Windows 10: Reinstall and Re-register Apps in Windows 10

And now I can't get into my Start menu! Windows Updating it doesn't work. Trying to reinstall using Powershell doesn't help.
How do I get my Start Menu back?

 

I'd recommend doing a repair install. *Sad

Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade

 

I don't know why, but I lost my photo and music apps. Kept getting error messages: "MS-WIndows-Store Purge Caches", and some other messages.
I followed the instructions on the first page of this thread using Powershell. Now everything works properly again, thanks.

 

I'm glad it could help syga. *Smile

 

How about my problem

 

Hello fareez, and welcome to Ten Forums. *Smile

If you needed to repair those apps, then you could do a repair install without losing anything.

Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade

 

A little addition for those struggling to restore just some apps without restoring all (use PowerShell):
Code:

• Add-AppxPackage -register "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsStore*\AppxManifest.xml" -DisableDevelopmentMode
• Add-AppxPackage -register "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsCamera*\AppxManifest.xml" -DisableDevelopmentMode
• Add-AppxPackage -register "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsCalculator*\AppxManifest.xml" -DisableDevelopmentMode
• Add-AppxPackage -register "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAlarms*\AppxManifest.xml" -DisableDevelopmentMode
• Add-AppxPackage -register "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Windows.Photos*\AppxManifest.xml" -DisableDevelopmentMode

[/quote] The syntax to remove all apps but some (several exclusions) is:
1) for current user:
Code: Get-AppXPackage | where-object {$_.name –notlike ‘*calculator*’} | where-object {$_.name –notlike ‘*photos*’} | where-object {$_.name –notlike ‘*scan*’} | Remove-AppxPackage[/quote] 2) for all current users:
Code: Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | where-object {$_.name –notlike ‘*calculator*’} | where-object {$_.name –notlike ‘*photos*’} | where-object {$_.name –notlike ‘*scan*’} | Remove-AppxPackage[/quote] 3) for core system account:
Code: Get-AppxProvisionedPackage –online | where-object {$_.name –notlike ‘*calculator*’} | where-object {$_.name –notlike ‘*photos*’} | where-object {$_.name –notlike ‘*scan*’} | where-object {$_.name –notlike ‘*store*’} | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online[/quote] Tested and working in Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14322.

 

Hello username1,

If you like, there's a new built-in feature in Windows 10 for resetting only specific apps. *Smile

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/4...dows-10-a.html

 

Hi Brink et al.

I get an error indicating that the app I'm trying to fix/reinstall is currently in use.

I'm assuming I need to close this before executing the PowerShell command. However, as soon as I exit the app, it just starts up again! Do I need to run this from Safe Mode or what?

Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073D02, The package could not be installed because resources it
modifies are currently in use.
error 0x80004004: Unable to install because the following apps need to be closed
Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy!CortanaUI.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] b80dca0d-e273-0003-9909-0eb873e2d101 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID b80dca0d-e273-0003-9909-0eb873e2d101
At line:1 char:28
+ ... | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "C:\Win ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (C:\Windows\Syst...ppxManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand

 

Hello fnanfne, *Smile

This is a normal error to get when trying to re-register an app currently in use.

If you are not having any issues with Cortana, then you can safely ignore it.

If you are having issues with Cortana, then you might try again after restarting the computer, or try in safe mode.

 

Hi Brink, thanks for the swift reply.

Yes, I have issues with Search (Cortana). Windows 10 Search (Cortana) Not Working - Windows 10 Forums

I made the unfortunate mistake of upgrading a few select users to Windows 10. Each one of them has numerous issues and 90% of them all share this Cortana Search issue which is beyond annoying. The one thing it's supposed to do, "search", it fails at miserably so my confidence in this app is dwindling.

I'm guessing I need to try this (re-registering or re-installing apps) from Safe mode? I'm thinking this as the app just opens again each time it's closed.

 

Hopefully, running the command in safe mode will help. If not, then you could also do a repair install to fix it without losing anything.

Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade

 

When I try to use Option Two for Calculator (for example):

PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command "& {$manifest = (Get-AppxPackage *WindowsCalculator*).InstallLocation + '\AppxManifest.xml' ; Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $manifest}"
I receive the following error:

Add-AppxPackage : Impossibile trovare il percorso 'C:\AppxManifest.xml' perché non esiste.
In riga:1 car:94
+ ... fest.xml' ; Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $manife ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (C:\AppxManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], ItemNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand

Can you help me ?
Thank you,
Claudio

 

Hello Claudio, and welcome to Ten Forums. *Smile

That error message indicates that Calculator is missing which usually means that it as been completely uninstalled.

If you like, you could do a repair install to restore it without losing anything.

Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade

 

Am not sure, but removing apps using the powershell command works fine, but can be tricky once a you want to restore an app.
example: I want to restore the Appconnector and maybe also Commsphone (after removing these apps outlook.com on my tablet does not work anymore, so I wish to check if these apps may have something to do with it)

the elevated command gets me an error

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Code: PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command "& {$manifest = (Get-AppxPackage *AppConnector*).InstallLocation + '\AppxManifest.xml' ; Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $manifest}" Add-AppxPackage : Cannot find path 'C:\AppxManifest.xml' because it does not exist. At line:1 char:89 + ... fest.xml' ; Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $manife ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (C:\AppxManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], ItemNotFoundException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand [/quote] With me, Settings->Apps and Features->Get Started->Advanced Options is missing
Tutorial: "App - Reset in Windows 10"

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So, I guess, one has to go thru the repair thing....? *Sad

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