Windows App Store doesn't load after 8.1 Upgrade v. 2 (Also Works for Windows 10!)

Artikkeli
10/21/2013

If you're currently experiencing abandonment issues from the Windows Store after upgrading to Windows 8.1, don't panic there is hope.

You may see the Windows Store loading screen stuck in perpetual loop without end.

There is a relatively quick and painless fix.

You may have seen other sites recommend running the WSreset.exe tool, or manually trying to clear the cache from the Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download folder.

Don't. This can happen when the Store needs to be re-registered after an upgrade.

Open a Command Prompt as an Administrator.

In the Administrator Command Prompt

type or paste the following command:

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $Env:SystemRoot\WinStore\AppxManifest.xml

hit Enter.

Now in that same Administrator Command Prompt type or paste: start "" "ms-windows-store:"

Voila. Enjoy installing some new Store apps.

Update 10/2/2014 – I’ve had several users contact me that this also works when testing the Windows 10 Technical Preview which you can get here - Windows 10 Technical Preview

UPDATE – DO NOT USE THESE STEPS FOR Windows 10! Please see

Windows App Store doesn’t load after Windows 10 Upgrade - https://bit.ly/Win10AppStore

Comments

Anonymous
January 01, 2003
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Anonymous
January 01, 2003
Thanks a lot, totally useful
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
Thanks. It worked.
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
still not loading. is there any other solution for this issue?
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
Great! Thanks
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
Thanks, this worked! But I have the same issue with all the apps on my start screen. What do I do?
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
Спасибо Уильям!
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
I love you
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
thank you, have been trying to figure this out for weeks.
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
Thanks, job done ! Great. JEAN-GUY RIUOUX
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
Make sure you restart your computer after performing the commands in the command prompt.
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
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Anonymous
January 01, 2003
s its working ........thank u soooo much
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
Thank you so much for this solution. I spent hours and hours trying to fix this with all sorts of recommendations from other sites.
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
This is amazing. Thx man!!!If I'd knew you, I'd buy you a beer ;D
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
Didn't work for me as well. Tried "WSRESET.EXE" and all I get is "ms-windows-store:Purge Caches" error.
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
thank you very much is working for me now!!
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
thank you! it worked for store.. . maybe there be a similar solution for the remaining apps...
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
YOU SIR/MADAM ARE A LIFE SAVER.......... <3 :p ........ THANKS A MILLION
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
Thank you for helping
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
Спасибо Уильям!
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
did not work for me - any other solutions? Other live tiles also not functioning
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
Спасибо Уильям!
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
Worked for me thanks on Lenovo T530 laptopGeoff
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
Great - it worked, THANKS!
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
my comand prompt gets stuck at: deployment operation progress: C:WINDOWSWinstoreaappxMinifest.xml Initilized
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
Fantastic!!! Thanks!
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
did not work for me says I have no internet connections. Any ideas?
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
If this doesn't work for you, try some of the other options listed here - http://blogs.technet.com/b/ouc1too/archive/2013/12/31/windows-8-1-and-the-nuclear-option.aspx
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
It worked for me, great job manKeep it up !!
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
not working for me
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
thank you! it works!
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
Спасибо Уильям!
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
Not working for me. Remote procedure call failed when try to start the store
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
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Anonymous
January 01, 2003
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Anonymous
January 01, 2003
good job
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
thank you so much it work 100%
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
Nice!
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
tnx .....work 4 me.....great
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
Fantastic. magic. Thanks alot!
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
Thanks pal...it worked
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
din't work for me. what do I do?
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
thank you so much it work 100%
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
Great
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
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Anonymous
January 01, 2003
Please write in detail to parashuram.singade@dnsllp.onmicrosoft.com so we can review and get back to all
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
dint work for me..kindly please propose another solution
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
Thanks
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
Thank you so much!!!!!!!!
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
Thank you very much! It worked well!
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
Saved my life. Thanks, it worked great
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
I have 2 windows 8 pc that will not run the store, one of them I cannot upgrade because of it, very poor not impressed with windows 8
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
thanks for you article
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
cheers! this worked
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
Спасибо Уильям!
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
Genius.....thanks
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
This has not worked at all
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
gud one
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
thanks.
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
in cmd it just sits at "Deployment operation progress: CWINDOWSWinStoreAppManifest.xml Processing.I'm not given a spot to enter the start "" "ms-windows-store:" command
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
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Anonymous
January 01, 2003
Ditto
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
If no working please check if exists C:ProgramDataMicrosoftWindowsAppRepositoryIf not that make folder
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
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Anonymous
January 01, 2003
Thank you !
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
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Anonymous
January 01, 2003
Excellent article. Thank you.
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
Great fix. Thank you.
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
Amazing.... :)
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
I am getting same error too.
Anonymous
October 21, 2013
Thanks! this worked!
Anonymous
October 21, 2013
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Anonymous
October 21, 2013
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Anonymous
October 21, 2013
Great fix, nice job. I was cursing the 8.1 update and some of the issues that have been popping up, at least one down.
Anonymous
October 21, 2013
Good job on finding the solution to this problem! This has been bugging me for a while now (before 8.1) and I finally got Windows App Store to work, thanks to you! You are amazing, keep it up!
Anonymous
October 21, 2013
This didn't work for me. Running Command Prompt as administrator, and I'm still not able to load the Windows Store. Is there an alternative solution to this one?
Anonymous
October 21, 2013
This was making me real angry, thank you for this. now I can access the store I have been able to repair all the other App's that weren't working!!! Please keep up the hints and tips as more issues will no doubt arise!!
Anonymous
October 22, 2013
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Anonymous
October 22, 2013
This is some useful info. But however for me my problem is different, and I need some help. I have tried everything, but I can't download or update any apps from the windows store after 8.1 Upgrade. This is the error I keep getting. "Something happened and this app couldn't be installed. Please try again. Error code: 0x80073cf9. Any help would be great. Thanks
Anonymous
October 22, 2013
It is telling me "access is denied" Any explanation?
Anonymous
October 22, 2013
Worked for me! Thanks heaps! Wonderful to find a solution after 24 frustrating hours of all sorts of messing about.
Anonymous
October 23, 2013
Thanks a lot mate!! keep up the good work!! And do continue blogging!!!
Anonymous
October 23, 2013
I had to run this procedure individually for every user of a failing system.
Anonymous
October 24, 2013
did not work for me - any other solutions? Other live tiles also not functioning
Anonymous
October 24, 2013
Thank you! This worked!
Anonymous
October 24, 2013
This did not work for me. What actually worked was executing the following diag tool: download.microsoft.com/.../apps.diagcab But now there is a different problem. After some updates further apps I'd like to install are stuck in pending. This is not the store experience I was expecting. One can find so many users having problems with the store. How can this be called a release.
Anonymous
October 24, 2013
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Anonymous
October 24, 2013
It worked!!! Thank you very much! Before finding this blog, I thought that I might had to downgrade to Windows 8.0. Thanks again!!!
Anonymous
October 24, 2013
Thank you it worked perfect!
Anonymous
October 24, 2013
