Windows 10: Pick an app

whenever I need to choose a different app to open a file (in file properties) The app picker doesn't open. one day I went into the task manager and there were several instances of "Pick an app", but in background apps. how can I stop pick an app from opening in the background?

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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)

 

Windows 10 - Problem with Windows Apps

Looks like the start also got messed up.

• Reinstall Start menu in windows 10
• Then pick from Powershell and continue here:

Steps for fixing broken apps in Windows 10

 

Webcam not working in Windows 10 Pro on Microsoft camera app and not on Skype

Hi,

Since you mentioned that you already reinstalled the driver for your webcam, we suggest that you perform these troubleshooting steps to resolve your concern:

• Run the troubleshooter for Windows apps.
• Install the driver using the compatibility mode.

Get back to us with the results of the suggested troubleshooting steps.