“This app can’t open” is a very common problem that many people face in Windows 10. While it has a number of solutions, here is an easy fix that worked for us.
“This app can’t open” was a common error when people first moved to Windows 10. However, there have been minor reports of people having a repeat of this error when on the latest updates (Build 11586). While the solutions for this error is plentiful, most of them are a hit or a miss.
Windows is such a huge, behemoth of an operating system that has been in development for well almost two decades now. Hundreds of thousands of Microsoft engineers have worked on it, and a surely higher number of developers have made apps for it. It’s such a complex platform, that ensuring it remains bug-free is an impossible task.
So, while Microsoft makes Windows 10 increasingly robust, advanced users have no choice but to take the errors it throws their way, and try to fix them.
That’s where we come in.
Encountering an error in Windows can usually be solved easily. “This app can’t open” just happens to be one of those errors that is easily remedied by following 2 simple steps on your system. This has been tested and working on my own laptop and another family member’s laptop who also faced the same issue.
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Two-step fix for Windows 10’s “this app can’t open” error
STEP 1:
Press Windows Key + R and run secpol.msc.
STEP 2:
When you have Local Security Policy open, navigate to the following directory: Local Policies > Security Options. Over here, you have to scroll to the very bottom and find the following Policy “User Account Control: Admin Approval Mode for the Built-in Administrator account“.
By default, this option is disabled, you have to double click on this policy and change the option from disabled to enabled.
STEP 3:
Now, press the Windows Key + S and search for UAC to bring up User Account Control settings.
STEP 4:
Bring the knob down to the very bottom option of “Never Notify“, When you do this, press OK and reboot the system.
When you’re back on the OS after a restart, be sure to check if it worked by running a native metro app such as Edge, Mail, Alarm, etc.
As you can see, the error isn’t as cumbersome as many make it out to be. These steps have had repeated success on 2 installations of Windows 10 on the same build, so if you are also seeing this error after the November 10th update, there is a good chance that it will work for you too.
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