I uninstalled mail and calendar app with this powershell method. I did it just to reset it as i was trying to change my microsoft account email. When i entered the command to reinstall all apps as shown above and rebooted my pc the mail app came back but almost all the other built in apps lost their path or something, they won’t run anymore anymore.
ProGamer525
7 years ago
did what it told me to do, still no apps, they are like permanently gone
Brian_KC
7 years ago
I was getting ready to wipe! Several sites had these directions, but the strings was incorrect.
Happy to help!. Don’t hesitate to subscribe to our website and discover more useful guides.
Arpan Desai
6 years ago
Never do it it deleted all my app licenses and now none of the default apps are opening
Dominik Švagr
6 years ago
Thanks, I just uninstalled all the preinstalled apps on my PC.
George
6 years ago
Tried this but only got the following message:
Get-AppXPackage : The dependency service or group failed to start.
The dependency service or group failed to start.
At line:1 char:1
+ Get-AppXPackage | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -R …
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-AppxPackage], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Exception,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.GetAppxPackageCommand
Tom Hilton
6 years ago
After updating from Office 10 to Office 13, all my win10 apps went missing. I tried you script to install them again, but no dice, they are not showing up. Any suggestions except install Win 10 again. I have the latest latest update with creators version X64 Pro.
Thanks Tom
They are still on the computer and can be seen in the list of applications and even run from their. I can drag them back to the display window and they will then show up.
Bhavin Dholakiya
6 years ago
It does not work for me.
John
6 years ago
It didn’t work. End of story.
Allan Southern
6 years ago
I have tried every way to get the apps to run. For some reason the Movie app stopped. When I start it up it comes on and vanishes in a split second. As does store and solitaire collection. I tried this fix and it now comes on for about 3 seconds then stops again. Please help. Laptop only 1 month old.
Jotiba Patil
6 years ago
Thanks Sir, Thank you very much
paul
6 years ago
somebody is laughing at me because this never worked i tried it 3 times. and each time it came back with a differant msg
Ajit
6 years ago
Wow
Thanks
It worked for me
Ryan
6 years ago
Rubbish it didn’t work.
GoldenKatze
6 years ago
Would this work for applications like AMD Catalyst and HP software that was installed before use?
Vikas Chaudhary
6 years ago
I am working with Microsoft.
I wanna update you, there is a way to reinstall the store app.
Yep, not working… Probably because I deleted some directory but still. Can you make a fix for using DWS?
Shasank Neupane
6 years ago
No it wasn’t helpful at all.
ali
6 years ago
thanks guys this worked finally after seeing so much shit on internet this thing worked
This method....
5 years ago
I tried it many times but it doesn’t work.
Jake
5 years ago
Adding -ForceApplicationShutdown can also be helpful.
Asisipho
5 years ago
I followed the steps bt it displays an error or something different from yours. What shuld i do niw
Mar
5 years ago
The comments scared me so i didn’t continue
Kant Agostinho
5 years ago
Hello, I’ve tried running Powershell with your command line, but when I restart the computer, the missing apps are not restored. What can I do to fix this?
Haji
5 years ago
Thanks a lot man! That’s work for me! I was really confused about it 🙂
Kiran Manandhar
5 years ago
I am testing on Windows 1- Version 1803.
During installation I removed all Apps with Remove-AppXPackge.
Now I can not restore any of the Apps.
Mat
5 years ago
My Apps still do not work, calculator, camers, photos, ms store – zilch. So frustrating. Any other way to fix?
Thanks.
Spoorthi Achar
5 years ago
Thank you for the method that you have shown above,it helped me to resolve my problem but there is a mistake in the command that you have given
Thank you for your feedback. We have fixed the mistake that you mentioned. Appreciate!
Ronnette
5 years ago
Worked! I had removed xbox overlay and not only got an annoying pop up when trying to play games, but also i wanted to use the game bar! This brought it back and fixed the errors , thank you!
yome black
5 years ago
sir/maam
thank you very much. this info was very useful and it helped my computer to use the non working apps again..
