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I'm trying to install Windows Terminal on Windows 10 v1803 [build 17134.13.04] where I don't have any admin privileges and Microsoft Store has also been deactivated. I downloaded the .msixbundle from the GitHub release page and used the command from here:

add-appxpackage -Path ".\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_1.4.3141.0_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle"

However, I recieve error:

add-appxpackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF0, Package could not be opened.
error 0x8007007B: Opening the package from location Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_1.4.3141.0_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle
failed.

NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] b425a102-b6a8-0001-5add-56b4a8b6d601
in the Event Log or use the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID b425a102-b6a8-0001-5add-56b4a8b6d601

At line:1 char:1 
+ add-appxpackage -Path ".\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_1.4.3141.0_8wekyb3 ... 
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
    + CategoryInfo          : OpenError: (C:\Users\Farima...bbwe.msixbundle:String) [Add-AppxPackage], FileNotFoundException 
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand

What is the problem and how I can resolve it?

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    The error told you where to look on line 4, first sentence in _Note_... what did the Event log [Event Viewer] say? Have you googled the error code [`0x80073CF0`]? – JW0914 Nov 12 '20 at 12:18
  • @JW0914 I did some search but not with the `0x80073CF0` error code. Doing so, [this is](https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/apps_windows_10-winapps-appscat_social/error-code-0x80073cf0-on-microsoft-store-windows/a19d7f60-2d34-4b78-b618-048d724b9f92) the first Google result for me. the solution offered starts with opening CMD in admin mode, which is not possible for me. – Foad Nov 12 '20 at 12:21
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    AFAIK, it's not possible to istall UWP apps without Admin privs, as they're installed to `%ProgramFiles%\WindowsApps`, of which only `System` and `TrustedInstaller` have write privs for _(its likely Event Viewer would show this)_ – JW0914 Nov 12 '20 at 12:32
  • @JW0914 Is there a `.exe`/`.msi`/... portable version of Windows Terminal? – Foad Nov 12 '20 at 12:34
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    No, as UWP apps are `.msixbundle` packages that install to `%ProgramFiles%\WindowsApps`. The package format isn't the issue - the issue is the install location requires Admin privs to write to and there is no way to get around this AFAIK, as doing so would compromise the sandboxing of UWP apps within `%ProgramFiles%\WindowsApps`. The best recourse is to simply ask IT, or whoever admins the machine, to install `wt` for you. _(The only time a program install does not require Admin privs is when it's installed within `%UserProfile%`, e.g. `%LocalAppData%` or `%AppData%`)_ – JW0914 Nov 12 '20 at 12:42
  • @JW0914 well, asking the IT people is pointless. I have never succeeded in asking anything. Any chance that I can compile the software in another format myself on a different machine and use a portable executable binary? – Foad Nov 12 '20 at 12:47
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    Unlikely - you'll need to research on Microsoft Docs to determine if that's feasible – JW0914 Nov 12 '20 at 12:52
  • “What is the problem and how I can resolve it?” - Without Administrator permissions you don’t; “Is there a .exe/.msi/... portable version of Windows Terminal?” - No; Have the Administrator install the application for you, but since they have disabled the Windows Store, that’s probably something they don’t want to have happen – Ramhound Nov 12 '20 at 13:16
  • @Ramhound so it is impossible to compile the source code in another binary format? – Foad Nov 12 '20 at 13:28
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    Windows Terminal is a UWP application. By the time you make it into a Win32 application, it wouldn’t be Windows Terminal, it would be something else completely. The amount of work that would take probably isn’t worth it. You asked if there was a portable version of Windows Terminal, there isn’t one, because it’s a UWP application – Ramhound Nov 12 '20 at 13:32
  • @Ramhound is it due to the language, libraries, or just the build tools? If it is just the compiler and the build tools, that could be done with some reasonable amount of work. but if it is because of the dependencies, or the language itself then, you are right, it will be very difficult. – Foad Nov 12 '20 at 13:38
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    You cannot easily make a UWP application into a desktop application. – Ramhound Nov 12 '20 at 13:40
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    Hi. PM on Terminal here. Terminal is not a UWP app - it's actually a Win32 app packaged and delivered in an MSIX installer. The app hosts a XAML Island in which we host all the UI elements. The core Terminal pane itself is actually wrapped in a WinUI control, and the VS team has wrapped TerminalCore as a WPF app for integration into VS2019. – Richard Turner Nov 16 '20 at 17:00
  • your command helped me, and worked for me, thanks – Welyngton Dal Prá Aug 05 '21 at 05:32

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The reason you're probably getting that error is because Window Terminal requires Windows 10 v1903 or later.

Windows Terminal requires Windows 10 1903 (build 18362) or later

https://github.com/Microsoft/Terminal#installing-and-running-windows-terminal

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