The recent updates have made Microsoft Store applications in a Windows 11/10 PC important as the users can directly head over to the store and download any application they want to. The Windows Store is legit and one of the safest ways to get your applications onboard. Some people have reported that the Microsoft Store app is not opening or even that the Microsoft Store itself is missing once they are updated to Windows 11 or Windows 10. If the Microsoft Store is missing, then this post will show you how to reinstall the Microsoft Store in Windows 11/10 and get it back using this PowerShell command.
Please go through the entire post first and then decide which course of action you want to opt for.
Microsoft Store missing in Windows 11/10
The missing app problem in Windows 11/10 can be solved, and you can get back all the apps that come default with Windows 11/10. We would request you to go through the steps elucidated below and recover the missing applications by using an elevated Windows Powershell prompt.
1. First things first, download the file Reinstall-preinstalledApps.zip from Microsoft and extract the contents of the folder. Ensure that the file Reinstall-preinstalledApps.zip is in the following directory:
C:\Users\yourusernamehere\Downloads
2. In the PowerShell prompt that you have opened as an administrator, enter this command and hit Enter:
Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted
If it asks you to change the execution policy, press Y and hit Enter.
3. Without exiting Power Shell, enter the following command now:
cd C:\Users\YourUserName\Downloads
This command will take you to the location where the PowerShell script is. Note that you need to replace the “YourUserName” in the command with your actual Windows account username. Now all you need to do is enter the command below and hit “Enter”:
.\reinstall-preinstalledApps.ps1 *Microsoft.WindowsStore*
4. If you have followed the step mentioned above without any deviations, you should be able to find the Windows Store on your Windows, but before doing that, we would suggest you reset your Windows Store using WSReset.exe.
This will reset the Windows Store cache, and just in case we would also advise you to pin the Windows Store to your taskbar or the start menu.
5. Once you have done the job, re-enable enforcement for signed PowerShell scripts by typing executing the Set-ExecutionPolicy AllSigned command.
Reinstall Microsoft Store using WSRESET Tool
If your Windows Store is totally gone, you can reinstall it from the Store itself by running the following command in an elevated command prompt:
wsreset.exe -i
Let us know how this command works for you.
Reinstall Microsoft Store using PowerShell
If you wish to reinstall Windows Store, you can also open an elevated PowerShell window, type the following command and hit Enter:
Get-AppXPackage *WindowsStore* -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}
There you go, folks, the Windows Store back on your Windows 11/10, enjoy and do let us know how well it worked for you in the comment section below.
Read: Microsoft Store is not opening after reset
Reset or Repair Microsoft Store via Settings
Open Windows 11 Settings > Apps.
In the Apps list, search for Microsoft Store Once found, expand its options and click on Advanced options.
Here you may first Reset it and see. If that does not work, you may Repair the Microsoft Store.
Similarly, in Windows 10, you can open Settings > Apps and look for Microsoft Store.
Once you find it, click on Advanced options to open the following panel.
Here you can click on the Reset button. This will reinstall the Microsoft Windows Store app and change all settings to their default value.
No provisioned apps match the specified filter
If you receive No provisioned apps match the specified filter or No filter specified, attempting to re-register all provisioned apps error message, you will have to use the Reset button first to reinstall the Microsoft Store.
TIP: See this post if you wish to reinstall all the preinstalled apps in Windows. You may also use our 10AppsManager to reinstall apps with a click.
Hey, I’m following these steps but I’m getting an error on the second part of step #3. Perhaps you could provide some insight?
Add-AppxPackage : Cannot find path ‘C:Program FilesWindowsAppsMicrosoft.WindowsStore_2015.1005.14.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbweAppxMetadataAppxBundleManifest.xml’ because it does not exist.
At C:UsersJohnDownloadsreinstall-preinstalledApps.ps1:35 char:2
+ Add-AppxPackage -register $PackagePath -DisableDevelopmentMode
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : OjectNotFound: (C:Program Files…dleManifest.xml:String_ [Add-AppxPackage], ItemNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound, Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
unzip the fle first
Hello, trying to reinstall the App Store and followed your instructions but after attempting step #3 I get:
Registering the provisioned apps that match *Microsoft.WindowsStore*
Attempting to register package: Microsoft.WindowsStore_2015.701.14.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF9, Install failed. Please contact your software vendor.
