How-to: Are programs ‘stubbornly’ not opening on Windows 10? Learn 5 solutions to the problem – how

Although many users do not feel, in the vast majority of cases, that there are major “pitfalls” in their Windows experience, there are sometimes frustrating issues for which the solution does not seem obvious.

Let’s say you turn on your computer to start another working day. However, when you try to use a certain program, it “refuses” to open it, no matter how many times you click on its icon. Nobody likes to be in such a situation: whether at work or abroad.

If you have already performed a scan with the antivirus software you have installed on your device and the possibility of infection with some malware is out of the equation, if you restart your computer, or even if you uninstall and re-install the application in question and the problem persists, there are some solutions You can try it to reopen your programs.

Click the pictures to learn about 5 ways to open “troublesome” programs in Windows 10

Follow these steps:

1 – If the problem occurs with an app you downloaded from Microsoft Store, the best thing is to check if it is up to date. To do this, open the Microsoft Store, click on Downloads and Updates and then on Get updates, which will update the apps automatically. Also, when you open the section, you will immediately be able to see which applications are available with updates.

2 – Regarding updates, checking if Windows 10 is up to date can also be helpful in solving the problem. To make sure your system is up to date, go to “Updates & Security” in the Windows Settings menu. If Windows Update is not “up to date”, the best thing is to update it.

3 – Try to check if the Windows Update Service is running or not. To do this, you will first have to press the Windows key and R, to open the Run function, type services.msc in the search bar and then click Search.

4 – Scroll through the list of services until you find “Windows Update”. If you have no indication that it is running, right-click on the option and select “Start”.

5 – You can also use Windows tools to solve problems with applications you have downloaded from the Microsoft Store. In the Updates and Security section of Windows Settings, go to Troubleshoot and select the Additional Troubleshooting option.

6 – Once there, click on Windows Store Apps. Select the Run the Troubleshooting option by following the instructions on the screen.

7 – Have you tried all the above options, but still, the programs refuse to open? You should not rule out the possibility of some corrupted files. Open a command prompt, run it as administrator, and type sfc /scanow. Through this process, the system will analyze the drive to identify corrupted files and try to recover them and provide a summary of all activities upon completion.

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