Windows 11 Base Apps Not Working At All


GenuineGemini

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Hey Everyone.

Just wondering if anyone else is or has run into issues with Windows 11 base apps like Terminal, Snipping Tool, Calculator, MS Store, etc. not working out of the blue after a few days of installing Win 11?

I have tried just about everything I can think of to resolve the issue, but nothing seems to work. Even in SM the apps will not launch including Windows Help & Support.

I've tried the repair and reset options for each app without success.
I've tried the Get App Packages commands in powershell without success.
I've tried the DISM health restore without success.
I have ran the troubleshooters for apps and win update without success.
I have run SFC /scannow in SMWN and no corruption was detected.
I ran chkdsk read only in SMWN and it found errors so I set it to run chkdsk /f /r at startup and went through all five stages of fixing C: without success.
I ran Windows AIO repair tool in SMWN without success.
I've run System Mechanic Pro licensed without success.
I've run Autoruns and Highjack This without success.
I've tried renaming the SWD folder, rebooting and checking for updates (none available) without success.
I've run a temp delete batch file without success.

I've looked at installed updates and with the exception of some AMD drivers (installed on the 15th) there are only four updates installed and two of them are the April and May cumulative updates installed on the 15th of May and the apps worked fine up until this evening. They even worked earlier today and there have been no changes as far as installed or uninstalled programs or new updates.

My AV is MWB Premium and my FW is Comodo, but as I stated previously, everything worked fine for days and up until a few hours ago. I'm also running a local account.

I'm not sure what else is left to try other than SR, a PC reset or a clean install, which I would rather not do if I don't have to.

So, if anyone has any advice or insight as to what else I could try that I haven't already listed it would be greatly appreciated.
 
Windows Build/Version
Win 11 Pro, 21H2, Build 22000.675, Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22000.675.0

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  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro, 21H2, 22000.675
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    PC/Desktop
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    Custom AMD
    CPU
    AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core Processor 4.01GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0
    Memory
    G Skill Ripjaw 32GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Sapphire NITRO+ RX 480 OC 8 GB Radeon
    Sound Card
    ASUS Xonar THX/Dolby Certified
    Monitor(s) Displays
    65" Vizio 4K
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    4K
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD x2
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    Corsair RM-1000 watt 80 PLUS® Gold Certified Fully Modular
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    Corsair Obsidian Series 450D
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    Arctic Liquid Freezer 360
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    Logitech MX Keys
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    Logitech MX Master
    Internet Speed
    400MBps
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    Comodo Dragon
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    MalwareBytes Premium
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    Logitech Z906 500W 5.1 THX/Dolby Certified Surround Sound Speaker System
When did you install Windows 11? and basically your saying if you click on any of those apps they dont do anything?
Are they greyed out do you notiice?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro Version 22H2(OS Build 22621.963)
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    AMD
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8 Core
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte X570 Aorus Pro WiFi
    Memory
    32 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    PCI Express 3.0 x16: PowerColor RX Vega 56 Red Dragon
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC1220 and AMD Greenland - High Definition Audio Controller
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 - 27 inch Westinghouse
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    2 SSD - 2 TB each
    1 HDD - 2 TB
    Keyboard
    logitech
    Mouse
    logitech
    Internet Speed
    1 GB
    Browser
    Microsoft Edge
    Antivirus
    Avast Premium
When did you install Windows 11? and basically your saying if you click on any of those apps they dont do anything?
Are they greyed out do you notiice?
Thanks for replying.

I installed Windows on the 15th.

When I click on the apps I get the message that this app can't open, and since my last post the MS Store app is no where to be found on my PC at all.

It's all very weird.

