Windows 10 Calculator and other UWP apps crashing

Paradoxium · 02 Nov 2019

Currently having an issue when I launch either Calculator or the Photos app the only apps I really use on Windows 10 it crashes and force closes immediately. I tried resetting, reinstalling the apps using powershell commands following this guide here but to no avail. Also tried directly from Settings and doing a reset and complete reinstall from the Microsoft Store.

I recently did a in-place upgrade for Windows 10 and the same issue occurs. I tried doing sfc /scannow, DISM repair, and using the Settings Windows Store Apps troubleshooter. I checked my event viewer and see these errors. I also tried making a brand new user account w/ admin privileges same issue. Tried safe mode same thing.

Calculator App event viewer logs:

Code:

Faulting application name: Calculator.exe, version: 10.1908.0.0, time stamp: 0x5d71981f
Faulting module name: Windows.UI.Xaml.dll, version: 10.0.18362.449, time stamp: 0xb90db728
Exception code: 0xc000027b
Fault offset: 0x0000000000712ec0
Faulting process id: 0x5e4c
Faulting application start time: 0x01d591985bfb0519
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsCalculator_10.1908.0.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Calculator.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\System32\Windows.UI.Xaml.dll
Report Id: 6f39f413-d9c1-4f47-8124-51b673fedc39
Faulting package full name: Microsoft.WindowsCalculator_10.1908.0.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
Faulting package-relative application ID: App

Photos App event viewer logs:

Code:

Faulting application name: Microsoft.Photos.exe, version: 2019.19071.17920.0, time stamp: 0x5d816006
Faulting module name: Windows.UI.Xaml.dll, version: 10.0.18362.449, time stamp: 0xb90db728
Exception code: 0xc000027b
Fault offset: 0x0000000000712ec0
Faulting process id: 0xac0
Faulting application start time: 0x01d59197ea366176
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Windows.Photos_2019.19071.17920.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.Photos.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\System32\Windows.UI.Xaml.dll
Report Id: 86dd3141-9f0b-41ab-b4a1-b25184eea4ac
Faulting package full name: Microsoft.Windows.Photos_2019.19071.17920.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
Faulting package-relative application ID: App

I also tried launching it directly from C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsCalculator_10.1908.0.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Calculator.exe and I get these specific error messages.

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I've tried every other app and they work fine on my PC besides these two apps that I only use the most. Just for testing I've also tried searching for "@{Microsoft.WindowsCalculator" in my Registry Finder program and resetting / deleting all values to see if it would have any type of effect same issue. Of course I made a system restore point / backup before doing so just to see if it would help but still the issue is persisting.

dalchina · 02 Nov 2019

Hi, you've done many of the things people would normally suggest, so thanks for documenting that.

History- do you have any idea what happened before this problem occurred? - something you installed, some change you made, some update or upgrade...?

Noted you've changed permissions to accss C:\Program Files\WindowsApps

Have you made any other changes to permissions or services? Any particular tweaks?

Tweaking.com's free repair tool comes to mind- it might be worth trying that, observing the preparatory steps carefully. Choose the repairs selectively.

I'm not going to try this:

I also tried launching it directly from C:\Program Files\WindowsApps

as I'd have to make changes I'd rather not.

This seems very similar: you could work through this as it seems quite a few were helped:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...8-0a85acb5c0cf