System Restore - AppX Staging Error

Anyone know how to solve this issue which blocks restoring a restore point? Kinda of makes it pointless to create one if it can't restore it at a later date.

I had this a while ago and ended up reinstalling windows, I then discovered it again while troubleshooting a different issue.

Details:
System Restore failed while restoring the directory from the restore point.
Source: AppxStaging
Destination: %ProgramFiles%\WindowsApps
An unspecified error occurred during System Restore.


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Caledon Ken said:

What AV are you running. Saw someone having issues and I think they were using a third party. Try disabling / removing.

Time to upgrade to Imaging your system. Split data from system/programs. Run weekly system images. Restore as required.

Only have Defender

I've thought before about having a C for just Windows and putting everything else on a different drive but haven't got round to it. I have Macrium but doing that isn't as convenient as rolling back after a dodgy install. Can't be backing up 100s of GBs every time I install a new program

Nope haven't got that enabled.

I find it so bizarre that it can mess itself like that when I have done nothing to that folder at all.

And it's done it twice on two different installs