moved folders from windowsapps folder and now all apps broken

[simsai]

in trying to clear some space on my disk, i moved the really old folders from programfiles\windowsapps to another folder. but now my microsoft store and all related apps dont launch.i still have the folders and they are not deleted. i tried pasting in the moved folders back but somehow folders with the same name already exist and it wouldnt let directly paste them back. i tried moving all the same name folders of a specific app and then pasting in the original folders but that hasnt worked either. ive also tried re registering specific apps that didnt work either. i dont want to reinstall wind

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