{"id":28795,"date":"2022-09-28T09:46:12","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T04:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=28795"},"modified":"2023-09-17T10:28:48","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T04:58:48","slug":"microsoft-winrt-storage-api-open-with","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/microsoft-winrt-storage-api-open-with\/","title":{"rendered":"Fix: “Microsoft WinRT Storage API” Appears in Open With Menu"},"content":{"rendered":"

After installing Windows 11 Feature Update, when you right-click on an image file such as JPG, PNG, BMP, etc., and click Open With, you might see a strange entry named “Microsoft WinRT Storage API” with no icon.<\/p>\n

\"microsoft<\/p>\n

Clicking on the Microsoft WinRT Storage API entry may throw one of the following errors:<\/p>\n

Error \"Element not found\".<\/pre>\n
Windows cannot find 'filename.jpg'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again.<\/pre>\n
Let’s see how to remove this Open With entry.<\/p>\n
Cause<\/h2>\n
The strange “Microsoft WinRT Storage API” entry is caused by a corrupted app package. If the corrupted app or some of its files are missing (but the registry entry remains), it shows up with a generic\/placeholder name, such as “Twin UI” or “Microsoft WinRT Storage API” (the resource string comes from Windows.Storage.dll<\/code>) in the Open With dialog, Default Apps, or Start menu.<\/p>\n
Resolution<\/h2>\n
The corrupted app could be anything, not necessarily the Paint 3D app.<\/p>\n
Note: On a user’s computer, the offending app was found to be Paint 3D. However, it may not necessarily be Paint 3D in your case. It could be a different app.<\/em><\/p>\n
After verifying the registry entries from the user’s computer, the defective app package was identified as Paint 3D. Uninstalling Paint 3D fixed the issue.<\/p>\n
    \n
  1. Launch PowerShell as administrator.<\/li>\n
  2. Run the following command:\n
    get-appxpackage *paint* -allusers | remove-appxpackage -allusers<\/pre>\n
    The above command uninstalls Paint 3D as well as the regular Paint app (mspaint.exe<\/code>.)<\/li>\n
  3. Once done, open Microsoft Store and install Paint 3D and the regular Paint app.<\/li>\n
  4. See if the erroneous Open With entry is gone.
    \n\"microsoft<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    The conventional steps to remove the Open With entries, as in the article Remove Unwanted Programs from Open with menu<\/a> didn’t work in this case. That’s because the strange entry was probably coming from the Paint 3D UWP App’s AppxManifest.xml<\/code> file (Ref: uap:SupportedFileTypes<\/code> at Microsoft Docs) instead of the registry.<\/p>\n
    “Mark” from Microsoft Answers<\/a> has indicated that the above steps resolved the issue.<\/em><\/p>\n
    \n
    In another case, the defective package was identified as Clipchamp (older version.)<\/p>\n
    \"winrt<\/p>\n
    The following registry entry provided the clue:<\/p>\n
    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\.jpg\\OpenWithProgids<\/pre>\n
    Uninstalling Clipchamp and then running this command from PowerShell (admin) resolved the issue:<\/p>\n
    get-appxpackage *clipchamp* -allusers | remove-appxpackage<\/pre>\n
    And then, the DARF.vbs<\/a> script was used to remove the remnant entries related to Clipchamp.<\/p>\n
    \n
    In a recent case, the defective “Movies & TV” app caused the issue.<\/p>\n
    \"WinRT<\/p>\n
    Cleanly uninstalling Movies & TV and reinstalling helped. To do so, please open PowerShell admin<\/strong> and run:<\/p>\n
    get-appxpackage Microsoft.ZuneVideo -allusers | remove-appxpackage -allusers<\/pre>\n
    Press Enter.<\/p>\n
    And then install Movies & TV from the Microsoft Store.<\/p>\n
    Movies & TV – Microsoft Store Apps: https:\/\/apps.microsoft.com\/store\/detail\/movies-tv\/9WZDNCRFJ3P2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
    After installing Windows 11 Feature Update, when you right-click on an image file such as JPG, PNG, BMP, etc., and click Open With, you might see a strange entry named “Microsoft WinRT Storage API” with no icon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,869],"tags":[191,729,396,441],"class_list":["post-28795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-10","category-windows-11","tag-error-messages","tag-open-with","tag-powershell","tag-registry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":80375,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/api-ms-win-core-winrt-l1-1-0-dll-is-missing\/","url_meta":{"origin":28795,"position":0},"title":"[Fix] api-ms-win-core-winrt-l1-1-0.dll is missing (Adobe Acrobat Reader)","author":"Ramesh","date":"March 2, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Since the Feb 2026 update of Adobe Acrobat Reader, Windows 7 users receive the following error when opening a PDF or the Adobe Acrobat Reader app. You wonder how to get the missing api-ms-win-core-winrt-l1-1-0.dll file. 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