How to Fix Windows 10 Apps Not Opening or Apps Crashing or Apps Responding Slow

On your windows 10 computer if you are opening apps on yout windows 10 computer like outlook, powerpoint, excel, skype or microsoft store app not opening and windows 10 apps are not opening or apps keeps crashing on windows 10 computer then you can fix this issue easily by just following these simple methods. So, lets see in detail below.

It can be any apps on your windows 10 computer like spotify, discord, slack or windows apps not openig from taskbar or windows apps not opening after update or after system restore or after resetting windows 10 computer. 

Fix Windows 10 Apps Not Opening or Apps Crashign or Responding Slow

Follow below methods to fix windows apps not opening on your computer or not opening properly or apps responding too slow or keeps crashing issue or any other issue on your windows computer.

Using Regedit – Registry Editor

Step 1: Right click on windows start menu -> Search for regedit in search box.

Step 2: Right click on regedit and select run as administrator and open registry editor as administrator.

Step 3: In Registry Editor left side menu -> Expand HEKY_LOCAL_ROOT and double click on it.

Step 4: Now, scroll down and find .exe folder and click on it and on the right side of .exe folder -> right click on default file and Select Modify.

Step 5: In value data it should be exefile and click on ok.

Step 6: Now, scroll down and find exefile folder here and click on it.

Step 7:  Now, right click on default file and select modify and in value data enter this command command – “%1″%* and click on Ok.

Step 8: Now, expand exefile folder in registry editor -> Click on shell folder -> Expand Open Folder ->  Now right click on the default value on right side and select modify.

Step 9:  Now, in value data enter this command – “%1″%* and press ok.

Step 10 : Now, once you make these changes you need to go ahead and restart your windows 10 computer and your issue of apps not working on your windows 10 computer will be fixed successfully.

Run the Troubleshooter

Step 1: Click on Start Button and select settings and go to update and settings.

Step 2:  On right side -> Select Troubleshoot and on right side click on additionally troubleshooter.

Step 3: Now, scroll down and find windows store app and click on it and run troubleshooter and wait for your windows 10 computer to detect the problem and fix the issue for you autmotacilly and restore files.

Once you run this troubleshooter then you need to wait and windows 10 computer will automtatically find for the issue why windows 10 apps not opening apps on computer and will  fix the issue for you.

Reset Apps

You can reset a specific app which you are having  trouble with on your windows computer.

Step 1: Click on Start menu and Go to Settings -> Apps 

Step 2: Locate the app which you are having trouble with and click on it.

Step 3: Now, select Advacned options.

Step 4:  Scroll down -> and select Reset app

Reinstall All Apps

Step 1: Right click on windows start menu -> Select windows powerShell(Admin)

Step 2: Now, in PowerShell enter this command -> Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers| Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”} and hit enter.

Step 3: This command will reinstall all preinstallad apps on your windows computer and this can take sometime.

Run DISM Tool

Step 1: Click on Search bar -> type in cmd and right click on cmd and select run as administrator.

Step 2:  In cmd – command promt as admin -> enter this dism command -> DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth and hit enter.

Step 3: Now, type -> DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth and hit enter.

Step 4: Type -> DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth and hit enter and wait for the command to execute and restart your computer.

That’s it, once you restore health with clean image then your issue of windows 10 apps not opening will be fixed successfully.

Run Sfc Scannow

Step 1: Open command prompt as administrator

Step 2: Now, in cmd -> type in sfc /scannow and hit enter.

Now, once you run sfc scannow after restoring system health then your issue will be resolved and sfc scannow will fix for any corrupted files on your windows computer and your apps not opening on windows 10 will be opening fine now.

Update Windows to latest Version

If you are running outdated version of windows 10 software then you can experience this issue with apps not opening or apps keeps crashing on windows 20 computer or apps responding to slow or any other issues with the app and inroder to fix this issue you need to go to windows security and update and check for any windows 10 latest updated version is available and update your windows 10 computer.