I also enabled .net framework 3.5 in Windows features, but after a reboot the issue still persists.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro, 21H2, 22000.675
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom AMD
    CPU
    AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core Processor 4.01GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0
    Memory
    G Skill Ripjaw 32GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Sapphire NITRO+ RX 480 OC 8 GB Radeon
    Sound Card
    ASUS Xonar THX/Dolby Certified
    Monitor(s) Displays
    65" Vizio 4K
    Screen Resolution
    4K
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD x2
    PSU
    Corsair RM-1000 watt 80 PLUS® Gold Certified Fully Modular
    Case
    Corsair Obsidian Series 450D
    Cooling
    Arctic Liquid Freezer 360
    Keyboard
    Logitech MX Keys
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master
    Internet Speed
    400MBps
    Browser
    Comodo Dragon
    Antivirus
    MalwareBytes Premium
    Other Info
    Logitech Z906 500W 5.1 THX/Dolby Certified Surround Sound Speaker System
Your cpu being from 2012 is an indication you installed Windows 11 on unsupported hardware. Hopefully you have a Windows 10 backup of your system. In your list of troubleshooting you say you have disk errors. That would be the biggest red flag for me.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro 23H2 22631.3296
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Optiplex 7080
    CPU
    i9-10900 10 core 20 threads
    Motherboard
    DELL 0J37VM
    Memory
    32 gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    none-Intel UHD Graphics 630
    Sound Card
    Integrated Realtek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Benq 27
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1tb Solidigm m.2 +256gb ssd+512 gb usb m.2 sata
    PSU
    500w
    Case
    MT
    Cooling
    Dell Premium
    Keyboard
    Logitech wired
    Mouse
    Logitech wireless
    Internet Speed
    so slow I'm too embarrassed to tell
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Defender+MWB Premium
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro 22H2 19045.3930
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Optiplex 9020
    CPU
    i7-4770
    Memory
    24 gb
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Benq 27
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    256 gb Toshiba BG4 M.2 NVE SSB and 1 tb hdd
    PSU
    500w
    Case
    MT
    Cooling
    Dell factory
    Mouse
    Logitech wireless
    Keyboard
    Logitech wired
    Internet Speed
    still not telling
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Defender+MWB Premium
Like glasskuter, your disk errors would be my prime suspect.

I have Win11 running well on an unsupported device, a Dell laptop with a 1st gen i5 520M from 2010. So being an unsupported install is not enough on its own to explain your problems.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Home
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire 3 A315-23
    CPU
    AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radeon Graphics
    Monitor(s) Displays
    laptop screen
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768 native resolution, up to 2560x1440 with Radeon Virtual Super Resolution
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung EVO 870 SSD
    Internet Speed
    50 Mbps
    Browser
    Edge, Firefox
    Antivirus
    Defender
    Other Info
    fully 'Windows 11 ready' laptop. Windows 10 C: partition migrated from my old unsupported 'main machine' then upgraded to 11. A test migration ran Insider builds for 2 months. When 11 was released on 5th October it was re-imaged back to 10 and was offered the upgrade in Windows Update on 20th October. Windows Update offered the 22H2 Feature Update on 20th September 2022. It got the 23H2 Feature Update on 4th November 2023 through Windows Update.

    My SYSTEM THREE is a Dell Latitude 5410, i7-10610U, 32GB RAM, 512GB ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro (and all my Hyper-V VMs).

    My SYSTEM FOUR is a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e 20DA, Celeron N2930, 4GB RAM, 256GB ssd. Unsupported device: currently running Win10 Pro, plus Win11 Pro RTM and Insider Beta as native boot vhdx.

    My SYSTEM FIVE is a Dell Latitude 3190 2-in-1, Pentium Silver N5030, 4GB RAM, 512GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro, plus the Insider Beta, Dev, and Canary builds as a native boot .vhdx.
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Lattitude E4310
    CPU
    Intel® Core™ i5-520M
    Motherboard
    0T6M8G
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics card(s)
    (integrated graphics) Intel HD Graphics
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    500GB Crucial MX500 SSD
    Browser
    Firefox, Edge
    Antivirus
    Defender
    Other Info
    unsupported machine: Legacy bios, MBR, TPM 1.2, upgraded from W10 to W11 using W10/W11 hybrid install media workaround. In-place upgrade to 22H2 using ISO and a workaround. Feature Update to 23H2 by manually installing the Enablement Package.

    My SYSTEM THREE is a Dell Latitude 5410, i7-10610U, 32GB RAM, 512GB ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro (and all my Hyper-V VMs).

    My SYSTEM FOUR is a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e 20DA, Celeron N2930, 4GB RAM, 256GB ssd. Unsupported device: currently running Win10 Pro, plus Win11 Pro RTM and Insider Beta as native boot vhdx.

    My SYSTEM FIVE is a Dell Latitude 3190 2-in-1, Pentium Silver N5030, 4GB RAM, 512GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro, plus the Insider Beta, Dev, and Canary builds as a native boot .vhdx.
Your cpu being from 2012 is an indication you installed Windows 11 on unsupported hardware. Hopefully you have a Windows 10 backup of your system. In your list of troubleshooting you say you have disk errors. That would be the biggest red flag for me.
Thanks for the reply.

