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Apps not working in Windows 10

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Hello,
Grateful for any suggestions on how to fix following issue.
A number of Windows 10 apps (Alarms & Clock, Calculator, Calendar, Groove Music, Solitaire, Photo, etc) won't open. When I try to launch any of these apps I receive a message "This app won't open"
I've run the following command in Powershell:
Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.Ins
tallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}But received following result:
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073D02, The package could not be installed because resources it
modifies are currently in use.
error 0x80004004: Unable to install because the following apps need to be closed
Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy!CortanaUI.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 85be1a24-1658-0001-fd07-bf855816d101 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID 85be1a24-1658-0001-fd07-bf855816d101
At line:1 char:38
+ ... | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.I ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (C:\Windows\Syst...ppXManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackage***********
Windows build version: 10.0.10240 N/A Build 10240
x64 based PC
Thank you for your suggestions on how to fix this issue.
Kevin
Thursday, November 5, 2015 11:47 AM
Answers
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Does Store open? I so click the user icon (face and shoulders icon) next to the search top right, select Download and updates.
Does that show updates in progress \ pending? If not click Check for updates.
If Store does not open (or updated for Store are listed as pending) open a command prompt (right click start choose Command Prompt) and enter;
wsreset
The is Windows Store reset. It will clear Stores cache and then (after a moment) open Store.
- Edited by -Mr Happy- Thursday, November 5, 2015 12:15 PM
- Proposed as answer by Deason Wu Monday, November 16, 2015 1:45 AM
- Marked as answer by Bruce Wooding Wednesday, November 18, 2015 2:46 AM
Thursday, November 5, 2015 12:14 PM -
Hello,
Also try creating a new user account and check if the apps works on that. If yes, go ahead with that account.
Good luck :)Windows Troubleshooting & How to guides - http://www.kapilarya.com
- Proposed as answer by Deason Wu Monday, November 16, 2015 1:45 AM
- Marked as answer by Bruce Wooding Wednesday, November 18, 2015 2:45 AM
Thursday, November 5, 2015 3:05 PM
All replies
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Does Store open? I so click the user icon (face and shoulders icon) next to the search top right, select Download and updates.
Does that show updates in progress \ pending? If not click Check for updates.
If Store does not open (or updated for Store are listed as pending) open a command prompt (right click start choose Command Prompt) and enter;
wsreset
The is Windows Store reset. It will clear Stores cache and then (after a moment) open Store.
- Edited by -Mr Happy- Thursday, November 5, 2015 12:15 PM
- Proposed as answer by Deason Wu Monday, November 16, 2015 1:45 AM
- Marked as answer by Bruce Wooding Wednesday, November 18, 2015 2:46 AM
Thursday, November 5, 2015 12:14 PM -
Hello,
Also try creating a new user account and check if the apps works on that. If yes, go ahead with that account.
Good luck :)Windows Troubleshooting & How to guides - http://www.kapilarya.com
- Proposed as answer by Deason Wu Monday, November 16, 2015 1:45 AM
- Marked as answer by Bruce Wooding Wednesday, November 18, 2015 2:45 AM
Thursday, November 5, 2015 3:05 PM -
Both my Surface Pro 3 and Desktop have experienced this issue. This is an unbelievable response to tell customers to run a PowerShell script.
When I ran this script on my Surface Pro 3 it killed all of my apps
Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.Ins
tallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}Any subsequent runs of above script just made it worse. I created a second account but that is not a practical solution. I had to run reset on my Surface Pro 3.
My Desktop was fine up and until a few hours ago and now some of it's apps are no longer working. More particular Store is no longer working.
I am very afraid to run the same script.
Johnny Larue, http://www.softlandingcanada.com
Tuesday, November 24, 2015 9:27 PM