My apps won't open after system restore.

So I had some flash problems with my computer. the logical decision (after tinkering around on chrome, firefox, etc. and having nothing worked) i did a system restore to a few days back. nothing really changed, one app was removed. but when it finished,
I was in for a huge surprise. None of my apps, except firefox worked. Not chrome, not my calendar for windows 10, not my x-box music player thing from windows 10, not even the start button responded. I re-dowloaded chrome, so that's working. How can
i get the rest to work?

Hi Alsbadals,
For Windows Store Apps, you can run this following command in PowerShell to re-registry them:
Get-AppXPackage | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}
Let’s check the result.
Regards,
Alex Zhao
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