Windows 8.1 Metro Apps Not Working...

Ekansh

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After my Windows 8.1 Upgrade, my store and other apps worked fine for a while. After that, all of a sudden, all the apps stopped working, with a 'x' sign on the bottom right of each tile. All apps stopped working, if I click on them, a grey screen appears, and I can see the app in the left side background apps bar, but if I click on it again, it shows a grey screen and the loop continues. I am not even able to open PC Settings, although the 'Store' works fine. Everything desktop related also works fine without a glitch.

Things I've tried:

  • Windows Apps Troubleshooter, which said that "Some Apps might not have access to required resources" under "Issues Found" tab


  • Running it in safe mode; the apps do not even work in the Safe Mode


  • Creating a new user



  • Running sfc/scannow which returned with no errors



  • Running from admin command prompt:-

Powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $Env:SystemRoot\WinStore\AppxManifest.xml


  • Running from admin PowerShell:

((Get-ChildItem "HKLM:SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Appx\AppxAllUserStore\InboxApplications") | Get-ItemProperty).Path | Add-AppxPackage -Register -DisableDevelopmentMode

When I run the CMD command, the error comes:-

Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF9, Install failed.

Please contact your software vendor. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80073CF9)
Rejecting a request to register from C:\Windows\WinStore\AppxManifest.xml
because the manifest is not in the package root.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId]
964b2909-33b2-0001-2a2c-4b96b233cf01 in the Event Log or use the command line
Get-AppxLog -ActivityID 964b2909-33b2-0001-2a2c-4b96b233cf01
At line:1 char:1
+ Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register
$Env:SystemRoot\WinStore\AppxM ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:\Windows\WinStore\AppxManifest.xm
l:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageMa
nager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand

When I run the PowerShell command the error comes along the lines of:-

"Cannot validate argument on parameter 'Path'. The argument is null or empty. Provide an argument that is not null or empty and the try the command again."

PLEASE HELP!!

 
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    64-bit Windows 10
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom self built
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K OC'd to 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Internet Speed
    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11
    Antivirus
    Malwarebyte Anti-Malware Premium
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
I'm sorry but I had tried all those solutions before, and none of them worked...

I was hoping to find out more about why the CMD command

Powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $Env:SystemRoot\WinStore\AppxManifest.xml

and PowerShell command

((Get-ChildItem "HKLM:SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Appx\AppxAllUserStore\InboxApplications") | Get-ItemProperty).Path | Add-AppxPackage -Register -DisableDevelopmentMode

could not be executed successfully and returned with the errors mentioned in the original post above...
Thank you
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
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