DISCUSSION: Terminal won't run in offline environment #8292

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opened 2026-01-31 01:25:33 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @ttutko on GitHub (May 19, 2020).

Environment

Windows build number: 10.0.19041.0
Windows Terminal version (if applicable): 1.0.1401.0

Any other software?

Steps to reproduce

Download msixbundle file on internet connected machine.
Move file to machine without internet connection (via USB thumb drive, for example)
Double-click to install Windows Terminal
Click "Launch" to run Windows Terminal

Expected behavior

Windows Terminal opens

Actual behavior

After some period of time (typically less than a minute, I believe), an error window pops up:
"C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_1.0.1401.0_x64_8w...\WindowsTerminal.exe

The network location cannot be reached. For information about network troubleshooting see Windows Help."
terminalerror

The only thing POSSIBLY related that I saw was when I run it, there are several attempts to reach out to slscr.update.microsoft.com (viewed using fiddler) every time I try to launch it. Since the machine does not have internet, obviously those requests fail.

This may be somewhat related to #1386 but when I tried an older version of Windows Terminal it wouldn't even install. Now that you bundled the dependencies it seems to indicate a successful install but will not launch.

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claunia added the Issue-QuestionNeeds-Tag-FixProduct-Terminal labels 2026-01-31 01:25:33 +00:00
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Reference: starred/terminal#8292