works! after trying any other ways to open my store app, this solution works right away.. thank you!
Anonymous
October 24, 2013
Thank you! This worked! (though there was a hidden space between "register" and "$" that I didn't notice the first time) I really appreciate the fix.
Anonymous
October 25, 2013
At last a solution that actually works. THANK YOU!!
Anonymous
October 25, 2013
Thanks a lot, It is working now. I am so happy to have found an easy solution to this frustrating problem.
Anonymous
October 25, 2013
Thanks a lot. Windows 8.1 gave me several troubles.
Anonymous
October 26, 2013
Great! It worked! It did bring the beautiful time of ms-dos in remembrance :)
Anonymous
October 26, 2013
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Anonymous
October 26, 2013
Thanks a lot !!! worked like a shark
Anonymous
October 26, 2013
Many many thanks......this is awesome....!!
Anonymous
October 26, 2013
This fix didn't work for me nor did running the trouble shooter mentioned above. The trouble shoot finds an issue with a file but doesn't seem to fix it. Any other ideas ?
Anonymous
October 27, 2013
Still not working , any tips pleaseee before i downgrade the 8.1 :(
Anonymous
October 27, 2013
Exactly the fix I was looking for. Tried other methods to fix, which did nothing at all. This worked instantly and very simple. Thank you for sharing. Now only if the windows troubleshooter was smart enough to figure this fix out.
Anonymous
October 28, 2013
thanks for your advice. it worked for me also.
Anonymous
October 28, 2013
This has been bugging me for ages. You are awesome.
Anonymous
October 28, 2013
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Anonymous
October 29, 2013
Emt232006 - Try this - www.howtogeek.com/.../use-powershell-to-remove-multiple-modern-apps-from-windows-8
Anonymous
October 30, 2013
Did all of this & more, still NOT WORKING !!!!!!!!!
Anonymous
October 31, 2013
Thank you so much. my store app was broken. all test is not shown up. but you have resolved my problem
Anonymous
October 31, 2013
Love it, thanks heaps
Anonymous
November 02, 2013
it worked out really well..thank you it was a great work..my music,video apps are also crashing in much similar way...can u pls help me with that thanks in advance
Anonymous
November 02, 2013
I had uninstalled apps, after updating to W8.1 but couldn't reinstall them because of the store not opening. Much appreciated fix.
Anonymous
November 02, 2013
Voilaaa... worked great for me.
Anonymous
November 03, 2013
thanx !! it worked. any other method to access PC settings?
Anonymous
November 03, 2013
I do not have the option to run the store as administrator. it doesn't show up and i am the only user on this computer
Anonymous
November 03, 2013
well...that worked jst fine!! thanx
Anonymous
November 03, 2013
David, you are a life saver !
Anonymous
November 03, 2013
Superb! This worked. Many thanks
Anonymous
November 04, 2013
I tried but I get errors one is 0x80073cf9, something cannot unpack.... another is 0x8007064a (this error is the same as in app installation failure)
Anonymous
November 04, 2013
Thanks for the info, but this didn't work for me either.
Anonymous
November 04, 2013
Have same problem, but solution does not work
Anonymous
November 04, 2013
Didn't work!!! The screen sticks but the store logo and the revolving circle are in the upper left hand corner. Just keeps going and going
Anonymous
November 04, 2013
I still cannot get the Windows Store to open after running the commands above. I get the green screen and then it crashes (I'm running Windows 8)
Anonymous
November 05, 2013
Tried everything on the Internet...well, most of it, at least. Your method worked! Thanks, so much.
Anonymous
November 05, 2013
Thank's for your solution. Worked great after my AppData folder crashed!!
Anonymous
November 05, 2013
I think upgrade to 8.1 caused mess with permissions on local and MS accounts. This mostly affected firewall. That is why many have errors with store apps. This is obviously MS's fault. They should do something. By the way, I cannot send files by Skype, it reports failed. I can use installed applications but I cannot re-install them. I cannot install new apps. Not all of course, but those which require network connection. I do suspect problem with permissions and firewall.
Anonymous
November 05, 2013
Help.. tried but still not working. Is there any other solution?
Anonymous
November 06, 2013
I ran apps troubleshooter and it says that policy options was changed. What do you think about reseting Group Policy Options to default? I don't know how do do it. Anybody knows?
Anonymous
November 06, 2013
Check out the TechNet info on the rights required for the Windows Store - technet.microsoft.com/.../hh832040.aspx
Anonymous
November 06, 2013
Thanks for posting this. It worked. The app store is back. Apps install. Don't show on the start screen yet, but I will get to that. Great job.
Anonymous
November 06, 2013
Now that's what I needed!!! Gracious beau coup.
Anonymous
November 08, 2013
Confirm worked, thank you very much! Anyone finds IE 11 in 8.1 desktop mode with transparent subfolders and items in the Favorite Web Toolbars?
Anonymous
November 08, 2013
Still my Windows Store is not working.
Anonymous
November 08, 2013
Thanks. Store started working.
Anonymous
November 08, 2013
ty :)
Anonymous
November 09, 2013
I had that issue since my upgrade to 8.1 that really worked thanks man!
Anonymous
November 09, 2013
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Anonymous
November 11, 2013
tried but still cannot access the store
Anonymous
November 11, 2013
This one was really bugging me. Nice quick fix. Thanks a lot :D
Anonymous
November 11, 2013
Thank You. This solution works for me.
Anonymous
November 13, 2013
Reinstalled Win8.1 without loosing anything here is how www.eightforums.com/.../31093-activate-retail-windows-8-1-windows-8-product-key.html
Anonymous
November 13, 2013
Ran this as therapy. No errors reported
Anonymous
November 13, 2013
THANK you for this post!
Anonymous
November 13, 2013
Like magic!! Thank-you so much for this
Anonymous
November 14, 2013
ohh man i love you .. our IT even didnt know how to solve it.. this is awesome and helped me.. i had this issue with win 8 and not with teh upgrade.. ! awesome!!
Anonymous
November 14, 2013
this didn't work, it's still in a constant loop :/
Anonymous
November 14, 2013
I was having this same problem for a long time on Windows 8. I did notice that none of the other APPS would access the Internet either. So, I turned off Windows Firewall, and they all work correctly again. windows+X ->run ->services.msc <enter> -> find Windows Firewall -> click stop Hope this helps someone.
Anonymous
November 15, 2013
Thanx man.
Anonymous
November 16, 2013
Thank you !! <3
Anonymous
November 16, 2013
The administrator:command prompt accepted all the arguments; but unfortunately, even after entering the second argument and subsequently opening of the store app - it is STILL loading. Please HELP!
Anonymous
November 17, 2013
Hi, after searching for some time this helped. Thanks a lot.
Anonymous
November 17, 2013
mine it still didnt work dont know why
Anonymous
November 18, 2013
Did not help. Also Windows Update doesn't work after 8.1 upgrade. Need fix asap.
Anonymous
November 20, 2013
This worked beautifully. Thank you.
Anonymous
November 21, 2013
Didn't work for me either. Cut and pasted so as to eliminate typing errors, still no fix.
Anonymous
November 21, 2013
Yes!!!! Thank you so much. I thought my upgrade from Windows 8 to 8.1 would solve the problem. This OS has too much bugs. I can finally download my apps! :)
Anonymous
November 22, 2013
It got solved for a moment... I'm running Windows 8.1 preview and need to upgrade using the Windows store. Ah man what a Windows nightmare...
Anonymous
November 22, 2013
"access is denied" - Profile is shared with my kids so not running as an admin
Anonymous
November 22, 2013
No go here. Pasted first string in - Message appears Deployment operation progress: C:WINDOWSWinStoreAppxManifest.xml Initialized and it dies there. Won't let me do anything.
Anonymous
November 23, 2013
Didn't work......Access Denied!!! Pls help
Anonymous
November 23, 2013
how do Open a Command Prompt as an Administrator? Don't know what this means?
Anonymous
November 23, 2013
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Anonymous
November 24, 2013
Thank you very much!! It really helped a lot!!!
Anonymous
November 24, 2013
Thanks so much!! Saved me so much hassle! :)
Anonymous
November 25, 2013
Solution works perfectly. No where else could I find a solution.
Anonymous
November 25, 2013
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Anonymous
November 25, 2013
it has not worked for! any other solution? thanks in advance
Anonymous
November 25, 2013
Thanks, it works blogs.technet.com/.../windows-app-store-doesn-t-load-after-8-1-upgrade.aspx
Anonymous
November 26, 2013
Did not work for me. Loading screen is on forever
Anonymous
November 26, 2013
thanks it worked
Anonymous
November 26, 2013
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Anonymous
November 27, 2013
Thanks ! this fix worked.
Anonymous
November 28, 2013
didn't work for me, unrecognised...this is a real bummer...tried so many solutions...nothings working...Mr Gates to get back to the helm again...unhappy chappy!!!
Anonymous
November 28, 2013
Didn't work for me. I spent two days now searching for a solution. I'm almost at the point of reinstalling Windows
Anonymous
November 28, 2013
Finally fixed. After trying every suggested solution over the past two days, I decided to try a different approach. I installed "CCleaner" which I used on my old Windows 7 laptop. Ran an analysis and clean. Then ran the Registry Cleaner. Store now opens immediately and everything else appears to be working OK.
Anonymous
November 28, 2013
Thank you so much!!!!! I was having this issue since the install of 8.1 on only one of my computer and couldn't figure out what was wrong! I was desperate enough to actually try to understand "winstore.log" file!!! ^^ Needless to say it worked fine and i can now access the store... ;)
Anonymous
November 29, 2013
Fantastic, it just Works! thanks a lot for the tip, great job. I was searching for a solution since the upgrade Cheers
Anonymous
November 29, 2013
didn't work .. same problem continues
Anonymous
November 30, 2013
It's still not working! I don't know if i did something wrong, i followed all of the steps and then i tried to open the windows app store and it is still loading forever and wont open up!
Anonymous
November 30, 2013
Didn't work for me. The suggestions from Microsoft didn't work either.
Anonymous
December 01, 2013
Great thanks....
Anonymous
December 01, 2013
Worked for me. Many thanks.
Anonymous
December 01, 2013
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Anonymous
December 01, 2013
Worked like a charm, thank you so much.
Anonymous
December 01, 2013
thank you so much :D
Anonymous
December 03, 2013
