How to install Microsoft Windows Terminal in Windows 10 version 1909

Installing it straight from the Microsoft Store didn't work for me either. In Windows 10 1909, I did (it's an msix). Note that the appx commands are gone in powershell 7.1.

Add-AppxPackage Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_0.11.1191.0_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle

and it installed ok.

get-appxpackage microsoft.windowsterminalName              : Microsoft.WindowsTerminalPublisher         : CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=USArchitecture      : X64ResourceId        :Version           : 0.11.1191.0PackageFullName   : Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_0.11.1191.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbweInstallLocation   : C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_0.11.1191.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbweIsFramework       : FalsePackageFamilyName : Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_8wekyb3d8bbwePublisherId       : 8wekyb3d8bbweIsResourcePackage : FalseIsBundle          : FalseIsDevelopmentMode : FalseNonRemovable      : FalseDependencies      : {Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00_14.0.27810.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe,                    Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00.UWPDesktop_14.0.27810.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe}IsPartiallyStaged : FalseSignatureKind     : StoreStatus            : Ok

Alt-down arrow-settings to get the default settings json.

You should install this dependence: Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00. You can get it only from VLSC ISO image called "SW_DVD9_NTRL_Win_10_1903_32_64_ARM64_MultiLang_App_Update_X22-01657.ISO" (if your Windows 10 version is 1903/1909). Google it. The site with alive link will be in the top of search. Unfortunately these kind of packages is distributed only within VLSC.

I recommend on using choco [ it's short of similar to apt-get on linux :( but not that powerful ]. It contains most of the packages. click here CHOCO to install choco and search for windows terminal package, Just run a single command in powershell[ADMIN PRIVILEGED] and you are all set to use.