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
    2022-07-20T18:15:39+00:00

    Had the same issue last night, had to do a windows reset to fix it, since my xbox app and ms store kept crashing (even after resets etc).

    Disabled the insider program and hope it does not happen again.

    Windows reinstall was a huge pain. and i hope i dont have to do that again anytime soon.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-07-20T16:59:37+00:00

    i did what GrégoryVerron's post on July 20, 2022 in this thread:

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/xbox/forum/all/trying-to-download-games-on-game-pass-but-it-is/d815bf0e-04e2-4a2d-8a2d-9a2d0815c221?page=14

    • repeating the powershell Add-AppxPackage commands there without admin was something i never did in the tries before
    • i also opted out of the xbox insider programm as well

    after including these 2 steps in the process i got it working again now. And Forza 5 Downloads the patch.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-07-20T16:15:42+00:00

    yea, im pretty sure it had something to do with the insider program or the sequence that i did it in. cheers, im glad i was able to help. i really wanted to play destiny and my update broke, i spent about 3 hours last night troubleshooting

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-07-20T16:00:55+00:00

    I think you're on to something here. I was also in the insider program. I opted out of the gaming services preview and resinstalled the xbox app and gaming services and my downloads are working.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-07-20T14:40:02+00:00

    Thanks. The link doesn't appear to work unfortunately.

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