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:
Powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $Env:SystemRoot\WinStore\AppxManifest.xml
((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!!
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
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- OS
- Windows 8.1