Also having the same issues and I've tried every bot thread solution--nothing has worked. Even when the UWP package appears to install, it will still try to install *again*, while also freezing other downloads.
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
![](data:image/svg+xml, %3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' height='64' class='font-weight-bold' style='font: 600 30.11764705882353px "SegoeUI", Arial' width='64'%3E%3Ccircle fill='hsl(128, 8%, 22%)' cx='32' cy='32' r='32' /%3E%3Ctext x='50%25' y='55%25' dominant-baseline='middle' text-anchor='middle' fill='%23FFF' %3EA%3C/text%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Anonymous
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.
Windows for home | Windows 10 | Microsoft Store
Locked Question. This question was migrated from the Microsoft Support Community. You can vote on whether it's helpful, but you can't add comments or replies or follow the question.
67 answers
Sort by: Most helpful
-
Anonymous
2022-07-20T14:18:58+00:00 -
Anonymous
2022-07-20T09:13:35+00:00 Windows 10 Pro 64 bit. Same here with Horizon 5's latest update and Hot Wheels. Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 UWP Desktop Runtime Package reinstalling again and again when trying to download games or updates, the download of the game itself never starting each time. Tried wiping caches, deleting files, resetting the store, reinstalling the store, all the way up to a windows repair from the ISO tool.
-
Anonymous
2022-07-20T08:39:15+00:00 Same issue here. Nothing has worked so far.
-
Anonymous
2022-07-20T07:06:16+00:00 You can cancel the download for C++ (unfortunatly it will reappear und stuck the download again), but every time you cancel it your download progress still go on
bevor cancel:
after cancel click:
Its not the best way.. but it seems to work.
Attention
If you click cancel to often in in a short time... the download will dismiss and its over :/
-
Anonymous
2022-07-20T06:50:58+00:00 I'm having the exact same problem and trying any solutions I find online are not helping.