topic Re: Fusion 13.5 / Windows 11 ARM / Notepadd app not working in VMware Fusion Discussions

Fusion 13.5 / Windows 11 ARM / Notepadd app not working

jaydee73 — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 06:57:21 GMT

Hi folks,

yesterday I wanted to try Fusion 13.5 and installed Windows 11 ARM through the integrated installer. I also paid attention to the fabulous Companion Guide posted here in the forums.

I am using a Macbook Pro M1 Apple Silicon. I installed the german image of Windows 11 ARM.

Everything went smooth and I could use W11 nearly without problems. But one strange thing occured: The notepad app (German: "Editor") does not work. The icon is there, but when I want to start the app, nothing happens. I did all the available updates, but nothing changed. I tried a repair and also a reset through the App-Configuration options of W11. No luck.

I further noticed that the Notepad App is listed as "0kb" size.

After that, I completely installed W11 a second time, no luck. I installed a third time, this time using the us-en version of W11, no luck.

Could anyone (who installed W11 ARM lately) maybe confirm this? Or does the app run normaly with all the other installations here?

Maybe you have some advice?

One more thing: I installed W11 with a local account, no MS account used. Therefore no direct access to the MS App Store (for that, you need an account). That was also an idea to simply re-install the complete app.

Re: Fusion 13.5 / Windows 11 ARM / Notepadd app not working

CallistoJag — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 08:58:29 GMT

Not sure if this is same for win11 in German, but have you tried the following: right-click on the Start menu > select Windows PowerShell (Admin) > paste this command and press Enter: Dism /Online /Add-Capability /CapabilityName:Microsoft.Windows.Notepad~~~~0.0.1.0

Re: Fusion 13.5 / Windows 11 ARM / Notepadd app not working

jaydee73 — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 11:06:50 GMT

Thanks!

I had to use a slightly different PS command to get it re-installed:

Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name Microsoft.Windows.Notepad.System~~~~0.0.1.0

PS says, that it was successfully installed.

But in the end, it didn't change anything. Notepad still can not be started. This is weird...All other Apps are running normally.