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I recently updated to Windows 10 Home Build 10586. Some built-in apps, however, appear to have been corrupted. One example being MSN News:
I have uninstalled and re-installed these apps several times with reboots in between. I have uninstalled apps both via the start menu and via Powershell (Remove-AppxPackage).
I am the only user account.
How can I force the store to replace app packages when reinstalling built-in apps?
Mooseman
Posted 2015-12-26T13:18:00.257
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Navigate to C:\Program files\WindowsApps (take ownership if you haven't already done so by Right-clicking on the app folder then left-clicking security tab -> change ownership -> select your user name -> apply -> ok)
Inside the folder search for "bing news" delete any file with Microsoft.BingNews_2015.709.2017.3396_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe or similar, then run the app.
In the start menu, right-click the app and click uninstall.
Finally go to store and reinstall the app and search for updates on the store.
Dev_anon101
Posted 2015-12-26T13:18:00.257
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As reinstalling the apps didn't work, you might rather need to repair Windows 10 itself, which also includes repairing these apps.
See this article from the Windows 10 Forums for detailed instructions with screenshots:
Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade.
Ensure you have good backups before starting.
harrymc
Posted 2015-12-26T13:18:00.257
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Tried and it doesn't help. I believe my original backup media may have been corrupted. – Mooseman – 2015-12-29T17:46:44.047
That's certainly a possible explanation. You should download the latest installation media, especially in view of the 1511 update. – harrymc – 2015-12-29T18:24:54.113
Since this is a mission-critical machine I'd rather not reinstall Windows altogether (again). – Mooseman – 2015-12-29T20:09:42.863
If you can only replace apps, then you could Reinstall the Windows 10 Store itself, then repeat the reinstallation of the broken apps. If that doesn't help, then I'm all out of ideas.
– harrymc – 2015-12-29T20:18:58.310Before I did that the store itself was broken as well. :( – Mooseman – 2015-12-31T12:31:59.457
Too much is broken on your computer. It might really be better to reinstall (again) from scratch, using a post-1511 ISO, being very careful with the additional products that you install. But for a mission-critical computer, I would really counsel using the ultra-stable Windows 7, rather than Windows 10 which still has quite a few teething pains. – harrymc – 2015-12-31T18:50:15.213
Not to mention the unstoppable Windows 10 Update, which can break your server at any moment. – harrymc – 2015-12-31T19:29:25.507
I would've selected 7 or 8 over 10, but money. – Mooseman – 2016-01-01T12:52:33.323
If the problem is that Windows 10 upgrade is free now, you may be able to extract the current Windows 10 serial number for future use, and downgrade for now to Windows 7. I believe that this serial number will stay valid for the future. – harrymc – 2016-01-01T15:43:53.470
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Try this...
Uninstall the app
Then remove Appxpackage yourself manually (Remove whole data regarding the app).
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.BingNews_xxxxx\
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Then try installing the app again.
sai chaitanya
Posted 2015-12-26T13:18:00.257
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Apps no longer appear in this directory once uninstalled. – Mooseman – 2015-12-31T12:31:21.350
Check in "c:/Program files/Windows apps/" – sai chaitanya – 2015-12-31T12:34:00.110
1@saichaitanya - Did you verify this answer would even worked before you submitted it? – Ramhound – 2015-12-31T20:18:24.553
Doesn't
Remove-AppxPackagerequire the location of the appx file? – Dev_anon101 – 2016-01-05T17:44:45.390