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
    2022-07-21T23:10:37+00:00

    I managed to get things to work after 10 reboots and 3 hours of trial and error. Conclusion is that there is obviously a wider issue with MS Store that seems to be tied to Insider accounts. Uninstalling Xbox app, game service (via powershell), getting out of insider and uninstalling the app, reinstalling game services via, resetting the MS Store and finally rebooting and praying the gods, reinstalling it all.. done. even back on Insider (for MSFS2020 SU10 beta which is critical on my end).

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-07-21T23:01:31+00:00

    given up. spoke to an angent who's informed me this is a wide problem yet the social medias of game pass have said nothing.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-07-21T19:50:28+00:00

    can you f**king believe it, it just downloads a .txt document?? what in the actual ****?

    this is what the download contains:

    <FileList TargetPlatform="UAP"

    FrameworkIdentity-Debug = "Name = Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00.Debug.UWPDesktop, MinVersion = 14.0.30704.0, Publisher = 'CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US'"

    FrameworkIdentity-Retail = "Name = Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00.UWPDesktop, MinVersion = 14.0.30704.0, Publisher = 'CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US'"

    MinVSVersion = "14.0"

    TargetPlatformMinVersion="10.0.0.0"

    TargetPlatformVersion="10.0.0.0"

    DisplayName = "Visual C++ 2015-2019 UWP Desktop Runtime for native apps"

    AppliesTo = "WindowsAppContainer + (Managed | Javascript | Native)"

    AppX-Debug-ARM = ".\AppX\Debug\ARM\Microsoft.VCLibs.ARM.Debug.14.00.Desktop.appx"

    AppX-Debug-ARM64 = ".\AppX\Debug\ARM64\Microsoft.VCLibs.ARM64.Debug.14.00.Desktop.appx"

    AppX-Debug-x86 = ".\AppX\Debug\x86\Microsoft.VCLibs.x86.Debug.14.00.Desktop.appx"

    AppX-Debug-x64 = ".\AppX\Debug\x64\Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.Debug.14.00.Desktop.appx"

    AppX-Retail-ARM = ".\AppX\Retail\ARM\Microsoft.VCLibs.ARM.14.00.Desktop.appx"

    AppX-Retail-ARM64 = ".\AppX\Retail\ARM64\Microsoft.VCLibs.ARM64.14.00.Desktop.appx"

    AppX-Retail-x86 = ".\AppX\Retail\x86\Microsoft.VCLibs.x86.14.00.Desktop.appx"

    AppX-Retail-x64 = ".\AppX\Retail\x64\Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Desktop.appx"

    SupportsMultipleVersions="Error"

    SupportedArchitectures="x86;x64;ARM;ARM64">

    </FileList>

    wow. thats really **** usefull, thanks microsoft for having a utterly useless system.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-07-21T18:58:28+00:00

    I found the issue. The package that refuses to install can't even be manually downloaded from your website. Since the download is broken from the below link as well there is no wonder it won't work in the xbox app.

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=102159

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