#Requires -Version 5.1 <# JbTecWiz Support Centre -- generated fix script Fault : Teams will not load, shows a white screen, or is stuck signing in Fix : Clear the classic Teams cache Source: https://jbtecwiz.com/support/win-app-teams-cache Run as : PowerShell as the affected user Expect : 20 minutes Risk : medium Reversible : yes WHEN THIS IS THE RIGHT FIX Classic Teams, which stores its cache in the user profile. HOW TO UNDO IT The cache rebuilds itself. Nothing that only exists locally is lost. This script walks the fix one step at a time and asks before each one. Steps with no command are things you do yourself -- it prints those and waits. Run with -DryRun to print without executing. -------------------------------------------------------------------- NO WARRANTY - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK This script is provided by JbTecWiz as-is and with no warranty of any kind, express or implied. You run it entirely at your own risk. JbTecWiz accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising from its use, including but not limited to data loss, downtime, or configuration changes that turn out to be wrong for your system. You are responsible for reading this script before running it, for satisfying yourself that it suits the machine in front of you, and for having a working backup first. Some steps cannot be undone. -------------------------------------------------------------------- #> [CmdletBinding()] param( # Print every step and command without running anything. [switch]$DryRun, # Do not ask before each step. Read the script first if you use this. [switch]$Unattended ) $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop' $script:Failed = 0 function Write-Rule { param([string]$Text) Write-Host '' Write-Host ('-' * 70) -ForegroundColor DarkGray if ($Text) { Write-Host $Text -ForegroundColor Cyan } } function Show-Prose { param([string]$Text, [string]$Colour = "Gray") if (-not $Text) { return } $words = $Text -split "\s+"; $line = " " foreach ($w in $words) { if (($line.Length + $w.Length) -gt 74) { Write-Host $line -ForegroundColor $Colour; $line = " " } $line += "$w " } if ($line.Trim()) { Write-Host $line -ForegroundColor $Colour } } function Invoke-Step { param( [int]$Number, [string]$Do, [string]$Why, [scriptblock]$Command, [switch]$Manual, [string]$Shell = "powershell" ) Write-Rule " Step $Number of 4" Show-Prose $Do "White" if ($Why) { Write-Host ""; Show-Prose $Why "DarkGray" } if ($Manual) { Write-Host '' Write-Host ' -> Do this yourself, then press Enter to carry on.' -ForegroundColor Yellow if (-not $Unattended -and -not $DryRun) { [void](Read-Host) } return } Write-Host '' foreach ($l in ($Command.ToString().Trim() -split "`n")) { Write-Host (" " + $l.Trim()) -ForegroundColor Green } Write-Host '' if ($DryRun) { Write-Host " (dry run -- not executed)" -ForegroundColor DarkGray; return } if (-not $Unattended) { $a = Read-Host " Run this step? [Y]es / [S]kip / [Q]uit" if ($a -match "^[Qq]") { Write-Host " Stopped at your request."; exit 0 } if ($a -match "^[Ss]") { Write-Host " Skipped." -ForegroundColor DarkGray; return } } try { & $Command } catch { $script:Failed++ Write-Host (" Step $Number failed: " + $_.Exception.Message) -ForegroundColor Red Show-Prose "The rest of the fix may depend on this. Read the write-up before carrying on." "Red" if (-not $Unattended) { $c = Read-Host " Carry on anyway? [y/N]" if ($c -notmatch "^[Yy]") { exit 1 } } } } Write-Rule Write-Host ' Teams will not load, shows a white screen, or is stuck signing in' -ForegroundColor White Write-Host ' Clear the classic Teams cache' -ForegroundColor Cyan Write-Host '' Write-Host ' Risk: medium Reversible 20 minutes' Write-Host '' Show-Prose 'No warranty. Use at your own risk - JbTecWiz accepts no liability. Read it before you run it, and have a backup.' 'DarkYellow' Write-Rule if (-not $Unattended -and -not $DryRun) { $go = Read-Host ' Ready? [y/N]' if ($go -notmatch "^[Yy]") { Write-Host " Nothing was changed."; exit 0 } } Invoke-Step -Number 1 -Do 'Close Teams from the notification area and confirm no process remains.' -Command { Get-Process Teams -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Stop-Process -Force } Invoke-Step -Number 2 -Do 'Clear the cache directories.' -Why 'These are the directories that hold the rendered state and the local database. Deleting the whole Teams folder also removes the settings and the desktop configuration, which is more disruptive than necessary.' -Command { $t = "$env:APPDATA\Microsoft\Teams" 'blob_storage','Cache','Code Cache','databases','GPUCache','IndexedDB','Local Storage','tmp' | ForEach-Object { Remove-Item "$t\$_" -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue } } Invoke-Step -Number 3 -Do 'Clear the Teams credential entries.' -Command { cmdkey /list | ForEach-Object { if ($_ -match 'Target:\s*(\S*[Tt]eams\S*)') { cmdkey /delete:$($Matches[1]) } } } Invoke-Step -Number 4 -Do 'Start Teams and sign in. The first start after a cache clear is slow.' -Manual Write-Rule " Confirm it worked" Show-Prose 'Teams loads to the chat list within a minute or two and stays signed in after a restart.' 'White' Write-Rule if ($script:Failed -gt 0) { Write-Host (" Finished with " + $script:Failed + " failed step(s).") -ForegroundColor Yellow Show-Prose 'Read the full write-up at https://jbtecwiz.com/support/win-app-teams-cache' 'Yellow' } else { Write-Host ' Finished.' -ForegroundColor Green } Write-Host '' Show-Prose 'To undo: The cache rebuilds itself. Nothing that only exists locally is lost.' 'DarkGray' Write-Rule