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fallow ether Feb 14, 2026, 5:53 PM

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Well my message poofed, so here I go again.

I'm trying to update spicetify on Win11, but get the following error:

❯ spicetify upgrade
spicetify v2.42.9
 info  Latest release: 2.42.10
 success  Downloaded Spicetify
 fatal  The system cannot find the path specified.```

pliant lark Feb 14, 2026, 5:57 PM

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Use install script from our documentation then

pliant lark Feb 14, 2026, 6:48 PM

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You have env paths fucked up

fallow ether Feb 14, 2026, 6:49 PM

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Oh?

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Just Path?

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Ah. I'm missing LOCALAPPDATA I think

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Actually... It can't find param DestinationPath in Install-Spicetify
It's defined by $env:LOCALAPPDATA which I've added to my env now.

pliant lark Feb 14, 2026, 7:00 PM

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it can't find it bc it's null lol

fallow ether Feb 14, 2026, 7:00 PM

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But how is it null?

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And yes I've restarted pwsh.

pliant lark Feb 14, 2026, 7:01 PM

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localappdata should be set in regedit by windows itself. it's not in "environment variables" per se

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Your installation is fucked

fallow ether Feb 14, 2026, 7:01 PM

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ah yikes

pliant lark Feb 14, 2026, 7:01 PM

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pliant lark Your installation is fucked

or user account is

fallow ether Feb 14, 2026, 7:02 PM

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would DISM/sfc help..? prolly not right?

pliant lark Feb 14, 2026, 7:02 PM

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no

fallow ether Feb 14, 2026, 8:02 PM

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hmm...

❯ echo $env:LOCALAPPDATA
C:\Users\CQD\AppData\Local```

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I am confused...

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Extra confused... The error leads me to believe my Expand-Archive function has no DestinationPath parameter...

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Yeah, found the issue. After running Get-Command Expand-Archive | fl * I discovered my Expand-Archive cmdlet came from Pscx, and not Microsoft.PowerShell.Archive.

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@pliant lark Thanks for the help :)

pliant lark Feb 14, 2026, 8:23 PM

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wut

fallow ether Feb 14, 2026, 8:23 PM

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pliant lark wut

Yeah. This was a confusing one. It wasn't that DestinationPath was null. It was that my Expand-Archive didn't have a DestinationPath parameter at all...

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I guess I/something installed module Pscx containing a different Expand-Archive definition.

pliant lark Feb 14, 2026, 8:30 PM

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why does it even let you overwrite those

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