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
    2022-07-20T01:48:37+00:00

    Exactly the same problem for me since today when the Horizon 5 update arrived:

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-07-20T01:34:04+00:00

    This mimics mine exactly, its not just no mans sky, but any game over like 1gb or so, a few around 80-200mb have downloaded fine.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-07-19T21:00:01+00:00

    I've been having the same issue and have tried every fix I've seen. Nothing has been working for it, and I cannot download any apps off the xbox app either. Whenever I start up my computer, it tells me that Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 UWP Desktop Runtime Package was installed, too. But then wants to try to install any time I try to install No Man's Sky. Just shows this and never makes any progress. Image

    Also, every time I restart my computer, I get a notification that C++ installed successfully, but when I look at my notifications, this is what I see: Image

    I also unistalled and reinstalled it, but Microsoft Store is still attempting to download it from the store every time I try to install No Man's Sky.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-07-18T19:43:02+00:00

    Hello,

    It is saying I have a newer version of the app I need to uninstall first to intstall that one, do you know where it would be located so I can uninstall it? I am not seeing it in the apps section of the settings.

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  5. 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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