How to fix broken Windows Store apps with a black X mark in Windows 8.1 

Introduction

This script shows how to broken Windows Store apps with a black X mark in Windows 8.1.

Scenarios

Some users find that there are some Windows Apps broken with black X when they update Window 8 to Windows 8.1. This script is try to solve this problem.

Script

Step 1: Right click the script and select Run with PowerShell.

Step 2: Some steps need to be completed manually (where needed).

Then it will show the registry editor dialog and it has located the registry file. What you need do is to right click Package and select permission.

After that select Advanced and change the owner to SYSTEM

Then if everything is finished, you can return to PowerShell console and input Y to continue the script execution. After finishing all these steps, you need to restart the computer.

Note:  This script solution is collected by Microsoft forum. You can ask for help on http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/ if the problem is still not solved.

Here are some code snippets for your reference.

try
{


    Powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $Env:SystemRoot\WinStore\AppxManifest.xml


    ((Get-ChildItem "HKLM:SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Appx\AppxAllUserStore\InboxApplications") | Get-ItemProperty).Path | Add-AppxPackage -Register -DisableDevelopmentMode


    Write-Host "Operation is done. Restart the computer and you can visit 'http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/' asking for help if the problem is not solved."


    Restart-Computer -Confirm:$true
}
Catch
{
    Write-Error $_
}

try
{


    Powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $Env:SystemRoot\WinStore\AppxManifest.xml


    ((Get-ChildItem "HKLM:SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Appx\AppxAllUserStore\InboxApplications") | Get-ItemProperty).Path | Add-AppxPackage -Register -DisableDevelopmentMode


    Write-Host "Operation is done. Restart the computer and you can visit 'http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/' asking for help if the problem is not solved."


    Restart-Computer -Confirm:$true
}
Catch
{
    Write-Error $_
}

Prerequisite

Windows 8.1

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