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Downloads:

1,840,289

Downloads of v 14.0.33321:

627,756

Last Update:

24 Feb 2024

Package Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Microsoft

Tags:

microsoft-vclibs vclibs uwp

Microsoft.VCLibs (Install)

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14.0.33321 | Updated: 24 Feb 2024

Downloads:

1,840,289

Downloads of v 14.0.33321:

627,756

Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Microsoft

Microsoft.VCLibs (Install) 14.0.33321

Legal Disclaimer: Neither this package nor Chocolatey Software, Inc. are affiliated with or endorsed by Microsoft. The inclusion of Microsoft trademark(s), if any, upon this webpage is solely to identify Microsoft goods or services and not for commercial purposes.

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Deployment Method: Individual Install, Upgrade, & Uninstall

To install Microsoft.VCLibs (Install), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To upgrade Microsoft.VCLibs (Install), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To uninstall Microsoft.VCLibs (Install), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

Deployment Method:

NOTE

This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.

1. Enter Your Internal Repository Url

(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/)


2. Setup Your Environment

1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment

Please see the organizational deployment guide

2. Get the package into your environment

  • Open Source or Commercial:
    • Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
    • You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download

3. Copy Your Script

choco upgrade microsoft-vclibs-140-00 -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" [other options]

See options you can pass to upgrade.

See best practices for scripting.

Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.

If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:


choco upgrade microsoft-vclibs-140-00 -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" 
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE

Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
  Exit 0
}

Exit $exitCode

- name: Install microsoft-vclibs-140-00
  win_chocolatey:
    name: microsoft-vclibs-140-00
    version: '14.0.33321'
    source: INTERNAL REPO URL
    state: present

See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.


chocolatey_package 'microsoft-vclibs-140-00' do
  action    :install
  source   'INTERNAL REPO URL'
  version  '14.0.33321'
end

See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.


cChocoPackageInstaller microsoft-vclibs-140-00
{
    Name     = "microsoft-vclibs-140-00"
    Version  = "14.0.33321"
    Source   = "INTERNAL REPO URL"
}

Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.


package { 'microsoft-vclibs-140-00':
  ensure   => '14.0.33321',
  provider => 'chocolatey',
  source   => 'INTERNAL REPO URL',
}

Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.


4. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation

See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.

WARNING

This package is exempt from moderation. While it is likely safe for you, there is more risk involved.

Description

This is the Microsoft C++ UWP framework packages.
Windows desktop applications that have a dependency on the C++ Runtime libraries must specify the corresponding version of the C++ Runtime framework package for Desktop Bridge during creation of the application package. This must be done instead of just redistributing the C++ Runtime libraries that are included with Visual Studio or the Visual C++ Runtime redistributable (VCRedist). Windows desktop applications that run in a Desktop Bridge container cannot use the C++ Runtime libraries that are included with Visual Studio or VCRedist. An application that's running in a Desktop Bridge container and that uses an incorrect version of the C++ runtime libraries might fail when it tries to access resources such as the file system or the registry. This article discusses how to create a Desktop Bridge container that includes the correct C++ Runtime libraries.

NOTE: This is a manually updated package.


tools\chocolateyUninstall.ps1
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'

$toolsDir = "$(Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition)"

. $(Join-Path -Path $toolsDir -ChildPath "$($env:ChocolateyPackageName)-helpers.ps1")

$allAppXPackages = Get-AppxPackage
# there is likely going to be two packages returned for x86 and x64.
# we don't care about the architecture, just the version and they will both be the same.
$installedAppXPackage = @($allAppXPackages | Where-Object -Property Name -eq $internalAppXPackage.PackageName)
if ($installedAppXPackage.Count -gt 0) {
  # check there are no packages that take our package as a dependency
  if (Test-AppXDependency -Name $internalAppXPackage.PackageName -PackageList $allAppXPackages) {
    Write-Warning "We cannot remove $($internalAppXPackage.PackageName) as it is a dependency of another app package. Please remove it manually and then install this package again."
    return
  }
  else {
    # when you remove a package, you don't remove it per architecture. You just remove it for all architectures.
    Write-Host "Attempting to remove $($internalAppXPackage.PackageName). Note that this may fail and you may have to remove it manually."
    Remove-AppxPackage -Package $installedAppXPackage[0].PackageFullName
  }
}
else {
  Write-Warning "The $($internalAppXPackage.PackageName) app package does not appear to be installed."
}
tools\chocolateyInstall.ps1
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'

# This can only be installed in a user context (*-AppxPackage).
# You cannot use *-AppxProvisionedPackage as it produced 'Element not found'.

