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
    2022-07-18T19:17:51+00:00

    Hello,

    I had been to that page before making this question and tried all of those solutions, none of them worked.

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  2. Rodrigo Queiroz 78,705 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2022-07-18T17:05:54+00:00

    Hi ReapWhatYouSow9,

    I'm Rodrigo and I will help you.

    Try these fixes from TAHER TAHER1 to reset your Microsoft Store and fix issues with apps not installing correctly

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/xbox/forum/...

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