Microsoft Store app missing or not installed in Windows 10

The recent updates have made Windows Store applications in a Windows 10 PC important as the users can directly head over to the store and download any application one wants to. The Windows Store is legit and one of the safest ways to get your applications onboard. Some people have reported that the Windows Store app is not opening or even that the Windows Store app is missing once they updated to Windows 10. If Microsoft Store is missing, then this post will show you how to reinstall Windows Store in Windows 10 and get it back using this PowerShell command.

Microsoft Store missing in Windows 10

The missing app problem in Windows 10 can be solved, and you can get back all the apps that come default with Windows 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 10, 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 Windows 10 Store

If you wish to reinstall Windows 10 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 10, enjoy and do let us know how well it worked for you in the comment section below.

Reset Microsoft Store

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 its 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 10. You may also use our 10AppsManager to reinstall apps with a click.