Windows 10: Store is completely broken

All app pages whether app is installed or not, hangs on the loading dots in the middle of the page with no option to launch the app or download a new one. And there is an app that I know is installed, it says "this app needs to be installed on your internal drive" ..sometimes the windows store just unexpectedly closes by itself. If I go check for updates, then I just get the loading dots..I've tried wsreset.exe, signing out, signing in. Nothing works

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Store is completely broken, WINDOWS/WinStore does not exist

Add-AppxPackage : Cannot find path 'C:\WINDOWS\WinStore\AppxManifest.xml' because it does not exist.

At line:1 char:1

+ Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $Env:SystemRoot\Win ...

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

+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (C:\WINDOWS\WinStore\AppxManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], ItemNot

FoundException

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

 

Store is completely broken, WINDOWS/WinStore does not exist

I too am facing the same problem. I tried to follow steps to reinstall preinstalled windows apps through running Powershell as administrator, but was faced with the message that a higher version already exists. After which, my once grayed out windows apps
became even worst, in the sense that their names were gone and were replaced by names such as "@microsoft.windowscommunicationapps_17.6515.6402" for the mail app.

Please help, I've been trying so many things for so long.

 

-There is a fix for the Store somewhere here in the forums, as mine was hopelessly broken for months and now is back and working fine . . . but I can't remember what thread I was in where I found the fix; easy to lose my place in here! Maybe someone can point to where to find it.

 

2 tutorials to try. No guarantees.

1.How to Clear and Reset the Store Cache in Windows 10
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1...dows-10-a.html

2. How to Reinstall and Re-register All Built-in Windows Apps in Windows 8 and 10
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/3...ws-8-10-a.html

 

Neither worked I'm afraid

 

Suggestion :
Do a Repair Install
Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade
Repair install allows you to keep your files, settings and apps.
No product key is required.
Activation is automatic.

If Repair install still does not fix all the problems, then the only suggestion I have left is to do a Clean Install.
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1...n-install.html

 

That did the trick! Many thanks

 

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