Updated to Windows 10 v1703 - certain apps crashing on open

[phybron]

Hardware: i5-4670k, GTX1070, ASUS Z87I-DELUXE, 16GB RAM, 250GB 850 EVO SSD.

1703 has reset my keyboard remaps, so I'm trying to reapply them. KeyTweak won't open. I've reinstalled it and it still won't open. I downloaded Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator and that crashes after the first window of the install. SharpKeys won't install either; it crashes explorer on opening the download file.

HWiNFO wants an update, but the download crashes explorer on open as well.
I've run sfc /scannow and got no errors. Restarted, checked for updates etc. Nothing doing. Any ideas? I really need to remap a couple of keys.

 

[Paul NZ]

What did you update/upgrade from?? I would do a clean install of 1703

 

[Colif]

can try dism but i suspect it own't help

right click start button
choose powershell (admin)
copy/paste this command into powershell
Repair-WindowsImage -Online -RestoreHealth

dism fixes the image (its sort of obvious from link)

 

[phybron]

What did you update/upgrade from?? I would do a clean install of 1703

I upgraded from whatever the last most up-to-date version of Windows 10 was. I'm contemplating reverting to that from the USB ISO I have, or making a new ISO of 1703 and doing a clean install.

The best bit is before upgrading everything more or less worked, but sfc /scannow always found errors. Now it finds no errors, but a bunch of stuff is thoroughly broken.

 

[phybron]

can try dism but i suspect it own't help

right click start button
choose powershell (admin)
copy/paste this command into powershell
Repair-WindowsImage -Online -RestoreHealth

dism fixes the image (its sort of obvious from link)

I tried that via DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth in the Admin command prompt, but it can't find the source.
Tried your command in the PowerShell and get the same problem: 'The restore operation failed. Either the repair source was not found or the component store cannot be repaired.'

 

[Colif]

Asking for source... okay then. These are standard instructions, if you already have a copy of ISO, then don't get it again

Download a copy of the win 10 iso from Here - create ISO by telling it you want to make DVD - and then mount that ISO in file explorer (see Here) and then copy paste the below command into command prompt (admin) or powershell (Admin) - same command works in both places.

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /source:WIM:X:\Sources\Install.wim:1 /LimitAccess
Where "X" is the drive letter where the ISO is located. Simply change the "X" to the correct drive letter

 

[phybron]

Asking for source... okay then. These are standard instructions, if you already have a copy of ISO, then don't get it again

Download a copy of the win 10 iso from Here - create ISO by telling it you want to make DVD - and then mount that ISO in file explorer (see Here) and then copy paste the below command into command prompt (admin) or powershell (Admin) - same command works in both places.

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /source:WIM:X:\Sources\Install.wim:1 /LimitAccess
Where "X" is the drive letter where the ISO is located. Simply change the "X" to the correct drive letter

I figured it out, eventually: it was MacType. There's a patch but it's still a bit dodgy. I've just removed it for now.