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Hi, my Windows 10 menu was working previously, but then certain apps started not opening and they had an exclamation mark next to them, so I looked that up on Google and came to a page that suggested entering this into Powershell:
So I did that, and now Windows Start menu won't open at all.
I tried system restoring back to a known good installation which would have fixed both issues, but it doesn't work. After a reboot it informs me:
So then I read something about renaming the WindowsApps folder in Program Files after taking ownership and granting permissions. I attempt that, renaming WindowsApps to WindowsApps.old, but I get a black screen on Windows Startup, so I can only access System Restore from Recovery. It still doesn't work due to an unspecified error, so I have to rename WindowsApps back to its original name so I can get back into Windows and... the start menu still won't work and I have numerous Event Log errors such as:
I have a drive clone, but it only goes back to pre-Spring Update so I don't want to use it if I don't have to.
Code:
Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers |Where-Object {$_.InstallLocation -like "*SystemApps*"} | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}
So I did that, and now Windows Start menu won't open at all.
I tried system restoring back to a known good installation which would have fixed both issues, but it doesn't work. After a reboot it informs me:
Code:
System Restore failed while restoring the directory from the restore point.
Source: AppxStaging
Destination: %ProgramFiles%\WindowsApps
An unspecified error occurred during System Restore. (0x80070091)
So then I read something about renaming the WindowsApps folder in Program Files after taking ownership and granting permissions. I attempt that, renaming WindowsApps to WindowsApps.old, but I get a black screen on Windows Startup, so I can only access System Restore from Recovery. It still doesn't work due to an unspecified error, so I have to rename WindowsApps back to its original name so I can get back into Windows and... the start menu still won't work and I have numerous Event Log errors such as:
Code:
Unable to start a DCOM Server: Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_1.10.7.17134_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy!CortanaUI as Unavailable/Unavailable. The error:
"5"
Happened while starting this command:
"C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchUI.exe" -ServerName:CortanaUI.AppXa50dqqa5gqv4a428c9y1jjw7m3btvepj.mca
I have a drive clone, but it only goes back to pre-Spring Update so I don't want to use it if I don't have to.