thanks, this worked for my store.. how about all the other apps?
Anonymous
December 06, 2013
didn't work out well any solution plzz....
Anonymous
December 07, 2013
Thanks so much this worked perfectly!
Anonymous
December 07, 2013
Such a simple fix, thank you mate :)
Anonymous
December 08, 2013
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Anonymous
December 08, 2013
Hi! This didn't work for me... I'm getting a windows alert saying: "ms-windows-store:" The application didn't start" Any clues?
Anonymous
December 09, 2013
Sorry, did not work for me, any other ideas?
Anonymous
December 09, 2013
Gr8 it worked....Microsoft has failed to support like you....Long live..
Anonymous
December 09, 2013
Didn't work for me. Says "access denied." Any suggestions I can try?
Anonymous
December 10, 2013
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Anonymous
December 11, 2013
Nope, did not work. Tried it 4 times with doublechecking every move, but no...
Anonymous
December 14, 2013
The ONLY solution that worked. You, Sir, are a genius!!! Many many thanks.......
Anonymous
December 14, 2013
Mr. Dave u r Genius..... it worked !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anonymous
December 14, 2013
This did not work for me.. it still in that indefinite loop.
Anonymous
December 14, 2013
I does not work for me either. I get the same message as Taldren above.
Anonymous
December 15, 2013
The examples discussed above does not work for me, but I found another much easier solution on internet that worked for me. First I changed ownership to the files in ProgramData so I can access and delete files in that directory and it´s subdirectories. Then I just deleted the file PackageRepository.edb and all the belonging log files called edb.log and edb????.log, where ???? is a hexadecimal number. These files are located in C:ProgramDataMicrosoftWindowsAppRepository. After a reboot Store works for me and the deleted files was recreated by the system.
Anonymous
December 17, 2013
I had tried all methods that I found but my windows 8.1 app store still not working. My problem is: when I click apps store icon it only show splash screen for a moment then it closed (back to start menu). So at the last, I decided to refresh my windows. (PC Setting -> Update & Recovery -> Refresh). After that, my windows app store can work again. But It will delete all program data in your windows main directory. You should reinstall some application that you had installed before.
Anonymous
December 17, 2013
Didn't work for me :(
Anonymous
December 17, 2013
BOOM! Nailed it. Thanks a million!
Anonymous
January 15, 2014
Thank you very much! I've been looking all over the Internet for solutions and this is the easiest and effective one! Thank you!
Anonymous
January 23, 2014
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!!
Anonymous
January 23, 2014
Thanks man, it worked. thanks a lot
Anonymous
January 24, 2014
if nothing works, try adding English language!
Anonymous
January 28, 2014
Thanks, worked for me.
Anonymous
January 29, 2014
Not doing this until I know also how to UN-DO it in the event it doesn't work. For instance one person posted it ended up freezing ALL tiles. So who can tell me how to UN-DO this in the case of such an unfortunate event?
Anonymous
January 29, 2014
ohhh bejadi sungguh, hepi sangat, salute to your knowledge given by ALLAH.
Anonymous
January 29, 2014
Super. You saved my life.
Anonymous
January 31, 2014
Thank you! Now why can't Microsoft have such a simple solution?
Anonymous
January 31, 2014
It wouldn't let me open the app as an administrator. Any solutions?
Anonymous
February 01, 2014
Hi guys, the problem may also relate to the windows update cache. Try this alternative as it sorted me out. Remember to always restart your pc after every change. Gluck! http://goo.gl/O1sU1z
Anonymous
February 01, 2014
thanks!! u r master
Anonymous
February 01, 2014
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Anonymous
February 02, 2014
im switching to apple this is stupid
Anonymous
February 03, 2014
thanks it worked
Anonymous
February 07, 2014
Worked beautifully thanks
Anonymous
February 07, 2014
No good. Keep getting the loading screen, but now it goes to the upper left corner.
Anonymous
February 08, 2014
sir I am very thanks full to you my window8 store is working.
Anonymous
February 09, 2014
Thanks, it works for me as well
Anonymous
February 09, 2014
Nice, it worked.thx
Anonymous
February 10, 2014
It's worked,, Thanks...
Anonymous
February 10, 2014
I went through all the steps that Microsoft posted and talked to their tech and your answer solved the problem right away. They should hire you! Thank you for this!
Anonymous
February 10, 2014
Sweet! Thanks Bro
Anonymous
February 11, 2014
Thanks a lot!
Anonymous
February 12, 2014
Just Incrediable.It worked just fine.Microsoft made me do a bunch of things & it didnt work. thank you
Anonymous
February 12, 2014
Just Incrediable.It worked just fine.Microsoft made me do a bunch of things & it didnt work. thank you
Anonymous
February 13, 2014
Hi, thanks for the post but it did not work?????
Anonymous
February 13, 2014
Wow excellent works a treat many thanks keep up the good work
Anonymous
February 14, 2014
Cannot open anything as Administrator even my account is set up as Administrator, solution does not work for me. Can I have some help on that. thank you
Anonymous
February 15, 2014
not working
Anonymous
February 16, 2014
WOW!
Anonymous
February 16, 2014
Thanks so much. Quick and easy fix for something that has been annoying me for months.
Anonymous
February 17, 2014
I did as you suggested in command prompt but my apps store still wont open. Just sits there as before
Anonymous
February 17, 2014
I did as you suggested in command prompt but my apps store still wont open. Just sits there as before
Anonymous
February 18, 2014
great quick fix thank you!
Anonymous
February 18, 2014
A very big thanks for this
Anonymous
February 20, 2014
Apps used to not even load up, now it does but hangs with loading sign ... other apps show ans 'x' please help
Anonymous
February 22, 2014
For me not working. I have brought dell laptop with windows 8, when i to upgrade my windows 8 to windows 8.1. But now am getting windows store and windows apps are not workngg. Am became angry on this type of problem so please tell me how to solve about this problem.
Anonymous
February 22, 2014
That worked amazingly... Thanks, guy!
Anonymous
February 23, 2014
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Anonymous
February 23, 2014
I did this, but not as administrator on accident.
The store still isn't downloading, and I went back to try it as administrator, and now it says the path does not exist...
Anonymous
February 24, 2014
It worked ...i got the same trouble with PC Settings in Windows 8.1....Can you help
Anonymous
February 25, 2014
Please HELP! my Command Prompt is not set to ADMINISTRATOR. how to set it?
Anonymous
February 26, 2014
didn't work :(
Anonymous
February 26, 2014
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Anonymous
February 26, 2014
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Anonymous
February 26, 2014
Heyy david i am still not able to operate my store or any apps installed from the store. kindly suggest me another way please on my mail ID - sshivayu.mandloi@gmail.com
Anonymous
February 27, 2014
Yup. Tried this one a thousand times. No joy.
Anonymous
February 28, 2014
Fantastic. Resolved so many stressful months trying to get it to work. Finally worked with this. Thank you so much.
Anonymous
February 28, 2014
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Anonymous
March 01, 2014
This did not work for me. Still looking for a solution.
Anonymous
March 01, 2014
After hours trying everything else, THANK YOU! This finally worked!
Anonymous
March 02, 2014
My store app works OK and never stopped but many Microsoft apps spin to nothing. Microsoft Mahjong, Microsoft Solitaire, Reader, Weather Channel, etc. do absolutely nothing. I am thinking it has something to do with services or a file being in the wrong place or something. I read about a pre install update to do prior to 8.1 upgrade but unfortunately, never saw it until after the fact. Nice one. I don't know what else to do. I have tried virtually everything probably a half a dozen times each. Can someone please tell me how to fix this.
Anonymous
March 02, 2014
You are wonderful thanks this worked great
Anonymous
March 02, 2014
Thank you! It works!
Anonymous
March 03, 2014
Nope this does not work all I get it a message now saying The application didn't start, no *** Sherlock!
Anonymous
March 03, 2014
Thanks - this worked for me
Anonymous
March 04, 2014
Thanks, it worked like a charm. I'm back in my store
Anonymous
March 05, 2014
Not working for me
Anonymous
March 06, 2014
Worked perfectly. Thanks.
Anonymous
March 09, 2014
Genius! Cheers fella!
Anonymous
March 10, 2014
Thank you so much!! =D
Anonymous
March 11, 2014
doesnt work(
Anonymous
March 11, 2014
Using 8.1 Update 1, 32 bit. Error is Add-AppxPackage : Cannot find path 'C:WINDOWSWinstoreAppManifest .xml' because it does not exist ...
Anonymous
March 11, 2014
Oops. I see my typing error "AppxManifest.xml". First command ran. Second command started Store app but still stuck in perpetual loop without end. Thanks for your help.
Anonymous
March 13, 2014
did not work
Anonymous
March 13, 2014
Grrrr.....still not working
Anonymous
March 13, 2014
It is not working for me after upgrading to 8.1 and latest updates. Please let me know any other solution.
Anonymous
March 14, 2014
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Anonymous
March 15, 2014
my administrator command prompt is opening but at the same time windows store is also opening and when i am going back to copy the above command it is disappearing .... :( :(
Anonymous
March 16, 2014
Does Not work
Anonymous
March 16, 2014
not working..its still loading..
Anonymous
March 17, 2014
Thank you! It is very helpful to work store!
Anonymous
March 17, 2014
I found powershell.exe under C:/Windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0 Once I cd to the correct path I was able to run your commands and it worked like a charm. Thanks so much!!
Anonymous
March 17, 2014
did this and the store did the same thing
Anonymous
March 17, 2014
does this work for surface tablets
Anonymous
March 18, 2014
fantastic. thanks. glad I found this site
Anonymous
March 20, 2014
This isn't even an option for me to run as an administrator. This particular user is set as an admin too. I can't even really attempt this solution because I can't get past the first step.
Anonymous
March 20, 2014
its working...
Anonymous
March 21, 2014
Didn't work for me. Won't get another Microsoft P.O.S. again! Just spend a little extra money and get a MAC.
Anonymous
March 21, 2014
THANKS WORKED!!!
Anonymous
March 23, 2014
no..it did not work
Anonymous
March 23, 2014
YOU .... ARE .... THE ... MAAAAAN ,,,, THANKS
Anonymous
March 23, 2014
Thanks for the article.

