chef: Powershell Add-AppxPackage not working for standard user (only admin)

Hopefully this is the right place (sorry if its not). I am currently trying to side load an appx (UWP) in test kitchen. However it does not work for a standard user. When I set it to an admin account, it works (but that only installs the app for that admin user - I need it installed for a deescalated user). I suspect this is a bug in remote Powershell?

Output:

STDERR: C:\Users\....\AppData\Local\Temp\chef-script20181023-3108-f0qjq7.ps1 : Win32 internal error "Access is denied" 0x5 
       
       occurred while reading the console output buffer. Contact Microsoft Customer Support Services.

Code:

powershell_script 'Install Appx' do
     code 'Add-AppxPackage Example_1.0.0.0.appx'
     cwd 'C:\...'
     user "standardUserHere"
     password "password"
     sensitive false
end

Edit: The command also works on the box itself when I login as the standard user and it copy into powershell

About this issue

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Created 6 years ago
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I’m not sure if this will apply to your problem or not, but I’ve just managed to resolve a similar issue (with Install-WindowsFeature rather than Add-AppxPackage), by disabling the progress bar display beforehand:

$ProgressPreference = "SilentlyContinue"

Might be worth a try.

ryanfitzsimon on Sep 17, 2019

Incase someone else finds this. I thought it might be related to the -NoProfile when powershell_script runs, but I tried (below) with no luck

file "c:/app-install.ps1" do
    content <<-EOH
        cd -path "C:/Test"

        Add-AppxPackage Example_1.0.0.0_x64.appx -DependencyPath "Dependencies\\x64\\A.appx","Dependencies\\x64\\B.appx","Dependencies\\x64\\C.appx"
    EOH
end

execute 'App Install' do
    command "powershell.exe -NoLogo -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -InputFormat None -File c:/app-install.ps1"
    user "standardUser"
    password "standardPass"
    cwd "c:/Test"
    #elevated true
    sensitive false
end

jeremy-qik on Oct 30, 2018