THANK YOU…
michelle
5 years ago
Thanks!! Full name package install was the needed lock combination. Once I figured out how to enable ‘Run as Administrator’ on the PowerShell (with a Right click – clever, sneaky devils), I entered the complete code and voila! my apps were back. Wish I had backed up all my lost contacts, notes, etc. 🙁
When I run the command, I get the error message 0x80073cf9. Help?
Farzaneh
5 years ago
Hi, thank you.
I entered the command, and this is the error I get. The apps didn’t come back.
Add-AppxPackage : Cannot find path ‘C:appxmanifest.xml’ because it does not exist.
At line:1 char:38
+ … | foreach {Add-AppxPackage -register “$($_.InstallLocation)appxmani …
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (C:appxmanifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], ItemNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073D02, The package could not be installed because resources it
modifies are currently in use.
error 0x80073D02: Unable to install because the following apps need to be closed
Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_1.10.7.17134_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] da34d5ee-98a3-0002-6b4c-35daa398d401 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID da34d5ee-98a3-0002-6b4c-35daa398d401
At line:1 char:38
+ … | foreach {Add-AppxPackage -register “$($_.InstallLocation)appxmani …
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (C:WindowsSyst…ppxmanifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
Peanut
5 years ago
Thanks!
Natascha
5 years ago
Thank you, you fixed my problem. One quick command which does what it should. GREAT. Wish all guides were as useful as this one.
klva
4 years ago
Does not work. Powershell downloads but fails to install apps because newer versions are already installed.
tsaconas Spiros
4 years ago
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073D02, The package could not be installed because resources it modifies are currently in use. error 0x80073D02: Unable to install because the following apps need to be closed InputApp_1000.18890.1000.0_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy. NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] c87932c9-47c2-0001-f5b7-79c8c247d501 in the Event Log or use the command line Get-AppPackageLog -ActivityID c87932c9-47c2-0001-f5b7-79c8c247d501 At line:1 char:38 + … | foreach {Add-AppxPackage -register “$($_.InstallLocation)appxmani … + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (C:WindowsSyst…ppxmanifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], Exception + FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073D02, The package could not be installed because resources it modifies are currently in use. error 0x80073D02: Unable to install because the following apps need to be closed
Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_10.0.18890.1000_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] c87932c9-47c2-0000-53ff-79c8c247d501 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppPackageLog -ActivityID c87932c9-47c2-0000-53ff-79c8c247d501
At line:1 char:38
+ … | foreach {Add-AppxPackage -register “$($_.InstallLocation)appxmani …
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (C:WindowsSyst…ppxmanifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand …///… this is what i get…can you help me ?
and after that, you surely can’t add packages pack with that your add all back line because none user has those packages, so you can’t list get-packages which to add. you have to list those packages in manifest or something which tells all the default packages, and add them all to all users by somehow.. not sure yet how to do that..
Doug Fisher
4 years ago
It worked! Your clear and accurate advice is greatly appreciated.
Philip
3 years ago
God bless you u very much. It has been my greatest headache bringing back removed apps on my windows 10..But with ur guide I’ve been able to do it with ease. Thank you
gotsquats
3 years ago
this is a good article for those wanting to re-install for the currently logged on user. Any other new user profile that logs on to the win10 box will not have access to the app.
yes
3 years ago
THANKS FOR SOME REASON THE SEARCHUI.EXE WAS REMOVED THANKSSSSSSSSSS
BDMCGaming
3 years ago
Add-AppxPackage : Cannot find path ‘C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.XboxGamingOverlay_5.420.11032.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbweappxmanifest.xml’ because it does not
exist.
At line:1 char:38
+ … | foreach {Add-AppxPackage -register “$($_.InstallLocation)appxmanif …
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (C:\Program File…ppxmanifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], ItemNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
Can you please help me? This happened with almost every app.
