MS Store & Apps fail to launch.

gettheclicker · 10 Dec 2017

Did an update last night and can't locate the step by step solution I found months ago.

Ms store and the apps within open for a second then disappear. No Error notifications anywhere.

I have tried the Powershell and SFC routes with no success. I know Powershell is the answer but there's something I must be doing wrong because I get errors every step of the way.

Windows PowerShellCopyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted>>PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $Env:SystemRoot\WinStore\AppxManifest.XML>>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

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Wsreset.exe ; ms-windows-store:PurgeCaches

The remote procedure call failed.

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I do not wish to system restore, format, nor reset. I know I did not have to last time around.

harvey263 · 10 Dec 2017

Your code fails outright for me too. Try the same answer as here to repair the Store: Cannot find or launch the Store after Fall update

Code:

Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers | ForEach {Add-AppXPackage -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml" -DisableDevelopmentMode}

It's normal to get some errors in the console output, just retry your apps again after the cmdlet finishes. If that doesn't fix, then create a new user account and see if the issue follows. If not, you are probably dealing profile corruption.