Removing a Corrupt Windows Store App?

Anonymous
2018-05-07T01:05:11+00:00

So after my Windows 10 April Update Installed all my Windows Store Apps which were installed to my E:\ drive said they were offline, this probably has to do with the fact that my E:\ drive is a dynamic volume. So I decided to uninstall all of the Windows Store apps and reinstall them no big deal, well it turns out that corrupted because it wouldn't let me redownload them they would fail with different error codes and the files where still on the disk, which why I believe it fails to reinstall them. At this point, all my apps that were on my E:\ drive are not in my installed apps or in my start menu and are unable to be downloaded, however they appear when I run  Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers. So I figured they where corrupt is there a way to delete I tried deleting there folders from C:\Program Files\WindowsApps and from E:\WindowsApps with no prevail. So this what shows in PowerShell for my missing apps. Here are two of the corrupt packages.

Name                   : 1ED5AEA5.AngryBirdsBlack

Publisher              : CN=4AB36922-D117-4BD9-802F-BDDF5ED81037

Architecture           : X86

ResourceId             : 

Version                : 1.5.0.0

PackageFullName        : 1ED5AEA5.AngryBirdsBlack_1.5.0.0_x86__p2gbknwb5d8r2

InstallLocation        : 

IsFramework            : False

PackageFamilyName      : 1ED5AEA5.AngryBirdsBlack_p2gbknwb5d8r2

PublisherId            : p2gbknwb5d8r2

PackageUserInformation : {S-1-5-21-159381470-1366893461-2609807697-500 [Administrator]: Installed}

IsResourcePackage      : False

IsBundle               : False

IsDevelopmentMode      : False

IsPartiallyStaged      : False

SignatureKind          : Store

Status                 : PackageOffline, NotAvailable

Name                   : Microsoft.TheGunstringer

Publisher              : CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US

Architecture           : X86

ResourceId             : 

Version                : 1.2.11.3740

PackageFullName        : Microsoft.TheGunstringer_1.2.11.3740_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe

InstallLocation        : C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.TheGunstringer_1.2.11.3740_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe

IsFramework            : False

PackageFamilyName      : Microsoft.TheGunstringer_8wekyb3d8bbwe

PublisherId            : 8wekyb3d8bbwe

PackageUserInformation : {S-1-5-21-159381470-1366893461-2609807697-500 [Administrator]: Installed}

IsResourcePackage      : False

IsBundle               : False

IsDevelopmentMode      : False

IsPartiallyStaged      : False

SignatureKind          : Store

Status                 : PackageOffline, NotAvailable

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-05-07T01:26:01+00:00

    Hey TylerJaacks,

    Hopefully I can help you here. Right-click the Start button, then click on Windows PowerShell (Admin).

    Copy the following, and paste by right-clicking, line-by-line:

    get-appxpackage *AngryBirdsBlack* | remove-appxpackage

    get-appxpackage *TheGunstringer* | remove-appxpackage

    If there are any errors that put out during the process, feel free to relay them now. Otherwise, let me know how it goes. Good luck.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-05-07T01:33:33+00:00

    No errors just doesn't do anything the entries are still there when I run Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-05-07T01:50:31+00:00

    TylerJaacks,

    Thanks for trying. Maybe you should try this line-by-line with their proper package names now, since from my testing this method is spotty at best:

    Remove-AppxPackage 1ED5AEA5.AngryBirdsBlack_1.5.0.0_x86__p2gbknwb5d8r2

    Remove-AppxPackage Microsoft.TheGunstringer_1.2.11.3740_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe

    Let me know.

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  4. Greg Carmack 24,755 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2018-05-07T01:54:14+00:00

    Hi Tyler. I'm Greg, an installation specialist and 8 year Windows MVP, here to help you.

    This is why no expert recommends installing programs or apps on any other than C drive, since they write to the registry and should remain a part of the C image until uninstalled.

    What I would do is cut your losses and do a proper Clean Install which should get you past all difficulties as it has hundreds of thousands of others who have followed the steps in this link and never come back to report another problem: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wiki...

    Unplug all other drives and delete all partitions on the target hard drive to get it cleanest.

    If you need to preserve drive space then move the User folders to another drive which does work well. There are other suggestions here to preserve drive space:

    https://www.groovypost.com/howto/maximize-stora...

    https://www.pcworld.com/article/3040404/windows...

    I hope this helps. Feel free to ask back any questions and let us know how it goes. I will keep working with you until it's resolved.

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-05-07T02:05:43+00:00

    If you have not already, you can download the Microsoft Store Troubleshooter, which can fix some issues with corrupt store apps. Go to this page: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/402749...

    Let me know if you have any questions or if that does not help, there are more steps you can try.

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