Installation via chocolatey fails saying that Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00.UWPDesktop is missing #5179

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opened 2026-01-31 00:06:47 +00:00 by claunia · 2 comments
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Originally created by @benstaniford on GitHub (Nov 26, 2019).

Environment

Windows build number: 10.0.18362.476
Windows Terminal version (if applicable): Trying latest, can't install

Any other software?

Corporate laptop, Store disabled via corporate GPO, Sophos installed

# Steps to reproduce

1. Ran "choco install microsoft-windows-terminal" as admin
2. Got error saying Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00 was missing
3. Installed it via https://download.microsoft.com/download/B/E/1/BE1F235A-836D-42AC-9BC1-8F04C9DA7E9D/vc_uwpdesktop.140.exe
4. Got same error
5. Tried --force --force-dependecies
6. Same error

# Expected behavior

Expected terminal to install, and potentially resolve dependencies

# Actual behavior

Originally created by @benstaniford on GitHub (Nov 26, 2019). # Environment ```none Windows build number: 10.0.18362.476 Windows Terminal version (if applicable): Trying latest, can't install Any other software? Corporate laptop, Store disabled via corporate GPO, Sophos installed # Steps to reproduce 1. Ran "choco install microsoft-windows-terminal" as admin 2. Got error saying Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00 was missing 3. Installed it via https://download.microsoft.com/download/B/E/1/BE1F235A-836D-42AC-9BC1-8F04C9DA7E9D/vc_uwpdesktop.140.exe 4. Got same error 5. Tried --force --force-dependecies 6. Same error # Expected behavior Expected terminal to install, and potentially resolve dependencies # Actual behavior
claunia added the Resolution-Duplicate label 2026-01-31 00:06:47 +00:00
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Nov 27, 2019):

Thanks for the report! I'm pretty sure this issue is already being tracked over in /dup #3097, so I'll redirect discussion to that thread.

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Nov 27, 2019): Thanks for the report! I'm pretty sure this issue is already being tracked over in /dup #3097, so I'll redirect discussion to that thread.
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Nov 27, 2019):

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!

@ghost commented on GitHub (Nov 27, 2019): Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!
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Reference: starred/terminal#5179