http://www.vmexplore.com
Anonymous
March 23, 2014
thank you...nice job its work...
Anonymous
March 25, 2014
Didn't work for me... :<
Anonymous
March 25, 2014
THANK YOU SO MUCH I WAS SO LOST!
Anonymous
March 25, 2014
Issue is App Store is now working, but the rest of my Apps are doing the same thing! :/ Wish I know where they were so I could reset them. Ugh.
Anonymous
March 26, 2014
Thanks! Helped a lot!
Anonymous
March 27, 2014
still not working-did not pay attention-but some of my apps on desktop did not work properly, tried to go to "store"
Anonymous
March 27, 2014
Windows Stroe opens, but I can't install new apps and can't access my account and prefs (loading green circle, no end...)
Anonymous
March 28, 2014
I am getting "access is denied" error when opening store. Any idea what this could be. Thanks. I am running Windows 8.1
Anonymous
March 28, 2014
This worked!! Been bugging me for ages, Thanks :-)
Anonymous
March 30, 2014
Thank you! worked beautifully
Anonymous
March 31, 2014
This is a great solution to this annoying problem. Thanks a million. More grease to your elbow!
Anonymous
April 02, 2014
Thanks, I tried this at first it didn't work but when I created the folder AppRepository in ":ProgramDataMicrosoftWindows" it worked once I ran the commands again.
Anonymous
April 02, 2014
This did not work for me at all. I got the same message I got before I did this: We weren't able to connect to the Store. This might have happened because of a server problem or the network connection timed out. Please wait a few minutes and try again. (0x80072ee2)
Anonymous
April 02, 2014
Didn't work at all ... no solution seems to work
Anonymous
April 02, 2014
This did not work for me
Anonymous
April 03, 2014
This also did not work for me. My window opens at the splash screen, then minimizes automatically. When I restore the window, the splash screen is still there and it minimizes again.
Anonymous
April 04, 2014
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Anonymous
April 04, 2014
didnt work for me
Anonymous
April 05, 2014
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Anonymous
April 05, 2014
To me continue to no work
Anonymous
April 07, 2014
works 100%, thx!!!!
Anonymous
April 08, 2014
Did exactly what you sugest and did not work.
Same spinig loadind circle.
Anonymous
April 08, 2014
Thank you very very very very very much, It has worked.
Anonymous
April 09, 2014
Tried it several times unfortunately no succes. are there any other solutions???
Anonymous
April 09, 2014
Did not work for me.
Anonymous
April 09, 2014
Thank you so much.. worked like a charm
Anonymous
April 10, 2014
not working , i don't actually what happening in my pc

