Windows 10 Pro
Version 1709
OS build 16299.334
Hi,
I could really use some help... I've been having this issue intermittently over the last several months. The problem I am having is that I cannot left-click the start button after logging into my desktop. I can't search anything either. I can right-click everywhere though, and I can left-click anything on my desktop or anything I have pinned to my taskbar. The way I had "fixed" it (if you can even call it that) was after spending >1 week with several hours each day trying/searching for a fix, I did a clean install of Windows (losing all the software I had installed. That fix only lasted for a day before the issue started popping up again... which led to me doing more searching/googling for another day or two until I found out that apparently in Settings --> Accounts --> Sign-in options, there was a bug in which if you had "Use my sign-in info to automatically finish setting up my device after an update or restart" on, it would cause this issue to occur. The same left-click issue has been happening again recently (not sure if it was due to a Windows Update or not), but the fix I had found before no longer works as I don't have that setting on. I've tried disabling my antivirus, etc. and it doesn't make a difference. I ran in command prompt as admin /sfc scannow which shows no errors and dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth which unfortunately doesn't seem to help either. Running Maintenance from Windows Settings didn't make a difference either. I tried using a Windows startmenu.diagcab troubleshooter, and this is what it showed:
https://imgur.com/a/x6XOQ. The second time I ran it, it showed a different error which I think is the actual problem:
Required applications are not installed correctly. Not fixed
"Microsoft.Windows.ShellExperienceHost" and "Microsoft.Windows.Cortana" applications need to be installed correctly.
I also ran SoftwareRepairTool, which was unsuccessful at fixing this issue. When I run
Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers |Where-Object {$_.InstallLocation -like "*SystemApps*"} | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}
command as admin in powershell, I get quite a few errors:
https://imgur.com/a/Kr9By (and I tried to copy & paste below):
Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers |Where-Object {$_.InstallLocation -like "*SystemApps*"} | Foreach {Add-Appx
Package -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered.
error 0x80070005: Windows cannot create the AppContainer profile for the
Microsoft.AAD.BrokerPlugin_1000.16299.15.0_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy package.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 501e57b5-c473-0002-485a-1e5073c4d301 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID 501e57b5-c473-0002-485a-1e5073c4d301
At line:1 char:94
+ ... | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.I ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:\Windows\Syst...ppXManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered.
error 0x80070005: Windows cannot create the AppContainer profile for the
Microsoft.AccountsControl_10.0.16299.15_neutral__cw5n1h2txyewy package.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 501e57b5-c473-0002-4e5a-1e5073c4d301 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID 501e57b5-c473-0002-4e5a-1e5073c4d301
At line:1 char:94
+ ... | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.I ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:\Windows\Syst...ppXManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered.
error 0x80070005: Windows cannot create the AppContainer profile for the
Microsoft.LockApp_10.0.16299.15_neutral__cw5n1h2txyewy package.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 501e57b5-c473-0002-5d5a-1e5073c4d301 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID 501e57b5-c473-0002-5d5a-1e5073c4d301
At line:1 char:94
+ ... | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.I ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:\Windows\Syst...ppXManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered.
error 0x80070005: Windows cannot create the AppContainer profile for the
Microsoft.PPIProjection_10.0.16299.15_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy package.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 501e57b5-c473-0002-655a-1e5073c4d301 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID 501e57b5-c473-0002-655a-1e5073c4d301
At line:1 char:94
+ ... | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.I ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:\Windows\Syst...ppXManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered.
error 0x80070005: Windows cannot create the AppContainer profile for the
Microsoft.Windows.Apprep.ChxApp_1000.16299.15.0_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy package.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 501e57b5-c473-0002-675a-1e5073c4d301 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID 501e57b5-c473-0002-675a-1e5073c4d301
At line:1 char:94
+ ... | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.I ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:\Windows\Syst...ppXManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered.
error 0x80070005: Windows cannot create the AppContainer profile for the
Microsoft.Windows.CloudExperienceHost_10.0.16299.15_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy package.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 501e57b5-c473-0002-6b5a-1e5073c4d301 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID 501e57b5-c473-0002-6b5a-1e5073c4d301
At line:1 char:94
+ ... | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.I ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:\Windows\Syst...ppXManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered.
error 0x80070005: Windows cannot create the AppContainer profile for the
Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_10.0.16299.15_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy package.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 501e57b5-c473-0002-6d5a-1e5073c4d301 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID 501e57b5-c473-0002-6d5a-1e5073c4d301
At line:1 char:94
+ ... | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.I ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:\Windows\Syst...ppXManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered.
