AppX deployment for Microsoft.SurfaceHub fails
Every few seconds a new .evtx file and a new .txt file appear in c:\windows\temp. Each .evtx file has nearly identical content (except for timestamps), ditto the .txt files.
The .evtx files are roughly 7 MB large and contain almost 3600 events each. As you can imagine, this is filling up the HDD rather quickly. We deleted ~30 GB worth of these files earlier today.
The entirety of the .txt files is:
Package full name = Microsoft.SurfaceHub_42.602.139.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
AppXDeploymentServer version = 10.0.17134.1006
Result code = 0x80073CF6
Component failure code = 0x80080204
ETW Event ID = 7706
Deployment Operation = 4294967294
Package Manager State = 19
OSIM state = 2
Failed component name = windows.DeviceAccess
The .evtx files open in Event Viewer and mirror the sentiment of the .txt files: unable to install something or other related to the Surface Hub. Here's some excerpts:
The Appx package's manifest is invalid.: Cannot register package Microsoft.SurfaceHub because of a problem with Function element usage:FF0B 000C: Function requires a Device with a specific Id element, and cannot be used with an Id of "any"
AppxManifest.xml(98,10): error 0x80080204: Cannot register the Microsoft.SurfaceHub package because the following error was encountered while parsing the UnnamedExtensionHandler extension: The Appx package's manifest is invalid.
error 0x80080204: While preparing to process the request, the system failed to register the windows.DeviceAccess extension due to the following error: The Appx package's manifest is invalid.
I'm not sure where to start with this.
Can anyone point me in the right direction to begin troubleshooting this?
OS: Windows 10, latest Hardware: Surface laptop
I can provide additional details on request.
We were able to resolve this by removing the "Surface" app via powershell:
Get-AppxPackage *surface* | Remove-AppxPackage
Then reinstalling the "Surface" app from the Microsoft Store and rebooting a couple times.
Update:
The above method was a good first step, but after ~15 minutes the errors started coming back. Completely removing the "Surface" app and rebooting appears to have solved the issue.
Resetting the Surface app also solved my issues. Go to Settings, Apps (Apps & Features), search for "Surface", click on Advanced Options, scroll to the bottom and Reset. Then I also disabled Background apps (as recommended by previous comment). My free disk space now stays free and I love it!