Reinstall and Re-register Apps in Windows 10  

just need to know if im doing the right thing

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Brink said:

@Doon,

That would be a reset instead. It will not keep everything like a repair install.

You would want to do the steps in the tutorial at the link below instead.

Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade

how do I do the setup button thing in the file that he did?

Hiya Brink! I was wondering if you have a method to re-PROVISION these applications once they are installed?...or do they simply reprovision themselves upon re-installation? Thanks VERY much in advance!

Brink said:

Hello,

You could reinstall the app from the Microsoft Store if available for that.

Otherwise, the options in this tutorial do reinstall and re-register the apps.

Understood. I have an application package that was uninstalled/remove PRIOR to deprovisioning it. Then upon deprovisioning it, I now can't get sysprep to work because it's complaining that it's installed for another user, but won't allow me to uninstall it (states that it's not there...even though sysprep complains about not being able to complete because that appx package is currently installed). =\ Oh...Windows. =)

I "think" I found a site that references what I'm talking about. Do you allow link posts here? If so, I could link it, IF I'm able to get it to work. Still testing it now. Apparently, this IS a KNOWN thing that other people have run into before where if you uninstall an appx package BEFORE deprovisioning it, it gets caught in this sysprep limbo. =\ I'll see if I can't find a solution to it. Thank you very much sir!

Brink said:

@Doon,

That would be a reset instead. It will not keep everything like a repair install.

You would want to do the steps in the tutorial at the link below instead.

Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade

Would doing a repair undo the accidental uninstall of an app?

I used Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online -PackageName <packagefullname> to uninstall an app that turns out its actually needed

And installing it manually makes the sysprep fail.

Brink said:

Hello,

If it's a built-in app, it should get restored by the repair install.

Its the Microsoft.GetHelp app -- so it should, right?