error 0x80070005: Windows cannot create the AppContainer profile for the
Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_1.9.6.16299_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy package.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 501e57b5-c473-0002-7e5a-1e5073c4d301 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID 501e57b5-c473-0002-7e5a-1e5073c4d301
At line:1 char:94
+ ... | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.I ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:\Windows\Syst...ppXManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered.
error 0x80070005: Windows cannot create the AppContainer profile for the
Microsoft.Windows.OOBENetworkCaptivePortal_10.0.16299.15_neutral__cw5n1h2txyewy package.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 501e57b5-c473-0002-885a-1e5073c4d301 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID 501e57b5-c473-0002-885a-1e5073c4d301
At line:1 char:94
+ ... | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.I ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:\Windows\Syst...ppXManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered.
error 0x80070005: Windows cannot create the AppContainer profile for the
Microsoft.Windows.ParentalControls_1000.16299.15.0_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy package.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 501e57b5-c473-0002-8c5a-1e5073c4d301 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID 501e57b5-c473-0002-8c5a-1e5073c4d301
At line:1 char:94
+ ... | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.I ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:\Windows\Syst...ppXManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered.
error 0x80070005: Windows cannot create the AppContainer profile for the
Microsoft.Windows.PeopleExperienceHost_10.0.16299.15_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy package.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 501e57b5-c473-0002-8e5a-1e5073c4d301 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID 501e57b5-c473-0002-8e5a-1e5073c4d301
At line:1 char:94
+ ... | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.I ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:\Windows\Syst...ppXManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered.
error 0x80070005: Windows cannot create the AppContainer profile for the
Microsoft.Windows.SecureAssessmentBrowser_10.0.16299.15_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy package.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 501e57b5-c473-0002-a15a-1e5073c4d301 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID 501e57b5-c473-0002-a15a-1e5073c4d301
At line:1 char:94
+ ... | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.I ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:\Windows\Syst...ppXManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered.
error 0x80070005: Windows cannot create the AppContainer profile for the
Microsoft.XboxGameCallableUI_1000.16299.15.0_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy package.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 501e57b5-c473-0002-a35a-1e5073c4d301 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID 501e57b5-c473-0002-a35a-1e5073c4d301
At line:1 char:94
+ ... | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.I ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:\Windows\Syst...ppXManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered.
error 0x80070005: Windows cannot create the AppContainer profile for the
Microsoft.Windows.HolographicFirstRun_10.0.16299.125_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy package.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 501e57b5-c473-0002-a55a-1e5073c4d301 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID 501e57b5-c473-0002-a55a-1e5073c4d301
At line:1 char:94
+ ... | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.I ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:\Windows\Syst...ppXManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered.
error 0x80070005: Windows cannot create the AppContainer profile for the
InputApp_1000.16299.251.0_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy package.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 501e57b5-c473-0002-a85a-1e5073c4d301 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID 501e57b5-c473-0002-a85a-1e5073c4d301
At line:1 char:94
+ ... | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.I ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:\Windows\Syst...ppXManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered.
error 0x80070005: Windows cannot create the AppContainer profile for the
Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_41.16299.334.0_neutral__8wekyb3d8bbwe package.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 501e57b5-c473-0002-b45a-1e5073c4d301 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID 501e57b5-c473-0002-b45a-1e5073c4d301
At line:1 char:94
+ ... | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.I ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:\Windows\Syst...ppXManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered.
error 0x80070005: Windows cannot create the AppContainer profile for the
Microsoft.Windows.SecHealthUI_10.0.16299.334_neutral__cw5n1h2txyewy package.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 501e57b5-c473-0002-b95a-1e5073c4d301 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID 501e57b5-c473-0002-b95a-1e5073c4d301
At line:1 char:94
+ ... | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.I ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:\Windows\Syst...ppXManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered.
error 0x80070005: Windows cannot create the AppContainer profile for the
Microsoft.Windows.ShellExperienceHost_10.0.16299.334_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy package.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 501e57b5-c473-0002-bf5a-1e5073c4d301 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID 501e57b5-c473-0002-bf5a-1e5073c4d301
At line:1 char:94
+ ... | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.I ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:\Windows\Syst...ppXManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
I'm really not sure where to go from here... but I believe the crux of the issue is related to the error I listed from the startmenu diagcab:
Required applications are not installed correctly.
"Microsoft.Windows.ShellExperienceHost" and "Microsoft.Windows.Cortana" applications need to be installed correctly.
Any help would be much appreciated! Sorry if this was a bit long post/overwhelming... I just thought I should include everything I've done.
Thank you,
Rain (Shane)
