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How to Fix Apps Missing After Installing Windows 10.

Windows 10 Start Menu houses most of your apps, and it serves as a quick access launchpad for them. You can search for apps or just choose your favorite apps from the Most used or Pinned section. What if those apps suddenly go missing from the Windows 10 Start Menu?

Some users complain of noticing empty or blank icons in the Start Menu. Others say that they can’t see default Windows apps. Yet, some users are complaining that searching for specific installed apps yields no results. We will take a look at some possible solutions below that will address all these errors.

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What can I do if Windows 10 default apps missing?
Many users reported that their default apps are missing on Windows 10. This can be a problem, and speaking of app problems, here are some of the most common issues that users reported:

Windows 10 apps missing from Start Menu – According to users, sometimes your apps can become missing from the Start Menu. This can happen if you have God Mode enabled, so be sure to disable this feature and check if that solves the issue.

Windows 10 default apps not working – Sometimes your default apps won’t work at all on Windows 10. If this happens, you might have to reinstall them in order to fix this issue.

Windows 10 default apps won’t open – Many users reported that default apps won’t open on their PC. This can be a big problem, but you can fix it by repairing or resetting your apps.

Windows 10 default apps not installed – This is another common problem that you can encounter. If this happens, you just need to download the affected applications again, and the issue should be resolved.

Windows 10 default apps corrupted – Sometimes your applications can get corrupted. To fix the problem, you might have to create a new user profile or roll back to the previous Windows build.

This youtube troubleshooting guide will work on Windows 10, windows 7, windows 8, operating systems and desktops, laptops, tables and computers manufactured by the following brands: , Dell, HP, Alienware, MSI, Toshiba, Acer, Lenovo, razer, huawei among others.

Copy and paste this:

# Get all the provisioned packages
$Packages = (get-item 'HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Appx\AppxAllUserStore\Applications') | Get-ChildItem

# Filter the list if provided a filter
$PackageFilter = $args[0]
if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($PackageFilter))
{
echo "No filter specified, attempting to re-register all provisioned apps."
}
else
{
$Packages = $Packages | where {$_.Name -like $PackageFilter}

if ($Packages -eq $null)
{
echo "No provisioned apps match the specified filter."
exit
}
else
{
echo "Registering the provisioned apps that match $PackageFilter"
}
}

ForEach($Package in $Packages)
{
# get package name & path
$PackageName = $Package | Get-ItemProperty | Select-Object -ExpandProperty PSChildName
$PackagePath = [System.Environment]::ExpandEnvironmentVariables(($Package | Get-ItemProperty | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Path))

# register the package
echo "Attempting to register package: $PackageName"

Add-AppxPackage -register $PackagePath -DisableDevelopmentMode
}