Xperia Z3C issue after transferring apps to SD card

[Teevie]

Hi guys, hoping you can give me a little help here.

I updated my Xperia Z3C to Lollipop the other day, which has been fine so far, but last night I moved a few apps over to my SD card to free up some of the internal memory in my phone (not using any third party app to do this).

It seems as though something has gone wrong, as my phone restarted itself while one of the apps was transferring and now ALL of them are showing up as a blueprint icon with a little red SD card in the corner, and when you click it it says 'Application not found'. I assume this means the app data on the SD card is corrupt. As I have photos and music on my SD which still work I don't really want to format it, but not sure what to delete to make these icons disappear from my app menu!

I'm not bothered about re-installing the apps, that's not a problem for me at all , but the main issue is opening the app menu and the first page and a half being nothing but these 'app not found' icons! I've attached an image. As they don't show up in the Apps list in settings anymore I can't get rid of them!

Thanks for your time guys, hoping someone can advise!

EDIT: Have just tried removing the SD card and restarting my phone, but these blueprint icons are still showing which is very worrying!

[Uliwooly]

Were those apps on the SD card?

[zlcompact]

Same problem with my Xperia z1 compact. Android 5.1.1

[Azertity]

I have a few apps deleted a few weeks ago but for a unkown reason, the icon is still in my phone.
As you can see in the picture below, there are 4 icons which I can't delete.

[Uliwooly]

@blankk

You have two option either reinstall the apps that you moved to the SD card or repair the phone with PCC, this happen when you move apps to the SD card and then removed the SD card. 

[mayneax]

This solved a my problem. Which was similar to the one described. Thanks

[Ajackson]

I have a similar problem with two Sony tablets (Z1 and Z3 compact) after upgrading to the latest version (5.1.1) recently.  After I restart the tablets the I only see shortcuts for any apps that are stored on the sdcard,  after a while, or after I open the storage shortcut in setting the apps appear but they are corrupt and won't start until I reinstall.   

Since this problem happened on two different devices I guess it must be some sort of bug? Any suggestions or fixes? 

[Rickard]

@Ajackson

Sorry to hear that.

Is this with the same SD card or are you using different SD cards in your tablets?

[Ajackson]

Both tablets have their own sd card and are running the latest android version Sony have made available in Sweden.  (5.1.1, on the Z3).  Problem started on both after the latest upgrade.  The tablet finds the apps after a while,  but the problem has meant having to reinstall the Tomtom app a few times an redownload the maps,  which are stored on the sd card due to their size.  

[Rickard]

Are you connecting any external USB-drive as well to your tablets?

Would it be possible for you to test these SD cards using a PC and a card reader just to make sure they're not damaged? You can use a test software like h2testw to do that.

[Floydy1]

Thank you Rickard! Been bugging me for 2 days!