Microsoft Store - allow downloading old versions about winget-cli HOT 3 CLOSED

This generally seems like a good idea. I do not know if this team has the contacts necessary to reach this goal. I'm not entirely sure, but I believe the WinGet package manager only uses the MSStore as an additional REST Source for package lookup and install, and that otherwise the teams don't have a formal relationship within the company.

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The Microsoft Store is designed to only distribute the latest versions of Apps across the matrix of supported OS and locale. If this changes, WinGet would have the ability to retrieve earlier versions, but this is completely driven by the Microsoft Store policies.

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The Microsoft Store is designed to only distribute the latest versions of Apps across the matrix of supported OS and locale. If this changes, WinGet would have the ability to retrieve earlier versions, but this is completely driven by the Microsoft Store policies.

Reopen this, I know this is related to the MS Store API and requires collaboration between the WinGet and MS Store teams for the WinGet team to use the API changes and MS Store team to allow older versions to be downloaded via the API, and this would be a great feature as there is no other way to do this. The team likely have the contacts necessary, and if not, a superior can do the contacting.

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