{"id":830,"date":"2017-01-23T13:51:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T13:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/?p=830"},"modified":"2018-10-18T12:06:19","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T12:06:19","slug":"fix-windows-10-apps-not-showing-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/23\/fix-windows-10-apps-not-showing-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Fix Windows 10 Apps Not Showing Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"

Windows<\/b> has a long history of weird bugs and random glitches that are prone to appear in certain computers, especially when the user is moving from one <\/span>Windows<\/b> version to another via the <\/span>Upgrade<\/b> function rather than going for a clean installation as it installs everything from scratch. <\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

This tutorial discusses this particular issue which causes <\/span>Windows Store Apps<\/b> to disappear from the <\/span>Start<\/b> menu.\u00a0<\/span>You can scan Windows 10<\/strong> to clean it from junk and change its settings to run faster. Use a reliable software such as ST Cleaner<\/strong> to do the job.<\/p>\n

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Fix Your Windows 10 Issues (Recommended Download)<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

ST Cleaner is a secure software, never bundles with any other application<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Symptoms<\/b><\/h2>\n

It\u2019s not necessary that the occurrence of both of the under noted symptoms should make you follow this solution as even either of them on their own are a sufficient signal of trouble that is brewing.<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Windows Store Apps<\/b> don\u2019t show in the <\/span>Start<\/b> menu when searched for.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Apps may randomly disappear from the <\/span>Start<\/b> menu.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

     <\/p>\n

    Solution<\/b><\/h2>\n
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    1. Open <\/span>File Explorer<\/b> \/ <\/span>Windows Explorer<\/b> from the taskbar.<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. Enter the following local address in the address bar of <\/span>File Explorer<\/b> to visit this particular location:
      \n<\/span>%ProgramData%\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Start Menu\\Programs
      \n      \"image01\"<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/li>\n
    3. Now delete all the unnecessary shortcuts that prevent <\/span>Windows Store Apps<\/b> from reappearing once these steps have been completed.<\/span><\/li>\n
    4. Open up the <\/span>Start<\/b> menu.
      \n      \"image00\"<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
    5. Search for <\/span>Services<\/b> and open it from the Search Results<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n
    6. Locate and stop the following services:
      \n<\/span>Tile Data Model Server
      \n      \"image03\"<\/a><\/b>State Repository Service
      \n      \"image02\"<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n
    7. Re-open <\/span>File Explorer<\/b> \/ <\/span>Windows Explorer<\/b>.<\/span><\/li>\n
    8. Use the following local address in the address bar of the <\/span>File Explorer<\/b> to visit this particular location:
      \n<\/span>%userprofile%\\AppData\\Local\\TileDataLayer
      \n      \"image04\"<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/li>\n
    9. Move the <\/span>Database<\/b> folder to the <\/span>Recycle Bin<\/b>. (Make sure you don\u2019t delete it permanently just in case its contents are needed again).
      \n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

      \"Delete<\/a>
      Delete the Database folder<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n
    10. Restart the computer for the changes to take effect. This is highly necessary as until the computer is rebooted, the <\/span>Start<\/b> button won\u2019t function as usual and the <\/span>Windows Store Apps<\/b> won\u2019t appear in the <\/span>Start<\/b> menu.
      \n      \"image05\"<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
    11. Open the <\/span>Start<\/b> menu.<\/span><\/li>\n
    12. Search for <\/span>Windows PowerShell<\/b>, and then launch it once it appears in the <\/span>Search Results<\/b>. Make sure to launch it in administrative mode by right clicking on its icon and then selecting the <\/span>Run as administrator<\/b> option.
      \n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

      \"Open<\/a>
      Open Windows PowerShell in admin mode<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n
    13. Use the following <\/span>PowerShell<\/b> script to rebuild the <\/span>Windows Store Apps<\/b>.
      \n<\/span>Note:<\/b><\/span> Since the <\/span>\u2013AllUsers<\/b> parameter is used, this script lists out all the apps for all the user accounts installed in the system. However, it only affects the currently logged in user. <\/span>Add-AppxPackage<\/b> adds the mentioned apps in the <\/span>XML<\/b> file to the current user.
      \n      \"image08\"
      \n<\/a><\/span>      \"image09\"<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
    14. Restart the computer once again so the changes can be applied permanently.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Windows has a long history of weird bugs and random glitches that are prone to appear in certain computers, especially when the user is moving from one Windows version to another via the Upgrade function rather than going for a clean installation as it installs everything from scratch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[555,554,553],"class_list":["post-830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solutions","tag-fix-windows-10-apps-disappear-problem","tag-how-to-get-back-windows-10-to-start-menu","tag-windows-10-apps-simply-disappear-from-start-menu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=830"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1701,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830\/revisions\/1701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}