Xbox App and Microsoft Store prevents game downloands by requiring Visual C++ 2015 UWP Desktop Runtime Package to download first, but Visual C++ 2015 UWP Desktop Runtime Package will not download

Anonymous
2022-07-18T16:29:16+00:00

Every time that I go to download a game from the xbox app or microsoft store that is over 1GB, the xbox app/microsoft store first tries to download Visual C++ 2015 UWP Desktop Runtime Package first. The issue is that the microsoft store page for Visual C++ 2015 UWP Desktop Runtime Package appears to be bugged, and I cannot download it. I have tried canceling the downloads and downloading just the package by itself and it does not work. I cannot find the page online to download it manually either. How do I download Visual C++ 2015 UWP Desktop Runtime Package manually, or how do I work around needing it to download larger games. This is a new issue, it was not a problem a month ago.

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-07-22T19:13:03+00:00

    I was in the insider program and unsubscribed to it to try to to fix this.

    So if I don't want to go through that entire process, I need to resubscribe to the insider program to get the new patch for my issue right now?

    EDIT: Yes, I needed to resubscribe to the insider program to get this update. I can finally now download games.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-07-22T18:38:17+00:00

    The Gaming Services just got updated and then all my qued up games started to download!

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