Windows Store Missing - Can't get back

Hi, first you can try
Re-register Microsoft Store app in Windows 10

and
Reinstall and Re-register Apps in Windows 10
Option 3

- I note you don't say which Powershell command you previously tried, so one of these may be the same.

The forum asked you to quote your Windows build number so we don't have to keep asking and asking.. Thanks.

History: (so often not given by posters)
- when did the Store last work for you?
- what happened before it stopped working?

Do you have other issues with other apps or anything else?

Guessing the above won't help- and if it doesn't:

Basics: as I know nothing of your PC or its history:
Check your disk, system files, file system:
a. Hard Disk Sentinel is excellent - result right on its GUI. Covers SSDs too.
b. If ok, run
chkdsk c: /scan
from an admin command prompt
c. If ok, similarly run
SFC /SCANNOW

If those pass, proceed to an in-place upgrade repair install which keeps progs and data
(Tutorial available in the huge searchable Tutorial section - I have posted simple 4 line instructions many times)

For this you need an iso file of the same (unstated) major build as your Windows installation.

I will assume you don't have a relevant System Restore point, and that you haven't a recent disk image you could restore - the routine use if disk imaging is endlessly recommended here so you can get yourself out of many basic difficulties and have a full secure backup e.g. Macrium Reflect (free/paid) + large enough external disk for image file storage

If the excellent advice given by dalchina doesn’t correct the problem then please try the suggestions here:
Try Solution 9: Use the Preinstalled Apps Zip to Reinstall Microsoft Store: Windows 10 Store not Installed [FIXED] - Appuals.com
that doesn’t work then try the suggestion here: You can now install new Microsoft Store on Windows 10

Thanks. Given you don't know the cause of this (no history stated or any clues) you equally don't know what other damage there may be.

As you say you've tried all I gave you (including the two targetted tutorials) - and Bastet suggested one more.. and you now know your disk, file system and system files are intact having done those checks, then an in-place upgrade repair install is indeed the safest way to proceed.

The Store shouldn't just 'disappear'....

When you do get back to a working configuration, ensure:
- you immediately start a disk imaging regime
- enable System Restore
- consider having a restore point created on schedule (tutorial available)

Hi, sorry to hear about the Covid diagnosis. I won't ask if you've tried running an anti-virus program..

So far I've been lucky, and AFAIK, haven't had it- despite spending 6 weeks in 5 countries earlier this year (before air travel seemingly fell into utter chaos... well, even in April both my flight, 16 days before, and on the day, my train to the airport were cancelled).

Please confirm that before you performed the in-place upgrade you did these basic checks:

Check your disk, system files, file system:
a. Hard Disk Sentinel is excellent - result right on its GUI. Covers SSDs too.
b. If ok, run
chkdsk c: /scan
from an admin command prompt
c. If ok, similarly run
SFC /SCANNOW

Assuming you created your image with M Reflect, then the intergrity of the data on your disk has been checked on a CRC basis.

If all the above is true, then it's really puzzling
a. That your Store isn't present
b. That you seem to have corruption now.

Please try again running
chkdsk c: /scan
from an admin command prompt
c. If ok, similarly run
SFC /SCANNOW

and see what these report.

Considering the Powershell command - what happened to the " characters in

Get-AppXPackage *Microsoft.WindowsStore* | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”}

?

Please check the in-place upgrade repair completed successfully.
Post a screenshot of your Update History.
Do you have Windows.old present, and what's its creation date?

If not, run setupdiag.exe
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/win...rade/setupdiag

Ok, please see final checks in my previous on whether the in-place upgrade repair completed ok.

If it did, that suggests there's either something running that causes this problem, or something configured that's not affected by the in-place upgrade repair install.

does Hard Disk Sentinnel support NvME drives? It tells me 8% of the reserved spare area used instead of the discovered bad sectors on the disk....No actions needed.

HDS supports SSDs too.. I believe it has a database of drives, so that needs to be updated by the author.
If it showed green for the drive, and a good report, hopefully all is well.


Considering the error message which I have screen OCR'd for you (red is a poor colour here, alas)
Get-AppXPackage : The package runtime information is corrupted. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80073055)

- it's pointing to character 1.

Do you have something odd there?
- and the error number has 0 results from Google...

Try:
Get-AppxPackage -allusers Microsoft.WindowsStore | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

Thanks,

Yes the drive shows green in Hard Disk Sentinel.

SetupDiag reports a successful upgrade.

SetupDiag reports successful upgrade found.
This appears to be a successful update as the last operation was: 00BEBoot and the result was: success

The other shell command delivered the same error.

I'm not sure what you mean by - it's pointing to character 1, Do you have something odd there?

I also haven't been able to find anything of consequence re the error code.

For what it's worth I had my wife login to her account and the Microsoft Store runs fine.

Many thanks again.