can you please help me in this problem

my email id kndsuraj@gmail.com
Anonymous
April 11, 2014
I still can not open the app store
Anonymous
April 11, 2014
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Anonymous
April 12, 2014
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Anonymous
April 12, 2014
This fix is not working on windows 8.1 rt. I have a surface and cannot open windows store after running this fix.
Anonymous
April 12, 2014
tks a lot. it worked
Anonymous
April 12, 2014
still not working.. showing the error code 0x80070422
Anonymous
April 13, 2014
Store was stuck after the upgrade from 8 to 8.1 . Now is working perfectly. Thank you very much
Anonymous
April 14, 2014
Thanks. This worked for me!!!. At first it generated errors and I only had to enable firewall service before I coiuld run the command successfully. (A Group Policy setting).
Anonymous
April 15, 2014
This has happened on my surface tablet May 2014 , its a ****** disgrace.
Anonymous
April 15, 2014
Thanks! it working now
Anonymous
April 15, 2014
Script completes but problem still not fixed. Store remains in a perpetual loop... Any other ideas?
Anonymous
April 15, 2014
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Anonymous
April 15, 2014
its not working
Anonymous
April 15, 2014
Worked like a charm ! Many Thanks !
Anonymous
April 16, 2014
Hi. My problem continues. This occurred after the 8.1 update 1 windows. Help me. Thanks.
Anonymous
April 16, 2014
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Anonymous
April 17, 2014
Still not working please help
Anonymous
April 18, 2014
Didn't work for me, still just loading and loading!!!!
Anonymous
April 18, 2014
Still not working please help asap
Anonymous
April 18, 2014
THANK YOU BRO... ITS WORKING...
Anonymous
April 19, 2014
Worked like a charm... Thanks a lot.
I have many (almost all) other app that are broken... any idea how to fix them?
Anonymous
April 19, 2014
This didn't work. Nothing works. 8.1 is a steaming pile.
Anonymous
April 19, 2014
I have tried this solutions many times for some reason this is not working. Is there another solution out there that i can try to get my store to get fixed.
Anonymous
April 19, 2014
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Anonymous
April 19, 2014
thanks it worked.
Anonymous
April 20, 2014
Thanks!!!! Worked well!
Anonymous
April 20, 2014
When a try download any app from store, give me a error "0x80070002" and cannot complete the transfer!!!