(Exception from HRESULT: 0x80073CF9)
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 953cd8e1-1485-0000-f0ec-3c958514d101 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID 953cd8e1-1485-0000-f0ec-3c958514d101
At C:usersmedownloadsreinstall-preinstalledApps.ps1:35 char:2
+ Add-AppxPackage -register $PackagePath -DisableDevelopmentMode
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:Program File…dleManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
Any help much appreciated.
Same problem !
any luck, im having the same problem
In Windows 10 PowerShell, when I run the command .reinstall-preinstalledApps.ps1 *Microsoft.WindowsStore*
I get this message: The term .reinstall-preinstalledApps.ps1 is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program.
At line 1 char 1
CommandNotFoundException
I would appreciate any help you could provide, Thanks/Cheers
Facing the same problem with the other folks here. This solution doesn’t work for Windows 10 after November Update, please update this article to reflect the changes.
I had the same problem untill I realized you have to unzip the file and move its contents to C:usersyourusernamedownloads (or to whatever other path you are using).
But then you may still another problem (as it happened to me) where you are actually missing several directories and files in your C:Program FilesWindowsApps directory, like for example “C:Program FilesWindowsAppsMicrosoft.WindowsStore_2015.255.4.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbweAppxMetadataAppxBundleManifest.xml”
Seemingly, if this happens to you the only solution seems to be a system reset (unless MS timely comes with a a workaround).
Cheers.
Didn’t work for me either. I’ll try again tomorrow. My partner is not furious with me, “spending all evening trying to sort it out”. I only hope it hasn’t happened to our other laptops too. I’ll have fix those too. Stupid thing is although windows 8.1 upgraded to windows 10, I hadn’t noticed it, until I was told there was a free program that I needed, and found I couldn’t get to the store App. A number of the other windows apps, calendar being one don’t work, either. Any ideas as the others said, please? I have been a widows user since windows 95. Bought books for all, including windows 8.1, only opened the windows 8.1 book once. Got two windows 10, have to keep opening it. Not a word of “disappearing” Apps.
Wow, tell me now. No wonder I can’t get my Web Store fixed…. been trying for hours for all sorts of solutions. Can’t download any app at all, just keeps saying “Working…”. I don’t have a WinStore folder in C:Windows…. no idea what’s going on.
I had the same issues, and I finally got it to work! Make sure that when you choose your file path, it leads directly to the file itself, and not just the file folder. My file path had to be set to C:UsersYourUsernameDownloadsreinstall-preinstalledApps. The instructions only tell you to go as far as downloads, so I added the file name at the end to take to the correct path. Give it a whirl!
Same problems as everyone else so looks as though Microsoft will need to send us all a fix update asap or scrap Windows 10 and bring out another OS replacement.
Worked Perfectly on my Surface pro 4 with Windows 10 once I unzipped the file :D
Unfortuanately didn’t work for me either. I would just factory reset the PC but this is a work computer and I would loose precious files.
I get the error.
Add-AppxPackage : Cannot find path ‘C:Program
FilesWindowsAppsMicrosoft.WindowsStore_2015.99.24.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbweAppxMetadataAppxBundleManifest.xml’
because it does not exist.
At C:UserssaburDownloadsreinstall-preinstalledAppsreinstall-preinstalledApps.ps1:35 char:2
+ Add-AppxPackage -register $PackagePath -DisableDevelopmentMode
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (C:Program File…dleManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], ItemNotFou
ndException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
Maybe someone here can make sense of this?
