As of now, various users have voiced their concern that they are unable to download games from the Microsoft Store due to a Visual C++ 2015 bug. The downloading is either stuck at 0% or at the pending update. The issue is with the missing Visual C++ 2015 UWP Desktop Runtime Package, however, the bug has even affected the downloading of the said package. With that said, there does exist a nifty workaround that shall help you resolve this issue. So without further ado, let’s check it out.
Cannot download games from Microsoft Store: Visual C++ 2015 Bug Fix
The main reason why you are facing this issue is because of the missing or corrupt Windows Update Service registry key named wuauserv. So you will have to repair/restore this key using a batch file, as instructed below. But since this batch file will be making certain changes to the Registry, we would advise you to take a backup of the registry beforehand. Once done, you may then proceed with the below steps- That’s it. These were the steps to fix the issue of being unable to download games from the Microsoft Store due to a Visual C++ 2015 bug. . If you have any queries concerning the aforementioned steps, do let us know in the comments. We will get back to you with a solution at the earliest.
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