Some Windows 11/10 users find that their Windows Store UWP apps take a long time to load. Yet other Windows users find that their Windows Store apps take forever to load after updating their Windows 11/10.
When you launch a Windows Store app, you are first greeted by the splash screen, consisting of a plain background color, a swirling circle, and a 620×300 sized image. Your operating system displays this screen till such a time that the opened app is fully initialized and activated. Once the app is fully initialized, the screen goes away, and you are taken to the app’s initial UI page.
By default, if this app initialization operation is delayed and a window is not displayed within a reasonable amount of time, Windows will wait for a maximum of 15 seconds, after which, the OS will simply terminate the app.
The reason why Microsoft Store apps are slow could be because of corrupt system files or if the installed apps are corrupted. If the system is infected with a virus infection or the installed apps are outdated, then this can also make apps respond slowly.
Microsoft Store apps too long to load in Windows 11/10
In this post, we will see what you could do to try and troubleshoot the problem where your Windows 10/8 apps take a long time to open.
1] Run the Windows Apps Troubleshooter
Run the Windows Apps Troubleshooter. If it finds any problems, let it fix the issues automatically. It will check if the Microsoft Account sign-in is required in some cases, will check if the display resolutions are too low and a few other things.
2] Run SFC Scan
Open an elevated command prompt window and run sfc /scannow to scan your Windows with the System File Checker. and fix corrupted files, if any are found.
3] Use software rendering instead of GPU rendering
Open Internet Options > Check Use software rendering instead of GPU rendering, to turn off Accelerated Graphics. See if it helps.
4] Troubleshoot in Clean Boot State
Perform a Clean Boot to check if any third-party application is causing the issue. If it does, you know the cause for the delay in Windows Store apps opening
5] Tweak the Registry
Read this post to learn what you can do if EXE Programs take a long time to open in Windows.
I hope something helps. If you did something else that helped reduce the Windows UWP apps starting times, please do share it below in the comments section for the benefit of others.
Why is the Microsoft Store taking forever to load?
If Microsoft Store is not opening or is stuck on the loading screen, then first you should clear the Microsoft Store cache. If that doesn’t help, use the Windows Store Apps troubleshooter or re-register the Microsoft Store app. You can also access the Microsoft Store Install Service in the Services window, and set its Startup type to Manual.
Developers wanting to reduce their app loading times can see these posts on Microsoft.
