Fix Missing Apps Bug in Windows 10 Fall Creators Update

As you may already know, Windows 10 Fall Creators Update is released to the public. It comes with a huge list of changes we carefully covered in the article What's new in Windows 10 Fall Creators Update. Many users have faced an issue after installing this update where some Store apps are missing in the Start Menu but Microsoft Store shows them installed. Microsoft is aware about this issue and has released a workaround. Here is what you have to do.

According to one of the Community forum's support staff, Meliton Dec, there is a bug in the OS which results in some apps disappearing from the Windows 10 Start Menu, as well as from the list of installed apps. They also do not appear in Cortana's search results. The only way to launch these apps is the Microsoft Store app which shows the launch button. Here is what you can do.

To fix missing apps bug in Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, do the following.

To fix missing apps bug in Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, do the following.

1. Repair or Reset the missing apps
   • Open Settings, and select Apps.
   • On the Apps & features tab, find the name of the missing app.  Click the app and select
     Advanced options (if available).
   • If a Repair option is available, click Repair.  If this option is not available, or if Repair does not resolve the issue, you may also try the Reset option, though you might lose any app data that was saved. Refer to the following article: Reset a Universal App (Store app) in Windows 10 and clear its data.
   • Once the repair or reset is completed, the app should again appear in the app list and can be pinned to the Start Menu.
2. Uninstall and reinstall the missing apps
   
   • Open Settings, and select Apps.
   • On the Apps & features tab, find the name of the missing app.  Click the app and select
     Uninstall.
     Tip: See the article How to Uninstall Apps in Windows 10.
     
   • Open Store and then reinstall the missing app.  Once installed, the app should appear in the app list, and can be pinned to the Start Menu.
3. Re-register the missing apps using PowerShell – If you have a lot missing apps, advanced users can instead attempt to restore all of them at once using the following PowerShell
   commands.  Note, however, that if Steps 1 and 2 were already attempted and did not restore your missing apps, this PowerShell solution will also likely not succeed.
   • In Cortana, type PowerShell.  In the search results, right-click
     Windows PowerShell and select Run as administrator. See the following article: Run PowerShell as Administrator.
     
   • In the Powershell window type the following commands.  These steps may take a few minutes to complete.

     • reg delete “HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\TileDataModel\Migration\TileStore” /va /f

     • get-appxpackage -packageType bundle |% {add-appxpackage -register -disabledevelopmentmode ($_.installlocation + "\appxmetadata\appxbundlemanifest.xml")}

     • $bundlefamilies = (get-appxpackage -packagetype Bundle).packagefamilyname

     • get-appxpackage -packagetype main |? {-not ($bundlefamilies -contains $_.packagefamilyname)} |% {add-appxpackage -register -disabledevelopmentmode ($_.installlocation + "\appxmanifest.xml")}

   • Once the PowerShell commands are completed, the apps should appear in the app list, and can be pinned to the Start Menu.

That's it. Sources: Microsoft, via.

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