Windows 10: win 10 calendar app stuck on add account [solved]

solution below

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Mail and Calendar app stuck on Creating account

All,
My Mail and Calendar app has failed to work since this morning.
It stopped receiving any mail this morning, with the reset of the mail app pretty much making it useless.



I have reset the app, restarted the computer and now the next step if it has to happen, a FULL reset of the computer.
Is there any problems with the way Gmail has been set up today?
I am running Windows 10 1903 x64 on a Lenovo 330-15ikb.
Thanks

 

Calendar app stuck on Creating account with Gmail

Many users I have the same problem on windows 10





The calendar was working but was (maybe) buggy. So I log off from my calendar Gmail account then I tried to reenabled it. But the app get stuck on "creating account".


I tried:

+ to (un)install the calendar (using the UI, then PowerShell as admin), and rebooting. (so I used the last updated app)

+ I waited: I tried again days after days.

+ I posted the problem on the feedback hub, and on the MS store.

+ The email of my google account is the same than the email MS/edge account. Since the calendar works with the MS/edge account (I can add events though it) I also tried to logout from it, and login again, but it did not solve the issue.

+ I also check the permission (by clicking the mail app in start menu, choose app settings. It seems fine:




+ I tried resetting the app (cf. above)

Nothing worked.

It could be a cache file somewhere that needs to be deleted (maybe some file of the Gmail account has not been properly disconnected/deleted so it can't create a new one).

Any idea?

 

Calendar app stuck on Creating account with Gmail

No, there is no email listed on Email and Accounts. (And I get the same problem when I try to add my gmail adress (or another), it connect to gmail, then ask for permission, then the windows popup "creating account" get stuck).

https://i.imgur.com/5QMiZdS.png

ps: since I use the same email to connect with edge (the one show on the screenshot above in "account used by other apps"), I removed it but it did not solve the issue.
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No it isn't (it's not that easy ;-) ). Cf my last answer.

Thank you guys for your perseverance!




I guess the gmail account hasn't been completely deleted, windows or the app messed up somewhere.