Microsoft Office may not open when you restore Windows 11

If you’re making an attempt to roll again Windows 11’s 2022 Update to an earlier cut-off date, watch out: a number of functions inside Windows may not open in consequence.

Microsoft has revealed KB5023152, an error message that warns that apps that use the MSIX Windows app format may undergo glitches or just refuse to open. In plainer English, that implies that apps like Office, Cortana, Notepad, Paint, and Terminal may return error messages or just refuse to launch. But different apps may be affected, too.

The glitches aren’t constant, both. Microsoft lists the next as doable app behaviors:

• An error message “This app can’t open” is displayed as an alternative of the app beginning.
• The app may need a number of entries on the Start menu.
• An app may not reply when you attempt to begin the app.
• An I/O error may happen, adopted by the app not responding, after which the app crashes.
• If you attempt to begin the app once more, the app now runs.

Right now, the errors solely plague Windows 11 22H2, formally often called the Windows 11 2022 Update. Microsoft does not say that the corporate is engaged on a repair, nevertheless. For the second, the corporate’s builders are stymied by the problem. Workarounds embrace making an attempt to launch the app once more, making an attempt to reinstall the app from the Microsoft Store, and working Windows Update—all of which might be a part of any primary troubleshooting.

Ironically, returning to an earlier system restore level is one other typical resolution to an issue with an software set up, as Tom’s Hardware, which filed an earlier report on the glitch, notes. Hopefully, Microsoft figures all this out quickly.

Author: Mark Hachman, Senior Editor