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How to solve the application has encountered a problem. Reinstall it to repair in 4 easy steps?

Can you not install the “Turn Off the Lights” Microsoft Edge extension because failure occurs during the installation? And then this message appears on your Microsoft Store or Microsoft Edge web browser:
The application has encountered a problem. Reinstall it to repair
Furthermore, this is caused by a conflict of settings in your Microsoft Edge web browser.

The application has encountered a problem
The application has encountered a problem

Solution – The application has encountered a problem. Reinstall it to repair

Here below is the solution to get back the “Turn Off the Lights for Microsoft Edge” in your web browser:

  1. Open Powershell as admin
  2. Type in the Powershell window:
    • Get-AppxPackage *TurnOfftheLightsforMicrosoftEdge* | Remove-AppxPackage” without the quotes this will uninstall Turn Off the Lights. And You can try skipping step 3.
  3. Type in the Powershell window:
    • “Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers| Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”}” without the quotes.
      this will reinstall all stock apps including the Microsoft Store apps.
  4. So now you should be able to install Turn Off the Lights through the Microsoft Store.

Important Note:
Replace *TurnOfftheLightsforMicrosoftEdge* in step 2 with *extensionname* for the Microsoft Edge extension. For example, Mail extension.

To sum up, for more help about this Microsoft Edge issue. You can visit this help forum discussion page. And it provides you more information from the Microsoft support experts:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-networking/cannot-install-extensions-in-edge/e475de85-8156-4bb6-b72c-b660a9be2d3c?auth=1

And if this solution still does not work, please do not hesitate to contact us on this support form. Above all, we are happy to help you over there to fix this issue on your Windows 10 computer.


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