Thanks
I am getting a problem too, my error is reporting “catastrophic failure” … not encouraging eh
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered.
error 0x8000FFFF: While processing the request, the system failed to register the windows.visualElements extension due
to the following error: Catastrophic failure
.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] d09da1d0-606d-0000-6122-9ed06d60d101 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID d09da1d0-606d-0000-6122-9ed06d60d101
At C:usersClairDownloadsreinstall-preinstalledApps.ps1:35 char:2
+ Add-AppxPackage -register $PackagePath -DisableDevelopmentMode
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:Program File…dleManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
I did all the steps but I have a problem
Add-AppxPackage : Cannot find path ‘C:Program
FilesWindowsAppsMicrosoft.WindowsStore_2015.2524.4.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbweAppxMetadataAppxBundleManifest.xml’
because it does not exist.
At C:UsersBrianDownloadsreinstall-preinstalledApps.ps1:35 char:2
+ Add-AppxPackage -register $PackagePath -DisableDevelopmentMode
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (C:Program File…dleManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], ItemNotFou
ndException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
Same issue and no working solution. When Win10 come I was plenty of hopes. MS OS are product that you must buy, because no laptops are sold without a MS OS.
The UI is really beautiful,fast and well done but, just after few month it starts to be a big pain with “start menu, cortana, store that stop working, hard drive always busy at 100% and so on.
I would scream “Linux and Gnome” forever!!!! Why carry on in being bugged by MS??? Just because if you want to own a laptop you have non choices than buy it with the OS!
I’m a good IT technician and I’havent found any way to cope to this issue….
Next few days I’ll try again and forward to you if I find a solution. Thanks to the ones that have tried…
Does not work at all. This is just another dead end
IT DOESNT WORK… :( :( :( THIS WHAT IT STATES:
Windows PowerShell
Copyright (C) 2015 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
PS C:WINDOWSsystem32> Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted
Execution Policy Change
The execution policy helps protect you from scripts that you do not trust. Changing the execution policy might expose
you to the security risks described in the about_Execution_Policies help topic at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=135170. Do you want to change the execution policy?
[Y] Yes [A] Yes to All [N] No [L] No to All [S] Suspend [?] Help (default is “N”): Y
PS C:WINDOWSsystem32> cd C:UsersMICHADownloads
PS C:UsersMICHADownloads> .reinstall-preinstalledApps.ps1 *Microsoft.WindowsStore*
Registering the provisioned apps that match *Microsoft.WindowsStore*
Attempting to register package: Microsoft.WindowsStore_2015.2524.4.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Add-AppxPackage : Cannot find path ‘C:Program
FilesWindowsAppsMicrosoft.WindowsStore_2015.2524.4.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbweAppxMetadataAppxBundleManifest.xml’
because it does not exist.
At C:UsersMICHADownloadsreinstall-preinstalledApps.ps1:35 char:2
+ Add-AppxPackage -register $PackagePath -DisableDevelopmentMode
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (C:Program File…dleManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], ItemNotFou
ndException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
PS C:UsersMICHADownloads> Get-AppXPackage *WindowsStore* -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode
-Register “$($_.InstallLocation)AppXManifest.xml”}
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered.
Merge Failure : error 0x80070003 : Cannot register the Microsoft.WindowsStore_2015.25.24.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe package
because there was a merge failure with the following file: C:Program
FilesWindowsAppsMicrosoft.WindowsStore_2015.25.24.0_neutral_split.language-fil-latn_8wekyb3d8bbweresources.pri
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] d349d4f0-643c-0003-781e-4ad33c64d101 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID d349d4f0-643c-0003-781e-4ad33c64d101
At line:1 char:53
+ … | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.I …
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:Program File…ppXManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered.
Merge Failure : error 0x80070003 : Cannot register the Microsoft.WindowsStore_2016.27.2.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe package
because there was a merge failure with the following file: C:Program
FilesWindowsAppsMicrosoft.WindowsStore_2015.25.24.0_neutral_split.language-fil-latn_8wekyb3d8bbweresources.pri
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] d349d4f0-643c-0003-7f1e-4ad33c64d101 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID d349d4f0-643c-0003-7f1e-4ad33c64d101
At line:1 char:53
+ … | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.I …
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:Program File…ppXManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
PS C:UsersMICHADownloads>
I have the same issue. what do you define as a “system reset”. Do you mean the reset this PC function where everything has to be reinstalled?
this is the issue I have, I’m missing several directories entirely. this all started because I accidentally ran Get-AppXPackage *WindowsStore* -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)AppXManifest.xml”}. Basically I’ve tried every possible fix out there and nothing works, I couldn’t even system restore because it got stuck up during it. I can’t wipe 800 gigs of data from my pc. microsoft needs to release a better fix. Using Win 10 pro also.
