topic Installer failed with exit code: 23 in Desktop (Windows)

Installer failed with exit code: 23

uurcan7 — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 17:26:27 GMT

17:24:00.377 I [/f:1015 ] Spotify Installer - Running normal installer.
17:24:00.378 E [/f:1033 ] Spotify Installer - Invalid user account for install.

Re: Installer failed with exit code: 23

uurcan7 — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 17:29:45 GMT

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> winget update --all
Name Id Version Available Source
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Spotify Spotify.Spotify 1.2.62.578.g7b42a3bb 1.2.62.580.gb27ad23e winget
1 upgrades available.

(1/1) Found Spotify [Spotify.Spotify] Version 1.2.62.580.gb27ad23e
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Successfully verified installer hash
Starting package install...
Installer failed with exit code: 23
Installer log is available at: C:\Users\uurca\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\DiagOutputDir\WinGet-Spotify.Spotify.1.2.62.580.gb27ad23e-2025-04-23-20-23-59.772.log

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Re: Installer failed with exit code: 23

Vasil — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 08:17:37 GMT

Hey there,

Thanks for reaching out & sorry to see you've been having issues with your installation!

It seems to me that you're using the Winget command line tool with elevated permissions/ admin rights. If I'm correct about this, you can try running the tool normally and the error should disappear 🙂

Note: An updated version of Winget should give you a more accurate error message and description of what's going on (and not just show error 23), so it's a good idea to take a look if there isn't a newer version available for you as well.

Hope this helps! Keep us posted on how things go 🙌🏼