Windows 10: Microsoft store not launching and not appearing on apps and features.

My Microsoft store app seems to be gone from my pc. Although I can see it on the search function I can't find it in Apps & Features and it doesn't launch. I have tried many different solutions, such as launching wsreset.exe, typing Get-AppxPackage -allusers Microsoft.WindowsStore Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$$_.InstallLocation\AppXManifest.xml", into admin powershell, doing DSIM scanhealth, restorehealth, or sfc /scannow into admin CMD and many others, yet it still doesn't seem to work. The error code is below:

Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered.

error 0x87AF040A: The Visual Elements extension failed while processing the Notification element.

NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 416262bd-7588-0002-0eb4-62418875d601 in the Event Log or use

the command line Get-AppPackageLog -ActivityID 416262bd-7588-0002-0eb4-62418875d601

At line:1 char:61

+ ... Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$$_.I ...

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: C:\Program File...ppXManifest.xml:String [Add-AppxPackage], IOException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand


I will provide more information if required.


All of my MS store apps were deleted from my PC too. I cant open pictures and MS paint is gone. I really don't want to have to make a new user account, as some guide suggested.



I have the rest of the error codes below:



Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered. error 0x87AF040A: The Visual Elements extension failed while processing the Notification element. NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 416262bd-7588-0000-a6bb-62418875d601 in the Event Log or use the command line Get-AppPackageLog -ActivityID 416262bd-7588-0000-a6bb-62418875d601 At line:1 char:38 + ... Foreach {Add-AppxPackage-DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$$_.I ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : WriteError: C:\Windows\Imme...ppXManifest.xml:String [Add-AppxPackage], IOException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered. error 0x87AF040A: The Visual Elements extension failed while processing the Notification element. NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 416262bd-7588-0000-9cbc-62418875d601 in the Event Log or use the command line Get-AppPackageLog -ActivityID 416262bd-7588-0000-9cbc-62418875d601 At line:1 char:38 + ... Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$$_.I ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : WriteError: C:\Program File...ppXManifest.xml:String [Add-AppxPackage], IOException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered. error 0x87AF040A: The Visual Elements extension failed while processing the Notification element. NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 416262bd-7588-0000-21bd-62418875d601 in the Event Log or use the command line Get-AppPackageLog -ActivityID 416262bd-7588-0000-21bd-62418875d601 At line:1 char:38 + ... Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$$_.I ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : WriteError: C:\Program File...ppXManifest.xml:String [Add-AppxPackage], IOException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073D06, The package could not be installed because a higher version of this package is already installed. Windows cannot install package Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00_14.0.27323.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe because it has version 14.0.27323.0. A higher version 14.0.27810.0 of this package is already installed. NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 416262bd-7588-0002-ccc7-62418875d601 in the Event Log or use the command line Get-AppPackageLog -ActivityID 416262bd-7588-0002-ccc7-62418875d601 At line:1 char:38 + ... Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$$_.I ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: C:\Program File...ppXManifest.xml:String [Add-AppxPackage], Exception + FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered. error 0x87AF040A: The Visual Elements extension failed while processing the Notification element. NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 416262bd-7588-0002-d5c7-62418875d601 in the Event Log or use the command line Get-AppPackageLog -ActivityID 416262bd-7588-0002-d5c7-62418875d601 At line:1 char:38 + ... Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$$_.I ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : WriteError: C:\Program File...ppXManifest.xml:String [Add-AppxPackage], IOException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered. error 0x87AF040A: The Visual Elements extension failed while processing the Notification element. NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 416262bd-7588-0001-bac0-62418875d601 in the Event Log or use the command line Get-AppPackageLog -ActivityID 416262bd-7588-0001-bac0-62418875d601 At line:1 char:38 + ... Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$$_.I ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : WriteError: C:\Program File...ppXManifest.xml:String [Add-AppxPackage], IOException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073D06, The package could not be installed because a higher version of this package is already installed. Windows cannot install package Microsoft.NET.Native.Framework.1.7_1.7.25531.