I uninstalled mail and calendar app with this powershell method. I did it just to reset it as i was trying to change my microsoft account email. When i entered the command to reinstall all apps as shown above and rebooted my pc the mail app came back but almost all the other built in apps lost their path or something, they won’t run anymore anymore.
did what it told me to do, still no apps, they are like permanently gone
I was getting ready to wipe! Several sites had these directions, but the strings was incorrect.
Thank you very much!
Happy to help!. Don’t hesitate to subscribe to our website and discover more useful guides.
Never do it it deleted all my app licenses and now none of the default apps are opening
Thanks, I just uninstalled all the preinstalled apps on my PC.
Tried this but only got the following message:
Get-AppXPackage : The dependency service or group failed to start.
The dependency service or group failed to start.
At line:1 char:1
+ Get-AppXPackage | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -R …
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-AppxPackage], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Exception,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.GetAppxPackageCommand
After updating from Office 10 to Office 13, all my win10 apps went missing. I tried you script to install them again, but no dice, they are not showing up. Any suggestions except install Win 10 again. I have the latest latest update with creators version X64 Pro.
Thanks Tom
They are still on the computer and can be seen in the list of applications and even run from their. I can drag them back to the display window and they will then show up.
It does not work for me.
It didn’t work. End of story.
I have tried every way to get the apps to run. For some reason the Movie app stopped. When I start it up it comes on and vanishes in a split second. As does store and solitaire collection. I tried this fix and it now comes on for about 3 seconds then stops again. Please help. Laptop only 1 month old.
Thanks Sir, Thank you very much
somebody is laughing at me because this never worked i tried it 3 times. and each time it came back with a differant msg
Wow
Thanks
It worked for me
Rubbish it didn’t work.
Would this work for applications like AMD Catalyst and HP software that was installed before use?
I am working with Microsoft.
I wanna update you, there is a way to reinstall the store app.
Can you share how to reinstall the Store app?
how ? i accidentally uninstalled my camera
Easy even for me
Yep, not working… Probably because I deleted some directory but still. Can you make a fix for using DWS?
No it wasn’t helpful at all.
thanks guys this worked finally after seeing so much shit on internet this thing worked
I tried it many times but it doesn’t work.
Adding -ForceApplicationShutdown can also be helpful.
I followed the steps bt it displays an error or something different from yours. What shuld i do niw
The comments scared me so i didn’t continue
Hello, I’ve tried running Powershell with your command line, but when I restart the computer, the missing apps are not restored. What can I do to fix this?
Thanks a lot man! That’s work for me! I was really confused about it 🙂
I am testing on Windows 1- Version 1803.
During installation I removed all Apps with Remove-AppXPackge.
Now I can not restore any of the Apps.
My Apps still do not work, calculator, camers, photos, ms store – zilch. So frustrating. Any other way to fix?
Thanks.
Thank you for the method that you have shown above,it helped me to resolve my problem but there is a mistake in the command that you have given
Get-AppxPackage -allusers | foreach {Add-AppxPackage -register $($_.InstallLocation)appxmanifest.xml” -DisableDevelopmentMode}
here in the above command you have missed the starting qoutes before $ i.e, the correct command is as below
Get-AppxPackage -allusers | foreach {Add-AppxPackage -register “$($_.InstallLocation)appxmanifest.xml” -DisableDevelopmentMode}
Thank you.
Thank you for your feedback. We have fixed the mistake that you mentioned. Appreciate!
Worked! I had removed xbox overlay and not only got an annoying pop up when trying to play games, but also i wanted to use the game bar! This brought it back and fixed the errors , thank you!
sir/maam
thank you very much. this info was very useful and it helped my computer to use the non working apps again..
THANK YOU…
Thanks!! Full name package install was the needed lock combination. Once I figured out how to enable ‘Run as Administrator’ on the PowerShell (with a Right click – clever, sneaky devils), I entered the complete code and voila! my apps were back. Wish I had backed up all my lost contacts, notes, etc. 🙁
Get-AppxPackage -allusers | foreach {Add-AppxPackage -register “$($_.InstallLocation)appxmanifest.xml” -DisableDevelopmentMode}
When I run the command, I get the error message 0x80073cf9. Help?
