Windows 10: Cannot sign in to Microsoft store or Minecraft. "This program is blocked by group policy."

Cannot sign in to Microsoft store or Minecraft.

Says:

This program is blocked by group policy. For more information, contact your system administrator.

0x800704ec


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* Original title: Windows 10 - Windows Store won't let me sign in

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"This program is blocked by group policy" 0x800704ec

I can open the microsoft store just fine, but if I try to sign in this happens. This also happened when I was already signed in but signed out because I was trying to fix the problem.





So far I have tried:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\

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• Windows 10 Troubleshooting: “Microsoft Store is blocked” Error Code: 0x800704EC - TechNet Articles - United States (English) - TechNet Wiki

These have not worked. Recently I visited the IRL MS Store to get them to reset my system as it bugged out when I reset it and possibly this occurred from this being an offline account that was switched to online.

 

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