You are correct. I did install Win 11 on "officially unsupported" HW.

The errors found by chkdsk were trivial and few according to event viewer logs regarding the chkdsk process. Several of them were for missing .log files and a couple orphaned files, but nothing significant or profound in nature that would cause the system to all of a sudden start having issues with only Windows built-in apps.

I just find it peculiar that there were no notification or logged events regarding the issue with the Windows apps. It was just sudden and without warning. Had I not tried using one of the apps I may have never noticed the issue. Win 11 still works fine in every aspect except those Windows base apps, but it seems to be all of them at this point.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro, 21H2, 22000.675
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom AMD
    CPU
    AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core Processor 4.01GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0
    Memory
    G Skill Ripjaw 32GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Sapphire NITRO+ RX 480 OC 8 GB Radeon
    Sound Card
    ASUS Xonar THX/Dolby Certified
    Monitor(s) Displays
    65" Vizio 4K
    Screen Resolution
    4K
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD x2
    PSU
    Corsair RM-1000 watt 80 PLUS® Gold Certified Fully Modular
    Case
    Corsair Obsidian Series 450D
    Cooling
    Arctic Liquid Freezer 360
    Keyboard
    Logitech MX Keys
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master
    Internet Speed
    400MBps
    Browser
    Comodo Dragon
    Antivirus
    MalwareBytes Premium
    Other Info
    Logitech Z906 500W 5.1 THX/Dolby Certified Surround Sound Speaker System
Is there an earlier restore point since you installed Win 11...... if you had to?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11/Linux Mint
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Optiplex 960
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00 GHz x 2
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP x22LED
    Hard Drives
    Crucial 250 GB SSD, HD 1Tb

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro 23H2 22631.3296
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Optiplex 7080
    CPU
    i9-10900 10 core 20 threads
    Motherboard
    DELL 0J37VM
    Memory
    32 gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    none-Intel UHD Graphics 630
    Sound Card
    Integrated Realtek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Benq 27
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1tb Solidigm m.2 +256gb ssd+512 gb usb m.2 sata
    PSU
    500w
    Case
    MT
    Cooling
    Dell Premium
    Keyboard
    Logitech wired
    Mouse
    Logitech wireless
    Internet Speed
    so slow I'm too embarrassed to tell
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Defender+MWB Premium
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro 22H2 19045.3930
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Optiplex 9020
    CPU
    i7-4770
    Memory
    24 gb
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Benq 27
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    256 gb Toshiba BG4 M.2 NVE SSB and 1 tb hdd
    PSU
    500w
    Case
    MT
    Cooling
    Dell factory
    Mouse
    Logitech wireless
    Keyboard
    Logitech wired
    Internet Speed
    still not telling
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Defender+MWB Premium
Is there an earlier restore point since you installed Win 11...... if you had to?
Thanks for the reply.

Yes, I have manual restore points I created at certain points during the initial setup. I also have full backups through Acronis at specific intervals during setup and personalization. I'm trying to save those options as last resorts because I would like to try and figure out why this has happened.

Like Bree stated, I don't believe the unsupported HW or the very minor disk errors are a true factor as I have Win 11 running on an ASUS K55F laptop that is way older than my desktop in terms of HW and there are zero issues with Win 11 on it.

Being COMPtia A+ certified, I can't help but want to figure this out, lol. The need to TS is in my bones and it's killing me that none of the approaches I have tried have worked as they typically would.

There is nothing in event viewer to suggest that there are any major or critical issues. There are some distributed com errors and minor things like that, but those are typical and almost always show up on just about any PC periodically. No one's event viewer is completely free of errors as Windows of any version will typically have some services or processes that operate outside of specified parameters or fail in one task or another occasionally.

