Windows 10: Start Menu Corrupted - ms-resource:appDisplayName

So lately I was faced by the following symptoms :
1 - Alot of apps not appearing on start menu where I can only run them through store
2 - Mysterious app called : ms-resource:appDisplayName appearing on start menu that can't be deleted / uninstalled
3 - All my previous sorted tiles were reseted

I managed to research and here is what I attempted along the way :
1 - I found number of pages that claimed start menu now is no longer a matter of links to sort , but more like yet another database managed by indexing service (which I doubt because it doesn't really show everything installed) and it suggested running re-indexing to sort start menu shortcut issues where I did that but status remained the same
2 - Suggestions of re-installing apps where the hidden apps still did not show after re-installation
3 - Suggestion to reset store using WSReset.exe (nothing)
4 - Suggestion to run Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers| Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”} to totally reset the store (nothing)
5 - Suggestion to Run > shell:AppsFolder and then right click apps to find their locations and sort them where the apps showing are found their , their location lead to older windows folder structure of start menu where the rest of the missing software shows but they still wont show on start menu

So any hints on how to edit the bloody menu to reflect store apps installed and adding other missing installed software shortcuts ?

:)

 

Map App Name Changed to "@{Microsoft.WindowsMaps_..."

This procedure did not work for me, either. I think the problem is that the names of the apps have become corrupt. For instance, when I run Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers, I get the Windows Calculator app listed as having the name of Microsoft.WindowsCalculator_10.1601.36020.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe,
but in the Start Menu the same app is only listed this (verbatim, including odd characters):

@{Microsoft.WindowsCalculator_10.1601.36020.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe?ms-resource://Microsoft.WindowsCalculator/Resources/AppName}

I'm not sure what that syntax means, but perhaps it represents a corrupt alias or sim link that arises when the Start Menu becomes corrupt (which has happened to be four times so far since I installed Windows 10).

 

Issue with ms-resource://Microsoft.MirosoftOfficeHub/ in Start Menu

Thanks for getting back to us. It seems that it might be a an unsuccessfully installed application. Let's try to reset your Windows Store cache to resolve your concern. This will just reset Windows Store without changing account settings or deleting installed
applications. Follow these steps for instructions:

• Press Windows Key + R.
• Type WSreset.exe and hits OK.
• Check if it takes you to a store page which displays that the cache has been reset.
• Check if it will still appear on your Start Menu.

Should your need further assistance, feel free to get back to us.

 

You can repair install Windows 10 without losing your personal files, settings and installed programs.

How to Do a Repair Install of Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade

 

I cant do an in place upgrade , this laptop had previously OEM windows 8.1 that was later upgraded to windows 10 , I couldn't find an iso anywhere that was compatible to do that .

I doubt that this might fix things still because windows specifically keep same apps and everything so might keep same structure of start menu as well .

So there is no way to edit start menu in windows 10 ? like add or remove shortcuts like we used to do in previous windows ?

 

Yes you can do a repair install of Windows 10 all you need is Media Creation Tool.

I have repaired many Windows 10 problems by doing repair install of Windows 10, you will not know if repair installing Windows 10 will help resolve your issue if you don't do a repair install.

You can't edit Start Menu manually.

 

This is what I get when I run MCT , I think OEM upgraded versions have no proper iso

 

No you have already upgrade to Windows 10 this error has nothing do with OEM.

Fix: Error Code 0x80072f76 0x20017 in Windows 10

 

After researching turns out it was an isp issue , so i solved it via vpn , problem is after 7 hours to download over slow vpn and install and update nothing what so ever changed *Sad

any other suggestions on how to tweak start menu ?

 

Sorry to hear repair installing Windows 10 have not resolve the problem. If you have not please execute below commands one at time.

1. Open the Command Prompt as administrator by typing cmd.exe into Start Menu, right click cmd.exe and select Run as administrator.

2. Execute following commands:

Code: Dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth Sfc /scannow[/quote]

 

In case the above operating system repairs do not fix the start menu problem you can try these and report the results into the thread:

1) create a new user and test the start menu with the new user:
2) open administrative command prompt and type: net user test /add
3) shutdown /r
4) sign on with the new user named test > check the start menu

5) re-register the start menu:
6) open administrative powershell and copy and paste this command:
Get-appxpackage -all *shellexperience* -packagetype bundle |% {add-appxpackage -register -disabledevelopmentmode ($_.installlocation + “\appxmetadata\appxbundlemanifest.xml”)}

Please report results into the thread.

 

So after further searching , I found out the following odd facts :



So this is the odd app showing in start menu with several other missing apps .

Now few forums suggested this to be a sign of corruption example here .

So forums suggested too that there is a tool to fix corruptions called Start Menu Troubleshooter which wasn't easy to find .

Like always all MS Troubleshooters it managed to state the obvious :







So searching on for means to fix the corruption since Microsoft was vague enough about this I came across this page here :

The odd thing is my old profile has an XML based setting file and empty database folder :




While new profile has no XML file but a database folder :




Any body came across these blahs before ?! @Brink think these are familiar ?

 

You can follow the instructions at below link if the new user account resolves the Start Menu issue.

How to fix your Windows 10 start menu (reset tile database)

 

I already included that page in my findings @FreeBooter , the problem is listed in previous post , main account is xml based , new one is database based , how to fix that ?

 

Does the new account resolves the issue if it does then your main account is corrupted.