Windows 10 Apps Crashing

Things to try if the Microsoft apps in Windows 10 keep crashing on startup.

These commands are run from and elevated PowerShell

Along with these commands you should terminate the RuntimeBroker.exe process. Sometimes this is all it takes for the apps to start working again.

If there is no association for Photo Viewer, look for the registry setting file Restore Windows Photo Viewer.

Uninstall and Reinstall Calculator

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

Then Reboot the machine

Uninstall and reinstall Store

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

Then Reboot the machine

Reset Windows Store

  wsreset.exe

Then Reboot the machine

To uninstall All MS apps

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