Apps installed through App Store keep updating

Good Morning there,
I have three apps installed through the App Store: Xcode, iMovie and Microsoft Remote Desktop.
Every time I turn my mac on, they show the same update again and again, regardless how many time I installed the update. Even worse, when I remove iMovie or Remote Desktop, the application is reinstalled and the the same update is proposed again and again and again ...
How can I troubleshoot this?
Jean

That would make sense - I had disabled Spotlight as it interfered with my building of a few ports. I turned it back on and we will see.
Thank you for the pointer.
J.

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