Re-register Microsoft Store app in Windows 10

Brink · 02 Mar 2020

heywoodg said:

tried re-setting, a repair install was my next option but thought it was a bit drastic so was trying to see if there was anything else I could try

A repair install is heavy handed, but it will give you the fastest and best way of fixing it without losing anything.

heywoodg · 02 Mar 2020

Cheers, I will do as you suggest, thanks for the fast response and the welcome

Brink · 02 Mar 2020

heywoodg said:

Cheers, I will do as you suggest, thanks for the fast response and the welcome

You're most welcome. Please let us know how it went.

FreeBooter · 02 Mar 2020

With this batch script you can re-register Microsoft Store app for your account or all users in Windows 10.

Code:

:: Re-register Microsoft Store app in Windows 10


@Echo Off & Color 0E


net sess>nul 2>&1||(powershell start cmd -ArgumentList """/c %~0""" -verb Runas & exit)



:Choice
Cls 
Echo.
Echo 1. Re-register Microsoft Store app for Current User
Echo.
Echo 2. Re-register Microsoft Store app for All Users
Echo.
Echo.

Set /p input= Type a number: 

If %input%==1 Goto :Current
If %input%==2 Goto :All

Goto :EOF

:Current

Cd %TMP%

Echo  Get-AppXPackage *Microsoft.WindowsStore* ^| Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}  > Current.ps1

Powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -File Current.ps1

Del Current.ps1

Goto :Choice


:All

Cd %TMP%

Echo Get-AppXPackage *WindowsStore* -AllUsers ^| Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"} > All.ps1

Powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -File All.ps1

Del All.ps1

Goto :Choice

heywoodg · 03 Mar 2020

Brink,
I did a windows repair install but problem still exists
microsoft store still does not appear in the Settings Apps & features list
It does appear in the Start list, when I try to open App settings for store in the start list a window appears with a cog in centre and then immediately disappears.
Doing the powershell re-register fails just like before, see my earlier screen capture
When I do a Reset microsoft store cache, I get an error: ms-windows-storePurgeCaches, File system error (-2147219195)
I'm out of ideas, any suggestions

Also tried FreeBooter's batch script above, still no joy

Brink · 03 Mar 2020

heywoodg said:

Brink,
I did a windows repair install but problem still exists
microsoft store still does not appear in the Settings Apps & features list
It does appear in the Start list, when I try to open App settings for store in the start list a window appears with a cog in centre and then immediately disappears.
Doing the powershell re-register fails just like before, see my earlier screen capture
When I do a Reset microsoft store cache, I get an error: ms-windows-storePurgeCaches, File system error (-2147219195)
I'm out of ideas, any suggestions

Also tried FreeBooter's batch script above, still no joy

Usually when this happens, you may end up needing to do a clean install of Windows 10 instead. This will wipe out everything, so you would want to back up anything you do not want to lose first.

Clean Install Windows 10

If Windows 10 is installed on a HDD, I'm concerned that it may be an issue with the hard drive going bad causing this corruption. I would recommend to run a scan on the HDD with something like SeaTools for Windows or SeaTools Bootable just to be thorough and see if it reports the disk in good or bad condition. Check with the hard drive's manufacturer for their recommended diagnostic tool though.

heywoodg · 03 Mar 2020

It's on an SSD and I've checked for file corruption and all is okay, so as you say a clean install of windows may be necessary. For now I can do without microsoft store, everything seems to work okay, I'll wait until I update my motherboard.

- - - Updated - - -

Just found out that several other windows programs are behaving in the same way: Groove, Mail, Calculator, Money. Don't use these so that's why I've just noticed. I would normally now do a restore to say, before the November windows update but having just done a repair install I don't have any old restore points, all have been removed.
Does the fact these other programs don't work provide any clues

Brink · 03 Mar 2020

heywoodg said:

It's on an SSD and I've checked for file corruption and all is okay, so as you say a clean install of windows may be necessary. For now I can do without microsoft store, everything seems to work okay, I'll wait until I update my motherboard.

- - - Updated - - -

Just found out that several other windows programs are behaving in the same way: Groove, Mail, Calculator, Money. Don't use these so that's why I've just noticed. I would normally now do a restore to say, before the November windows update but having just done a repair install I don't have any old restore points, all have been removed.
Does the fact these other programs don't work provide any clues

It appears the apps have been corrupted.

Normally other then sometimes resetting or reinstalling the app, a repair install of Windows 10 would fix this, but since it didn't, I'm not sure what else would other than a clean install.

LukasAKS · 10 Apr 2020

Command doesn't run because microsoft store doesn't open.
I blocked the microsoft store earlier back and now I need to unblock it. When I ran the command given it said this. I would apreaciate if someone would assist me with this issue.

Get-AppXPackage *Microsoft.WindowsStore* | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”}
Get-AppXPackage : The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices
associated with it.
The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it.
At line:1 char:1
+ Get-AppXPackage *Microsoft.WindowsStore* | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage - ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-AppxPackage], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Exception,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.GetAppxPackageCommand

Brink · 10 Apr 2020

LukasAKS said:

Command doesn't run because microsoft store doesn't open.
I blocked the microsoft store earlier back and now I need to unblock it. When I ran the command given it said this. I would apreaciate if someone would assist me with this issue.

Get-AppXPackage *Microsoft.WindowsStore* | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”}
Get-AppXPackage : The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices
associated with it.
The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it.
At line:1 char:1
+ Get-AppXPackage *Microsoft.WindowsStore* | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage - ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-AppxPackage], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Exception,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.GetAppxPackageCommand

Hello Lukas, and welcome to Ten Forums.

How did you originally block the Microsoft Store? This will help to determine what may need to be done to enable it again.

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