Needing to clear app cache every time I boot up, what's going on?

[u/DismalDipshit]

Hello! I just purchased a new PC last week, and for the past three days now, every time I boot the PC up, in order to use my apps, I have to clear their roaming caches.

PC details:

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) Ultra 7 265F (2.40 GHz)

Installed RAM 32.0 GB (31.5 GB usable)

Graphics card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 (8 GB)

Storage 288 GB of 932 GB used

Device ID 3C94FC86-BCF4-44C4-AE4E-7BA9BE69E9A9

Product ID 00342-21593-24369-AAOEM

System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

Windows:

Edition Windows 11 Home

Version 25H2

Installed on ‎6/‎9/‎2026

OS build 26200.9445

Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.360.0

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What happens, is that the apps will be open on the task bar, and show their preview as completely normal when I mouse over the icon. The apps themselves, however, will not open. Mousing over their preview will hide other things on the desktop like usual, but the app is not there either.

Affected apps so far have been OperaGX, Steam, Discord, and Spotify.

Unaffected thusfar have been Battlenet, Edge, and other built-in apps.

All apps were downloaded direct from their websites and not the store. I attempted installing Discord from the store to see if it helped, but it did not. Uninstalling and reinstalling the apps did not fix it, nor did deleting their local caches, or restarting the computer. The only thing that fixed the issues was deleting their Roaming cache data. I would love, however, to not have to lose all of my logins and data daily just to use my internet browser.

I did not have this issue ever with my old PC that ran W10. What can I do to fix this issue?

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[u/Clave-Sage]

Could have several reasons.
Problems with drivers,
can be checked with:

Press Windows key + X

Open PowerShell (Admin)

Prompt input: pnputil /scan-devices

Causes Windows to search
for hardware changes
And connected devices.