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe because it has version 1.7.25531.0. A higher version 1.7.27413.0 of this package is already installed. NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 416262bd-7588-0000-52bf-62418875d601 in the Event Log or use the command line Get-AppPackageLog -ActivityID 416262bd-7588-0000-52bf-62418875d601 At line:1 char:38 + ... Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$$_.I ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: C:\Program File...ppXManifest.xml:String [Add-AppxPackage], Exception + FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073D06, The package could not be installed because a higher version of this package is already installed. Windows cannot install package Microsoft.NET.Native.Framework.1.7_1.7.25531.0_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe because it has version 1.7.25531.0. A higher version 1.7.27413.0 of this package is already installed. NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 416262bd-7588-0002-1dc9-62418875d601 in the Event Log or use the command line Get-AppPackageLog -ActivityID 416262bd-7588-0002-1dc9-62418875d601 At line:1 char:38 + ... Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$$_.I ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: C:\Program File...ppXManifest.xml:String [Add-AppxPackage], Exception + FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073D06, The package could not be installed because a higher version of this package is already installed. Windows cannot install package Microsoft.NET.Native.Framework.2.2_2.2.27011.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe because it has version 2.2.27011.0. A higher version 2.2.27912.0 of this package is already installed. NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 416262bd-7588-0003-58bc-62418875d601 in the Event Log or use the command line Get-AppPackageLog -ActivityID 416262bd-7588-0003-58bc-62418875d601 At line:1 char:38 + ... Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$$_.I ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: C:\Program File...ppXManifest.xml:String [Add-AppxPackage], Exception + FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered. error 0x87AF040A: The Visual Elements extension failed while processing the Notification element. NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 416262bd-7588-0002-30c9-62418875d601 in the Event Log or use the command line Get-AppPackageLog -ActivityID 416262bd-7588-0002-30c9-62418875d601 At line:1 char:38 + ... Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$$_.I ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : WriteError: C:\Program File...ppXManifest.xml:String [Add-AppxPackage], IOException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered. error 0x87AF040A: The Visual Elements extension failed while processing the Notification element. NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 416262bd-7588-0001-52c2-62418875d601 in the Event Log or use the command line Get-AppPackageLog -ActivityID 416262bd-7588-0001-52c2-62418875d601 At line:1 char:38 + ... Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$$_.I ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : WriteError: C:\Program File...ppXManifest.xml:String [Add-AppxPackage], IOException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073D02, The package could not be installed because resources it modifies are currently in use. error 0x80073D02: Unable to install because the following apps need to be closed Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_1.13.0.18362_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy. NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 416262bd-7588-0000-a5bf-62418875d601 in the Event Log or use the command line Get-AppPackageLog -ActivityID 416262bd-7588-0000-a5bf-62418875d601 At line:1 char:38 + ... Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$$_.I ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: C:\Windows\Syst...ppXManifest.xml:String [Add-AppxPackage], Exception + FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered. error 0x87AF040A: The Visual Elements extension failed while processing the Notification element. NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 416262bd-7588-0003-97bc-62418875d601 in the Event Log or use the command line Get-AppPackageLog -ActivityID 416262bd-7588-0003-97bc-62418875d601 At line:1 char:38 + ... Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$$_.I ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : WriteError: C:\Program File...ppXManifest.xml:String [Add-AppxPackage], IOException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered. error 0x87AF040A: The Visual Elements extension failed while processing the Notification element. NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 416262bd-7588-0002-e2c9-62418875d601 in the Event Log or use the command line Get-AppPackageLog -ActivityID 416262bd-7588-0002-e2c9-62418875d601 At line:1 char:38 + ... Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$$_.I ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : WriteError: C:\Program File...ppXManifest.xml:String [Add-AppxPackage], IOException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered. error 0x87AF040A: The Visual Elements extension failed while processing the Notification element.

NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 416262bd-7588-0000-6cc0-62418875d601 in the Event Log or use

the command line Get-AppPackageLog -ActivityID 416262bd-7588-0000-6cc0-62418875d601

At line:1 char:38

+ ... Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$$_.I ...

