Windows 10: Cannot open any Windows Store Apps after updating to 1903

I recently updated to the 1903 build of Windows. After updating I noticed that I could no longer open any apps that I downloaded through the windows store. I tried an existing app (Ubuntu on Windows) and also installed Spotify from the store, and tried to launch that. Upon launching any Windows Store app, I receive this error: "Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file, You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item". I also get an entry in the event logger stating: "0x80070005: Cannot create the Desktop AppX contaner for package (Spotify or Ubuntu) because an error was encountered configuring the runtime.". These apps were working fine before the update. I am on an active directory user account.

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Mail app will not open on 10041.


Hello Adam,

This is the suggested solution below if you haven't already tried it.

In this Windows 10 build 10041, the Mail, Calendar, and People apps may be broken due to a licensing issue with the Store Beta. To get these apps working again, you need to follow these steps:

• Open powershell as administrator
• Run the command Get-appxprovisionedpackage –online | where-object {$_.packagename –like “*windowscommunicationsapps*”} | remove-appxprovisionedpackage –online
• Re-install Mail, People and Calendar from the Store (green tile)

 

Store, Calendar, and Mail Apps not opening after Windows 10 update

Hello,

I recently updated to Windows 10 and I found that my Store, Calendar, and Mail Apps are not opening. When I try to open them I get the following message:

This app can't open

There is a problem with this app. Contact your system administrator about repairing or reinstalling it.



I have tried the following but neither worked:

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.

Please help me fix this!

 

Mail app will not open on 10041.

Hey Shawn,
I did that to no avail, then I ran WSReset.exe; now I'm good on all 3, Mail, Calendar and People! *Confused
Go figure!

Store Cache - Clear in Windows 8