Windows 10: Still trying to fix Malformed Database for Windows App Store - Need help with a recommended fix

I posted in another thread a problem I am having with the Windows App Store and many Windows Store apps crashing as soon as they are opened, and when trying certain fixes getting an error that the fix didn't work because there was a Malformed Database. I didn't get any responses to that question, so I continue to pursue fixes. This one, https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...image-is/a08ae8a1-20b3-4491-82a6-8c1e04ca3e15 looks like a possibility, but I am having trouble with the wildcard syntax and could use some guidance there.


In an Administrator CMD window in the correct folder when I run the instructed command: "dir StateRespository-*" I get a "file not found" response. Yet when I run a simple "dir" command in that same folder I get a long list of files including the StateRepository- files listed below.


08/30/2020 07:19 AM 6,291,456 StateRepository-Deployment.srd

08/30/2020 08:11 AM 32,768 StateRepository-Deployment.srd-shm

08/30/2020 07:19 AM 0 StateRepository-Deployment.srd-wal

08/29/2020 04:52 PM 6,291,456 StateRepository-Machine.srd

08/30/2020 08:06 AM 32,768 StateRepository-Machine.srd-shm

08/29/2020 04:55 PM 0 StateRepository-Machine.srd-wal


If I run "dir StateRepository-Deployment.*", I get the expected list of the first 3 from above. And if I run "dir StateRepository-Machine.*", I get the expected list of the last 3 from above. But I can't get them all to list as the instructions from the link above indicate using any * configurations.

Since I don't fully understand what I am doing with many of the commands I am afraid to deviate from the instructions without guidance. So, my questions:


1 How can I change the recommended command: dir StateRepository-* so that it works to reference the full list of those files in this directory and presumably reference the full list of those files in subsequent commands in the instructions?


2 If I can't do what the instructions call for originally in #1 above using StateRepository-*, may I execute the subsequent commands in the instructions in 2 groups using StateRepository-Deployment.* and StateRepository-Machine.* in place of a single group using StateRepository-*? This way, it looks like I would still be able to delete the StateRepository files, but do it in 2 groups instead of 1.


3 Will doing this screw up my computer more than it is already?


By the way, I tried doing a windows reinstall keeping files and apps, and it did not fix things.

:)

 

Get-AppxPackage : The database disk image is malformed

Get-AppxPackage : The database disk image is malformed
The database disk image is malformed
At line:1 char:1
+ Get-AppxPackage
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: ) [Get-AppxPackage], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Exception,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.GetAppxPackageCommand

After the latest update to Windows 10 I ended up with no start menu (StartMenuExperienceHost was crashing, probably due to a corrupt tile database) and all the options to fix it involved using Get-AppxPackage commands to reinstall the start menu and cortana
packages. I couldn't do that because of the above error. Out of options, I took the only remaining available suggestion and did a full in-place reinstall/refresh. This fixed the start menu, but did not fix the Appx database. I still cannot run Appx Powershell
commands and nothing connected to the Store works. Attempting to install an app from the store fails, and none of my store apps are present. How can I repair this database? I am very technical and am willing to do surgery on my user profile and system appx
databases if anyone knows where those are stored.

 

How to FIX Get-AppXPackage : The database disk image is malformed

I have trying Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers |Where-Object {$_.InstallLocation -like "*SystemApps*"} | Foreach {Add

-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"} in powershell. Then output is

Get-AppXPackage : The database disk image is malformed

The database disk image is malformed

At line:1 char:1

+ Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers |Where-Object {$_.InstallLocation -like "*S ...

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: ) [Get-AppxPackage], Exception

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Exception,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.GetAppxPackageCommand

How to fix it?

 

Malformed PowerShell command Get-AppXPackage error

I have tried all of the suggested corrections for a start menu that is not working. The last command in the most reasonable suggestion uses as it's last two statements PowerShell and the one listed below. I have tried
this command several times, making sure there are no typing errors and every time I get the Error message below. Is there any way to repair the database disk image which is indicated as "malformed"?

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S C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers |Where-Object {$_.InstallLocation -like "*SystemApps*"} | Foreach {Add

>>> -AppxPackage -DesableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

Get-AppXPackage : The database disk image is malformed

The database disk image is malformed

At line:1 char:1

+ Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers |Where-Object {$_.InstallLocation -like "*S ...

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+ CategoryInfo
: NotSpecified: ) [Get-AppxPackage], Exception

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Syste