Windows 10: ms-resource:AppName/Text appeared on Start Menu All Apps since 1903 update

This rogue entry, which does not start anything and can't be removed, appeared on most of the accounts across all of our three different machines. If you drag the entry to the desktop, it seems that underneath the "ms-resource:AppName/Text" it is pointing at Microsoft.Windows.HolographicFirstRun which is not listed anywhere else (Settings/Applications) and even through PowerShell Get-AppXPackage.


It would appear this is something that was uninstalled but left the entries which the (new Start Menu in 1903) All Apps picks up.


I have found no way to delete this rogue entry - and searching for this shows plenty of examples of the problem, and STILL no resolutions.


I don't have the time (at least a week) to rebuild the machines, nor the time to try to recreate all of the users across them - which is prone to too many errors in doing this (the machines variously have complex set of uses including gaming, video/photo editing, VR and music production).


Surely it is not beyond the wit of Microsoft (or even a third party) to provide a fix for this - or a generic tool to allow experienced users to clean-up entries from All Apps menu (or a FixIt tool to clear these sorts of issues automatically) when these sorts of corruptions occur, which do seem to be too many times (unfortunately).

:)

 

Phantom app in start menu

In the start menu I have item named @{Microsoft.WindowsFeedback_10.0.10586.0_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy?ms-resource://Microsoft.WindowsFeedback/FeedbackApp.Resources/Appname/Text} which can not be deleted nor launched.

App is not on the get-appxpackage's list also. How do I get rid of it?

 

Anyone else having problems with the Alarm & Clock App Tile?

My Alarm & Clock App shows no Icon on the tile and appears at the very bottom of the App list, instead of under A. Also Rather than showing the words Alarms & Clocks it shows:

@{Microsoft.WindowsAlarms_10.1506.19010.0_x64_8wekyb3d8bbwe?ms-resource://Microsoft.WindowsAlarms/Resources/AppName/Text}

This also appears at the top of the window when the app is open, is there any way to force a repair on this app?

Any suggestions?

 

mutant entry in Start: ms-resource:AppName/Text

Hi Watson,

Thank you for posting your concern on Microsoft Answer Community.

We would suggest you to follow the below step and let us know if that helps you.

Check for the mutant file "ms-resource:AppName/Text".
and delete it from the below location.

• C:\Users\"username"\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
  
• C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
  

Hope it helps.

Aditya Roy

Microsoft Community – Moderator