PC Health Check won't open

image for the app in the start menu

I can't open PC Health Check app

I tried:

1. Uninstall

2. Reinstall from microsoft.com then restarted

3. The app did an update, then nothing

4. Another restart and still nothing

5. Repair from Programs and Features (progress bar started then vanished)

6. Followed a tip on windowsphoneinfo.com to try net user administrator /active:yes but that was not allowed – and I checked: my user is an administrator

7. Tried a tip on howto-connect.com by running a SFC /SCANNOW

And the app still won't start, though its process shows in Task Manager > Details as PCHealthCheck.exe

8. Tried to kill all duplicate instances, and still nothing.

It's currently installed under: C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\PCHealthCheck if it helps; its current version: 3.3.2110.22002.

1 Answer

A comment suggested running DISM, but that too didn't work.

I think I figured it out. Unless one is enrolled in the Insider program, PC Health Check has been pulled since at least Aug 2021, and as of writing this, there are no new updates:

After a feedback period with Windows Insiders and with the additional updates for the newly added processors, we plan to re-release the PC Health Check app for general availability in the coming weeks.

From blogs.windows.com