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
    2022-07-22T15:46:42+00:00

    Yeah, this doesn't work for me. No gaming services update.

    Just did another wsreset and reboot of machine this morning, hit update in the windows store and got nothing.

    The store still tries to download the C++ UWP file any time I try to download any gamepass game, and the game stalls at 0% downloaded forever.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-07-22T12:49:12+00:00

    Go to windows store and then library in the bottom left. Press get updates and it should give you the game services update. You might have to cancel all pending game downloads in the xbox app in case they are somehow ahead in the queue.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-07-22T12:21:45+00:00

    Still not working for myself

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-07-22T11:15:00+00:00

    It has already been fixed

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-07-22T06:56:54+00:00

    I just uninstalled

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    but 2015 version x86 and x64 from controll panel / program and functions. MStore reinstalled Game services and after that MotoGP22 start download.

    Edit: Win+r wsreset.exe this was working in background(and finished) when i did uninnstall, mayby it helped maybe not.

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