File System Error (-2147219196) - Can't open photos, groove, calculator...

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Updated to Version 1803 OS Build 17134.1

Now cannot open Photos, Groove, Calculator, and I'm sure a bunch of other apps....

Any help would be appreciated.

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Open Start, type: powershell

Right click PowerShell

Click Run as administrator



Type the following command then hit Enter, exit PowerShell then restart, then try updating through the Store again.



Get-AppXPackage | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($\_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”}

Check if you can launch the Microsoft Store, then update the apps.

If this does not work, I recommend you attempt a repair upgrade:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/wiki...

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Anonymous

2018-09-20T19:47:14+00:00

I would like to know why updates to windows 10 are not properly vetted to make sure there is no damage done to the various apps?

First off I am 70 years old and the items you suggest are like something I am not able to do or understand...

Secondly all I want is to get, as of this writing, 123 photo viewer back and running properly. If there are other apps I don't know yet.

So someone anyone please give me a simple way to resolve this... Oh yeah I uninstalled and downloaded and installed 123; however, it didn't resolve the problem...

Simply put ....

Help
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Anonymous

2018-08-28T15:17:39+00:00

Well that makes a very pleasant change. A fix that works first time. Thanks . . . but why do we get these continual problems? I suppoe it will never end.
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Anonymous

2018-08-01T18:43:52+00:00

This alone wasn't sufficient for me :(. Needed to do the steps I listed before
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Anonymous

2018-08-01T00:38:22+00:00

This was the best hint in the whole thread here. Great job for pointing on that solution. I suggest trying this fix because that worked immediately for me. The other hints do simply not work because something within the app folder is messed up. Also the other fixes do not remove the whole folder so the broken files / folders are left there. However I will now write down a detailed description and the steps I did to fix the issue:

1.) Download https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/psexec

2.) Extract the archive to e.g. d:\tools or any folder you want (but be aware that you have to change the command in step 4.2)

3.) Open an elevated powershell (as administrator) - right click on windows startmenu logo - Windows PowerShell (Administrator)

4.1) run this cmd: Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.Windows.Photos | Remove-AppxPackage

4.2) run this cmd: d:\tools\PsExec.exe -sid c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe

5.) a new command window will open - check if the path in step 7 exists (the actual folder of Windows Photos App)

6.) close everything except the new command window opened in step 4.2

7.) run this cmd: rd /s "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Windows.Photos_2018.18051.17710.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe"

8.) hit "y" or "j" to confirm

9.) check if everything got deleted, if an error occured check if you closed everything except your command window and start over with step 7, maybe a restart is necessary here before starting over with step 4.2

10.) Reinstall Photo App from Windows Store, voila!

Credits go to winhelponline and Rovern

https://www.winhelponline.com/blog/photos-store-apps-file-system-error-2147219196/

Can confirm this have resolved the issue.
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