Suddenly some apps won't load anymore

Trying using the windows powershell/admin window instead...seems to be working so far.

It worked. Here is the copy/paste. Off to do the next step.

Windows PowerShellCopyright (C) 2016 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> sfc /scannowBeginning system scan. This process will take some time.Beginning verification phase of system scan.Verification 100% complete.Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealthDeployment Image Servicing and Management toolVersion: 10.0.15063.0Image Version: 10.0.15063.0[==========================100.0%==========================] The restore operation completed successfully.The operation completed successfully.PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> chkdsk /scanThe type of the file system is NTFS.Stage 1: Examining basic file system structure ... 369408 file records processed.File verification completed. 8855 large file records processed. 0 bad file records processed.Stage 2: Examining file name linkage ... 465134 index entries processed.Index verification completed. 0 unindexed files scanned. 0 unindexed files recovered to lost and found.Stage 3: Examining security descriptors ...Security descriptor verification completed. 47864 data files processed.CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal... 39160376 USN bytes processed.Usn Journal verification completed.Windows has scanned the file system and found no problems.No further action is required. 487806975 KB total disk space. 78688796 KB in 205866 files. 135256 KB in 47865 indexes. 0 KB in bad sectors. 494683 KB in use by the system. 65536 KB occupied by the log file. 408488240 KB available on disk. 4096 bytes in each allocation unit. 121951743 total allocation units on disk. 102122060 allocation units available on disk.PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> net user test /addThe command completed successfully.PS C:\WINDOWS\system32>

Ok here's what happened. When I signed in as test, my apps were there. Windows defender security center opened. Calculator opened. Photos was not there but I was able to open the windows store and download it, and then it opened fine. When I signed back on as myself, windows store is not there and everything else that was missing is still missing. I tried downloading photos from the windows store online earlier and it didn't work. I didn't even know windows store was an app on my computer at all so I didn't try downloading that. But I suspect it won't work either.

eta: I'm hoping there's a fix that won't require me to switch to a new user. I did that once (for an unrelated issue) and it was a giant pain. I have a lot of tweaks I do on my system and also have an ehd and my system drive is my ssd and everything else is stored on a regular hdd and having to switch all that over is also a pain.

I did all that but the store isn't showing up in my apps. I can't find it when i search. Should I try from the online store? I actually am not even sure how to access that. The other time I tried was via a link someone posted.

gale said:

I did all that but the store isn't showing up in my apps. I can't find it when i search. Should I try from the online store? I actually am not even sure how to access that. The other time I tried was via a link someone posted.

Hi there. Try this: Clear and Reset Store Cache in Windows 10 Windows 10 Performance Maintenance Tutorials

HippsieGypsie said:

Hi there. Try this: Clear and Reset Store Cache in Windows 10 Windows 10 Performance Maintenance Tutorials

When I did that as directed, the command window opened but the store didn't.

gale said:

When I did that as directed, the command window opened but the store didn't.

Have you made any backup disks?