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered.
error 0x80070490: Cannot process the Microsoft.Office.Sway_17.6629.20261.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe package because the
following error was encountered while retrieving the 4 property for the value ‘imagesSwayAppList.png’: Element not
found.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] de546af1-6c12-0001-1184-56de126cd101 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID de546af1-6c12-0001-1184-56de126cd101
At C:UsersGeorgeDownloadsreinstall-preinstalledApps.ps1:35 char:2
+ Add-AppxPackage -register $PackagePath -DisableDevelopmentMode
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:Program File…dleManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
What to do?
have spent hours trying to fix this problem on a friends laptop after upgrading it to win10…Finally…that last solution “Get-AppXPackage…” worked…the store is back. Thank You!
Here is the result i get:
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered.
Merge Failure : error 0x80070003 : Cannot register the Microsoft.WindowsStore_2015.25.24.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe package
because there was a merge failure with the following file: C:Program
FilesWindowsAppsMicrosoft.WindowsStore_2015.25.24.0_neutral_split.scale-100_8wekyb3d8bbweresources.pri
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 76d72688-730b-0001-8cde-d8760b73d101 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID 76d72688-730b-0001-8cde-d8760b73d101
At line:1 char:53
+ … | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.I …
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:Program File…ppXManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered.
Merge Failure : error 0x80070003 : Cannot register the Microsoft.WindowsStore_2016.27.2.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe package
because there was a merge failure with the following file: C:Program
FilesWindowsAppsMicrosoft.WindowsStore_2015.25.24.0_neutral_split.scale-100_8wekyb3d8bbweresources.pri
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 76d72688-730b-0000-bfbd-d8760b73d101 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID 76d72688-730b-0000-bfbd-d8760b73d101
At line:1 char:53
+ … | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.I …
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:Program File…ppXManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
“Reinstall Windows 10 Store” worked great, however when I first launched the Powershell program it tried to run a script automatically. It was like a poorly formatted copy of the script I copied from this website in to the Clipboard. It buggered up the visual display of Powershell with error messages overlaid on top of Powershell making it awkward to use Powershell. A restart of Powershell didn’t exhibit this issue and the properly pasted command worked fine.
I got this message :/
.reinstall-preinstalledApps.ps1 : The term ‘.reinstall-preinstalledApps.ps1’ is not recognized as the name of a
cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify
that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1
+ .reinstall-preinstalledApps.ps1 *Microsoft.WindowsStore*
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (.reinstall-preinstalledApps.ps1:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException
PS C:WINDOWSsystem32> cd C:UsersAbdul MatheenDownloads
Set-Location : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument ‘MatheenDownloads’.
At line:1 char:1
+ cd C:UsersAbdul MatheenDownloads
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-Location], ParameterBindingException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SetLocationCommand
Thank you!
.reinstall-preinstalledApps.ps1 *Microsoft.WindowsStore* is NOT A VALID COMMAND !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey,i had follow this steps “Reinstall Windows 10 Store” but its like getting error
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered.
Merge Failure : error 0x80070003 : Cannot register the Microsoft.WindowsStore_2016.29.13.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe package
because there was a merge failure with the following file: C:Program
FilesWindowsAppsMicrosoft.WindowsStore_2015.21.25.0_neutral_split.scale-100_8wekyb3d8bbweresources.pri
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] a1d0e761-8812-0001-5002-d1a11288d101 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID a1d0e761-8812-0001-5002-d1a11288d101
At line:1 char:1
+ Add-AppxPackage -register “C:Program FilesWindowsAppsMicrosoft.Win …
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:Program File…ppxManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
i get this error: Add-AppxPackage : Cannot find path ‘C:Program
FilesWindowsAppsMicrosoft.WindowsStore_2015.2515.4.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbweAppxMetadataAppxBundleManifest.xml’
because it does not exist.
