Windows 10: One domain account is unable to launch Microsoft Store apps - You may not have the...

I'm editing this post to reflect the current state of the issue.


I bought some new PCs from Dell which had Windows 10 and Office preinstalled on them - kind of SOP at our company. The pre-installed Office apps are Microsoft Store apps. They're accessible using a local admin account. But once you log in with a domain account, the Store is missing and so are the associated apps.


There is neither a group nor local policy set to block the store.


I ran a Powershell command to re-install the Microsoft Store, which did work. I can access the store now on this account. However, I cannot launch any Microsoft Office apps. I can manually navigate to the file location under C:\program files\windowsapps\, but when I attempt to launch any of the applications, I receive "Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item".


I logged in as different domain users on this PC (I should have done this before running the Powershell command I mentioned before), and those accounts are able to launch Microsoft Office. So it's only affecting one account. I deleted the local copy of the roaming profile, but that did not help.

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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

 

App store and Microsoft account

Thank you for the advice

I see what you mean about the password but i think its a backward step to compromise my Microsoft password to to use the app store

 

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