My calculator app and other desktop apps mysteriously stopped working (no window would launch when these apps were launched). This simple step fixed it (note that I got some errors while running the powershell command, but most of the packages were re-installed just find).

  1. Launch Windows Powershell as Administrator. Type the command below in the powershell command line…
  2. Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”}

That’s it. That fixed all my desktop apps. Also, ensure that you do not have Microsoft edge running, when you run the command above.

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