appxmanifest.xml missing

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_{Tuesday, May 22, 2018 7:25 AM | 1 vote}

guys, recently i reset my laptop..after that i notice that i can't click my start menu, battery icon or icon that leads to settings... then i do the powershell things which

Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”}

this one and it tells my appxmanifest.xml is missing..so is there anyway to recover that file...and i didn't make any backup before reset..need replies ASAP.

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_{Wednesday, May 23, 2018 5:45 AM}

Hi,

Use dism command to mount an image of the exact same version of the OS that is running on the computer. 

mount a image using DISM command

Then use the command below to restore the configuration xml file:

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:wim:path of the mount image:1 /limitaccess

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_{Thursday, May 24, 2018 9:03 AM}

Hi,

What is going on?

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_{Thursday, August 8, 2019 1:34 PM}

Solved - worked perfectly.