Windows 10: No Windows Store or default apps

I hope I'm posting in the right section here. A while ago I had been having some issues with my machine. To combat this, one of the suggestions I saw was to remove the Windows store and the default apps. At that point I thought it would be temporary or otherwise reversible, and removed it.

Now, however, I can't seem to restore it. I've read that it can be restored by resetting the PC, but I don't want to have to start over to get my store back, as it's been a few months since I've removed it. I need it back for a few key default apps as well as a game only available in the Windows store. Any suggestions will be very appreciated!

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Default Apps won't open or re-install, No Store App since......

thanks for the link, unfortunately it didn't work

 

Default Apps won't open or re-install, No Store App since......

I found this. May be useful:

Restore Microsoft Store application in Windows 10

 

You can use this tutorial to restore all default apps or "only" the store app if that is your preference:

Reinstall and Re-register Apps in Windows 10

Let us know how you make out.

regards,

 

For anyone else seeing this post, essentially you grab the WindowsApps folder from a retail Windows 10 .iso and replace your broken one with the fresh one, then register it with a command in powershell and restart.

I had to fiddle with the last command to get PS to locate my AppxManifest.XML file, so the one you have isn't very accurate.

I think for me it was
Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\*\AppxManifest.XML"