It's just such a weird issue in how it came about and how it only affects the Windows base apps.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro, 21H2, 22000.675
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom AMD
    CPU
    AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core Processor 4.01GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0
    Memory
    G Skill Ripjaw 32GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Sapphire NITRO+ RX 480 OC 8 GB Radeon
    Sound Card
    ASUS Xonar THX/Dolby Certified
    Monitor(s) Displays
    65" Vizio 4K
    Screen Resolution
    4K
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD x2
    PSU
    Corsair RM-1000 watt 80 PLUS® Gold Certified Fully Modular
    Case
    Corsair Obsidian Series 450D
    Cooling
    Arctic Liquid Freezer 360
    Keyboard
    Logitech MX Keys
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master
    Internet Speed
    400MBps
    Browser
    Comodo Dragon
    Antivirus
    MalwareBytes Premium
    Other Info
    Logitech Z906 500W 5.1 THX/Dolby Certified Surround Sound Speaker System
If you have Samsung Magician installed, attempt to run it though it may not work either. If you can, Check S.M.A.R.T. Magician Software | Consumer Storage | Samsung Semiconductor USA
I do have Samsung Magician installed. I'll give that a go since it can't hurt, but this seems more like something broken in the OS rather than a HDD issue. There is some service or process or .dll or something that is being dumb and I think it's just a matter of narrowing down where to look. However, as we all know with Windows it's like looking for a specific needle in a mountain of needles.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro, 21H2, 22000.675
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom AMD
    CPU
    AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core Processor 4.01GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0
    Memory
    G Skill Ripjaw 32GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Sapphire NITRO+ RX 480 OC 8 GB Radeon
    Sound Card
    ASUS Xonar THX/Dolby Certified
    Monitor(s) Displays
    65" Vizio 4K
    Screen Resolution
    4K
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD x2
    PSU
    Corsair RM-1000 watt 80 PLUS® Gold Certified Fully Modular
    Case
    Corsair Obsidian Series 450D
    Cooling
    Arctic Liquid Freezer 360
    Keyboard
    Logitech MX Keys
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master
    Internet Speed
    400MBps
    Browser
    Comodo Dragon
    Antivirus
    MalwareBytes Premium
    Other Info
    Logitech Z906 500W 5.1 THX/Dolby Certified Surround Sound Speaker System

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro 23H2 22631.3296
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Optiplex 7080
    CPU
    i9-10900 10 core 20 threads
    Motherboard
    DELL 0J37VM
    Memory
    32 gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    none-Intel UHD Graphics 630
    Sound Card
    Integrated Realtek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Benq 27
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1tb Solidigm m.2 +256gb ssd+512 gb usb m.2 sata
    PSU
    500w
    Case
    MT
    Cooling
    Dell Premium
    Keyboard
    Logitech wired
    Mouse
    Logitech wireless
    Internet Speed
    so slow I'm too embarrassed to tell
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Defender+MWB Premium
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro 22H2 19045.3930
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Optiplex 9020
    CPU
    i7-4770
    Memory
    24 gb
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Benq 27
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    256 gb Toshiba BG4 M.2 NVE SSB and 1 tb hdd
    PSU
    500w
    Case
    MT
    Cooling
    Dell factory
    Mouse
    Logitech wireless
    Keyboard
    Logitech wired
    Internet Speed
    still not telling
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Defender+MWB Premium
I can understand you wanting to find and fix the problem. And from your opening post, it looks like you've covered all the generic recommendstions that are mentioned for that problem. I was just looking through youtube under 'Microsoft Store is missing in Win 10 & 11' to see what others suggested, but there was nothing really different from what you've already tried. But maybe someone here has a different idea that can help you. Btw, I'm also on an unsupported pc and haven't had those problems.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11/Linux Mint
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Optiplex 960
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00 GHz x 2
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP x22LED
    Hard Drives
    Crucial 250 GB SSD, HD 1Tb
Thanks for all the replies.

It is definitely a conundrum of an issue.

I found a site that has detailed info and custom scripting for removing ALL of Windows' built-in apps in Win 10, so I'm thinking I'll give that a go, then run System Mechanic to cleanup any leftovers and then reboot and try to install apps one at a time starting with MS Store and see if that changes anything.

Not sure if we're allowed to post links to other sites, but here's what I found.

 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro, 21H2, 22000.675
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom AMD
    CPU
    AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core Processor 4.01GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0
    Memory
    G Skill Ripjaw 32GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Sapphire NITRO+ RX 480 OC 8 GB Radeon
    Sound Card
    ASUS Xonar THX/Dolby Certified
    Monitor(s) Displays
    65" Vizio 4K
    Screen Resolution
    4K
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD x2
    PSU
    Corsair RM-1000 watt 80 PLUS® Gold Certified Fully Modular
    Case
    Corsair Obsidian Series 450D
    Cooling
    Arctic Liquid Freezer 360
    Keyboard
    Logitech MX Keys
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master
    Internet Speed
    400MBps
    Browser
    Comodo Dragon
    Antivirus
    MalwareBytes Premium
    Other Info
    Logitech Z906 500W 5.1 THX/Dolby Certified Surround Sound Speaker System

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