My Firewall and Microsoft Store on Windows 11 is so broken, 0x8007045B 0x80073D02, no paint or caculator or notepad app, can't install any apps from the store or use winget

Tried to repair MS Store with

Get-AppXPackage | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

Result:

Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered.

error 0x800706D9: While processing the request, the system failed to register the windows.firewall extension due to the following

error: There are no more endpoints available from the endpoint mapper.

.

NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] a93aa371-377a-0005-39f7-79a97a37d901 in the Event Log or use the command

line Get-AppPackageLog -ActivityID a93aa371-377a-0005-39f7-79a97a37d901

At line:1 char:28

• ... | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.I ...

•             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
  

  • CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:\Windows\Syst...ppXManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand

Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered.

error 0x800706D9: While processing the request, the system failed to register the windows.firewall extension due to the following

error: There are no more endpoints available from the endpoint mapper.

.

NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] a93aa371-377a-0005-cff7-79a97a37d901 in the Event Log or use the command

line Get-AppPackageLog -ActivityID a93aa371-377a-0005-cff7-79a97a37d901

At line:1 char:28

• ... | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.I ...

•             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
  

  • CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:\Program File...ppXManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand

So it says something about firewall .

Check my firewall it says

Microsoft Defender Firewall is using settings that may make your device unsafe.

Click Restore settings, agree to UAC, but it does not do anyting, does not fix the firewall issue.

Reference https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/any-microsoft-store-app-fails-to-install/e0fd883f-a753-4e57-b39a-344c5173aa5e

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-to-reinstall-microsoft-store/c86a6fda-73cb-4353-ad0f-3d2ec3605ceb https://www.wintips.org/fix-error-0x80073d02-in-microsoft-store-and-windows-10/ Tried

Get-AppxPackage *windowsstore* | Remove-AppxPackage

I was able to remove MS Store.

Following that tried

Get-AppXPackage | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsStore_22210.1401.16.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\appxmanifest.xml"}

Reports app not found.

Firewall is off=> https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/windows-defender-firewall-is-using-settings-that/914decb4-fbd9-451a-adfb-86e80adc1715

While looking at the computer logs, system, it is full or errors about firewall.

The Windows Defender Firewall service terminated with the following service-specific error:

The parameter is incorrect.

• <Event xmlns="**http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event**">
• <System> <Provider Name="Service Control Manager" Guid="{555908d1-a6d7-4695-8e1e-26931d2012f4}" EventSourceName="Service Control Manager" /><EventID Qualifiers="49152">7024</EventID><Version>0</Version><Level>2</Level><Task>0</Task><Opcode>0</Opcode><Keywords>0x8080000000000000</Keywords><TimeCreated SystemTime="2023-02-03T03:51:08.9332757Z" /><EventRecordID>9590912</EventRecordID><Correlation /><Execution ProcessID="1432" ThreadID="18260" /><Channel>System</Channel><Computer>Desk-C</Computer><Security /></System>
• <EventData> <Data Name="param1">Windows Defender Firewall</Data><Data Name="param2">%%87</Data><Binary>6D00700073007300760063000000</Binary></EventData> </Event>

So the param2 is incorrect and the firewall service is restarting like every 15~20 seconds.

So how to fix the firewall then ?

Hi and thanks for reaching out. My name is Bernard a Windows fan like you. I'll be happy to help you out today.

I understand the issue you have, there is nothing to worry I am here to help since you have done basic troubleshooting steps and still having an issue, I suggest doing an in-place upgrade wherein it will upgrade the device to the latest version and repair all issues without deleting any files.

Kindly follow the steps from this link:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...

Let me know how it goes and I hope that helps.

Bernard

Seems like a common issue and a lot of users got this error, especially users upgraded from Windows 10 to 11.

Ref https://www.windows11forums.com/threads/windows-11-defender-firewall-will-not-load.355/

The other user's story

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While I'm glad to find out others have had the exact same issue, it's very frustrating that there's so few mentions of it everywhere I've searched. Something that worries me though (but may be purely coincidence) I also have an ASUS board. ROG STRIX B365-G*.Just to confirm it's the exact same issue: Upgraded from Windows 10 to 11 and everything was fine on the first boot. Next boot

• Settings > Windows Security > any setting produces error "You'll need a new app to open this windows defender link"(A repair reinstall or Win 11 followed by running Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.SecHealthUI -AllUsers | Reset-AppxPackage fixed this)
• Could access the settings now, but I still couldn't turn firewall on. "Windows Defender Firewall can't change some of your settings"
• System Event Log reports "The Windows Defender Firewall service terminated with the following service-specific error: The parameter is incorrect." Event 7024
• Windows Defender Firewall Service continually toggling between "Running" and "Starting". The services/drivers it depends upon like "Windows Defender Firewall Authorization Driver" are all ok though.
• The usual DISM and SFC fixes did nothing, but a repair reinstall of Windows 11 either from the ISO (tested 3 times both with and without Check for Updates selected) or from the online Installation Assistant (tested once) had the same result: Firewall after the upgrade, but broken after a reboot.

Eventually I gave up and disabled Defender Firewall in the registry and installed Avast One Free so at least I had a firewall and things like Steam Link etc would work.(But then a secondary issue of the Start Button breaking every time Windows Update ran and being unable to install Windows Terminal and other apps from the Microsoft Store. When I traced this back to the the firewall in an error state incorrectly reporting that the system was shutting down and the Store would immediately stop downloading/installing... I gave up.)So I'm back on Windows 10. *Just to check if it was hardware related though I took an image on Windows 11 before I blew it away and opened in Hyper-V and was still getting the exact same issues. Maybe next I'll open an image of my Win 10 in Hyper-V and perform and upgrade there and see what happens but I've spent so much time on this already.. It's a shame because apart from the firewall and Start button issues the rest of Windows 11 ran great on my hardware.

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Mine system:

• Microsoft Defender Firewall is using settings that may make your device unsafe. Click Restore settings button, agree to UAC, but it does not do anyting, does not fix the firewall issue. Click Restore firewalls to default link on the bottom, click use recommended settings, reports 0x8007045B error**.**
• System Event Log reports "The Windows Defender Firewall service terminated with the following service-specific error: The parameter is incorrect." Event 7024
• Windows Defender Firewall Service continually toggling between "Running" and "Starting". The services/drivers it depends upon like "Windows Defender Firewall Authorization Driver" are all ok though.

I believe I'm already on the latest version of windows 11. Does an in place upgrade of this would help?