Windows 10: "Remember my apps" shaded gray.

I need to back up my apps to upload to my new device, however it won't let me save my app list. I've tried restarting and updating device and running some commands in the command prompt ? to see if there's anything wrong, but it still won't let me save.

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Apps are shaded and won't open.

Some of my apps are shaded gray and will not open. I have updated windows and troubleshot, but it still won't work. Can anyone help?

 

Apps are shaded and won't open.

I have the same problem with Windows 10. The Store, Weather, News, Photos and several other apps are shaded gray and will not work. My screen resolution is 1920x1080 and I have run the app troubleshooter with no problems found. I'm using Edge rather
than Internet Explorer and don't know how to find the LAN Settings, if that is necessary. How can I get these apps to work?

 

Start Menu Apps are Grayed-out

Many of the apps and folders in my Windows 10 Start Menu appear "grayed-out" and I don't know why (see screenshot below).





Some of the apps are from the Windows Store. When I open them, I sometimes (but not always) get an error message that says the app can't open (pictured below). Reinstalling the app from the Store usually fixes this issue. But this only happens with some of the Windows Store apps. Sometimes, they are grayed-out and they open just fine.





Not all of the grayed-out apps are Windows Store apps. Some are just regular Windows programs (for example, "Access 2016" in the screenshot above). Also, some of the folders are grayed-out too (for example, "7-Zip" in the screenshot above). I can still click on them and launch them if they are grayed-out. They are just colored gray instead of the usual white.

The items that it chooses to gray-out seem to change randomly throughout the day. Everything is fine when I first turn on the computer, but they quickly start turning gray as the day goes by.

I've tried the solutions here and here, but they didn't work for me. Most of the sites I've visited seem to be focused on fixing the Windows Store apps in particular, and don't address the broader issue of random items being grayed out.

Some sites suggested doing a Windows reinstall, but that seems like overkill (and it may not solve the root cause).

I tried updating my video card drivers, but that had no effect.

My computer is only a few months old and came with Windows 10 pre-installed.

I'm running Windows 10 Pro version 1703 (OS Build 15063.540)

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