Post-Temporary Profile Issue: Apps not working/not visible

DS70872

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Running an HP ProBook with Windows 8.1, turned on my laptop this morning only to be signed into a Temporary Profile. Googled a bit and came across Brink's tutorial to fix this by backing up data and deleting something in the registry. This worked to a point; I've got my data and my profile back but now my computer is behaving like I just got it out of the box in a lot of ways. Most of my apps (including many of the pre-installed ones like mail, weather, people etc.) have disappeared, my keyboard settings have gone back to their US standard (which I don't use) and a whole load of other things have reset to default. On top of that whenever I try to open the few apps that I still have like settings and store, they open but minimize to the desktop taskbar instantly and refuse to open full-screen. I've looked at a couple of tutorials online and tried running an sfc full scan but got the message "windows resource resource protection found corrupt files but were unable to fix some of them." What makes this weirder is the fact that when I recreated my personal account I used the built-in admin profile, and while that was still active I could still see things like people and mail in the start screen for that profile. I thought I checked all the permissions in the registry and they seemed fine but I could be wrong...

1) Can someone please tell me if there's anything else I can do to retrieve my old settings and apps from before I recreated my account?

2) Can someone please explain why the majority of my apps have disappeared, and why the few that remain refuse to open?

Thanks
 

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did you try: dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth ?
 

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    Windows 8.1 Pro
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    Home made
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    Asus Prime x470 Pro
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    16GB Kingston 3600
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    64-bit Windows 10
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    Custom self built
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    Intel i7-8700K OC'd to 5 GHz
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    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
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    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
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    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
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    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
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    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
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    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
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    OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W
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    Thermaltake Core P3
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    Corsair Hydro H115i
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    Logitech wireless K800
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    Logitech MX Master 3
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    Internet Explorer 11
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    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
Hi Both, thanks for your replies. I ran the command CountMike gave me and that seemed to clear up a few things; I then ran Windows Update and downloaded about 900mb of updates (presumably replacing corrupted system data?). I still had the same issue with Apps that wouldn't open though, but after trying a couple of things from the article Brink suggested I managed to get settings and store back, and from there just redownloaded everything that was missing. Thanks guys!

There's just one or two things left that are still giving me grief:

1) Onedrive is behaving in the same way as the settings and store apps were but I can't figure out how to fix it. I can still access onedrive documents via windows explorer but the full-screen app for it opens then instantly closes again in the same way as the other two apps. When fixing settings I used the following command, and also used a similar one to fix the store: powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $Env:SystemRoot\ImmersiveControlPanel\AppxManifest.xmlIs there a similar command applicable to Onedrive? I think that would do the trick

2) Just a small problem but I can't remember how to get my keyboard back to English extended. Before my computer went weird I had a small tab (on the taskbar I think) that said (EN) and let me change it easily. This has gone now; I've been through my computer settings and I've downloaded the English Extended option but can't work out how to set it to use. I would just leave it but it's swapped some of the punctuation around and it's doing my head in!

Thanks!
 

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  • OS
    Windows 8.1
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    Windows 8.1 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home made
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen7 2700x
    Motherboard
    Asus Prime x470 Pro
    Memory
    16GB Kingston 3600
    Graphics Card(s)
    Asus strix 570 OC 4gb
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 960 evo 250GB
    Silicon Power V70 240GB SSD
    WD 1 TB Blue
    WD 2 TB Blue
    Bunch of backup HDDs.
    PSU
    Sharkoon, Silent Storm 660W
    Case
    Raidmax
    Cooling
    CCM Nepton 140xl
    Internet Speed
    40/2 Mbps
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    WD
Thanks CountMike, managed to get the keyboard working properly now. All that remains is to fix Onedrive (see above), then everything will be back to normal. Any idea if there's a command similar to the one below (that I used to fix settings) that can be applied to Onedrive?

