Thanks for making this guide. And also thanks to Robert Alexander for adding the extra detail about Microsoft.UI.Xaml, as I got stuck when trying to install the latest version and this solved it for me!

****NOTE: Powershell commands are marked with “*” at the beginning of the line, the * is not actually part of the command!

#1: “C++ Runtime framework packages for Desktop Bridge”, reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/developer/visualstudio/cpp/libraries/c-runtime-packages-desktop-bridge
You may want to check that link for updates and substitute the URL for the latest one. This version is current as of 11/2/2023.
* Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://aka.ms/Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Desktop.appx -outfile Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Desktop.appx # downloads the file
* Add-AppxPackage Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Desktop.appx # installs it

#2: Microsoft.UI.Xaml
Go to https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.UI.Xaml/
Look for a link that says “Download Package (##.## MB)”, download it.
Rename the file to .zip
Extract the .appx file from tools\AppX\x64\Release (in this case it’s “Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.8.appx”).
Step to install the version downloaded above after extraction, modify for updates:
* Add-AppxPackage Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.8.appx

#3: The terminal package from https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/releases?WT.mc_id=modinfra-26926-thmaure
Find the version you want there, I went with “latest”. Go into that (clicking the green box that says “latest” next to the version takes you there). Scroll down to the downloads section and right-click copy the link to the msixbundle. Doing this will eliminate reliance on hard-links to specific versions.
* Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/releases/download/v1.18.2822.0/Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_1.18.2822.0_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle -outfile Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_1.18.2822.0_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle
# Note: -outfile parameter is the downloaded file’s name, just remove the part from the URL up to last “/”, so only the filename is left.
* Add-AppxPackage Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_1.18.2822.0_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle

This should work like a champ with little-to-no head scratching.

My machine only had Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.4 installed.

great! thank you for the feedback :)

Neither does the Win11 one

“Add-AppxPackage: The ‘Add-AppxPackage’ command was found in the module ‘Appx’, but the module could not be loaded due to the following error: [Operation is not supported on this platform. (0x80131539)]
For more information, run ‘Import-Module Appx’.”

No, Windows 10 package does not install on Windows Server 2022.

The win_10 is the package you want to use for Server 2022.