Windows 10: Windows Store won't open after update this morning

Windows Store won't launch. I had it open, checked for updates (I have pro and it set to not install them automatically). It found an update for the actual store so I pressed to download. It went through it's thing and then closed the window automatically. I then tried to relaunch it but it just flashes for a mili second and refuses to open. What should I do?

I logged in with my wife's user id and it is launching ok from hers. It's my user id that is creating the problem! Trouble is I cannot start using a new id as everything is setup for mine.

Thanks
Wayne

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Windows 10 Photo App crashes on opening

The December Windows Update is the cause. Microsoft: When will you be releasing a hotfix?

 

Windows Store Update of 27 January 2016

When I went to the Windows store this morning (27 January 2016) there was an update to the Windows Store. After installing the update I found that I can no longer open the Windows Store. Tried opening it from the Start Tile and from the All Apps Menu
but it will not open. How do I fix this. Tried using the WSReset.exe command but that did not work.

 

What a nightmare but I think I got somewhere. All can say is NEVER try and update the store like this when open. I tried the tutorial on repairing the store using the BAT file. Just got far worse as store corrupted for all user accounts. Luckily a restore point from last week got me back in business. Although the other users were still corrupt. As they are seldom used I removed these family accounts and later recreated new users for them. All seems ok.

then I changed store updates setting back to auto. I think the store update then silently installed in the background and things seem OK.

 

You can try to restore the availability of your App Store with one command.


Open the Start menu and in the Search field enter Powershell.
Right click the Powershell icon, and choose Run as administrator.
Enter: Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”}.
Press Enter to execute the command.

 

Thank you. If it ever happens again I will run that command first. Out of interest the text looks like it relates to all users. Should just one user account be corrupt for store how would that text change?

 

Beware using that Powershell command- it breaks a number of apps from build 10586 on... (see several reports in this forum). Hopefully it will work correctly when MS fixes it.

 

Ok thanks. What a mission MS makes all this. Thankfully restore point saved the day. MS has not covered themselves with glory over the store integration to desktop Windows 10. Those native apps along with store itself seem like they are held together with elastic bands!!

 

Just done mine it updated and closed and opened up again ok'
Must of been a glitch with yours

 

Ok, glad it went ok for you. Was a nightmare on my side. Do you let your apps auto update or are you set to manual? I notice on occasions on auto update the Microsoft native apps get stuck on updating. Non MS apps are always fine but sometimes I have to re trigger the download under updates. I tend to notice when I try to launch an app and it does the same milli second flash and doesn't open. If I then go to store I see the offending app stuck at updating. Manually pausing and clicking download gets it going again. Noticed it happen in calculator and photos app before!

 

How I do it is
Once a day check store for any updates.
If any appear then I just click them
Then watch each one update themselves
So far each one has updated ok

 

Its not normal for it to cause this problem when updating the store

Normally if the store is open when you try and update it, it says failed update, close the store and it updates itself then it the background

for me if I check for updates and notice the store gas an update, I close the store down, wait a good while while it updates everything, then open store back up

 

Yeah when I do it I look to do similar. Normally I sit there and watch them update and this store update was no exception. I saw it download, change to install and then close the window. But in my case it didn't re open on its own. Maybe I didn't give it long enough but I am sure I waited a good few seconds. I wasn't expecting a relaunch of the window so that's why I clicked to re open whereupon the problems began.

after restoring and seeing store back I changed the setting quickly to auto. I saw the store update arrive and this time it downloaded and the know presented an error which when I clicked for detail said it cannot update whilst store was open. So I then closed store, came back a good few mins later. I launched store and the update for store was no longer listed so it must of silently installed in background

 

I used to sit and watch the updates happening

for now, unless there is an update I am waiting for I just leave windows to it
check every few days in reliability history to see whats been updated

 

There's a scheduled task for app updates..