$toolsDir = "$(Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition)"

. $(Join-Path -Path $toolsDir -ChildPath "$($env:ChocolateyPackageName)-helpers.ps1")

$appxFileNamex86 = 'Microsoft.VCLibs.x86.14.00.Desktop.appx'
$appxFileNamex64 = 'Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Desktop.appx'

$windowsVersion = [Environment]::OSVersion.Version
if ($windowsVersion.Major -lt "10") {
    throw "This package requires a minimum of Windows 10 / Server 2019."
}

# .appx is only  supported on Windows 10 version 1709 and later - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/msix/supported-platforms
# See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_10_version_history for build numbers
if ($windowsVersion.Build -lt "16299") {
    throw "This package requires a minimum of Windows 10 / Server 2019 version 1709 / OS build 16299."
}

$removeAppXPackage = $false         # used to indicate if we should remove the currently installed AppX package before continuing
# get all of the packages as we may need to use that later
$allAppXPackages = Get-AppxPackage
# there is likely going to be two packages returned for x86 and x64.
# we don't care about the architecture, just the version and they will both be the same.
$installedAppXPackage = @($allAppXPackages | Where-Object -Property Name -EQ $internalAppXPackage.PackageName)
if (($installedAppXPackage.Count -gt 0) -and ([version]$installedAppXPackage[0].Version -ge [version]$internalAppXPackage.Version)) {
    # You can't install an older version of an installed appx package, you'd need to remove it first.
    # We also don't want to remove later versions as they will have been installed outside of the package ecosystem
    #   and may have been installed for very good reasons by another application.
    # We also don't want to just remove the same version again either for similar reasons.
    # If the user pases the `-f` or `--force` option to Chocolatey CLI we can attempt uninstall
    Write-Warning "The installed version of the app package, $($installedAppXPackage[0].Version), is the same or newer than the version this Chocolatey package installs, $($internalAppXPackage.Version)."
    Write-Warning "It may have been automatically updated on your computer as part of a Windows Update or another application."

    if ($env:ChocolateyForce) {
        Write-Warning "The '--force' option has been used so we will attempt to remove version $($installedAppXPackage[0].Version) and install version $($internalAppXPackage.Version)."
        $removeAppXPackage = $true
    }
    else {
        # we will not throw an error if a later version of the AppX package is detected
        Write-Warning "We cannot install this package version, $($internalAppXPackage.Version), over the installed version, $($installedAppXPackage[0].Version), without removing it first. Please remove it manually, or add the '--force' option to the command line."
        return
    }
}

if ($removeAppXPackage) {
    # we need to check we CAN remove the package - if it is a dependent package, it will fail if we try
    if (Test-AppXDependency -Name $internalAppXPackage.PackageName -PackageList $allAppXPackages) {
    Write-Warning "We cannot remove version $($installedAppXPackage[0].Version) of $($internalAppXPackage.PackageName) as it is a dependency of another app package. Please remove it manually and then install this package again."
    return
    }

    # when you remove a package, you don't remove it per architecture. You just remove it for all architectures.
    Write-Warning "Attempting to remove version $($installedAppXPackage[0].Version) of $($internalAppXPackage.PackageName). Note that this may fail and you may have to remove it manually."
    Remove-AppxPackage -Package $installedAppXPackage[0].PackageFullName
}

# For x64, the x86 version of the package is always installed too by the looks of it
$downloadArguments = @{
    packageName  = $env:ChocolateyPackageName
    fileFullPath = Join-Path -Path $toolsDir -ChildPath $appxFileNamex86
    url          = 'https://aka.ms/Microsoft.VCLibs.x86.14.00.Desktop.appx'
    checksum     = 'a7fb9d76e07b36d868179eb53ffd13740c25242176fa363f154798cf34edd4a9'
    checksumType = 'SHA256'
}

Get-ChocolateyWebFile @downloadArguments
Add-AppxPackage -Path (Join-Path -Path $toolsDir -ChildPath $appxFileNamex86)

if (Get-OSArchitectureWidth -eq '64') {
    $downloadArguments = @{
        packageName  = $env:ChocolateyPackageName
        fileFullPath = Join-Path -Path $toolsDir -ChildPath $appxFileNamex64
        url          = 'https://aka.ms/Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Desktop.appx'
        checksum     = 'b56a9101f706f9d95f815f5b7fa6efbac972e86573d378b96a07cff5540c5961'
        checksumType = 'SHA256'
    }

    Get-ChocolateyWebFile @downloadArguments
    Add-AppxPackage -Path (Join-Path -Path $toolsDir -ChildPath $appxFileNamex64)
}
tools\microsoft-vclibs-140-00-helpers.ps1
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'

$internalAppXPackage = @{
    SoftwareName = 'Microsoft.VCLibs'
    PackageName  = 'Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00.UWPDesktop'
    #! This package version must have the 4 version segments that MATCH EXACTLY with the installed AppX version. EXACTLY.
    Version      = '14.0.33321.0'
}

function Test-AppXDependency {
    [CmdletBinding()]

    Param (
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [String]
        $Name,

        # An array of packages that should be the output from Get-AppXPackages
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [Object[]]
        $PackageList
    )

    ForEach ($pkg in $PackageList) {
        if ($pkg.Dependencies.Name -contains $Name) {
            return $true
        }
    }

    return $false
}

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