starred/terminal
1
0
Fork 0
mirror of https://github.com/microsoft/terminal.git synced 2026-02-03 21:25:34 +00:00
Code Issues 19.0k Packages Projects Releases 20 Wiki Activity

0x803f8001 | Terminal is not available on my Account #23980

New Issue
Closed
opened 2026-01-31 08:58:00 +00:00 by claunia · 9 comments
claunia commented 2026-01-31 08:58:00 +00:00
Owner
Copy Link

Originally created by @Alex-265 on GitHub (Jan 21, 2026).

Windows Terminal version

I can't open the app

Windows build number

10.0.26100.7462

Other Software

No response

Steps to reproduce

Open Terminal

Expected Behavior

It would be pretty nice, if the terminal would open

Actual Behavior

A message popped up:
(Translated from german)
Check your Account
Terminal is not currently availiable on you account. Make sure you are signed in on the MIcrosoft Store and try again. Here is the error-code if you need it: 0x803f8001

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/8f54d418-0d22-4681-a45e-5a2c778c9353

Originally created by @Alex-265 on GitHub (Jan 21, 2026). ### Windows Terminal version I can't open the app ### Windows build number 10.0.26100.7462 ### Other Software _No response_ ### Steps to reproduce Open Terminal ### Expected Behavior It would be pretty nice, if the terminal would open ### Actual Behavior A message popped up: (Translated from german) Check your Account Terminal is not currently availiable on you account. Make sure you are signed in on the MIcrosoft Store and try again. Here is the error-code if you need it: 0x803f8001 https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/8f54d418-0d22-4681-a45e-5a2c778c9353
claunia added the Needs-TriageIssue-BugNeeds-Attention labels 2026-01-31 08:58:01 +00:00
claunia commented 2026-01-31 08:58:03 +00:00
Author
Owner
Copy Link

@DHowett commented on GitHub (Jan 21, 2026):

That is very unusual.

Can you try to "Repair" the Terminal application? You can find this option in the "Installed Apps" section of Windows Settings.

Image Image
@DHowett commented on GitHub (Jan 21, 2026): That is very unusual. Can you try to "Repair" the Terminal application? You can find this option in the "Installed Apps" section of Windows Settings. <img width="1269" height="463" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f775cbc1-2cbe-41e7-88bb-d92acf86a56f" /> <img width="869" height="340" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4e688688-763a-424b-94d1-2faf4bd8e494" />
claunia commented 2026-01-31 08:58:04 +00:00
Author
Owner
Copy Link

@lbruno commented on GitHub (Jan 21, 2026):

this also happened to me, sorted by using the repair function.

lost the settings: terminal appearance, starting directory, specific font -- better than not having a terminal, but i can't be locked out of a terminal; there's a design flaw here

@lbruno commented on GitHub (Jan 21, 2026): this also happened to me, sorted by using the repair function. lost the settings: terminal appearance, starting directory, specific font -- better than not having a terminal, but i can't be locked out of a terminal; there's a design flaw here
claunia commented 2026-01-31 08:58:04 +00:00
Author
Owner
Copy Link

@Alex-265 commented on GitHub (Jan 21, 2026):

I uninstalled Windows Terminal and reinstalled it using winget (because the Microsoft Store didn’t work), and now it works.
I lost all my settings, though.
but why does my terminal need the microsoft store

@Alex-265 commented on GitHub (Jan 21, 2026): I uninstalled Windows Terminal and reinstalled it using winget (because the Microsoft Store didn’t work), and now it works. I lost all my settings, though. but why does my terminal need the microsoft store
claunia commented 2026-01-31 08:58:04 +00:00
Author
Owner
Copy Link

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jan 21, 2026):

It seems like something beyond our1 control happened to roll out some bad permissions... somehow. We1 gonna try tracking this down. We1 sure didn't push out any updates ourselves, but there are now a bunch of reports today of Terminal instances breaking in this way. I wonder if a Store cert broke or something...

  1. the terminal team ↩︎

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jan 21, 2026): It seems like something beyond our[^1] control happened to roll out some bad permissions... somehow. We[^1] gonna try tracking this down. We[^1] sure didn't push out any updates ourselves, but there are now a bunch of reports today of Terminal instances breaking in this way. I wonder if a Store cert broke or something... [^1]: the terminal team
claunia commented 2026-01-31 08:58:04 +00:00
Author
Owner
Copy Link

@mr-valente commented on GitHub (Jan 21, 2026):

It seems like something beyond our1 control happened to roll out some bad permissions... somehow. We1 gonna try tracking this down. We1 sure didn't push out any updates ourselves, but there are now a bunch of reports today of Terminal instances breaking in this way. I wonder if a Store cert broke or something...

Footnotes

  1. the terminal team ↩ ↩2 ↩3

Godspeed 🫡

I can't even open notepad, lol.

@mr-valente commented on GitHub (Jan 21, 2026): > It seems like something beyond our[1](#user-content-fn-1-f77905a77bd03d09b6ffb9500fcc57a8) control happened to roll out some bad permissions... somehow. We[1](#user-content-fn-1-f77905a77bd03d09b6ffb9500fcc57a8) gonna try tracking this down. We[1](#user-content-fn-1-f77905a77bd03d09b6ffb9500fcc57a8) sure didn't push out any updates ourselves, but there are now a bunch of reports today of Terminal instances breaking in this way. I wonder if a Store cert broke or something... > > ## Footnotes > 1. the terminal team [↩](#user-content-fnref-1-f77905a77bd03d09b6ffb9500fcc57a8) [↩2](#user-content-fnref-1-2-f77905a77bd03d09b6ffb9500fcc57a8) [↩3](#user-content-fnref-1-3-f77905a77bd03d09b6ffb9500fcc57a8) Godspeed 🫡 I can't even open notepad, lol.
claunia commented 2026-01-31 08:58:05 +00:00
Author
Owner
Copy Link

