Here you need to make sure to check the Replace all child object permission entries with inheritable permission entries from this object. You’ll be brought back to the main permissions screen. Under permissions, make sure you have Read & execute, List folder contents and Read checked. Make sure the Type is set to Allow and Applies to is This folder, subfolders and files. Make sure to click the Check Names button also before clicking OK. Here you need to click on Select a principal and then type in all application packages into the object name box.
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Read my previous post on how to change permissions so that you can gain full control over the files and folders. Note that if the Add button is grayed out, it probably means the files are all owned by TrustedInstaller. On the next dialog, click on the Change Permissions button.
If that is not what your permissions are showing for the directory, then click on the Advanced button at the bottom right. Here is what it should look like with the correct permissions. Go to Explorer and right-click on C:\Windows and click on the Security tab.
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This is basically checking the permissions on three folders: Program Files, Windows and Users. Fix File System Permissionsįirst, let’s fix the file system permissions. If this group doesn’t have permissions to certain folders and registry settings, it will cause store apps to fail launching. All Application Packages includes any store app that is installed in Windows 10. What is All Application Packages? Well, it’s similar to the built-in Administrators or Users groups. If the event exists, you can be pretty certain that it’s a permissions issue for a new group in Windows called All Application Packages.
Double-click on the row and you should see some information like below: Log Name: Microsoft-Windows-TWinUI/Operational Source: Microsoft-Windows-Immersive-Shell Event ID: 5961 Level: Error Description: Activation of the app for the Windows.Launch contract failed with error: The app didn't start. It’ll search through that log and if it finds anything, it will highlight that row. You can’t really manually go through this, so click on the Find button at the very right and type in 5961. Once there, you’ll see a whole bunch of events listed there, probably thousands. Applications and Services Logs\Microsoft\Windows\Apps\Microsoft-Windows-TWinUI/Operational