title: How to install Microsoft Windows Terminal in Windows 10 version 1909
body: <p><strong>[Note]</strong> <em>this is a historic problem that is specific to Windows 10 version 1909, which does not satisfy the Windows Terminal requirement by then. It would no longer be a problem for most nowadays systems.</em></p>
  <p>Alright, this should be a fairly simple question, but failing every possibilities, I'm afraid that it is becoming a loaded one, just <strong>to get <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/windows-terminal-preview/9n0dx20hk701?activetab=pivot:regionofsystemrequirementstab" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Microsoft Windows Terminal</a> installed</strong>.</p>
  <p>The <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/windows-terminal-preview/9n0dx20hk701?activetab=pivot:regionofsystemrequirementstab" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Microsoft Windows Terminal</a></p>
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  <p>is a new, modern, fast, efficient, powerful, and productive terminal application for users of command-line tools and shells like Command Prompt, PowerShell, and WSL. Its main features include multiple tabs, Unicode and UTF-8 character support, a GPU accelerated text rendering engine, and custom themes, styles, and configurations.</p>
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  <p>It is an open source project available at <a href="https://github.com/microsoft/terminal" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/microsoft/terminal</a></p>
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  <li><p>Trying to install from <a href="https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/releases" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/releases</a>, I'll get:
  <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/bPQWM.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/bPQWM.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
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  <li><p>Trying to install from <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/windows-terminal-preview/9n0dx20hk701?activetab=pivot:regionofsystemrequirementstab" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Microsoft Windows Terminal Shop</a>, I'll get (and the result would be the same if I do search from Microsoft Shop and click on it):</p>
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  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/ht1r6.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/ht1r6.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
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  <li><p>Trying to install with <code>choco install microsoft-windows-terminal</code>, I'll get:</p>
  <pre><code>  ERROR: The running command stopped because the preference variable &quot;ErrorActionPreference&quot; or common parameter is set to Stop: Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF3, Package failed updates, dependency or conflict validation.
  
    Windows cannot install package Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_0.11.1121.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe because this package depends on a framework that could not be found. Provide the framework &quot;Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00&quot; published by &quot;CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US&quot;, with neutral or x64 processor architecture and minimum version 14.0.27810.0, along with this package to install. The frameworks with name &quot;Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00&quot; currently installed are: {Microsoft.VCLibs.140
    Windows cannot install package Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_0.11.1121.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe because this package depends on a framework that could not be found. Provide the framework &quot;Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00&quot; published by &quot;CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US&quot;, with neutral or x64 processor architecture and minimum version 14.0.27810.0, along with this package to install. The frameworks with name &quot;Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00&quot; currently installed are: {Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00_14.0.26706.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00_14.0.26706.0_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe}
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  <p>Although I've exhausted all my searches and am sure that I have the dependent thing:</p>
  <pre><code>PS &gt; Get-AppxPackage -allusers *Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00* | Select Name, PackageFullName
  
  Name                               PackageFullName
  ----                               ---------------
  Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00.UWPDesktop Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00.UWPDesktop_14.0.26905.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
  Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00            Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00_14.0.26706.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
  Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00            Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00_14.0.26706.0_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe
  Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00.UWPDesktop Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00.UWPDesktop_14.0.27810.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
  </code></pre>
  <p>So, once again, simple question, how to get Microsoft Windows Terminal installed? thx.</p>