RefreshBannedAppsList error in Windows 10 (Insider Preview)

Note: I am not a member of the Windows Store team. This post is my personal opinion on how I’ve chosen to address this issue. Just because I’ve done this doesn’t mean you should. Your mileage may vary, <insert your favorite standard disclaimers here>…

If you’re on the Insider Previews for Windows 10 you probably recently received an update. Upon booting up you also may see the following error pop up:

There is a scheduled task that you can (temporarily) disable to get rid of this error.

Here’s how:

1. Open up Task Scheduler from Control Panel
2. Open the Task Scheduler Library tree and move to Microsoft/Windows/WS
3. Right click on the task WSRefreshBannedAppsListTask and click Disable

You may want to re-enable this task in the future.

#annoyances