Hi, thank you.
I entered the command, and this is the error I get. The apps didn’t come back.
Add-AppxPackage : Cannot find path ‘C:appxmanifest.xml’ because it does not exist.
At line:1 char:38
+ … | foreach {Add-AppxPackage -register “$($_.InstallLocation)appxmani …
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (C:appxmanifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], ItemNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073D02, The package could not be installed because resources it
modifies are currently in use.
error 0x80073D02: Unable to install because the following apps need to be closed
Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_1.10.7.17134_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] da34d5ee-98a3-0002-6b4c-35daa398d401 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID da34d5ee-98a3-0002-6b4c-35daa398d401
At line:1 char:38
+ … | foreach {Add-AppxPackage -register “$($_.InstallLocation)appxmani …
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (C:WindowsSyst…ppxmanifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
Thanks!
Thank you, you fixed my problem. One quick command which does what it should. GREAT. Wish all guides were as useful as this one.
Does not work. Powershell downloads but fails to install apps because newer versions are already installed.
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073D02, The package could not be installed because resources it modifies are currently in use. error 0x80073D02: Unable to install because the following apps need to be closed InputApp_1000.18890.1000.0_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy. NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] c87932c9-47c2-0001-f5b7-79c8c247d501 in the Event Log or use the command line Get-AppPackageLog -ActivityID c87932c9-47c2-0001-f5b7-79c8c247d501 At line:1 char:38 + … | foreach {Add-AppxPackage -register “$($_.InstallLocation)appxmani … + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (C:WindowsSyst…ppxmanifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], Exception + FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073D02, The package could not be installed because resources it modifies are currently in use. error 0x80073D02: Unable to install because the following apps need to be closed
Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_10.0.18890.1000_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] c87932c9-47c2-0000-53ff-79c8c247d501 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppPackageLog -ActivityID c87932c9-47c2-0000-53ff-79c8c247d501
At line:1 char:38
+ … | foreach {Add-AppxPackage -register “$($_.InstallLocation)appxmani …
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (C:WindowsSyst…ppxmanifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand …///… this is what i get…can you help me ?
Have you resolved the problem?
in my case it says that ths poweshell is runnin so it cannot be modified
Nothing of the above helped.
removing apps for all users:
Get-AppxPackage -allusers | foreach {Remove-AppxPackage -allusers -package $_}
and after that, you surely can’t add packages pack with that your add all back line because none user has those packages, so you can’t list get-packages which to add. you have to list those packages in manifest or something which tells all the default packages, and add them all to all users by somehow.. not sure yet how to do that..
It worked! Your clear and accurate advice is greatly appreciated.
God bless you u very much. It has been my greatest headache bringing back removed apps on my windows 10..But with ur guide I’ve been able to do it with ease. Thank you
this is a good article for those wanting to re-install for the currently logged on user. Any other new user profile that logs on to the win10 box will not have access to the app.
THANKS FOR SOME REASON THE SEARCHUI.EXE WAS REMOVED THANKSSSSSSSSSS
Add-AppxPackage : Cannot find path ‘C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.XboxGamingOverlay_5.420.11032.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbweappxmanifest.xml’ because it does not
exist.
At line:1 char:38
+ … | foreach {Add-AppxPackage -register “$($_.InstallLocation)appxmanif …
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (C:\Program File…ppxmanifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], ItemNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
Can you please help me? This happened with almost every app.
Get-AppxPackage -allusers | foreach {Add-AppxPackage -register “$($_.InstallLocation)\appxmanifest.xml” -DisableDevelopmentMode}
You need to add the backslash behind appxmanifest, I had it come up with ItemNotFound for all apps.
The above fixed it for me.
I just fixed the issue. Thanks for sharing your observation. 🙂