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

Anonymous
2018-05-05T01:57:35+00:00

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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Anonymous
2018-05-05T02:32:07+00:00

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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  1. Anonymous
    2018-07-28T13:12:55+00:00

    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.

    Try suggestions before reposting

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-07-30T15:09:28+00:00

    After hours and hours of trying to figure out all the suggested fixes, I just searched my computer files for "restore" which brought up a screen that allowed me to restore my computer settings back to a date prior to the Windows 10 July 16 update that caused tens of thousands of people this problem.

    Only took a few minutes, my settings were restored back to July 9, and Bingo!  All my photo and image capabilities came back.  I don't want updates that destroy any of my current critical functions.  If they do, I'll just keep "un-doing" them.

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  4. 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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