- Microsoft Retailer apps can’t be up to date or uninstalled as a result of a bug
- Fortunately Microsoft has now fastened the issue associated to WinAppSDK
- The remedy is in a Home windows 10 non-compulsory replace, so you might need to wait
Some Home windows 10 customers have been experiencing an odd bug with the working system having issues operating updates for apps from the Microsoft Retailer – however this concern has now been sorted.
Neowin stories that Home windows 10 22H2 had a bug which meant that in some instances, apps from the Microsoft Retailer couldn’t be up to date – or uninstalled, both – however a decision for this has now been utilized (as of November 21).
Microsoft explains that this wasn’t a problem with Home windows 10 itself, however reasonably with the newest model of WinAppSDK. Those that acquired model 1.6.2, on November 12, or later – which can have been put in by an app that requires WinAppSDK, because it’ll pull down the newest model – could have been hit by the bug.
Those that’ve seen the difficulty could have observed that updates fail with an unhelpful error message (‘One thing occurred on our finish’) displayed within the downloads panel of the Microsoft Retailer.
Microsoft clarified that “this concern is just not brought on by a Home windows safety or preview month-to-month replace,” whereas informing customers that the repair for that is within the new Home windows 10 replace, KB5046714, which has simply been launched.
Evaluation: One thing occurred… or not
Notice that KB5046714 is an non-compulsory replace for Home windows 10, so it may have some bugs itself. In the event you’re apprehensive about putting in a preview launch, you’ll be able to at all times await the total model of the patch, which can be right here subsequent month (on December 10, to be exact).
Nonetheless, on this case, in case you’re hit by the Microsoft Retailer bug and also you aren’t getting any updates in your software program from the shop, grabbing the non-compulsory patch could also be well worth the danger (discover it beneath Home windows Updates, as ever).
Elsewhere, KB5046714 offers another fixes for points together with a bug the place dragging and dropping a file from a cloud supplier’s folder (like OneDrive) could end in that file being moved over, reasonably than copied appropriately by default. Additionally, there’s an vital resolution for an issue the place Home windows 10 fails to activate after the PC’s motherboard has been changed.
When you’re fixing bugs, Microsoft, you may need to do a little bit of tweaking to that error message as effectively: ‘One thing occurred on our finish’ is just not very helpful, and certainly nonsensical, actually. The issue right here being an replace failing to use, so in truth, the proper message must be ‘One thing didn’t occur on our finish,’ specifically the app patch that ought to’ve gone by. Or ‘Nothing occurred on our finish,’ maybe?
How a few easy rewording to ‘One thing went unsuitable on our finish’ – that matches higher, proper, Microsoft? That’s this month’s go to to ‘Pedantry Nook’ over, keep tuned for December’s ever-so-thrilling nitpicking remark.
