Windows 10: Blue while installing app from Microsoft Store, Windows no longer boots10

Hello,


I was installing a game on my Windows 10 PC from the MS app store and my computer blue screened. On trying to boot back up afterward, it only boots into the BIOS. BIOS is still identifying the SSD that has or at least had Windows on it, but it's acting like Windows is no longer on it.


So I created a Windows Recovery drive on a flash drive using my laptop and plugged it in, it booted to that no problem. Not wanting to lose files, I loaded up a command prompt and tried running System File Checker, but it just says "Windows Resource Protection could not perform the requested operation.


I've tried chkdsk and DISM, and now I've even tried giving up on the files and doing a recovery from the drive but all of them fail. The recovery just sits at 1% for a while and then after 5-10 minutes just says, "There was a problem resetting your PC. No changes were made."


Given the current state of things, it could take me a while to get a replacement drive, so any ideas for recovering this one would be appreciated.

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Microsoft is purging a lot of low quality apps from the Windows Store

"Microsoft is sending emails to some Windows Store developers informing them that their apps have been removed from the Store for violating its quality standards."

"Neowin reports that app developers have been receiving these emails over the past couple of days:

In its latest review of the Store, Microsoft is evaluating if the published apps are good enough to be listed in the Windows Store. This includes publicly available apps as well as private beta apps. Additionally, Microsoft is also asking developers to delete any promotional campaigns for their apps to prevent advertising charges. Similarly, app name reservations are also being nullified; which means that if your app is unpublished, there's no guarantee that you'll be able to republish it under the same name.

Officially, the policies for the Microsoft Store says that apps must have "distinct and informative metadata" and "provide a valuable and quality user experience". There are also some specific standards that must be in the apps, including having a name that is not similar to another app or device, along with offering a description that is accurate about its features and functions.

There have certainly been many Windows Store users who have complained over the years about the large number of apps published that are clones of other apps or ones that are simply poorly made. Hopefully, this new move by Microsoft will help to curb these issues, at least for now."

Microsoft to remove low quality apps from Windows Store

 

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Apps listed in the Store need to be approved by MS, otherwise you can download/install apps the same as you did on Windows 7. All "Metro" apps though must be installed by using the Store, afaik anyways.