What kind of idiots create a program error saying “Outlook failed to load repair Application?” when the only problem is the wifi is disconnected?
Microsoft finally admits almost all major Windows 11 core features are broken
Submitted 5 hours ago by mech@feddit.org to technology@lemmy.world
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spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 46 minutes ago
Jhex@lemmy.world 42 seconds ago
vibe coders
GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 30 minutes ago
The problem is that someone decided to dumb down the error message to not scare users, instead of passing on the real error code from the application.
spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 12 minutes ago
The “Repair application?” was far more alarming to my visiting friend than an “No Internet connection.” would have been. It is astounding that any company would put out such complete shit.
SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Why does File Explorer freeze just because I opened it?!?
Every time???
How do they mess this up so bad?
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 8 minutes ago
I went back to Win10 at work because file explorer on Win11 was unusable. I’m not waiting a half second every single time I enter a subfolder.
and even worse in a OneDrive directory, often a full two seconds
that wasn’t the only issue, but it legitimately prevented me from being able to do my job, because I needed to be able to multitask on several projects at once. what used to be a two minute turnaround on a question somebody would ask me became hours, simply because I could not navigate to a directory in fifteen seconds and check a file quickly. and oh god the file explorer crashes
unfortunately I still deal with a bunch of that on Win10 now, because they somehow introduced that behaviour with greater frequency into Win10 in the past year
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 minutes ago
It’s amazing how a second or 5 at so many levels causes micro-frustration. And it builds up, too.
I admit I lose just a bit of my shit when the neu web-service web-apps get sluggish, which seems to be very often. Those of us who remember the halcyon days where things were responsive on a pentium know better than to accept the current mess.
My tolerance for the poor performance and saas-linked core services is rapidly waning.
setsubyou@lemmy.world 24 minutes ago
How do they mess this up so bad?
They made their devs use copilot.
coolmojo@lemmy.world 6 minutes ago
Yep. Vibe coding. Replacing knowledge and experience with hallucinations since 2025.
fossilesque@mander.xyz 1 hour ago
We have finally gotten rid of Windows on all PCs in our house this week and my partner has taken the plunge. Even with a little faff he says he is never going back lol.
mech@feddit.org 5 hours ago
Microsoft says that it is working on a fix but, for now, has provided a couple of workarounds to deal with the issue. First, Microsoft says that restarting the Shell Infrastructure host (SIHost.exe) service will help restore the missing Immersive Shell packages. This can be done with the following commands:
Add-AppxPackage -Register -Path 'C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\appxmanifest.xml' -DisableDevelopmentMode Add-AppxPackage -Register -Path 'C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.UI.Xaml.CBS_8wekyb3d8bbwe\appxmanifest.xml' -DisableDevelopmentMode Add-AppxPackage -Register -Path 'C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.Core_cw5n1h2txyewy\appxmanifest.xml' -DisableDevelopmentMode
Second, a PowerShell logon script has been shared that essentially blocks Explorer from launching prematurely until the required packages are fully provisioned. The batch script for that is given below:
@echo off REM Register MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "Add-AppxPackage -Register -Path 'C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\appxmanifest.xml' -DisableDevelopmentMode" REM Register Microsoft.UI.Xaml.CBS powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "Add-AppxPackage -Register -Path 'C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.UI.Xaml.CBS_8wekyb3d8bbwe\appxmanifest.xml' -DisableDevelopmentMode" REM Register MicrosoftWindows.Client.Core powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "Add-AppxPackage -Register -Path 'C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.Core_cw5n1h2txyewy\appxmanifest.xml' -DisableDevelopmentMode"
I swear to god, if I hear “Windows just works” one more goddamn time…
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 4 hours ago
But Linux is too difficult, someone might suggest you use the terminal.
paraphrand@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
And don’t get me started on the people who assume macOS does not have a command line.
joyjoy@lemmy.zip 4 hours ago
“Windows just works”
When did Microsoft steal Apple’s marketing material?
floofloof@lemmy.ca 4 hours ago
Maybe I’ve just been lucky, but for several years and on several different machines I’ve found Linux just works, while Windows is an endless treadmill of frustration and brokenness.
Valmond@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Well compated to others it did kind of just work. Plug&play, USB, most simple peripherics didn’t need a driver to be manually installed and configured.
Windows 98 I guess.
Goretantath@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
It does, if you are talking about pre 11, and dont care about internet pre 10. But otherwise fuck Microsoft with a rusty shovel, theyve ruined anything good about windows and make it harder and harder not to switch to steamos, the only reason I don’t is because of the pain of reinstalling everything and not having the drive space to shuffle files to it.
bigbabybilly@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Man, I have 3 windows 11 desktops and a laptop. Sometime in the last month all of their edge browsers became “managed by my organization”… they’re all personal computers with no work info on them. And I can’t undo it. I’ve tried every trick on the internet. Fuck MS.
iza@lemmy.zip 10 minutes ago
Did you use ShutUp10 or something similar? It says that when settings are changed via registry/group policy. It doesn’t actually have anything to do with your work. Chrome does the same thing.
Darkcoffee@sh.itjust.works 5 hours ago
My decision to switch to Linux feels better and better every day. Windows 11 sucks.
Romkslrqusz@lemmy.zip 3 hours ago
That’s quite a headline they’ve got there!
After provisioning a PC with a Windows 11, version 24H2 monthly cumulative update released on or after July 2025 (KB5062553), various apps such as StartMenuExperiencehost, Search, SystemSettings, Taskbar or Explorer might experience difficulties.
This will occur for the following: First time user logon after a cumulative update was applied. All user logons to a non-persistent OS installation such as a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) or equivalent as application packages must be installed each logon in such scenarios.
If you are wondering, provisioning essentially is the way admins configure devices as they automatically deploy various settings and policies on a client PC. So while the issue is in office PCs, considering a huge number of enterprise PCs are Windows, this is probably a very big problem.
NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 1 hour ago
I have a computer that failed updating to 24H2 and has been broken ever since. Huge pain in the ass and no matter what I do, looks like reinstalling is the only fix.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
In the support article Microsoft explains:
"After provisioning a PC with a Windows 11, version 24H2 monthly cumulative update released on or after July 2025 (KB5062553), various apps such as StartMenuExperiencehost, Search, SystemSettings, Taskbar or Explorer might experience difficulties.
lol
TheBat@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
I wish all the companies using Windows 11 sued Microsoft for releasing a buggy product.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 hours ago
Individuals that were forced to upgrade automatically, too.
Buffalox@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Hey take it easy now, don’t make crazy demands on Microsoft.
They’ve just recently released Windows 11, and I’m sure they will have it completed soon,
and have all core features broken.neutronbumblebee@mander.xyz 2 hours ago
Open shell is a helpful solution that replaces some of the problems in the windows UI at least for the start menu.
It’s pretty easy to customize most elements for the style you prefer and no adverts.
dan@upvote.au 4 hours ago
It sounds like you can just log out and back in to fix it? For a local system, the article says it only occurs for “First time user logon after a cumulative update was applied.”
mech@feddit.org 2 hours ago
I’m administering >300 virtual desktops running Windows 11.
Imagine what my phone would sound like if I pushed this update.dan@upvote.au 13 minutes ago
Just net send everyone a message saying that if they have issues, they need to reboot.
(is net send still a thing?)
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 9 minutes ago
Geez, talk about spreading FUD 🙄
So it happens once, after this update was applied. Jesus christ the level of fake outrage and exaggeration is insane and should be studied.