Terminal versions after 1.14.2282.0 won't start

[KyleKorndoerfer]

Windows Terminal version

1.14.2282.0

Windows build number

10.0.22000.0

Other Software

No response

Steps to reproduce

I can only run WT at version 1.14.2282.0. If I install any newer version it fails to start (no window appears, no process is listed in Task Manager, etc.). Even when attempting to start from the command prompt/PowerShell with wt.exe, nothing is reported back to the console. This would be fine except it appears that Windows Terminal is getting updated in the background somehow so each time I restart my Azure DevTestLabs VM I need to uninstall, reinstall, & overwrite settings.

Microsoft Store is blocked on my VM so I have to manually install WT from the GitHub releases and would not assume that it would be auto-updated.

Expected Behavior

launch as normal and not be updated automatically

Actual Behavior

Any version above 1.14.2282.0 fails to start and results in an Application Error in the Windows Application Event Log as follows:

<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
  <System>
    <Provider Name="Application Error" /> 
    <EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</EventID> 
    <Version>0</Version> 
    <Level>2</Level> 
    <Task>100</Task> 
    <Opcode>0</Opcode> 
    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords> 
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2022-10-13T14:40:52.2829793Z" /> 
    <EventRecordID>10596</EventRecordID> 
    <Correlation /> 
    <Execution ProcessID="13228" ThreadID="0" /> 
    <Channel>Application</Channel> 
    <Computer>(redacted)</Computer> 
    <Security /> 
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data>WindowsTerminal.exe</Data> 
    <Data>1.15.2209.28003</Data> 
    <Data>6334cd9b</Data> 
    <Data>Windows.UI.Xaml.dll</Data> 
    <Data>10.0.22000.978</Data> 
    <Data>82655b66</Data> 
    <Data>c000027b</Data> 
    <Data>00000000004a3e02</Data> 
    <Data>31f8</Data> 
    <Data>01d8df11cae1f6ed</Data> 
    <Data>C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_1.15.2713.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\WindowsTerminal.exe</Data> 
    <Data>C:\Windows\System32\Windows.UI.Xaml.dll</Data> 
    <Data>17440c44-24fe-4338-add1-cb36a6c31dee</Data> 
    <Data>Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_1.15.2713.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe</Data> 
    <Data>App</Data> 
  </EventData>
</Event>

[DHowett]

Oof! Is there a chance that you're running "Windows N" (the no-media SKU) on that host?

[KyleKorndoerfer]

Yes, System > About is reporting Windows 11 Enterprise N (21H2)

[DHowett]

Argh! Thank you for reporting it and confirming.

This is a /duplicate of #14104, for which a fix is being released shortly.

If you need to get unblocked today, installing the media feature pack will help. I'm sorry about the issue.

[ghost]

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!