Windows 10: How to reinstall Store.

The Powershell method won't work as you can read from post #83 and later in this thread:Store - Re-register in Windows 10 - Page 3 - Windows 10 Forums

 

In your reply to my post, you state that the PowerShell method won't work, yet, in your reply to demonguy (#27), which you posted just prior to my post, you tell him to use the link ("Store - Re-Register in Windows 10...) you include in your post, which IS a PowerShell method, albeit a PowerShell command that's entered via the command prompt. I've attempted this method, as well as every other method I have been able to come across, and nothing works...and, I do mean NOTHING. I have searched my hard drive, including within hidden folders, for the Microsoft Store (folders, as well as files), and none exists, other than the downloaded file containing the Store (which, obviously, has proven useless, considering the fact that the Store has not been returned to my computer). At this point, I feel as if I have no choice but to format the hard drive, and perform a clean install. As much as I hate doing this (for many, many reasons), at least there would be three "good points" for it being done (something others thinking about a clean install should consider):


1) If you have a computer that was originally running something other than Windows 10, as with any previous upgrade (ie. from any older Win OS, to a newer one), when you upgraded, there were files leftover from your previous OS, not to mention a lot of garbage left in the registry. In performing a clean install, your system is just that.....clean.

2) If your system (as is the case in almost all computers these days) came with a partitioned hard drive, which wastes storage space (especially once you've upgraded the OS, and those partitions contain data that no longer applies), performing a clean install is your chance...better yet, "opportunity"...to get rid of those space-wasting partitions, and utilize the entire hard drive's capacity as a single partition. The only realistic reason I can see for having a partitioned drive is if you're running a multi-boot system with more than one OS. Long gone are the days of partitioning your drive into multiple "drives", especially considering the cheap price of both traditional hard drives, as well as SSDs. Today, you can purchase a 1TB SSD for the same price you'd have paid for a traditional 60GB hard drive back in July 2000.

3) If your computer is still utilizing a traditional hard drive, this is also your opportunity to replace it with an SSD, which will speed up your system in many ways. Just using boot-up time as an example, my Lenovo Y50-70 Touch, with a 1TB Samsung EVO 850, boots up in less than 10 seconds (slowed from 6-7 seconds due to anti-virus software). If you're complaining about the cost, suck it up, and just go buy it...you WILL be happy you did (especially the gamers out there who can't afford a "boutique gaming laptop).


Now, time to prep for the clean install......................

 

I think you need to first learn how to read more carefully, post #27 is from @Kari. Look at posts #27 and #29 again. I wrote post #29, not #27. Kari and are not the same.

 

i have failed in all the proposed tricks suggested above to enable store apps to open. should the problem rendered me for more a week now please I request a help urgently please

Yup!*Roflmao2

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Restore And Reinstall Windows Store In Windows 10 After Removing With PowerShell

This works hands down.

 

i run these commands and get responses that say it's not even installed on my machine. Got any other ideas aside from reinstalling Windows with a repair install.

Thanks

 

Then re-register the Store:
Code: Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $Env:SystemRoot\WinStore\AppxManifest.XML[/quote] Close the PowerShell, the store should work now. If it will not start, give this command in Command Prompt (not PowerShell!):
Code: start "" "ms-windows-store:"[/quote] Come back to tell if we need to try something else or if this worked.

Kari[/quote] Thanks for this steps. I completely uninstalled Windows store trough powershell and the first two commands did the trick. In the second command, I just have to change it to the one below as I can't find "C:\Windows\WinStore":

Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register 'C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsStore_2015.25.15.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\AppxManifest.XML'

Just a try but it worked.

 

Mine I shown but still none of the options shown work. *cry *Sad

 

Hello ExpertT, and welcome to Ten Forums. *Smile

Did you already try this below to see if it may help?

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/8...dows-10-a.html

If so, then see if step 2 or 3 below may.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/3...ws-8-10-a.html

 

Symptoms.
as described here: Store - Re-register in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums
I've tried to run command
Code: PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command "& {$manifest = (Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.WindowsStore).InstallLocation + '\AppxManifest.xml' ; Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $manifest}"[/quote] from cmd with admin rights, but I've again got error with some package. ( MicrosoftOfficeHub)
NOT a syntax error, but error with a package.

Possible reason: May be I didn't add my Microsoft Account (online login) to Windows Store. Or may be Windows lost credentials, or maybe I've changed password for my microsoft account, but, finally, Windows Store was unable to communicate with server. I guess Microsoft has changed formats and some xml manifests become incorrect. Or something like that. But finally some packages got corrupted and PackageManager couldn't read them and crashed every time you try to install, reinstall Windows Store or (I suppose) run Windows Store or other Store applications (I was unable to run Calculator)

Solution:
1. you should definitely create restore point. http://windows.microsoft.com/ru-ru/w...-restore-point
2. Run cmd.exe (console) as Administrator
3. Run PowerShell. (you don't need to run it as Administrator 'couse you don't need to be admin to uninstall an app with PackageManager)
4. run
Code: PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command "& {$manifest = (Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.WindowsStore).InstallLocation + '\AppxManifest.xml' ; Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $manifest}"[/quote] with admin console
5. If you don't encounter any error GOTO 8
6. If you encounter an error with some package, uninstall it: run in PowerShell:
Code: Get-AppxPackage *PACKAGE_NAME_PART* | Remove-AppxPackage[/quote] I had problems with package MicrosoftOfficeHub, so I hat to run
Code: Get-AppxPackage *MicrosoftOfficeHub* | Remove-AppxPackage[/quote] 7. GOTO 4. I had proplems with packages Microsoft.CommsPhone and MicrosoftSolitaireCollection and had to uninstall them as well.
Code: Get-AppxPackage *Microsoft.CommsPhone* | Remove-AppxPackage Get-AppxPackage *MicrosoftSolitaireCollection* | Remove-AppxPackage[/quote] 8. Now you have working Windows Store. But if you stop here windows will DELETE windows store and it's manifests soon. You will be unable to reinstall Windows Store and you will have to revert to a restore point you've created at step 1.

9. Open Windows Store and try to install some app. (you can remove it later with PowerShell). Windows will ask you for your Microsoft Account. Provide it.

10. It's OK, windows will not delete you Windows Store, but those idiots are just swiched you to emain login. remember that strong password you've typed on step 8? You will have to type it next type you login. So, if you don't want to type that STORNG password each tyme you login, do step 11.

11. Goto Settings > Accounts > Your account and select "sign in with local account". now you will have to relogin.

usefull links:
1. how to remove app with Power Shell and PackageManager
http://www.howtogeek.com/224798/how-...einstall-them/
2. how to reinstall uninstalled Windows Store (and any other uninstalled Windows Store app)
http://winaero.com/blog/how-to-resto...th-powershell/

 

No solution works for me and i don't want to reinstall my whole PC *Sad

Can't someone with a working store just upload his

• C:\Windows\WinStore\
• C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsStore_*\

directories in a zip file here for other people to download and help them with it?

I would really appiciate it *Smile

 

Hello Bluscream, and welcome to Ten Forums. *Smile

No need to reinstall your whole PC. You could do a repair install to fix your Store app without losing anything.

Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade