Windows 10: Windows Store Apps stopp working after recreating a profile

Hello Guys, I have some troubles and I really need your help. In some instances the Foto-App and the Calculator and sometimes all Windows-Store-Apps stop working.

After opening them they close immodestly or in the case of the Foto-App, when I open a picture I get the Error Message "File System Error -2147219196"

Here is all the information I have and what I tried to solve it.



Version:

Windows 10 Pro - 1809, 1709, and 1909

Description:

When you open Foto-App is closes immediately, sometimes it happens to the Calculator App as well and in some seldom cases the whole windows store stops working



Screenshot:

I don’t have a Screenshot but i have a error message in the event viewer.



Calculator -

Faulting application name: Calculator.exe, version: 10.1812.1901.4008, time stamp: 0x5c304989

Faulting module name: Windows.UI.Xaml.dll, version: 10.0.18362.356, time stamp: 0x0825b5b0

Exception code: 0xc000027b

Fault offset: 0x0000000000712cf0

Faulting process id: 0x1518

Faulting application start time: 0x01d568dbe3b0f42c

Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsCalculator_10.1812.10048.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Calculator.exe

Faulting module path: C:\Windows\System32\Windows.UI.Xaml.dll

Report Id: 23d86f95-8eec-407b-b52c-86043d6d0426

Faulting package full name: Microsoft.WindowsCalculator_10.1812.10048.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe

Faulting package-relative application ID: App



Foto-App -

Faulting application name: Microsoft.Photos.exe, version: 2019.19011.19410.0, time stamp: 0x5c7d9545

Faulting module name: Windows.UI.Xaml.dll, version: 10.0.17134.376, time stamp: 0x35659a8d

Exception code: 0xc000027b

Fault offset: 0x00000000006a56b2

Faulting process id: 0x1d0c

Faulting application start time: 0x01d4def91242d2b0

Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Windows.Photos_2019.19011.19410.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.Photos.exe

Faulting module path: C:\Windows\System32\Windows.UI.Xaml.dll

Report Id: 844f8b13-bab7-4f73-9571-e1a55c9252a4

Faulting package full name: Microsoft.Windows.Photos_2019.19011.19410.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe

Faulting package-relative application ID: App



After trying some fixes I broke the Windows Apps totally and the messages stopped.

I almost always have the a entries that points to "Faulting module path: C:\Windows\System32\Windows.UI.Xaml.dll"



Steps to reproduce:

I can recreate it every time on different machines.

I login as a Admin

I go to the Users Folder rename the a user folder (as example “Alex” to “Alex-old”)

Then I delete in the registry the key that corresponds with to the User Profile Alex.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList



Afterwards I login with the Alex and after that the Foto App stops working.

Like I said in some cases the calculator also stops working but not always. The Foto-App stops working every time.

Reproduction rate:

When I do the previous steps its 100%.



System specs:

HP Elitebooks, 840G3,G4,G5, G6 and X360 1030g2-g4. I5-I7, Intel Video. All Drivers are up to date.



Attempted Solutions:

I tried almost everything I found on this issue.

I did as Admin and as a normal User who has no Admin rights.

And I tried on different Clients, because after doing all the steps on the same test client the machine was totally broken.

- Reset the App - still broken

- Reset the Windows Store - still broken

- Removed the Application from the Add-Remove Software and

- I did the Re-Register via PowerShell

„ Get-appxpackage -packageType bundle |% {add-appxpackage -register -disabledevelopmentmode ($_.installlocation + "\appxmetadata\appxbundlemanifest.xml")}

$bundlefamilies = (get-appxpackage -packagetype Bundle).packagefamilyname

get-appxpackage -packagetype main |? {-not ($bundlefamilies -contains $_.packagefamilyname)} |% {add-appxpackage -register -disabledevelopmentmode ($_.installlocation + "\appxmanifest.xml")}””

- wreset.exe - still broken



- I took Ownership of the Folder "Windows App" and made the User a principal but I also checked if the Group Applications Packages is the principal.

Source: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...-to-start-if-default-registry-or-file-permiss

>> still broken

- I installed all Updates >> still broken

- I installed Photos Media Engine Add-on >> still broken

- I checked KB4524147 >> still broken

- I tried the Powershell Commands described in this Link.