At C:UsersfasmiDownloadsreinstall-preinstalledApps.ps1:35 char:2
+ Add-AppxPackage -register $PackagePath -DisableDevelopmentMode
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (C:Program File…dleManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], ItemNotFou
ndException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
Please define what a windows account name is? My windows live email address name? The name of my computer? The name of the admin? Not very specific….
when i try to open my store it comes as it is going to open and it switches off again what can i do? please help me i am using windows 10 on new machine means it comes with that window 10 thank you
It worked for me, i just opened the file with PowerShell (by clicking right click on the file) after getting stuck at step #3. :)
Hello. I’ve going crazy here, my windows store app still doesn’t work and I tried installing the windows store as well as resetting it afterwards. My powershell could not find the file path, so i moved it and installed the package. Without any luck by the way, the damn app still doesn’t work. and my WSReset.exe doesn’t work either. What should i do. It all happened after i upgraded from win8.1 to win10.
i have the same issue on a brand new laptop, ive tried everything to no avail. Microsoft needs to do something as its been weeks and i cant find a solution
Hello I’ve followed the steps and this is the message that came out cd : Cannot find path
‘C:UsersYourUserNameDownloads’ because it does not exist.
At line:1 char:1
+ cd C:UsersYourUserNameDownloads
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (C:UsersYourUserNameDownloads:String) [Set-Location],
eption
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SetLocationCommand
Reinstall Windows 10 Store hint solved my windows store broken icon. Many Thanks
I did unzip the file first as did, I’m sure the person before me. After the first command fails everything in the event log appears to be fixed except the windows store. By the way, although the log states onenote, xbox and other packages complete, they still do not work. I’ll spare everyone the entire event log and just past in the last two, which are the pertinent errors:
” Setting the package state to enabled returned with 0x0.
5/6/2016 2:25:15 PM 401 Deployment Register operation with target volume C: on Package
Microsoft.WindowsStore_2016.2913.4.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe from:
(AppxBundleManifest.xml) failed with error 0x80073CF6. See
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=235160 for help diagnosing app
deployment issues.
5/6/2016 2:25:15 PM 404 AppX Deployment operation failed for package
Microsoft.WindowsStore_2016.2913.4.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe with error
0x80073CF6. The specific error text for this failure is: error 0x80070490:
Cannot process the Microsoft.Office.Sway_17.6769.45081.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
package because the following error was encountered while retrieving the 4
property for the value ‘imagesSwayAppList.png’: Element not found.”
PS:
Following the provided link does not address the error code in the log.
Not happy with the update…caused many problems including this one. My start menu had also been affected due to this.
i tried pretty much everything to get this to work but it doesent all the apps are still clear i tried everything i dont know what to do
My Windows Store in Windows 10 was missing for several months. I tried a few of the posted fixes, but nothing actually got it back out of what I tried.
Then the weirdest thing just happened. I just looked down, and it was back again. The only thing I can say is I just Googled Windows Store and clicked on it. Did that bring it back?
Really useful thank you
******* HOW TO FIX THIS ISSUE ********
Follow the same instructions in the guide, except don’t type:
Set – ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted
Use:
Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted
The spaces are throwing it off. KBYE.
error 0x80070003: Reading manifest from location:
error: The system cannot find the path specified.
I tried but it said:
Add-AppxPackage : Error de implementación con HRESULT: 0x80073CF9, Error en la instalación. Póngase en contacto con el
proveedor de software. (Excepción de HRESULT: 0x80073CF9)
NOTA: para obtener información adicional, busque [ActivityId] 237ea2ac-c8d7-0000-9947-8023d7c8d101 en el registro de
eventos o use la línea de comandos Get-AppxLog -ActivityID 237ea2ac-c8d7-0000-9947-8023d7c8d101
En C:UsersDuende Mago.LAKSHMI-PCDownloadsreinstall-preinstalledApps.ps1: 35 Carácter: 2
+ Add-AppxPackage -register $PackagePath -DisableDevelopmentMode
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:Program File…dleManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO!!!!! Please contact me at alegriamovimiento [AT] gmail.com THANKS GUYS
Thank You. It really works.
