UWP Apps completely broken

[Enurzia]

So I tried to fix a crashing issue on my computer (it's fixed now, it turned out to be a malfunctioning application) and now none of my UWP apps work. I found other people with similar issues but some of them said



1. Reset the Microsoft store via settings

I don't even see the Microsoft store option so I don't think it's installed in the first place


2. Run this in admin PowerShell:


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


It gave me this error message:

Add-AppxPackage : Cannot find path 'C:\AppXManifest.xml' because it does not exist.

At line:1 char:53

+ ... | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.I ...

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (C:\AppXManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], ItemNotFoundException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand


I have no idea what that means but I can make out that the AppXManifest.xml file doesn't exist for whatever reason


3. Run SFC


It said there were corrupted files but were unfixable


4. Update windows


I'm already up to date


5. Run the windows store app troubleshooter


Did not solve my problem

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