Apps Vanishing After Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, Here Is The Temporary Fix
October doesn't look any better than September. Microsoft has fired too many capable people, decimated too many capable programming teams, the Worm Ouroboros is no longer just eating its own tail. As companies run by bean counters always do, the worm is now eating its own vital organs. It is voting to die.
Icons for necessary programs have vanished from the Start Menu. You cannot run them from Cortana. "Microsoft has addressed the issue and offered a temporary fix until the company figures out something permanent." Yuppers.
And, Skybird, guess what the temporary fix is in this "operating system where all functions are accessible from the GUI and therefore superior to Linux?" Yes, you guesses it, after steps 1 and 2 fail, the fix is a PowerShell script.
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In the Powershell window type the following commands. These steps may take a few minutes to complete.
- reg delete “HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\TileDataModel\Migration\TileStor e” /va /f
- get-appxpackage -packageType bundle |% {add-appxpackage -register -disabledevelopmentmode ($_.installlocation + “\appxmetadata\appxbundlemanifest.xml”)}
- $bundlefamilies = (get-appxpackage -packagetype Bundle).packagefamilyname
- get-appxpackage -packagetype main |? {-not ($bundlefamilies -contains $_.packagefamilyname)} |% {add-appxpackage -register -disabledevelopmentmode ($_.installlocation + “\appxmanifest.xml”)}
Once the PowerShell commands are completed, the apps should appear in the app list, and can be pinned to the Start Menu.
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Powershell is executed from within a CMD window, by the way. DOS anyone?
Better not get used to it. Already announced are plans to soon completely eliminate the CMD and PowerShell from Windows. It's not a pretty picture to contemplate in light of October's vanishing apps surprise.
Hey Microsoft! Would you like to actually have a legacy for people to remember? Open source Windows and let it survive! Remove all the adware and spyware! Quit being evil! Hey Google! You too.
The Soviet Union vanished in a day. Microsoft can join them. At least if they open sourced Windows they would leave something of value to remember them by.