Windows 10: Windows 10 - several applications fail at launch with error message the service cannot be...

Issue

Windows 10 several applications fail at launch with error message the service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it. Windows 10 update 20H2 version 10.0.19042.685. Something is probably preventing side load a UWP package.


Applications which Fail
* Office 365 applications at launch. The combination of Windows 10 update 20H2 version 10.0.19042.685 and Office 365 version 16.0.13127.20616 does not work. Windows 20H2 version 10.0.19042.685 and Office 365 version 16.0.6701.1029 works via install from four-year-old office 365 binary file.
* Application Install using Microsoft Store
* Reset via PowerShell of Microsoft store
* Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop automatic self-update

Sample Detailed Error Messages
* C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it. Microsoft office 365 error from 32-bit and error from 64-bit the same
* Get-AppxPackage : The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it. from PowerShell Microsoft store reset.
* OS_Error_Code: 0x80070422 OS_Error_String: The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it. Application code: error code 191 from Creative Cloud Automatic Update
* Code 0x80070422 from Microsoft Store
* Exception code: 0x80131604 Fault offset: 0x000000000010bd5c Faulting process id: 0x4a8 from Cortina
* Your Windows installation has failed to side load a UWP package from Creative Cloud Automatic Update

Some Steps Already Taken
* Uninstalled and reinstalled both 32-bit and 64-bit Office 365. Applications fail for all current releases.
* Ran repair on all versions of Office 365. Applications still fail.
* Ran Sara several times. Applications still fail.
* Ran dism restorehealth. Applications still fail.
* Sfc scannow. Applications still fail.
* WSReset.exe. Applications still fail.
* Windows update services shows running automatic each time checked. Applications still fail.
* Enabled services per various technical articles. These specifically show running automatic: Windows Update, Network Connections, Network List Services, DCOM Server Process Launcher, Windows Search, Windows License Manager Service, etc.
* Ran Windows update troubleshooter. Applications still fail.
* Boot in safe mode applications still fail.
* IPv6 already disabled.

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[SOLVED] Error 193: 0xc1 .NET Windows Service

Symptom:
When you install a .NET Windows Service, it says there was no error. Yet, when you go to start the service, you get an "Error 193: 0xc1" message and subsequently, the process refuses to start.

Cause:
The binary you installed as a service is not a "Windows Application."

Solution:
Uninstall the old service, change the project output type to "Windows Application" and build it, install the new binary (should be *.exe), and start the service again.


This is just one example of what can cause the error message.

 

Windows 10 "An error occurred while launching the setup. The remote procedure call failed."

Hi Mike,

In order for us to find out what causes your game installation to fail and get error message "An error occurred while launching the setup. The remote procedure call failed", we would like to gather more information:

• What is the name of the game?
• Did you get it from Windows Store?
• Have you checked if the game is compatible to Windows 10?
• What other troubleshooting steps have you tried so far?

Regards.

 

Windows fails to open applications

Hi,

Once I have several applications open Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 refuses to open further application. I have heavy-weight applications like Delphi and Eclipse open, but the OS has coped with this in the past.

No error messages are reported by the application I am attempting to open, and there are no messages in the event viewer. What is really strange is that once the OS gets itself into this state, it appears that the OS can't allocate enough memory to perform simple API calls. If I go into an application that is already open and try to open the file menu, or right click on the taskbar to open the context menu, nothing happens.

If I close a few applications, then the problem goes away. The Task Manager performance tab indicates that I still have ~1Gb of physical memory available.

I think this could be caused by:

- A memory module is damaged. My memory is comprised of 1x1Gb modules. When the system attempts to allocate memory in the second module, it is unable to. I think this is a bit of a long-shot because I wouldn't expect my PC to boot if a memory module was playing-up

- I've installed something that has put something malicious on my PC. The only things I've installed recently are PRGrep and WinGrep, but unfortunately I didn't make a system restore point, and windows hasn't retained those old restore points. However a full Sophos scan doesn't show-up anything.

Any suggestions on how to diagnose/fix this welcome because I'm baffled as to what is going on.

Thanks,

Frank.