#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 : Reset the new Teams and its WebView2 runtime Source: https://jbtecwiz.com/support/win-app-teams-cache Run as : PowerShell as the affected user Expect : 25 minutes Risk : medium Reversible : yes WHEN THIS IS THE RIGHT FIX The Store-based Teams. It is a packaged app, so it resets differently from the old one. HOW TO UNDO IT A reset returns the app to a clean state; chat history is stored in the service, not locally. 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 5" 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 ' Reset the new Teams and its WebView2 runtime' -ForegroundColor Cyan Write-Host '' Write-Host ' Risk: medium Reversible 25 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 completely.' -Command { Get-Process ms-teams,msedgewebview2 -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Stop-Process -Force } Invoke-Step -Number 2 -Do 'Confirm which package is installed.' -Command { Get-AppxPackage -Name MSTeams | Format-List Name,Version,InstallLocation,Status } Invoke-Step -Number 3 -Do 'Reset the package, which clears its cache without uninstalling it.' -Why 'Reset-AppxPackage is the supported way to clear a packaged app''s state. Deleting folders under Packages by hand can leave the package registered but broken, which is much harder to recover from.' -Command { Get-AppxPackage -Name MSTeams | Reset-AppxPackage } Invoke-Step -Number 4 -Do 'Check the WebView2 runtime is present and current -- the new Teams is drawn entirely by it.' -Command { Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\Software\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\Clients\* -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Where-Object pv -and $_.name -like '*WebView*' | Format-List name,pv } Invoke-Step -Number 5 -Do 'Reinstall the Evergreen WebView2 runtime from Microsoft if it is missing or the version is old.' -Manual Write-Rule " Confirm it worked" Show-Prose 'Teams opens to the chat list and the account is signed in.' 'White' Write-Rule if ($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: A reset returns the app to a clean state; chat history is stored in the service, not locally.' 'DarkGray' Write-Rule