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: C:\Windows\Syst...ppXManifest.xml:String [Add-AppxPackage], IOException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand



Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered.

error 0x87AF040A: The Visual Elements extension failed while processing the Notification element.

NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 416262bd-7588-0002-5cca-62418875d601 in the Event Log or use

the command line Get-AppPackageLog -ActivityID 416262bd-7588-0002-5cca-62418875d601

At line:1 char:38

+ ... Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$$_.I ...

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: C:\Windows\Syst...ppXManifest.xml:String [Add-AppxPackage], IOException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand



Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered.

error 0x87AF040A: The Visual Elements extension failed while processing the Notification element.

NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 416262bd-7588-0002-6bca-62418875d601 in the Event Log or use

the command line Get-AppPackageLog -ActivityID 416262bd-7588-0002-6bca-62418875d601

At line:1 char:38

+ ... Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$$_.I ...

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: C:\Windows\Syst...ppXManifest.xml:String [Add-AppxPackage], IOException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand

:)

 

Unable to launch Microsoft Store and Microsoft store apps.

Hi,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

I understand how it could be when the applications doesn’t work as they are supposed to. We will look into this. However, please reply to the following questions to help you in a better way:

• Are you getting any error message?
  
• Since when are you facing this issue?
  
• Are you aware of any changes made on the computer recently?
  

In the meantime, I suggest you to follow the steps from the article
Fix problems with apps from Microsoft Store to fix the issues with the Microsoft apps that are not launching. Also, follow the steps from the article

Microsoft Store doesn't launch to fix the issues you are facing in launching Store.

Hope it helps.

Please reply with the status of the issue, we will be glad to help you further.

Nikhar Khare

Microsoft Community - Moderator

 

How do I fix Windows 10 apps from launching the store instead of the actual app?

This is a sign of app metadata getting damaged.

Try resetting the app (from the App and Features part of Settings). If that failed, uninstall and reinstall the app.

This solution is for Windows v1709 and earlier only. 1803 is not stable enough at this time.

To reset an app:

1. Press Win+X to open the quick access menu.
   
2. Select "Apps and Feature" (which should be on the top)
   
3. Find the affected app and select it.
   
4. Click on the "Advanced options" hyperlink that just appeared.
   
5. In the next screen, press the "Reset" button.
   

To wipe-and-reload an app:

1. Uninstall it.
   
   1. Right-click on its tile and select "Uninstall". proceed to the next step whether you find an uninstall option or not.
      
   2. Press Win+X to open the quick access menu.
      
   3. Select "Apps and Feature" (which should be on the top)
      
   4. Find the affected app and select it. If you can't find it, skip the next step.
      
   5. Click on the "Uninstall" button.
      
2. Open Microsoft Store
   
3. If an update for Microsoft Store is available, install it.
   
4. Navigate to the page corresponding to your app. Do this using the search or via the library. Please don't use any other method.
   
5. If Microsoft Store thinks the app is still installed, click on "Uninstall" button.
   
6. Have every user account on you computer repeat the steps above.
   
7. Go back to Microsoft Store and install it.
   

 

Microsoft Store app not launching

Hello,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

1. Since when are you facing this issue?
   
2. Do you get any error code when you try to open the store app?
   
3. Which build version of Windows 10 you are using currently?
   

Refer the article to check
Which Windows operating system am I running?



I suggest you to follow the steps mentioned below and check if that helps.



Method 1:



Reset Microsoft store.

1. Press Windows key + R. This will open
   Run. Alternatively, you can go to Start and search for Run.
   
2. In Run dialog box, type
   wsreset and hit enter.
   

The command will reset the store cache and open the app once the command is complete.



Method 2:



Create a new user account and check. Refer the article to

create a local user or administrator account in Windows 10.



Also, you can refer the article
Microsoft Store doesn't launch.



Hope it helps.



Regards,

Prakhar Khare

Microsoft Community – Moderator