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So basically, despite trying everything short of reinstalling Windows, I no longer have Microsoft Store on my Windows 10 computer. It's not that I just can't open it, it's completely gone from my computer, and no PowerShell command I've found has been able to restore it.
MY SPECS
Windows edition: Windows 10 Home
Manufacturer: ASUSTek Computer Inc.
Model: G751JL
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4720HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz 2.59 GHz
Installed memory (RAM): 8.00 GB
System tupe: 64-but Operating System, x64-based processor
Pen and Touch: Touch Support with 10 Touch Points
THE LONG TRAGIC STORY OF WHAT HAPPENED
I noticed that on my taskbar there was a blank space where Slack used to be. Clicking on it yielded no response, so ultimately I decided to take the uninstall/reinstall approach to it. Right-clicking on the app in the Start menu and clicking "Uninstall" did nothing, but finally it seemed to be gone once I restarted my computer.
So I went to the Microsoft Store to reinstall Slack, but once it downloaded, it said something unexpected happened and gave me the following error code: 0x87AF010A As I tried to fix this, one of the suggestions was to make sure the time and region settings were correct. I recently moved from the US to the UK, so my laptop still had the United States set as its region, so I changed it to United Kingdom. Makes sense that might've been messing with it what with dollars to pounds and whatnot. But still nothing happened, so I tried the next suggested method: resetting the Store app, based on the following instructions:
[FAQ] How To Reset Apps In Windows 10?
But now clicking on the Microsoft Store app did absolutely nothing. So then I updated Windows, but once I logged back on, the Store was gone completely. I couldn't even find it in the Start Menu. I tried running wsreset.exe in Run (Windows + R), but after a blank terminal window opened for ten seconds, a popup said, "You’ll need a new app to open this ms-windows-store"
So I found this thread: You'll need a new app to open this ms-windows-store - Windows 10
Putting the first code into PowerShell gives me this:
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered.
error 0x87AF0813: The Visual Elements extension failed while processing the Notification element.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 533ef92a-b24d-0004-d34c-3f534db2d401 in the Event Log or use the command line Get-AppPackageLog -ActivityID
533ef92a-b24d-0004-d34c-3f534db2d401
At line:1 char:38
+ ... | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.I ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:\Program File...ppXManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
The second code gives me the following:
= : The term '=' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the
spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:5
+ & { = (Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.WindowsStore).InstallLocation + '\Ap ...
+ ~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (=:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException
cmdlet Add-AppxPackage at command pipeline position 1
Supply values for the following parameters:
Path:
Then I found a solution in which I downloaded "reinstall-preinstalledApps.ps1" and ran some lines in PowerShell... still nothing:
Windows Store app missing in Windows 10
Finally, I made a new local account, where the Microsoft Store works perfectly well! So I tried to copy the relevant files over to my original account, giving Full Access to the C:\Program Files\WindowsApps folder to both users in the process - one suggested solution was to copy that folder on the working account and paste it into the account with the missing Store, but with all my Permissions finagling, I couldn't get the files to copy to a flash drive (or, my Android phone anyway, which was the closest to a flash drive I had on hand).
Is there a solution that won't require me to reinstall everything on my computer?
Continue reading...
MY SPECS
Windows edition: Windows 10 Home
Manufacturer: ASUSTek Computer Inc.
Model: G751JL
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4720HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz 2.59 GHz
Installed memory (RAM): 8.00 GB
System tupe: 64-but Operating System, x64-based processor
Pen and Touch: Touch Support with 10 Touch Points
THE LONG TRAGIC STORY OF WHAT HAPPENED
I noticed that on my taskbar there was a blank space where Slack used to be. Clicking on it yielded no response, so ultimately I decided to take the uninstall/reinstall approach to it. Right-clicking on the app in the Start menu and clicking "Uninstall" did nothing, but finally it seemed to be gone once I restarted my computer.
So I went to the Microsoft Store to reinstall Slack, but once it downloaded, it said something unexpected happened and gave me the following error code: 0x87AF010A As I tried to fix this, one of the suggestions was to make sure the time and region settings were correct. I recently moved from the US to the UK, so my laptop still had the United States set as its region, so I changed it to United Kingdom. Makes sense that might've been messing with it what with dollars to pounds and whatnot. But still nothing happened, so I tried the next suggested method: resetting the Store app, based on the following instructions:
[FAQ] How To Reset Apps In Windows 10?
But now clicking on the Microsoft Store app did absolutely nothing. So then I updated Windows, but once I logged back on, the Store was gone completely. I couldn't even find it in the Start Menu. I tried running wsreset.exe in Run (Windows + R), but after a blank terminal window opened for ten seconds, a popup said, "You’ll need a new app to open this ms-windows-store"
So I found this thread: You'll need a new app to open this ms-windows-store - Windows 10
Putting the first code into PowerShell gives me this:
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered.
error 0x87AF0813: The Visual Elements extension failed while processing the Notification element.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 533ef92a-b24d-0004-d34c-3f534db2d401 in the Event Log or use the command line Get-AppPackageLog -ActivityID
533ef92a-b24d-0004-d34c-3f534db2d401
At line:1 char:38
+ ... | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.I ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:\Program File...ppXManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
The second code gives me the following:
= : The term '=' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the
spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:5
+ & { = (Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.WindowsStore).InstallLocation + '\Ap ...
+ ~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (=:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException
cmdlet Add-AppxPackage at command pipeline position 1
Supply values for the following parameters:
Path:
Then I found a solution in which I downloaded "reinstall-preinstalledApps.ps1" and ran some lines in PowerShell... still nothing:
Windows Store app missing in Windows 10
Finally, I made a new local account, where the Microsoft Store works perfectly well! So I tried to copy the relevant files over to my original account, giving Full Access to the C:\Program Files\WindowsApps folder to both users in the process - one suggested solution was to copy that folder on the working account and paste it into the account with the missing Store, but with all my Permissions finagling, I couldn't get the files to copy to a flash drive (or, my Android phone anyway, which was the closest to a flash drive I had on hand).
Is there a solution that won't require me to reinstall everything on my computer?
Continue reading...