Windows Store Missing - Can't get back

Bastet · 16 Jul 2022

I’d try an in-place repair via the media creation tool. Run setup,, ensure keep everything is selected & choose install.

dalchina · 16 Jul 2022

Already done, along with SFC /SCANNOW and chkdsk, and Hard Disk Sentinel..
Windows Store Missing - Can't get back
- assuming it really did complete...

@morgo1968 - just to check, do you have Windows.old present on C: and could you post a screenshot of your Update History showing that please? Thanks.

morgo1968 · 16 Jul 2022

Hi dalchina,

Is this what you meant by update history? Yes I have the Windows.old directory. I have noticed that the system seems very sluggish since I did the Upgrade in Place. Searching for apps etc is very slow compared to before.

Windows Store Missing - Can't get back-windows-old-01.jpg

Tekkie Boy · 16 Jul 2022

morgo1968 said:

Hi Tekkie Boy,

I'm beginning to think that is correct...more going on. Earlier today I tried updating drivers and got an error installing Visual C++ 2022 distributable.

"The feature you are trying to use is on a CD-ROM or other removable disk that is not available...." II tried online fixes for this but no luck.

My Adobe Creative Cloud App has also come up with errors and won't recognise my installed apps.

Any suggestions?

I just looked at the first page of the thread and you already knew the meaning of the error code. Sorry.

I think it will result in a Windows clean install.

If the Net.Runtime or a other package for example is corrupted, you cannot easily uninstall it.

An in-place upgrade can fix a lot, but unfortunately not everything.

Bastet · 16 Jul 2022

Thanks dalchina.
I suspect a clean install is required.

morgo1968 · 16 Jul 2022

Thanks Trekkie Boy,

I had thought of trying to Upgrade to 11 and hope that might fix it?

Tekkie Boy · 16 Jul 2022

You're welcome to try it, but I can't promise anything.

You have nothing to lose.

I would create a recent system image before trying it.

dalchina · 16 Jul 2022

Upgrading to '11 - if your PC is compatible- inherits what you have in your registry of course.

It is essentially similar to any upgrade procedure- including an in-place upgrade repair.

But who knows? You might get lucky...

Is this what you meant by update history?

FWIW:

Windows Store Missing - Can't get back-untitled.png

- it's the history (list/dates) of your updates/upgrades...

Yes I have the Windows.old directory. I have noticed that the system seems very sluggish since I did the Upgrade in Place. Searching for apps etc is very slow compared to before.

If you have little free space on C: paging could account for some slowness.
Searching should rely on an index, so I wouldn't have expected that to be slow... unless your CPU is being heavily used.

I tend to agree- simplest now is a clean install - but create a disk image using e.g. Macrium Reflect beforehand so you have a backup of everything. Also consider what data is hard to extract from a mounted image. E.g.
- browser favourites
- program license keys
- data related to an email client (if any)
etc

morgo1968 · 16 Jul 2022

dalchina,

Update history attached. Should this show the in place somehow?

Windows Store Missing - Can't get back-update-history-01.jpg

I have a disk image, and all of my data is on separate drives and backed up nightly to my NAS.

Ghot · 16 Jul 2022

If you have a disk image, and have already spent 3 weeks on this issue... I would wipe the drive and do a clean install of Win 10 or Win 11.
I would not upgrade to Win 11, unless Win 10 was working perfectly. Win 11 is twitchy enough without adding a wonky foundation to it. ^^