Is is in error, remove the corresponding entry from Dependencies in the AppxManifest.xml before packaging and deploying See ' ' for guidance on installing the package prior to local deployment. W_PACKAGE_DEPENDENCY_ADDED a dependency on framework package 'Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00.UWPDesktop' was added to the AppxManifest.xml. If your application has such a dependency, you will see a message like the following one: How is this requirement managed for converted applications? First, to understand if you are in such a scenario, it’s enough to keep an eye on the output of the Desktop App Converter at the end of the conversion process. Many traditional installers takes care of this, by offering to the user to download and install them if they aren’t available in Windows. In some cases, it may happen that your application leverages some native code or that has a dependency from a component written in C / C++ and, as such, to run properly, it requires that the final user has installed the Visual C++ libraries on his system. NET Framework, C, Delphi, etc.) in an AppX package, so that we can start to leverage the best of both worlds: the maturity of the Win32 frameworks and the better security and deployment model offered by the Universal Windows Platform. We’ve learned how to convert the installer of a traditional desktop application (based on Win32 technologies like the.