Personal Microsoft Teams Desktop not opening in Windows 11

Personal Microsoft Teams Desktop not opening in Windows 11

I helped a client today with issues, their personal Microsoft Teams desktop would not launch in their Windows 11 computer. I reviewed their Office products installed in the control panel and the default apps installed, removed all versions. Uninstalled their antivirus and rebooted. Then we installed a fresh copy of Office, then from their portal downloaded a new version of Teams for personal. The typical install did not run, instead I noticed it just blip and then it was listed in the default apps installed list. I could not find the launcher, so I went into their appdata folder and found the launcher, worked like a charm.

You can find this in your appdata\local\Microsoft\Teams\current folder. It should just say “Teams” and double click it, then pin to your task bar. If you’re having other issues and need my help, please use the contact form below.