KB5023152: “This app can’t open” error starting a Windows app in 11 22H2

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https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/kb5023152-this-app-can-t-open-error-message-when-starting-a-windows-app-in-windows-11-version-22h2-52d63063-a912-4b2b-b0b8-a934d18625bf

Symptoms

After running a System Restore to a previous restore point on a device that is running Windows 11, version 22H2, some Windows applications that use the MSIX Windows app package format may experience any of the following symptoms:

Note Other symptoms may also occur which are not listed here.

An error message “This app can’t open” is displayed instead of the app starting.

The app might have multiple entries on the Start menu.

An app may not respond when you try to start the app.

An I/O error may occur, followed by the app not responding, and then the app crashes.

If you try to start the app again, the app now runs.

Some Microsoft apps that are known to experience this issue include the following:

Notepad
Paint
Office
Cortana
Terminal..

Workaround

To work around this issue, do one of the following

Try starting the app again.

Try re-installing the app from the Windows Store.

Try re-installing the app from the original source from which it was first installed.

Try running Windows Update.

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Try using Windows 10 which doesn’t appear to suffer the same symptoms of a rushed-out, unfinished OS where users are the unpaid beta testers?

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Alex5723

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