"We're having trouble displaying widgets. Restarting Dev Home may help." error when launching Dev Home on Windows 10

[adrastogi]

Dev Home version

0.1401.501.0

Windows build number

10.0.19045.4412

Other software

OS Build Version: 10.0.19045.4412.amd64fre.vb_release.191206-1406
.NET Version: .NET 8.0.4

Steps to reproduce the bug

On the latest Dev Home build, launch Dev Home and observe the dashboard

Expected result

I'd expect to see some system widgets pinned there along with any other widgets I had previously pinned.

Actual result

Dev Home isn't showing any widgets and displays an error message that reads, "We're having trouble displaying widgets. Restarting Dev Home may help.". The error is persistent, though.

Included System Information

CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz
Physical Memory: 15.93GB (10.79GB free)
Processor Architecture: x64

Included Extensions Information

Extensions:
Microsoft.Windows.DevHomeGitHubExtension.Canary_0.1400.500.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe (Dev Home GitHub Extension (Canary))
Microsoft.Windows.DevHomeAzureExtension.Canary_0.900.501.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe (Dev Home Azure Extension (Canary))
Microsoft.Windows.DevHome.Canary_0.1401.501.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe (Core Widget Extension)
Microsoft.Windows.DevHome.Canary_0.1401.501.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe (Hyper-V Extension)

Widget Service:
Microsoft.WidgetsPlatformRuntime_1.2.0.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe

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[adrastogi]

The logs have this interesting snippet.

[2024/05/16 11:23:51.447 ERR] (WidgetHostingService) Exception in GetWidgetDefinitionAsync:
System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access is denied.

Access is denied.

   at WinRT.ExceptionHelpers.<ThrowExceptionForHR>g__Throw|39_0(Int32 hr)
   at ABI.Microsoft.Windows.Widgets.Hosts.IWidgetCatalogStaticsMethods.GetDefault(IObjectReference _obj)
   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task`1.InnerInvoke()
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunFromThreadPoolDispatchLoop(Thread threadPoolThread, ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
--- End of stack trace from previous location ---
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunFromThreadPoolDispatchLoop(Thread threadPoolThread, ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.ExecuteWithThreadLocal(Task& currentTaskSlot, Thread threadPoolThread)
--- End of stack trace from previous location ---
   at DevHome.Dashboard.Services.WidgetHostingService.GetWidgetCatalogAsync()
[2024/05/16 11:23:51.545 ERR] (WidgetHostingService) Exception in GetWidgetDefinitionAsync:
System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access is denied.