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With Windows 10, I've ended up with a situation where UWP apps (Store apps) will not update or install. All interactions with the store fail.
According to the log file (ReportingEvents.Log), it seems the issue is "WSUpdate Failure Content Install Installation Failure: Windows failed to install the following update with error 0x80073cf9: Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 UWP Runtime Package."
This brings back fond memories of Windows 95 times, with msvcrtXX.dll causing issues between apps.
I'm not sure if the root cause is the same for other people, but looking at answers.microsoft.com, reveals that a number of people have faced similar issues, a number of "solutions" have been posted, none of which work for me. Frequently, the only solution that works is to reset the PC (i.e. reinstall).
As most of the app's I use are casual, I really don't think I can be bothered with spending a couple of days (at least) reconfiguring and reinstalling to get these working. But I must admit, it seems that for Microsoft, those who cannot learn from history are condemned to repeat it.
(Recently, excepting the great improvements re attitudes to other platforms and Open Source, it seems that MS are fully aiming to reach the 90% failure rate mentioned below).
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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That sounds like a bug in the update client then.
If I had a Windows 10 system it might be an interesting one to track down.
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For me the question is:
Is it a W10 original installed or is it an updated W7/8?
In case:
a.) update: your mistake, sorry
b.) from scratch: Problem from MS?
Sorry, but I never do "update" an OS for major versions. A lot of very simple apps have Problems to to update. So why we should assume that an OS can be updated?
Only my mind.
Bruno
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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I've been working with Windows for over 20 years now, I think I may have worked out not to update on major O/S releases 
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Rob Grainger wrote: msvcrtXX.dll
Gawd, did you have to put that back into my mind? I was much happier with it forgotten.
Do you use many "apps"? I find them slow and featureless, compared to the real (desktop) versions or equivalent desktop apps.
You can always double the size of displayed items and fonts (Control Panel\Display) and run desktop apps in full-screen mode, if you enjoy the "toy computer from the 1980s" feel.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: Do you use many "apps"?
Not really, just the odd casual game, largely played by my son.
I'll just avoid them until this is resolved, but after an initial response from MS, seeking further details, silence for 3 days now.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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MS Edge has a list of articles to read on your blank page. I just realized that they now track what you read by dimming it. Not sure if it's done server-side or client-side.
Client-side. Logged off. Why was I logged on?
modified 30-Jun-16 17:18pm.
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It's just the same dimming (i.e. followed-link styling) that happens with all followed links on every browser. Sheesh. This can, of course, be overridden with CSS or inline styling.
Paranoid much?
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Yeah, I just tested that.
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I get moments where everything is dim ... with the computer turned off. Of course, that could be just The Simulation doing an update, or, refreshing itself during a reduced bandwidth update caused by rogue gravity waves.
cheers, Bill
«There is a spectrum, from "clearly desirable behaviour," to "possibly dodgy behavior that still makes some sense," to "clearly undesirable behavior." We try to make the latter into warnings or, better, errors. But stuff that is in the middle category you don’t want to restrict unless there is a clear way to work around it.» Eric Lippert, May 14, 2008
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I buy all my guns from a guy called T-Rex.
He's a small arms dealer.
New version: WinHeist Version 2.2.2 Beta I told my psychiatrist that I was hearing voices in my head. He said you don't have a psychiatrist!
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You'll get prosecuted in a kangaroo-court for that one!
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That's Ok, as long as you don't buy cars from Marc Bolan.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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If you had a car named Michael, would it be Carmichael?
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The "Thought of the Day" is already being used by another member.
Judging by you contribution, would you mind letting us keep it that way a bit longer?
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But "this other member" has also already asked two question. Does this now also means .... 
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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I agree with you Balboos, PharmacyMeds52Home (or whatever you choose to call yourself at the given moment) - Keep your thoughts to yourself! 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
modified 1-Jul-16 3:06am.
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There was one episode of Top Gear (the real one with Jeremy Clarkson) where they were discussing how only women named their cars. Turned out no men in the audience named theirs but some ladies did.
One had a car called Miles.
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Indivara wrote: ...only women named their cars. Turned out no men in the audience named theirs but some ladies did.
On the other hand, some men name theirs (nuff said, this is the Lounge, not the Soapbox!), and I have never heard of a lady doing that!!! 
I'm not even sure they WOULD be ladies if they did, acutally, but let's just leave it at that...
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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I keep away from the Southern United States as much as possible, but as I've been told by those who spent time there it is very common for men to name their cars.* My brother, as well, went to college in the Mid-Western part of the country. He felt compelled to name his car as everyone else around him did (his was a parody of their strange custom).
* So common that an asinine TV series "Dukes of Hazard" had their car named "The General Lee".
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I finally solved the issues I was having with the Sony TV by performing a factory reset.
It seems that a bug in the software version that was on the TV could cause inputs to stop working.
I updated the TV to the latest version, which has a fix for the bug.
Technology can be a pain sometimes.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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I'm just guessing it wasn't an update to Windows 10... 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: I'm just guessing it wasn't an update to Windows 10...
Not even close.
Sony realised that doing things to take ownership of people's property was wrong, and not only stopped doing it, but provided the means to undo the things that they had done.
ms has too many wumaos in the field, so they don't even hear the voices of the people they've offended, let alone try to make things right.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: Sony realised that doing things to take ownership of people's property was wrong, and not only stopped doing it, but provided the means to undo the things that they had done.
...only after a Microsoft employee found their rootkit, and proved that Sony's first "removal" was a farce.
If you think about it... MS may have learned this behavior from Sony!  
That's what I do. I drink, and I know things. ~ Tyrion Lannister
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