Do you have a solution? Thanks!
Anonymous
April 20, 2014
Wow! Thanx, it worked!! You the man...
Anonymous
April 23, 2014
for me still not working help me out ??
Anonymous
April 24, 2014
cool - it worked - thanks !!!
Anonymous
April 25, 2014
Thanks, It works.....
Anonymous
April 25, 2014
I tried but no luck I also tried other possible solutions Thanks to all for their efforts. However I stumbled across something that worked perfectly. I ran the free version of ccleaner and everything started to work, STORE, WEATHER ETC. I did have to reinstall some apps through the STORE.
Anonymous
April 25, 2014
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Anonymous
April 26, 2014
I got the following error message when I did the above mentioned steps. ms-windows-store: The remote procedure call failed. Also still STORE does'nt open.
Anonymous
April 27, 2014
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Anonymous
April 28, 2014
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Anonymous
May 01, 2014
thanks...lot
Anonymous
May 01, 2014
When I downloaded/entered the second prompt the store window flashed and then said it could not find the file!! Tried it several times; keep saying it can't find the file.
Anonymous
May 02, 2014
Thank you Mefm247!! I had tried all the fixes suggested and nothing worked until I used your trick!! Windows store is working now!! Thank you!!
Anonymous
May 03, 2014
Great one! Very many thanks, this worked for me. (Shame it needs fixing in the first place though?) Thanks again
Anonymous
May 03, 2014
Thanx u solved it....
Anonymous
May 04, 2014
Thank you. This worked!
Anonymous
May 05, 2014
Doesn't work for me. I manage to do the first part but after hitting enter it does not allow me to type or paste anything else.
Anonymous
May 05, 2014
Doesn't work on surface
Anonymous
May 05, 2014
The command prompt as entered per instructions has displayed this message " Add-AppxPackage : deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CFE. The package repository is corrupted. error -501: Windows cannot process a deployment operation because the package repository database an ESENT error. What can I do about this Problem?
Anonymous
May 06, 2014
This solution didn't work on my pc.....plz suggest another option to solve the problem
Anonymous
May 06, 2014
EEKKKK!! Thank You!!
Anonymous
May 07, 2014
Awsome works perfectly :)
Anonymous
May 07, 2014
i didn't work at all
Anonymous
May 07, 2014
i have been fedingup with these for months,
Thank U...
Anonymous
May 07, 2014
but it worked only for that time?
Anonymous
May 08, 2014
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Anonymous
May 10, 2014
After this , my Windows Store Started crashing and now i cannot open it. please somebody post a solution.
Anonymous
May 10, 2014
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Anonymous
May 11, 2014
I'm experiencing the store not loading. I've tried all the recommended fixes, nothing works. All my other apps are loading and working fine its just the store hanging with the dotted circle, I really don't want to do a refresh as it'll take me ages to reinstall everything. This is pathetic from Microsoft
Anonymous
May 11, 2014
for d first tym iam usng cmd....and i not able to work it out.....!!! plz i need u guyz help to sort it out
Anonymous
May 11, 2014
lovely fix
Anonymous
May 12, 2014
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Anonymous
May 13, 2014
wow. thanks!!!
Anonymous
May 13, 2014
Nopes... Just noticed this issue now. Last I used was probably a couple of weeks ago. Tried this solution, but no response :( Any other ideas.

Cheers
Ashish
Anonymous
May 16, 2014
you are the man. period worked like a treat.
Anonymous
May 16, 2014
it worked...thanks a lot..
Anonymous
May 17, 2014
its not working it always says 'try again'. pls. any other suggestions?
Anonymous
May 19, 2014
I tried this twice, yet it still didn't work. I also tried clearing the cache using the WSReset.exe thingy, now it's stuck on the white screen saying "Loading store..." Can you help me out?
Anonymous
May 20, 2014
Thank you! It worked!
Anonymous
May 20, 2014
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Anonymous
May 21, 2014
Didn't work, kept getting error reports. ...and several red lines of information that didn't help.
What is next, just want to add a weather app that use to be there.

Thank you
Anonymous
May 21, 2014
Is not working for me :( it says 0x080072f8f any idea what that mean?
Anonymous
May 21, 2014
This fix did not work for me. When i got to open the store it still continues to load and load, and never opens. Any other solutions?
Anonymous
May 21, 2014
yup....it also worked for me....thanks....:)
Anonymous
May 21, 2014
Thank you sir
Anonymous
May 22, 2014
0x80072ee7 is the error code that always appear.... i have upgraded to 8.1 and facing this problem i guess... tried everything but nothing works....pls help....
Anonymous
May 23, 2014
Didn't work for me. Marketplace still won't start.
Anonymous
May 24, 2014
I did this but it failed to start the app store. If I can start the dtore I can uninstall my apps that dont work then reinstall them. *.1 not ready for the limelight.
Anonymous
May 24, 2014
I tried everything above; including the things that were said you didn't need to do. Still nothing is working! Anything I can try to get this working??
Anonymous
May 24, 2014
I do this but store is still not working.....
:(
Anonymous
May 24, 2014
Please Help when i apply this command store show me that
This app did not start........
Anonymous
May 27, 2014
I tried this and still my Windows Store is just keeping loading. Can you suggest any other method please.
Anonymous
May 27, 2014
I tried this and still my Windows Store is just keeping loading. Can you suggest any other method please.
Anonymous
May 27, 2014
I tried, and still its not working. Please help me. My email is bernicetirzah@live.com
Anonymous
May 27, 2014
I tried, and still its not working. Please help me. My email is bernicetirzah@live.com
Anonymous
May 27, 2014
Thank you so much. This is the only solution that I found that worked.
Anonymous
May 29, 2014
it worked for me but only in apps store but the rest still not working...
Anonymous
May 29, 2014
the windows store just stopped working 2 days ago, the store doesn't open, it shows the loop things spinning in a circle. I tried the above and then it still didn't work. NEED HELP :(
Anonymous
May 29, 2014
thank you for fixing my new broke computer :)
Anonymous
May 31, 2014
thank you
Anonymous
June 01, 2014
Thanks, it worked ^_^
Anonymous
June 01, 2014
Worked ... Thanks ..
Anonymous
June 01, 2014
Didn't work at all !
Anonymous
June 02, 2014
Didn't work for me either
Anonymous
June 02, 2014
this is not working what shall i do?????????????
Anonymous
June 02, 2014
Try this - worked fort Me.... http://m.kapilarya.com/fix-windows-store-hangs-or-crashes-in-windows-8-1
Anonymous
June 02, 2014
thx Pete, this was the only solution that worked for me
Anonymous
June 02, 2014
It's doesn't work..Help me...
Anonymous
June 02, 2014
It's doesn't work..Help me...
Anonymous
June 03, 2014
Doesn't work!
Anonymous
June 03, 2014
I don't even get how to do this. I did everything that it said and it still never loads. It loads on the one of the accounts but on the other two it just loads on and on. URG! :|
Anonymous
June 04, 2014
in my win 8.1 store it shows we weren't able to connect to the store
Anonymous
June 04, 2014
in my win 8.1 store it shows we weren't able to connect to the store
Anonymous
June 04, 2014
0x80073CFE error :(
Anonymous
June 04, 2014
hi,
thanks for the tips. however, they're neither simple nor do they work. windows store now consistently tells me i'm not connected to a network. i most definitely am connected of course.

kr
Anonymous
June 04, 2014
Have tried various things to reset he store and still is going round and round in circles with that never ending loop gif!!!!! How else to fix this!??
Anonymous
June 05, 2014
its saying its not recognized as an internal or external command. Anymore solutions?
Anonymous
June 05, 2014
it doesn't work for me! could you help me?
Anonymous
June 05, 2014
it doesn't work for me! could you help me?
Anonymous
June 05, 2014
it doesn't work for me! could you help me?
Anonymous
June 05, 2014
It failed to work for me. I get the message "ms-windows-store:" this apps didn't start"
Anonymous
June 06, 2014
There is a relatively quick and painless fix.

