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SOLVED: You can't open the Windows Notepad application - Check your account 0x803F8001

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I've recently had an issue whereby trying to run Notepad gives the following error: Check your account Notepad is currently not available in your account. Make sure you are signed in to the Store and try again. Here's the error code, in case you need it: 0x803F8001.   I tried the following: Log in and out of the Microsoft Store No effect Reset the Microsoft Store with the wsreset.exe command. No effect Go to Settings > Apps > Installed Apps > Notepad > ... > Advanced Options > Repair No effect Go to Settings > Apps > Installed Apps > Notepad > ... > Advanced Options > Reset No effect Run notepad directly from  c:\windows\system32\notepad.exe This did successfully run the class (non-App version of notepad). The solution in the end was to  Go to Settings > Apps > Installed Apps > Notepad > ... > Uninstall Then goto the Microsoft store and search for Windows Notepad and click the  Get button.

Get the Password Hash Sync setting for Entra Cloud Sync using Microsoft Graph and PowerShell

I've recently blogged about how to Get the "Password Hash Sync" setting for Entra Cloud Sync using Microsoft Graph and PowerShell as part of a bigger blog "Get the Cloud Sync configuration for an Entra directory using PowerShell and Microsoft Graph" https://www.centrel-solutions.com/blog/get-entra-cloud-sync-configuration-with-graph-powershell The Password Hash Sync setting isn't a boolean value but actually an attribute mapping within the "user" object mapping. # Determines whether password hash sync is enabled for the job. This only applies to "User and group sync" jobs. function   Get-IsPasswordHashSyncEnabled  {      param  (          $Job     )      $schema   =   Get-MgServicePrincipalSynchronizationJobSchema   -ServicePrincipalId   $configuration . Id  -SynchronizationJobId   $Job . Id;      foreach  ( $objectMapping   in  ...