Activating the Windows Store application ... with the error "The application did not start",

Question

Release

Unable to start any UWP application (empty application, UWP samples) in Release / x86.

However, Debug / x86, Debug / x64, Release / x64 are fine.

CONNECTED WITH

• Assembly → Configuration Manager
• New...
• Debug Copy Options
• Same mistakes

ERROR

Visual Studio Exit

Symbols for ntdll.dll could not be downloaded from the Microsoft Symbol Servers. Exception settings and call stacks may not work correctly. Make sure you have a network connection and try again.'App1.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ntdll.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file. The thread 0x2e74 has exited with code -1073741792 (0xc0000020). The thread 0x780 has exited with code -1073741792 (0xc0000020). The thread 0x1930 has exited with code -1073741792 (0xc0000020). The thread 0x1b24 has exited with code -1073741792 (0xc0000020). The program '[13492] App1.exe' has exited with code -1073741792 (0xc0000020). Activation of the Windows Store app '451e4789-01f8-4e4e-b28d-fbfa813a4513_v5p8rpnswjrxg!App' failed with error 'The app didn't start'. 

Event Viewer # 1

 Activation via contract helper of the app 451e4789-01f8-4e4e-b28d-fbfa813a4513_v5p8rpnswjrxg!App for the Windows.Launch contract failed with Server execution failed. 

Event Viewer # 2

 Activation of the app 451e4789-01f8-4e4e-b28d-fbfa813a4513_v5p8rpnswjrxg!App for the Windows.Launch contract failed with error: The app didn't start.. 

Event Viewer # 3

 ActivateApplicationForContractByAppIdAsUserWithHost of the app 451e4789-01f8-4e4e-b28d-fbfa813a4513_v5p8rpnswjrxg!App for the Windows.Launch contract failed with The app didn't start.. 

FOR PLAYBACK

New Project -> Visual C # / Blank App (Universal Windows)

ECOLOGY

• Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition Update 1

• Windows 10 Pro 64bit Version 1511 10586.122

TESTED

• Visual Studio Repair

• Everything in Failed to activate the application for the Windows store, the application did not start

• Restore, clean, manually remove bin, obj folders

• Delete application

• Verified permissions https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2798317

• The project is located in C: \ Unable to activate the Windows Store application (Visual Studio 2015, Windows 10 Version 1511)

• No file 'app.config'

• sfc / scannow

I spent a couple of days on this. Please, help.

Messaging and weather applications also have the same error.

Answer 1

The solution is as follows:

• Open Weather App
• An error message will appear, click the "Save" link
• Reinstall Weather application (ignore installation error)

Answer 2

To start C # UWP to run in debugging, I went to Properties-> Build and checked Compile with .NET. This allowed me to debug.