You may have seen other sites recommend running the WSreset.exe tool, or manually trying to clear the cache from the WindowsSoftwareDistributionDownload folder.

Don't. This can happen when the Store needs to be re-registered after an upgrade.

Open a Command Prompt as an Administrator.
Anonymous
June 06, 2014
need help - can't get MS support - need shut it down to perform other functions
Anonymous
June 06, 2014
help - can't get it to work - and by this I mean outlook
Anonymous
June 07, 2014
hi,
thanks for the tips. however, they're neither simple nor do they work. windows store now consistently tells me i'm not connected to a network. i most definitely am connected of course.

kr
Anonymous
June 07, 2014
Did not work.. Kees a spinning
Anonymous
June 07, 2014
Finally, tried all the suggestions (no luck) and then decided to create a new log-in account delete the old one and then re-activate the old one. now it works.
Anonymous
June 07, 2014
Sorry, I did NOT work. I sure would like to know what to do now
Anonymous
June 07, 2014
didn;t work
Anonymous
June 07, 2014
NOt working pls help. Tried everything and the loop continues till death. Email: jacksonralt123@gmail.com
Anonymous
June 08, 2014
This did not work for me either, keeping getting 0x80072ee2 I have tried everything someone please help!!
Anonymous
June 08, 2014
i still get the same problem. says it can't connect what do i do?
Anonymous
June 09, 2014
thanks it works
Anonymous
June 09, 2014
thanks bro worked for me thanks alot!
Anonymous
June 09, 2014
start "" "ms-windows-store:"

Voila. Enjoy installing some new Store apps.

Thats what i should paste in the second command prompt?
Anonymous
June 09, 2014
It didn't work for me but thanks for the help though
Anonymous
June 09, 2014
I attempted to use this method, but it still isn't loading for me. :S
Anonymous
June 10, 2014
I have tried this but it DIDN'T work for me.
Anonymous
June 10, 2014
didnt work, pls need some more method to fix
Anonymous
June 10, 2014
Didn't work for me either. Just got the silly Windows Store Screen Loading (in a continuous loop).
Anonymous
June 10, 2014
I should have found this solution earlier. After month's without the store it works again. And with my favorite tool: powershell. Thanks!
Anonymous
June 10, 2014
I TRIED IT IT GIVES THE SAME ALL THROUGH THE ENTIRE NIGHT!
Anonymous
June 11, 2014
folks for me too the same problem:(
Anonymous
June 11, 2014
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Anonymous
June 11, 2014
I keep getting a deployment failed with HRESULT. I don't think it works in my end.
Anonymous
June 11, 2014
You're awesome! This worked perfectly.
Anonymous
June 12, 2014
Didn't work for me. Any other solution please?
Anonymous
June 12, 2014
Thanks that did the trick for me :D
Anonymous
June 12, 2014
didn't workn??
Anonymous
June 12, 2014
Did not work. Onto another website I go. This is pure misery.
Anonymous
June 13, 2014
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Anonymous
June 14, 2014
Thanks. This has worked for me twice.
Anonymous
June 15, 2014
didn't work for me unless it is only to start the Store. Store doesn't load. I just get the shopping bag and spiraling dots which is what I got before.
Anonymous
June 15, 2014
Tried this a few times and it didn't work. :( is there anything else I can try?
Anonymous
June 16, 2014
Thanks alot, tried many other ways with out success. Worked a treat!
Anonymous
June 16, 2014
did not work
Anonymous
June 16, 2014
I tried this but it did not work. All my other apps work okay except for the windows store. I don't get an error. All I get is the circle in the center as if it is going to load but doesn't. Thanks for the try though.
Anonymous
June 16, 2014
my app store not open, I tried your method but it is not working yet.
Anonymous
June 16, 2014
Does not work
Anonymous
June 16, 2014
Does not work
Anonymous
June 16, 2014
Didn't work for me.
Anonymous
June 16, 2014
Didn't work for me.
Anonymous
June 17, 2014
will it work after this or must i alwaise do this ?
Anonymous
June 17, 2014
Did not work with me, can someone please help me out?
Anonymous
June 17, 2014
Did not work with me, can someone please help me out?
Anonymous
June 17, 2014
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Anonymous
June 18, 2014
Awesome!
Anonymous
June 18, 2014
it doesnt work why dont it work
Anonymous
June 19, 2014
Thanks a lot...... its working
Anonymous
June 20, 2014
Thank you so much this has worked after a day of every other fix not working , brilliant
Anonymous
June 20, 2014
This didn't fix mine......what now?? :-/
Anonymous
June 21, 2014
hey dave hope u good,i tried this and it didnt work ..just had a pop-up that said the application didnt work pls help faustrated!! all ma windows 8.1 tile app not working
Anonymous
June 22, 2014
Thank you!!! it worked!!!!
Anonymous
June 22, 2014
it is not working plz help!
Anonymous
June 23, 2014
It didn't work for m. It kept saying powershell I not a recognizable command... what am I doing wrong :(
Anonymous
June 23, 2014
This didn't work for me. It says a it can't find a parameter that matches the name 'Register$Env'
Anonymous
June 23, 2014
Ok after retyping and putting a space in between Register and $ it now says the file has been corrupted and I have to reset my PC argh!!!
Anonymous
June 24, 2014
Finally worked, thanks a lot.
Anonymous
June 24, 2014
Didn't work for me. Now what?
Anonymous
June 25, 2014
Great tip, but unfortunately did not work for me. I'm cannot open Store. The error message before and after trying this tip is: "We weren't able to connect to the Store. This might have happened because of a server problem or the network connection might have timed out. Please wait a few minutes and try again. (0x80072ee2)".
Anonymous
June 25, 2014
Thanks for making this available. Unfortunately I'm getting the same effect as Beryl and it didn't work - but worth a try anyway. There's nothing wrong with my network connection so the same error message that Beryl has quoted is false. Hmmm. Frustrating!
Anonymous
June 26, 2014
Folks - the BEST solution is here by Dustin Stone:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windowsrt8_1-windows_store/windows-store-doesnt-work-on-surface-2-win-81-rt/faa611be-3701-4615-8d04-90f803e7fc34

I'm pasting this reply everywhere I have visited and found no luck. Hopefully everyone will benefit, and someone at MS will program this TRUE fix. Thanks to Dustin for putting in the effort.