(Sorry thats way too much to copy and post it here)

https://www.windowsphoneinfo.com/threads/reinstall-and-re-register-apps-in-windows-10.7509/

>> still broken



- Tried to register Windows.UI.Xaml.dll >> still broken

- Changed DPI Settings >> still broken

- Reinstalled the Video Driver >> still broken

- Reinstalled Photo.DCL.MediaEngine >> still broken

- DotNet Reinstall and Update >> still broken

- I tried the Scripts described here

https://superuser.com/questions/1481644/windows-10-uwp-apps-launch-and-then-disappear-immediately

>> still broken



- I was kind a desperate so i tried sfc /scannow >> still broken

- I tried the Dism.exe Tool >> still broken

- I stopped the AntiVirus Scanner >> still broken

- I checked the time settings and time zone >> still broken



I have no real clue where to look.

I think there is a issues with the access rights but I am not sure, something in the direction of GUID issues.

In a Github comment someone mentioned that windows is very stingy when there are some issues with that.



Or do I miss something when we recreate the profile?

I found a Microsoft article on how to recreate a profile but the steps there do not really apply in our environment but in general its similar to my steps.



And we did the recreation a lot of times without any issue in the past. Maybe MS changed something that’s not that easy anymore?



As you can see I invested some time, i tried a lot but I can’t figure it out how to UN-break it. And i don’t want to reinstall the whole system every time a Application corrupts a profile or someone is marrying and changing his name.



Best regards and Danke!

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Lost default photo viewer after profile rebuild

Thanks Brink. I've tried those steps before i started searching Google. After the profile rebuild i don't have the Photo app listed to choose to make it default in either the system settings for default apps or the Open With option.

I can't even find it doing a search. Seems to have been removed somehow with the profile rebuild, which doesn't make sense.

Might be helpful to list what i've done I've done the open with check, the choose default program in the system menu, tried that in device manager default programs also. I've checked the programs and features Turn windows features on/off and it's not listed there (never thought it was but that was a suggestion), searched the MS Store, it's not listed there either.

I don't like playing in the registry unless i have defined steps and haven't found anything for this yet, just the Win7 version like in my OP.

 

Windows Store Update App Number Incorrect

As my previous post detailed, I too suffered from that phantom 'app update' indicator.

During my last troubleshooting steps (due to reading another thread here somewhere about the same issue), I started really thinking that this was somehow Windows profile related.
Apparently, my additional steps have shown now that it's not actually profile related for me - it was in fact, Windows store related, BUT also had to do with my profile.

Here's what I did to fix mine:

• Close your Windows Store
• Create a new Windows profile (this will be temporary, only to 'fix' this update cache issue).
• Make sure that you assign the same rights to the new profile (administrator).
• Log out of your original profile.
• Log into Windows 10 with your newly created 'test' profile.
• After the profile finishes completely, then open the Windows 10 Store.
• Login with the same Microsoft account (the account you were logged into the store with in your other profile).
• Perform a "Get Updates" and allow it to finish to completion.
• Close the Windows store, then reopen and perform another scan for updates.
• If nothing comes up and no phantom icon - close the store.
• Log out of the 'test' profile
• Log into Windows with your original profile.

Observe that you no longer have that "phantom" update available icon.

I've observed during my working on some domain joined machines, that for whatever reason, a particular part of the Windows profile is missing a value which is associated with the Windows store, or an app in the Windows store, or a cache setting. For whatever reason, this 'setting' never resets, and therefore, it continues to think that there is an update available. By running that Windows store with the same account but in a new profile, the store account appears to get that cached data cleared again & when the original profile opens the store again, it no longer sees an update.

I haven't figured out whether this was from a specific app, or the store itself, but nonetheless, this fix worked for me. Please do leave comments, as I'm always interested in seeing new crap from Microsoft's QA misses.
Thanks!

 

Windows App store is not working..

Hi,

Please follow the methods mentioned below:

Method 1:

I suggest that you reset the Windows Store cache as per the below mentioned steps and check:

• Press Windows key and R key together
  to open the Run Window.
• Type wsreset.exe and press Enter key for the command to execute.

Method 2:

You may try to run the in-built Windows Store app troubleshooter and check. Follow the steps:

• Press Windows Key + X..
• Click on Control Panel.
• Select Troubleshooting.
• On the left pane, click on View All.
• Click on Windows Store apps to run the troubleshooter.

Let us know if the issue is resolved or if you require further assistance.