@lbruno commented on GitHub (Jan 21, 2026):

I uninstalled Windows Terminal and reinstalled it using winget

cool, i tried that too at some point, but didn't work; that could explain why i lost my settings, above i had attributed that to the repair function

for me, only repairing worked; winget uninstall + install from the cmd shell had no effect

[edit: this is on win10]

@lbruno commented on GitHub (Jan 21, 2026): > I uninstalled Windows Terminal and reinstalled it using winget cool, i tried that too at some point, but didn't work; that could explain why i lost my settings, above i had attributed that to the repair function for me, only repairing worked; winget uninstall + install from the cmd shell had no effect [edit: this is on win10]
claunia commented 2026-01-31 08:58:05 +00:00
Author
Owner
Copy Link

@ooree23 commented on GitHub (Jan 21, 2026):

In my case, I have the same issue with Paint, and screenshot tool... I can't launch them anymore.

A LOT of people are having the same issue, with many different apps :
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5728884/error-0x803f8001
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5729246/how-to-fix-error-code-0x803f8001

An article also talks about it : https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/windows-11-apps-like-notepad-arent-loading-what-is-error-code-0x803f8001-and-how-d

@ooree23 commented on GitHub (Jan 21, 2026): In my case, I have the same issue with Paint, and screenshot tool... I can't launch them anymore. A LOT of people are having the same issue, with many different apps : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5728884/error-0x803f8001 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5729246/how-to-fix-error-code-0x803f8001 An article also talks about it : https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/windows-11-apps-like-notepad-arent-loading-what-is-error-code-0x803f8001-and-how-d
claunia commented 2026-01-31 08:58:05 +00:00
Author
Owner
Copy Link

@WillyWonksters commented on GitHub (Jan 21, 2026):

For what it's worth, only one of my two systems is experiencing this issue.

The one with the issue is running windows 11, and the working system is running Linux.

@WillyWonksters commented on GitHub (Jan 21, 2026): For what it's worth, only one of my two systems is experiencing this issue. The one with the issue is running windows 11, and the working system is running Linux.
claunia commented 2026-01-31 08:58:06 +00:00
Author
Owner
Copy Link

@DHowett commented on GitHub (Jan 22, 2026):

The fix for this has been rolled out through the store server.

@DHowett commented on GitHub (Jan 22, 2026): The fix for this has been rolled out through the store server.
Sign in to join this conversation.
No Branch/Tag Specified
Branches Tags
Labels
Clear labels
⛺ Reserved
A11yCO
A11yMAS
A11ySev1
A11ySev2
A11ySev3
A11yTTValidated
A11yUsable
A11yVoiceAccess
A11yWCAG
Area-Accessibility
Area-AtlasEngine
Area-AzureShell
Area-Build
Area-Build
Area-Chat
Area-CmdPal
Area-CodeHealth
Area-Commandline
Area-CookedRead
Area-DefApp
Area-Extensibility
Area-Fonts
Area-GroupPolicy
Area-i18n
Area-Input
Area-Interaction
Area-Interop
Area-Localization
Area-Output
Area-Performance
Area-Portable
Area-Quality
Area-Remoting
Area-Rendering
Area-Schema
Area-Server
Area-Settings
Area-SettingsUI
Area-ShellExtension
Area-ShellExtension
Area-ShellExtension
Area-Suggestions
Area-Suggestions
Area-TerminalConnection
Area-TerminalControl
Area-Theming
Area-UserInterface
Area-VT
Area-Windowing
Area-WPFControl
AutoMerge
Blocking-Ingestion
Culprit-Centennial
Culprit-WinUI
Disability-All
Disability-Blind
Disability-LowVision
Disability-Mobility
External-Blocked-WinUI3
Fixed
Gathering-Data
good first issue
HCL-E+D
HCL-WindowsTerminal
Help Wanted
Impact-Compatibility
Impact-Compliance
Impact-Correctness
Impact-Visual
In-PR
InclusionBacklog
InclusionBacklog-Windows TerminalWin32
InclusionCommitted-202206
Issue-Bug
Issue-Docs
Issue-Feature
Issue-Feature
Issue-Question
Issue-Samples
Issue-Scenario
Issue-Task
Needs-Attention
Needs-Author-Feedback
Needs-Bisect
Needs-Discussion
Needs-Repro
Needs-Tag-Fix
Needs-Tag-Fix
Needs-Triage
No-Recent-Activity
Priority-0
Priority-1
Priority-2
Priority-3
Product-Cmd.exe
Product-Colortool
Product-Colortool
Product-Colortool
Product-Conhost
Product-Conpty
Product-Meta
Product-Powershell
Product-Terminal
Product-WSL
pull-request
Mirrored from GitHub Pull Request
 Resolution-Answered
Resolution-By-Design
Resolution-Duplicate
Resolution-External
Resolution-Fix-Available
Resolution-Fix-Committed
Resolution-No-Repro
Resolution-Won't-Fix
Severity-Blocking
Severity-Crash
Severity-DataLoss
spam
this-will-be-a-breaking-change
Tracking-External
WindowsTerminal_Win32
Work-Item
zAskModeBug
zInbox-Bug
No Label Issue-Bug Needs-Attention Needs-Triage
Milestone
No items
No Milestone
Projects
Clear projects
No project
Assignees
Clear assignees
claunia
No Assignees
1 Participants
Notifications
Due Date
No due date set.
Dependencies

No dependencies set.

Reference: starred/terminal#23980
Delete Branch "%!s()"

Deleting a branch is permanent. Although the deleted branch may continue to exist for a short time before it actually gets removed, it CANNOT be undone in most cases. Continue?