julialauncher.exe Bad Image error for updating to Julia version 1.10.1 on Windows 11

[PaulDoxey]

I was previously using Julia v1.10.0 from the Windows Terminal (using PowerShell), with no problems. Since running winget install julia -s msstore to try to upgrade to v1.10.1 I have been unable to open any version of Julia from the command line.

v1.10.1 did not seem to install (it was not created in the normal AppData\Local\Programs directory with the other versions of Julia). Since then, I can no longer run the older version v1.10.0 from the command line, either using PATH or by trying to run the julia.exe file directly.

If I run start julia I get the error message 'julialauncher.exe - Bad Image' with an explanation that the CRUNTIME140.dll is either not designed to run on Windows or contains an error.

I am using an evaluation copy of Windows 11 Pro in a VMware Fusion virtual machine, running on an M2 MacBook Pro (ie ARM).

Having since tried to download and install Julia v1.10.1 manually, I am still unable to launch either version of Julia from the command line, though I can launch it from the desktop shortcut icon that was created during installation (v1.10.1).

[tomaklutfu]

That c runtime error comes from Microsoft.Vclib app of the Windows. There are many reported cases of it online. Somehow, its files are corrupted. I tried suggestions online but no avail. Only Reset-ing the Windows worked for me. I could not find a way to re-install it by winget because other apps dependent on it. Besides, those apps also throwed the same error for me. Most likely, this is not a julia related error.