Dude, unzip the zip file first. :)
I FOLLOWED the steps now over and over its been almost a week and it wont work and everytime i do the steps i get in red writing summoned up that the package cant find its path etc. please help
.reinstall-preinstalledApps.ps1 : El término ‘.reinstall-preinstalledApps.ps1’ no se reconoce como nombre de un
cmdlet, función, archivo de script o programa ejecutable. Compruebe si escribió correctamente el nombre o, si incluyó
una ruta de acceso, compruebe que dicha ruta es correcta e inténtelo de nuevo.
En línea: 1 Carácter: 1
+ .reinstall-preinstalledApps.ps1 *Microsoft.WindowsStore*
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (.reinstall-preinstalledApps.ps1:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException
Help me / Ayudenme
For this boring Error i have found the one and only sulotion after long search:
In short my steps:
1. I change my user login to local account and add a local new User to system and reboot and login with this new local user
2. I start the file explorer and go under options to make hidden and system files viewable
3. Than i go to the folder C:Program FilesWindowsApps to see i get no access, so i do follow u can read here:
http://superuser.com/questions/498774/how-to-get-access-to-c-program-files-windowsapps-in-windows-8 (solution with green marked)
4. After i do this i get access to the Folder and all the Apps be listed. Now i serach my windows.store folder (in my case the 64bit store folder) and copy the foldername for insert in the next step to do:
5. Open Windows Powershell as Admin
6. paste this expample with changes see point 7:
Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “C:Program FilesWindowsAppsMicrosoft.WindowsStore_2015.7.1.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbweAppxManifest.xml”
7. Change this part in the string
Microsoft.WindowsStore_2015.7.1.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
with your Microsoft.windowsStore_file…… in point 4
8. Now Powershell install and reregister the windows Store new. without any error – like everytime before i try 1000nds things with powershell!
9. Now u can start windows store – wait a little and BINGO!
10. restart and login with the your normal user and delete the new user and start windows store and now u can manage all other APPs over the store. And switch back to microsoft login from local account.
Questions? Goof luck! Marco
I followed it but this is what I got.
Add-AppxPackage : Cannot find path ‘C:Program
FilesWindowsAppsMicrosoft.WindowsStore_2015.706.24.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbweAppxMetadataAppxBundleManifest.xml’
because it does not exist.
At C:UsersuserDownloadsreinstall-preinstalledApps.ps1:35 char:2
+ Add-AppxPackage -register $PackagePath -DisableDevelopmentMode
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (C:Program File…dleManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], ItemNotFou
ndException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
What to do?
HOLY CRAP THIS WORKED I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!
Hello to any and all! I have this fixed to anyone still looking for help. All you have to do is right click and run the script under powershell (The script that came in the .zip file) then it will kindly reinstall the windows store. Cheers!
Hi I had the same issue Store was missing, but thank to this post. I tried the below steps and Store is back on track. Initially It gave to me errors but it was mentioned there that once you activate windows firewall these commands will work. I did turned ON the firewall and immediately Windows store got installed and working.
“If you wish to reinstall Windows 10 Store, you can also open an elevated PowerShell windows, type the following command and hit Enter:
Get-AppXPackage *WindowsStore* -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)AppXManifest.xml”}
There you go folks the Windows Store back on your Windows 10″
It sucks. For weeks I have been trying to install apps from the Windows Store, but when it gets to the installation part it says “Error, see details.” It is annoying. I have used the above command and commands from a million other websites with no luck. It just says that Appxmanifest doesn’t exist or something like that. All of my apps are gone, including the ones like calculator and Skype!
Now I’m in a real predicament. HELP ME PLEASE!!!
