Reinstall and Re-register Apps in Windows 10  

Hi Brink et al.

I get an error indicating that the app I'm trying to fix/reinstall is currently in use.

I'm assuming I need to close this before executing the PowerShell command. However, as soon as I exit the app, it just starts up again! Do I need to run this from Safe Mode or what?

Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073D02, The package could not be installed because resources it
modifies are currently in use.
error 0x80004004: Unable to install because the following apps need to be closed
Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy!CortanaUI.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] b80dca0d-e273-0003-9909-0eb873e2d101 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID b80dca0d-e273-0003-9909-0eb873e2d101
At line:1 char:28
+ ... | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "C:\Win ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (C:\Windows\Syst...ppxManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand

Hi Brink, thanks for the swift reply.

Yes, I have issues with Search (Cortana). Windows 10 Search (Cortana) Not Working - Windows 10 Forums

I made the unfortunate mistake of upgrading a few select users to Windows 10. Each one of them has numerous issues and 90% of them all share this Cortana Search issue which is beyond annoying. The one thing it's supposed to do, "search", it fails at miserably so my confidence in this app is dwindling.

I'm guessing I need to try this (re-registering or re-installing apps) from Safe mode? I'm thinking this as the app just opens again each time it's closed.

When I try to use Option Two for Calculator (for example):

PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command "& {$manifest = (Get-AppxPackage *WindowsCalculator*).InstallLocation + '\AppxManifest.xml' ; Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $manifest}"
I receive the following error:

Add-AppxPackage : Impossibile trovare il percorso 'C:\AppxManifest.xml' perché non esiste.
In riga:1 car:94
+ ... fest.xml' ; Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $manife ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (C:\AppxManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], ItemNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand

Can you help me ?
Thank you,
Claudio

Am not sure, but removing apps using the powershell command works fine, but can be tricky once a you want to restore an app.
example: I want to restore the Appconnector and maybe also Commsphone (after removing these apps outlook.com on my tablet does not work anymore, so I wish to check if these apps may have something to do with it)

the elevated command gets me an error

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Code:

PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command "& {$manifest = (Get-AppxPackage *AppConnector*).InstallLocation + '\AppxManifest.xml' ; Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $manifest}"
Add-AppxPackage : Cannot find path 'C:\AppxManifest.xml' because it does not exist.
At line:1 char:89
+ ... fest.xml' ; Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $manife ...
+                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (C:\AppxManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], ItemNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand

With me, Settings->Apps and Features->Get Started->Advanced Options is missing
Tutorial: "App - Reset in Windows 10"

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So, I guess, one has to go thru the repair thing....?

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