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Follow-up: The game works, but my skin keeps disappearing. I have to reload it inside each world I enter.
AI finally landed on a solution. Caveat 1: BACK UP YOUR WORLDS FIRST. Caveat 2: It took me several tries to load my personal skin. The skin selection window simply locked when I clicked the skinny/chubby version I wanted. I went to about four different worlds before that worked.
Solution that worked for me…
Since a standard Microsoft Store uninstallation and reinstall didn't clear the error, Windows is pulling the corrupted Minecraft.Windows.exe package straight from a sticky hidden staging folder on your drive rather than truly downloading a clean version.
Because the "Line 0" XML error means the executable's manifest header is entirely blank or unreadable, we need to bypass the Windows Store interface and manually purge the corrupted package using PowerShell, or completely remove the physical cache folder.
Follow these advanced methods to force Windows to completely rebuild the app registration.
Method 1: Force-Purge and Re-register via PowerShell
This method completely unlinks and uninstalls the corrupted application manifest registration from your Windows user account profile.
Right-click the Start Menu and choose Terminal (Admin) or PowerShell (Admin).
Paste the following command and press Enter to forcefully remove Minecraft from your account:powershell
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers Microsoft.MinecraftUWP | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers
Use code with caution.Close the PowerShell window and restart your PC.
Once restarted, open the Microsoft Store and try installing Minecraft again.
Jennifer, good luck.
Mojang, please don’t make us go through this again.
Minecraft’s “Latest preview” launches and plays just fine for me. However, the “Latest release” continues to fail with error code (0x800736b1).
Processor AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8-Core Processor (3.90 GHz)
Installed RAM 16.0 GB
Graphics card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (8 GB)
Storage 1.29 TB of 2.27 TB used
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
I’m launching from Minecraft Launcher v.3.41.18-2.6.2.
Log Name: Application
Source: SideBySide
Date: 08/10/2026 10:40:40
Event ID: 59
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Description:
Activation context generation failed for "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_1.26.5203.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Minecraft.Windows.exe".Error in manifest or policy file "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_1.26.5203.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Minecraft.Windows.exe" on line 0. Invalid Xml syntax.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="SideBySide" />
<EventID Qualifiers="49409">59</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2026-10-08T09:40:40.8510422Z" />
<EventRecordID>167921</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="24544" ThreadID="0" />
<Channel>Application</Channel>
. . .
<Data>C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_1.26.5203.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Minecraft.Windows.exe</Data>
<Data>C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_1.26.5203.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Minecraft.Windows.exe</Data>
<Data>0</Data>
. . .
</EventData>
</Event>
Jennifer Tippett, thx for confirming, and with such detail. You are my new hero.
More than a week later and this is still an issue. The game is unplayable. Please give it some attention. Thx.
Today it works as of Release 26.51.
I hit Save too soon. Affects 26.45. It worked fine the evening before that update.
Processor AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8-Core Processor (3.90 GHz)
Installed RAM 16.0 GB
Graphics card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (8 GB)
Affects 26.45.
Thank you for the update. I tried to find an existing bug to upvote it rather than create a new one. Unfortunately, the search facility failed to find anything based on the keywords I tried. Can we get a better search facility? :- )
Processor AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8-Core Processor (3.90 GHz)
Installed RAM 16.0 GB
Graphics card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (8 GB)
Storage 1.27 TB of 2.27 TB used
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Faulting application name: Minecraft.Windows.exe, version: 1.26.45.1, time stamp: 0x6a8378ba
Faulting module name: Minecraft.Windows.exe, version: 1.26.45.1, time stamp: 0x6a8378ba
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x0000000000b6bbfc
Faulting process id: 0x1960
Faulting application start time: 0x1DD37BCC5310201
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_1.26.4501.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Minecraft.Windows.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_1.26.4501.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Minecraft.Windows.exe
Report Id: f6d5c7e7-1862-451d-a7be-76f5d2190d48
Faulting package full name: Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_1.26.4501.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
Faulting package-relative application ID: Game
As of today’s release 26.40, the game is now playable for me.
Thank you! :- )
This game remains unplayable. It’s been two weeks now.
Today’s error looks to be the same as the last one I recorded…
Faulting application name: Minecraft.Windows.exe, version: 1.26.33.1, time stamp: 0x6a4e8d9a
Faulting module name: Minecraft.Windows.exe, version: 1.26.33.1, time stamp: 0x6a4e8d9a
Exception code: 0xc000001d
Fault offset: 0x0000000000c4fc3b
Faulting process id: 0x1C0
Faulting application start time: 0x1DD169EA88C5221
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_1.26.3301.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Minecraft.Windows.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_1.26.3301.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Minecraft.Windows.exe
Report Id: 3747ee53-a67f-4999-88a2-376c8d03b021
Faulting package full name: Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_1.26.3301.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
Faulting package-relative application ID: Game
Hi.
Apologies for the delay. I was away from my computer for a couple of days.
I moved the Minecraft Bedrock folder out of that directory and tried to launch it both directly and via the launcher.
I have the same issue: a black screen for a few moments, then it closes.
System specs are…
Processor AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8-Core Processor (3.90 GHz)
Installed RAM 16.0 GB
Graphics card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (8 GB)
Storage 1.30 TB of 2.27 TB used
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Pen and touch No pen or touch input is available for this display
Please let me know if you need anything further.
Thx and kind regards.
Hi,
Thx for the response. I have not intentionally moved “Minecraft Bedrock” from my %appdata% directory. Am I supposed to?
At the moment, a “Minecraft Bedrock” directory exists in two places:
C:\Users\<myusername>\AppData\Local\Temp\Minecraft Bedrock
C:\Users\<myusername>\AppData\Roaming\Minecraft Bedrock
Have you advice on how to resolve this?
Thx and kind regards.
I again did a clean install of NVIDIA drivers and application. Now Event Viewer shows a failure with Minecraft directly:
Faulting application name: Minecraft.Windows.exe, version: 1.26.33.1, time stamp: 0x6a4e8d9a
Faulting module name: Minecraft.Windows.exe, version: 1.26.33.1, time stamp: 0x6a4e8d9a
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x0000000000006823
Faulting process id: 0xEB8
Faulting application start time: 0x1DD1380376250ED
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_1.26.3301.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Minecraft.Windows.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_1.26.3301.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Minecraft.Windows.exe
Report Id: d36ef0ab-ed31-4b20-b593-83446b0df988
Faulting package full name: Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_1.26.3301.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
Faulting package-relative application ID: Game
Please fix this release. The game is completely unplayable.
Thx.
Is this related to MC-307320 ?
Hahaha. Great stuff! Glad to hear you’re up and running again. :- )
Btw, I loaded my skin via a .mcpack file, and that seems to be working too.