Hello I am following the steps but I get this errorRegistering the provisioned apps that match *Microsoft.WindowsStore*
Attempting to register package: Microsoft.WindowsStore_11606.1001.394.0_
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package co
error 0x87AF0001: The Visual Elements extension failed while processing
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] dacce824-2ce7-00
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID dacce824-2ce7-0001-31df-cddae72
At C:UserstiffanyDownloadsreinstall-preinstalledApps.ps1:35 char:2
+ Add-AppxPackage -register $PackagePath -DisableDevelopmentMode
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:Program File…dleManifest
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.Pac
Thank you so much. This helped me out a lot!
Why is this so much of a hassle? Why can we not just download and executable file to fix this problem. Jeez
Didn’t work for me. I got this:
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073D01, The package deployment operation is blocked by policy
The package deployment operation is blocked by the “Allow deployment operations in special profiles” policy.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 3484e91b-32ef-0000-61e2-8534ef32d201 in the Event Log or us
At C:UsersLutzDownloadsreinstall-preinstalledApps.ps1:35 char:2
+ Add-AppxPackage -register $PackagePath -DisableDevelopmentMode
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (C:Program File…dleManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
Not working it says object not found. Help!!!
Running Windows 10, but cannot download any apps from the store. I always receive the error code 0x80240437. I have tried multiple suggestions from all sorts of sources including Microsoft support. Any help would be appreciated.
I keep getting an error that the deployment of the package was blocked by AppLocker.
Can anyone assist?
I enabled “Sideload apps” under the “For developers” section in Windows Settings, but still the Powershell command complains:
Registering the provisioned apps that match *Microsoft.WindowsStore*
Attempting to register package: Microsoft.WindowsStore_11602.1.264.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CFF, To install this application you need
either a Windows developer license or a sideloading-enabled system.
I would like to find the first person able to fix any problems with Windows apps. Once they break, they never work again and the only real solution is always reinstall a fresh copy of Windows. In my case, I’ve been looking for a solution for months and all I find is people saying “doesn’t work”…. Sadly Microsoft is so far away from getting anything right about the “apps” environment that it is unbelievable. It seems like a hyper-convoluted, complicated “frankenstein” app system, half-baked and not ready for prime time. End of rant.
Thanks!
Hi Tiffany, I had exactly the same error. Were you able to solve the issue?
Hello, i tried your way to get the missing store. But at step 3, i get this: No provisioned apps match the specified filter.
WOW… Thanx!
just use the reinstall step instead
Great description. Though my native language is not English, I was quite quickly able to restore the store! Thanks.
Mahit Huilgol….you are the BEST thing since sliced bread. I have been going CRAZY for days trying to find a solution to this problem, I tried yours and it worked like a charm. Thank you so much, I love you to death……who loves ya baby? ME!
i kept getting this error
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered.
error 0x87AF0813: The Visual Elements extension failed while processing the Notification element.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] c7e95fab-cd47-0000-01b4-e9c747cdd201 in the Event Log or use the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID c7e95fab-cd47-0000-01b4-e9c747cdd201
At C:UsersalainDownloadsreinstall-preinstalledAppsreinstall-preinstalledApps.ps1:35 char:2
+ Add-AppxPackage -register $PackagePath -DisableDevelopmentMode
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:Program File…dleManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
its not giving me any errors in powershell… i can tell by that that there no mistakes from my end… but store still is absent… is it because its enterprise? i have no adge browser too and i hared its because the operating sys is enterprise
https://www.thewindowsclub.com/10appsmanager-windows-10
to reinstall the apps.
Success…make sure to extract the files
Here is the code to paste in powershell administrator:
Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)AppXManifest.xml”}
thanks it worked
PS C:Windowssystem32> cd C:UsersradufDownloads
PS C:UsersradufDownloads> .reinstall-preinstalledApps.ps1 *Microsoft.WindowsStore*
Registering the provisioned apps that match *Microsoft.WindowsStore*
Attempting to register package: Microsoft.WindowsStore_11703.1001.454.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF9, Install failed. Please contact your software vendor.
