Can you solve this error message?
DEP0700: Registration of the app failed. [0x80073CF3] Windows cannot install package NAME because this package depends on a framework that could not be found. Provide the framework "Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00.Debug.UWPDesktop" published by "CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US", with neutral or ARM64 processor architecture and minimum version 14.0.33728.0, along with this package to install.
Background: building an existing UWP app on ARM machine
I have one of the ARM64 machines that Microsoft is big on, and of course I have a bunch of existing app (Store link). So what better thing to do than to enjoy a nice coffee in a fancy lodge here in the pacific northwest while updating the Bluetooth app to support a new device?
Except you can't deploy your debug-mode ARM64 app! It fails with the above error!
What's do the might search engines say?
Search engines recommend the following three things:
<Dependencies>
<PackageDependency Name="Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00.UWPDesktop" MinVersion="14.0.24217.0" Publisher="CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US" /></Dependencies>
Or this:
<RequiredBundles>$(RequiredBundles);Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.UWP.VC.ARM64</RequiredBundles>
Or updating the user's .VSCODE profile. None of these work
Crappy solution found! Just run in x86 mode!
The crappy solution I eventually tried: just run in x86 mode instead of ARM64 mode. Sure, it's a waste of processor time and effort, and sure, it's a stunning indictment of Microsoft's absolute failure to actually support their own freaking devices, but it got me moving forward.