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $Env:SystemRoot\ImmersiveControlPanel\AppxManifest.xml
 

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  • OS
    Windows 8.1
Thanks CountMike, managed to get the keyboard working properly now. All that remains is to fix Onedrive (see above), then everything will be back to normal. Any idea if there's a command similar to the one below (that I used to fix settings) that can be applied to Onedrive?

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $Env:SystemRoot\ImmersiveControlPanel\AppxManifest.xml
Sorry, I don't use Onedrive any more but last time I had trouble with it, I just disabled it and re-enabled it and it was back to stock.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home made
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen7 2700x
    Motherboard
    Asus Prime x470 Pro
    Memory
    16GB Kingston 3600
    Graphics Card(s)
    Asus strix 570 OC 4gb
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 960 evo 250GB
    Silicon Power V70 240GB SSD
    WD 1 TB Blue
    WD 2 TB Blue
    Bunch of backup HDDs.
    PSU
    Sharkoon, Silent Storm 660W
    Case
    Raidmax
    Cooling
    CCM Nepton 140xl
    Internet Speed
    40/2 Mbps
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    WD
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home made
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen7 2700x
    Motherboard
    Asus Prime x470 Pro
    Memory
    16GB Kingston 3600
    Graphics Card(s)
    Asus strix 570 OC 4gb
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 960 evo 250GB
    Silicon Power V70 240GB SSD
    WD 1 TB Blue
    WD 2 TB Blue
    Bunch of backup HDDs.
    PSU
    Sharkoon, Silent Storm 660W
    Case
    Raidmax
    Cooling
    CCM Nepton 140xl
    Internet Speed
    40/2 Mbps
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    WD
Thanks CM, I just tried using the above tutorial to edit the registry and then change it by group policy, and neither worked. The thing is Onedrive still appears in File Explorer and is accessible that way, it's just that the app for it doesn't run. I think it's not that onedrive itself is causing the problem, I think it's something to do with accessing the app that relates to it (presumably the same thing that was preventing me from accessing the store and settings apps). Based on the powershell command I used to fix the other two apps, it seems possible that the app could be in development mode and by turning this off I could regain access to it (since as far as I can tell from the commands I had for the other two that is what was causing the other problems). If I had the file extension for the AppxManifest.xml for Onedrive (assuming there is one), I could potentially substitute this in the command I used before and maybe that would fix it. Any idea how I could find this?
 

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  • OS
    Windows 8.1
Sorry, not for the moment, I distrust stuff like that a lot.
 

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    Windows 8.1 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home made
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen7 2700x
    Motherboard
    Asus Prime x470 Pro
    Memory
    16GB Kingston 3600
    Graphics Card(s)
    Asus strix 570 OC 4gb
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 960 evo 250GB
    Silicon Power V70 240GB SSD
    WD 1 TB Blue
    WD 2 TB Blue
    Bunch of backup HDDs.
    PSU
    Sharkoon, Silent Storm 660W
    Case
    Raidmax
    Cooling
    CCM Nepton 140xl
    Internet Speed
    40/2 Mbps
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    WD

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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
DS70872,

You might see if switching your account to a local account, then switching it back to a Microsoft account may be able to toggle OneDrive to work properly again. This is a workaround to refresh your account.

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/4842-local-account-switch-windows-8-a.html

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/4840-microsoft-account-switch-windows-8-a.html
Tnx, Brink, I was going to refer you to him but didn't know if I should. I know you are busy guy.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home made
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen7 2700x
    Motherboard
    Asus Prime x470 Pro
    Memory
    16GB Kingston 3600
    Graphics Card(s)
    Asus strix 570 OC 4gb
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 960 evo 250GB
    Silicon Power V70 240GB SSD
    WD 1 TB Blue
    WD 2 TB Blue
    Bunch of backup HDDs.
    PSU
    Sharkoon, Silent Storm 660W
    Case
    Raidmax
    Cooling
    CCM Nepton 140xl
    Internet Speed
    40/2 Mbps
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    WD
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