Windows 11 Insider Build Bug: UWP apps boot-loop infinitely and are not closable.

Anonymous
2021-10-26T06:37:20+00:00

Hello.

The bug I'm experiencing was best summed up in the title but I'm going to explain it throughly anyway.

When opening UWP apps (apps from the Microsoft Store or not on the microsoft store but built for the UWP, just like Adobe XD) the app splash screen opens momentarily and then closes. Then quickly reopens and keeps looping. Attempting to close the app with the X button does close it, but then shortly after reopens again. This is the same behaviour as when trying to kill the app process in the Task Manager.

This happens to all of the UWP apps and, is, very annoying because not only can you not start the app but it also keeps opening and focusing on itself rendering any activity basically impossible.

A temporary fix I found was to kill the explorer.exe process and then rerun it, killing the app. While this worked for some cases, in others this did fix it for 10-15 seconds but after that the app kept appearing and closing.

Important note to add is that most apps (if at least run once), upon rebooting the PC fix themselves and can open normally - this only happens on the first launch of an application. While this might seem like a fix, restarting a pc every time I want to run a newly installed / previously unknown UWP app is very annyoing and won't pass.

This seems like a very rare problem in Windows 11, as I was not able to find any questions close to this.

I did try using the Microsoft Store app troubleshooter but that does not fix the issue; anyway, the problem repeats on every new program I install and having to troubleshoot each and every one of those apps individually is a pain and should go without saying, should be immediately fixed.

Running latest build of W11 as of day 26-10-2021 (made sure to check to updates). But even after updating, the problem keeps appearing.

I can provide a video displaying this behaviour if needed, it's just, I don't really want to run UWP apps needlessly because they require me to reboot the entire pc.

Another note is that behaviour is extremely random and doesn't seem to follow a pattern - or it does, but I'm not noticing one.

It seems as though as many apps there are as many problems there could be.

This needs fixing ASAP, either with a Windows update or a client-side fix.

Thanks in advance for the answers.

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-10-28T16:57:11+00:00

    Video demonstrating behaviour: https://streamable.com/8tkolv

    Running 21H2 (build 22000.282) Windows 11

    Edit: exact same behaviour with "Concepts" which is available on the Microsoft Store

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-10-28T16:56:48+00:00

    I've run both of the checks, nothing fixed, all succeeded.

    Not seeing what you describe on any App.

    I mentioned resetting the Store, did you try that? or uninstall it completely and reinstall it.

    From an elevated command prompt or PowerShell Admin type

    Get-AppXPackage *WindowsStore* -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-10-28T16:47:15+00:00

    (The answer above is from me, just on another account)

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-10-28T16:46:17+00:00

    Hello.

    Thanks for responding.

    I've run both of the checks, nothing fixed, all succeeded.

    I gave "Adobe Xd" as an example of a UWP app that can't be installed from the Microsoft Store to note that this affects all UWP apps, even those not from the Microsoft Store. The same behavior is occurring on all apps, both those from the Microsoft store and those downloaded outside of it, this was just as an example - it has zero relation to the functioning of Adobe Xd specifically as apps similar to it experience the same bug (such as Concepts or Microsoft Solitaire). Still, if you want to download the app, you'd need the Adobe Creative Cloud app and download it through it; but that's not required as I said.

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-10-26T16:43:42+00:00

    from an elevated command prompt try DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

    then sfc /scannow, restart if you find errors

    also try to reset the Store or the apps in question

    edit: I tried to install Adobe XD to check for this bug but cannot find that app in the Store, have a link?

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