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Windows: Cannot uninstall Store App. Error: Exception from HRESULT: 0x80073CFA

Hi,

if you want to uninstall some preinstalled store apps you get an error “Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CFA, Removal failed. Please contact your software vendor.”

This error could happen if the App is not correctly registered.
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Windows: Start an Windows APP from command line


Hi,

this post describes how to start a Windows App from command line. Windows Apps cannot be started by calling the exe file in the C:\program files\WindowsApps\xxx folder. This can/must be done my using the explorer.exe.

The Syntax is


C:\> explorer.exe shell:appsFolder\%PackageFamilyNameOfTheApp%!%AppId%

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