(Exception from HRESULT: 0x80073CF9)
error 0x80070003: Deployment of package Microsoft.WindowsStore_11703.1001.45.0_neutral_split.language-ro_8wekyb3d8b
was blocked by AppLocker.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 3ae3c13e-2891-0003-69ce-e33a9128d301 in the Event Log or us
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID 3ae3c13e-2891-0003-69ce-e33a9128d301
At C:UsersradufDownloadsreinstall-preinstalledApps.ps1:35 char:2
+ Add-AppxPackage -register $PackagePath -DisableDevelopmentMode
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:Program File…dleManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
how to fix this?
Thank you, finally a guide that fixed the issue. It have been bugging me for a few months, and other guides did not work.
The same as JohnTheRedeemer… AND You ask why so many people hackintosh their PCs!!!!!
did not work at all
Best fix reinstall windows 10.
OMG tytytytytytytytytyty and a major YAY….after months trying to find a solution to fix my Windows store (after the anniversary build) when it just disappeared on me I finally gave up when i could not find a solution to fix it. So just this morning i thought i would casually just look for a solution and i found one. I re-downloaded the store through the Power Shell Prompt from here then the Store fix (also from here)…restarted my computer after everything had settled and …BAM! so again ty and Namaste
Thank you.
Hey,My window store is working but my all window apps blur or can’t work.Please give me solution for working my window apps
I’m doing a clean install of windows 10 and windows store does not get installed. I go through the procedure and I get the No provisioned apps match the specified filter like some others. What to do next?
The powershell command worked great. I can now access my account but the game I want still won’t download.
this is the error i got
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered.
error 0x87AF000B: The Visual Elements extension failed while processing the Notification element.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 075f2f7e-93b3-0003-ae29-6207b393d301 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID 075f2f7e-93b3-0003-ae29-6207b393d301
At C:UsersmattsDownloadsreinstall-preinstalledApps.ps1:35 char:2
+ Add-AppxPackage -register $PackagePath -DisableDevelopmentMode
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:Program File…dleManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
THANK YOU !
Worked perfectly. Thanks team.
Why isn’t there just a link to the app on a site someplace? Seriously.
What is an Elevated Powershell windows??? I just want the store back. Im not a computer analyst. idk what any of this means. And i also tried doing the powershell thing. But as soon as i pressed Y the program starting doing all these processing things and doesnt let me type anymore. Can u please put it in simple english than non techy people can understand?
Pls see https://www.thewindowsclub.com/how-to-open-an-elevated-powershell-prompt-in-windows-10
Vous êtes vraiment des bg les potes vous m’avez sucez la bite
I paid the fee and I copied the license number but it didn’t paste, and I cannot find the number to right down….not happy!!!!
Thanks !!!! Perfect!
None of the solutions I found online for this issue were able to fix my problem.
No matter what I did, I could not use any Windows 10 Built-In Apps or even get them to appear in search results for the user of the problematic PC, but the Admin profile could see and use them just fine
What worked for me was creating a shortcut to the app I wanted to use (specifically “Photos”) and adding that to the public desktop (C:UsersPublicDesktop) and once I opened the shortcut on the user’s profile, it was available to use as a default program and everything.
To create the shortcut, I went into the Admin profile which was able to access the apps (if this is not the case for you, try creating a new profile on the PC and see if it can access the apps) and pasted “%windir%explorer.exe shell:::{4234d49b-0245-4df3-b780-3893943456e1}” into the File Explorer which opened the Applications folder. Find the program you’re looking for and right-click on it, then choose create shortcut (it told me it could not make one here, and gave me the option to make it on the desktop instead)
From there, just paste the shortcut where the other profile can access it and you should be good to go
Hope this helps someone
Thanks so much!
THIS is the fix in 2018. Simply right click the unzipped PS file and watch it restore all apps, including Store. Finally after a month of searching for the right resolution. THanks
My store app was missing did the the things it said and noticed it was there now…THANKS A BUNCH!!
hey its not work on my pc but why
1 to 5 worked, thank you so much
it worked if not worked open powershell with administrator permission
the powershell command did all the magic. thanks