For what it's worth, only one of my two systems is experiencing this issue.

The one with the issue is running windows 11, and the working system is running Linux.

Priceless.

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 32 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

LMAO the next action taken after that comment:

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[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 41 points 6 days ago (1 children)

For anyone who's interested, Microsoft have provided an update that's about as helpful as you might have expected, right at the top of the Github issue where this has been reported.

! Note

What we Know

There is an issue impacting all store applications on Windows as of 2026-01-21.

There have been some reports that choosing to Repair the Terminal application has restored it to working order.

Source

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[–] tomiant@piefed.social 56 points 6 days ago (3 children)

"Get help with this"

The real joke.

[–] b_van_b@programming.dev 17 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I had a similar error with a different application. Clicking "Get help with this" just opened the Documents folder in Explorer.

[–] pressanykeynow@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago

Did it help?

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[–] jeniferariza@lemmy.world 27 points 6 days ago

Moments like this are why people get frustrated—tools should get out of the way, not add extra hoops. Everyone’s setup works… until it suddenly doesn’t.

[–] elvith@feddit.org 58 points 6 days ago (2 children)

You see, the problem is, that you try to open the Terminal on Windows Home or Pro. Personal use doesn't include advanced features like Terminal access. Please upgrade to a Windows Enterprise License to continue to be able to use the Terminal.

Alternatively you may try using Copilot to run commands and change system settings in a text based environment.

^/s^

[–] PoopingCough@lemmy.world 28 points 6 days ago

At this point I'm not even sure this truly is sarcasm

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[–] khanh@lemmy.zip 18 points 6 days ago (7 children)

Always remember: Your OS should do nothing more than provide a GUI for you to access apps and run apps. Anything else is not necessary.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 13 points 5 days ago (7 children)

Your OS provides a GUI? fancy

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[–] calcopiritus@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago

From a non-technical user's pov kinda true.

But not true at all when you enumerate the actual responsibilities of an OS.

[–] Cycadophyta@lemmy.cafe 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The OS shouldn't even do that. That's the job of the display manager and desktop environment

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[–] GuyIncognito@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I also want it to have a built-in clock and calendar in the taskbar. But Microsoft won't even let me have that! They got rid of the calendar!

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[–] oozynozh@sh.itjust.works 33 points 6 days ago (8 children)

i was about to suggest using winget to reinstall it but then i realized that would require a functional terminal to accomplish, something i had taken for granted

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[–] abigscaryhobo@lemmy.world 30 points 6 days ago (3 children)

It sucks. But I'm pretty sure there's some kind of bug going on in win 11 right now. I was even getting that earlier today when trying to open snipping tool after it was already open. I think they just borked some store check code somewhere.

[–] CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 38 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I think they just borked some store check code somewhere.

The fact that this is even possible just demonstrates how broken Windows is fundamentally.

[–] voodooattack@lemmy.world 18 points 6 days ago

It’s probably all the vibe coding they do internally nowadays

[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Microsoft: “Let’s fire our QA teams. We’ll force our dev team to use AI in coding. Then we’ll have the public test it.”
Also Microsoft:

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[–] BootLoop@sh.itjust.works 30 points 6 days ago (8 children)

The Microsoft Store is impressively bad. So many random errors that don't give any helpful information that are impossible to fix.

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[–] FreddiesLantern@leminal.space 23 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I recently tried to install librewolf onto a W11 machine from the windows store. It won’t even launch that. Not even an error or nothing just gone.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 17 points 6 days ago (2 children)

don't use the windows store, when not required you can never know what else they package into your apps. google and amazon's android app stores do this, the latter is even open about adding tracking libs to apps

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[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Don't sign into Windows with an online account. You can still do offline only accounts and it fixes this problem. The Microsoft Store still works too but IDK why you'd use that.

[–] Avicenna@programming.dev 12 points 6 days ago

What you already paid money for your OS? Fuck that. Help us sell your data for basic functionality too.

[–] Bullerfar@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago

Linux master race!

[–] Mouarfff@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

Cancel Microsoft 🤷‍♀️

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