I don’t use Windows Store apps often, actually I don’t use them at all. I just like when the default MSN Weather compactly is present in the Start menu and shows current location’s temperature. Just for fun.

But recently I ran into a frustrating issue when all Store Apps (including the Store itself) constantly minimize to taskbar immediately after the launch.

What I’ve tried and it didn’t help:

• Explicitly turn off the GPO which disallows Windows Store apps
• sfc /scannow
• Grant Read permissions to ALL APPLICATION PACKAGES on HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
• Run powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $Env:SystemRoot\WinStore\AppManifest.xml
• or ((Get-ChildItem "HKLM:SOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionAppxAppxAllUserStoreInboxApplications") | Get-ItemProperty).Path | Add-AppxPackage - Register -DisableDevelopmentMode
• Copy from another user’s %LocalAppData%Packages

What actually helped:

• wsreset from elevated console
• Reinstall the app