[Compile]: [Windows] Compilation failure on device_info_plus and package_info_plus due to strict win32 v6.x and win32_registry v3.x migration

[armaganX]

Operating System

windows 11

Plugin

device_info_plus, package_info_plus

Version

device_info_plus: ^13.2.0, package_info_plus: ^10.2.1

Flutter SDK

Flutter 3.44.4 • channel stable

Compilation command

Describe the bug

When compiling a Flutter project for Windows, we encounter multiple compilation errors in both device_info_plus and package_info_plus because they rely on the newly migrated win32 v6.x and win32_registry v3.x architectures.

While this modernization is great, it creates a dead-end dependency resolution conflict for projects that also rely on other widely-used packages in the Flutter ecosystem that are still strictly bound to win32 v5.x (such as file_picker and flutter_quill).

Steps to reproduce

1. Add modern Firebase packages (e.g., firebase_core: 4.11.0 to support iOS SPM), which automatically resolve to device_info_plus: 13.2.0 and package_info_plus: 10.2.1.
2. Add packages like file_picker: ^11.0.2 and flutter_quill: ^11.5.1 which depend on win32 ^5.x.
3. If we force win32: 5.15.0 via dependency overrides to keep those packages compiling, the compilation of device_info_plus and package_info_plus fails on Windows with the errors below.

Expected behavior

There should be a way to resolve/compile these essential plugins without completely breaking projects that still require win32 v5.x ecosystem compatibility on Windows.

Actual compiler output / errors

During flutter run -d windows or flutter build windows, the compiler crashes with the following errors:

From device_info_plus-13.2.0:

/lib/src/device_info_plus_windows.dart:52:33: Error: The getter 'LOCAL_MACHINE' isn't defined for the type 'DeviceInfoPlusWindowsPlugin'.
      final currentVersionKey = LOCAL_MACHINE.open(
                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
/lib/src/device_info_plus_windows.dart:124:18: Error: The getter 'value' isn't defined for the type 'int'.
      if (result.value) {
                 ^^^^^

### Dart Dependencies

```yaml
dependencies:
  
  firebase_core: 4.11.0
  firebase_analytics: 12.4.3
  firebase_messaging: 16.4.1
  firebase_crashlytics: 5.2.4
  firebase_remote_config: 6.5.3


  device_info_plus: 13.2.0
  package_info_plus: 10.2.1


  file_picker: ^11.0.2
  flutter_quill: ^11.5.1


dependency_overrides:
  win32: 5.15.0
  win32_registry: 2.1.1

Native dependencies

- OS: Windows 10 / Windows 11
- Compiler: Visual Studio 2022 (Community/Professional) with "Desktop development with C++" workload
- Windows SDK: 10.0.x (or higher)
- CMake: 3.x

Compilation Error

/D:/Users/32467292780/AppData/Local/Pub/Cache/hosted/pub.dev/device_info_plus-13.2.0/lib/src/device_info_plus_windows.dart:52:33: Error: The getter 'LOCAL_MACHINE' isn't defined for the type 'DeviceInfoPlusWindowsPlugin'.
      final currentVersionKey = LOCAL_MACHINE.open(
                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
/D:/Users/32467292780/AppData/Local/Pub/Cache/hosted/pub.dev/device_info_plus-13.2.0/lib/src/device_info_plus_windows.dart:124:18: Error: The getter 'value' isn't defined for the type 'int'.
      if (result.value) {
                 ^^^^^
/D:/Users/32467292780/AppData/Local/Pub/Cache/hosted/pub.dev/device_info_plus-13.2.0/lib/src/device_info_plus_windows.dart:127:68: Error: The getter 'error' isn't defined for the type 'int'.
        developer.log('Failed to get system memory', error: result.error);
                                                                   ^^^^^
/D:/Users/32467292780/AppData/Local/Pub/Cache/hosted/pub.dev/package_info_plus-10.2.1/lib/src/file_attribute.dart:45:37: Error: The method 'toPcwstr' isn't defined for the type 'String'.
    final lptstrFilename = filePath.toPcwstr();
                                    ^^^^^^^^
/D:/Users/32467292780/AppData/Local/Pub/Cache/hosted/pub.dev/package_info_plus-10.2.1/lib/src/file_version_info.dart:103:44: Error: Too few positional arguments: 4 required, 3 given.
      final infoResult = GetFileVersionInfo(lptstrFilename, dwLen, lpData);
                                           ^

Target kernel_snapshot_program failed: Exception
FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
Execution failed for task ':app:compileFlutterBuildPreDebug'.

Flutter Doctor

[√] Flutter (Channel stable, 3.44.4, on Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.26200.8655], locale tr-TR) [816ms]
    • Flutter version 3.44.4 on channel stable at C:\src\flutter_windows_3.44.4-stable\flutter
    • Upstream repository https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git
    • Framework revision ad70ec4617 (3 weeks ago), 2026-06-24 11:07:06 -0700
    • Engine revision a10d8ac38d
    • Dart version 3.12.2
    • DevTools version 2.57.0
    • Feature flags: no-enable-web, enable-linux-desktop, enable-macos-desktop, no-enable-windows-desktop, enable-android, enable-ios, cli-animations, enable-native-assets, no-enable-swift-package-manager, omit-legacy-version-file,
      enable-lldb-debugging, enable-uiscene-migration

[√] Windows Version (11 Enterprise 64-bit, 25H2, 2009) [2,4s]

[√] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 36.0.0) [18,1s]
    • Android SDK at D:\Users\32467292780\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk
    • Emulator version 36.3.10.0 (build_id 14472402) (CL:N/A)
    • Platform android-36, build-tools 36.0.0
    • ANDROID_HOME = D:\Users\32467292780\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk
    • Java binary at: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-17\bin\java
      This JDK is specified in your Flutter configuration.
      To change the current JDK, run: `flutter config --jdk-dir="path/to/jdk"`.
    • Java version Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 17.0.9+11-LTS-201)
    • All Android licenses accepted.

[√] Connected device (1 available) [732ms]
    • sdk gphone64 x86 64 (mobile) • emulator-5554 • android-x64 • Android 14 (API 34) (emulator)

[!] Network resources [5,1s]
    X A network error occurred while checking "https://pub.dev/": The remote computer refused the network connection
    X A network error occurred while checking "https://storage.googleapis.com/": The remote computer refused the network connection
    X A network error occurred while checking "https://maven.google.com/": The remote computer refused the network connection
    X A network error occurred while checking "https://cocoapods.org/": The remote computer refused the network connection
    X A network error occurred while checking "https://github.com/": The remote computer refused the network connection

! Doctor found issues in 1 category.

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[vbuberen]

I would recommend opening issues in packages that still didn't move to newer win32 dependency. This project is maintained by volunteers for free in their free time and, currently, it is mostly me supporting it. I don't have a lot of free time and desire to make everyone happy and keep track of all packages across the ecosystem.

[armaganX]

Hi,

Thank you for your candid response and for all the incredible volunteer work you do to maintain these essential plugins for the Flutter community. We completely understand the constraints and respect your time.

We will follow your advice and open issues/feature requests in the respective legacy repositories (file_picker, flutter_quill, etc.) to urge them to upgrade their win32 dependencies to v6.x.

In the meantime, we will stick to our temporary dependency overrides workaround to keep our multi-platform build alive.

Thanks again for your time and dedication!