliHelperForSelectedCliTool(Status.ExecutablePath);
+        }
+
+        internal IWinGetManagerHelper CreateCliHelperForSelectedCliTool(string executablePath)
         {
             return SelectedCliToolKind == WinGetCliToolKind.BundledPinget
-                ? new PingetCliHelper(this, Status.ExecutablePath)
-                : new WinGetCliHelper(this, Status.ExecutablePath);
+                ? new PingetCliHelper(this, executablePath)
+                : new WinGetCliHelper(this, executablePath);
         }
 
         protected override void _loadManagerExecutableFile(
@@ -449,7 +454,7 @@ ex is WinGetComActivationException activationEx
                 }
 
                 Logger.Warn("WinGet will resort to using WinGetCliHelper()");
-                WinGetHelper.Instance = CreateCliHelperForSelectedCliTool();
+                WinGetHelper.Instance = CreateCliHelperForSelectedCliTool(path);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/UniGetUI.PackageEngine.Tests/WinGetManagerTests.cs b/src/UniGetUI.PackageEngine.Tests/WinGetManagerTests.cs
index 2365d7e27c..479ca8194b 100644
--- a/src/UniGetUI.PackageEngine.Tests/WinGetManagerTests.cs
+++ b/src/UniGetUI.PackageEngine.Tests/WinGetManagerTests.cs
@@ -500,6 +500,25 @@ public void ShouldUseWinGetComApiNeverUsesComForBundledPingetCliTool()
         );
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void CreateCliHelperForSelectedCliToolUsesExplicitExecutablePath()
+    {
+        var manager = new WinGet();
+        SetCliToolKind(manager, WinGetCliToolKind.SystemWinGet);
+
+        IWinGetManagerHelper helper = manager.CreateCliHelperForSelectedCliTool(
+            @"C:\WindowsApps\winget.exe"
+        );
+
+        var pathField = typeof(WinGetCliHelper).GetField(
+            "_cliExecutablePath",
+            System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Instance | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.NonPublic
+        );
+
+        Assert.NotNull(pathField);
+        Assert.Equal(@"C:\WindowsApps\winget.exe", pathField.GetValue(helper));
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public void NativeWinGetHelperUsesSystemCliFallbackForInstalledPackagesWhenCompositeCatalogFails()
     {