ENV
Anonymous
June 28, 2014
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Anonymous
June 28, 2014
PS Also URL links won't open. I get an error message that reads:

Cannot open the Internet server or proxy server.

But, I've checked the proxy server settings. The automatic detect is on.
However, the automatic configuration script is off and there is no script address. Does that matter?
Anonymous
June 28, 2014
did work and program tends to flow in an infinite loop!!not help full for me.Though i hope Microsoft will soon come with a solution.
Anonymous
June 29, 2014
It didn't work for me! The Store app just kept going round in loading mode! Any other advice?????
Anonymous
June 29, 2014
no it not worked
Anonymous
June 29, 2014
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Anonymous
June 29, 2014
perfect.... worked...
Anonymous
June 29, 2014
it is said " 'powershe11' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file."
then what can i do?
Anonymous
June 29, 2014
ok. I figured out how to open the command prompt. but I'm hesitating to past the command since I'm not sure if the inabliity to open the app store is really the root of the problem, since other apps won't open either. Seems to hve more to do with 8.1 not recognizing internet connection. Any suggestions?
Anonymous
June 30, 2014
This didnt work for me after i opened the store the same thing happened and it was stuck on the green screen with the loading icon.
Anonymous
July 01, 2014
This didnt fix my store
Anonymous
July 02, 2014
How do I open command prompt
Anonymous
July 02, 2014
thanks it worked!!
Anonymous
July 03, 2014
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Anonymous
July 03, 2014
Thanks a Lot
Anonymous
July 04, 2014
The Windows Store app on my Asus Transformer Book doesn't run- just an infinite loading screen. I followed the steps in this post but it didn't solve the problem. Anyone else find a solution?
Anonymous
July 04, 2014
I am right clicking on the app store and there is no option to run as administrator. I checked my account setting and I am set up as administrator. (This is my computer) I would love to try the fix, but the administrator option is not available....infuriating!!!! Thanks!
Anonymous
July 04, 2014
Great one! That makes my day!
Anonymous
July 04, 2014
Not working for me. .Please help me
Anonymous
July 05, 2014
didn't work for me please any other suggestions
Anonymous
July 05, 2014
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Anonymous
July 06, 2014
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Anonymous
July 06, 2014
Thank you
Anonymous
July 09, 2014
This did not work. Please help.
Anonymous
July 10, 2014
Thanks Brother
Anonymous
July 12, 2014
Didn't work for me!
Anonymous
July 13, 2014
Thanks, got my Store App to work, but none of my other apps will launch. Just get "This App Can't Open" response. Any Ideas?
Anonymous
July 15, 2014
If you get the error Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073D0A, make sure your Windows Firewall Service is not disabled and running.
Anonymous
July 16, 2014
thank you !this worked like a charm
Anonymous
July 16, 2014
I got the msg: The app didn't start
Anonymous
July 17, 2014
I was able to type everything, but I got some type of call error and in the command prompt, it said access is denied. I'll just go back to 8 I guess
Anonymous
July 17, 2014
Tried loads of different things that never worked, this worked straight away, massive thank you.
Anonymous
July 17, 2014
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Anonymous
July 19, 2014
Awesome....This still works!!! Hopefully there are no side effects!!!
Anonymous
July 21, 2014
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Anonymous
July 23, 2014
i tried it but it didn't work the error was access denied
Anonymous
July 23, 2014
These does not worked for me please help
Anonymous
July 24, 2014
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Anonymous
July 24, 2014
thanks for the information . It works.
Anonymous
July 26, 2014
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Anonymous
July 27, 2014
Thanks bosss.... Its working...
Anonymous
July 29, 2014
Still not working any sugestions?
Anonymous
July 29, 2014
Thank you so much It works!
Anonymous
July 30, 2014
It worked - thanks!
Anonymous
July 31, 2014
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Anonymous
August 02, 2014
Did not work for me. It says it is a server error or timed out. Do you have any other ideas? Thanks
Anonymous
August 02, 2014
thank you this worked
Anonymous
August 03, 2014
not working
help me
Anonymous
August 03, 2014
very long can't cut and paste but this is the essence The package repository is corrupted. ESENT error. Use the reset your pc feature to recover your PC. error is 0x80073CFE
Anonymous
August 03, 2014
PC Setting also minimizing upon opening
Anonymous
August 04, 2014
thanx..man..the best fix..:)
Anonymous
August 04, 2014
Thanks a lot
Anonymous
August 05, 2014
Doesn't work - still get the ms-windows store:the app didn't start.
Anonymous
August 07, 2014
Yes thank you so much this worked
Anonymous
August 09, 2014
than you! this worked
Anonymous
August 10, 2014
It's not working.
Anonymous
August 11, 2014
Thank you!
awesome man it's Worked!
Anonymous
August 14, 2014
did not work for me.....!!!!
Anonymous
August 14, 2014
did not work for me.....!!!!
Anonymous
August 15, 2014
Didn't Work :(
Anonymous
August 17, 2014
it tells me the app didnt start, please what should i do?
Anonymous
August 17, 2014
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Anonymous
August 17, 2014
I've been using a Dell Inspiron laptop and i upgraded to windows 8.1 about one month ago. Mine is kind of similar problem, none of the apps in the start menu opens except for they are desktop shortcuts. I've been facing this for past 10 days. I tried to make a new microsoft account and delete the current one (because my guest account works fine.) But you need to access settings for that and my bad luck, even it doesn't open. Any kind of help would be great!
Anonymous
August 17, 2014
Dude.. I just love you!!! :) Atleast store opened :)
Please suggest me something for other apps to :)
Anonymous
August 18, 2014
Didnt worked for me after typing this (start "" "ms-windows-store:") it states that make sure you typed the name correctly
Anonymous
August 19, 2014
doesnt work for me
Anonymous
August 19, 2014
doesnt work for me
Anonymous
August 21, 2014
This did not work for me. The green store screen spun for a while and then came up with a timeout message that I was not able to copy in order to post it here. Do you have any other suggestions I am running with a brand new HP computer that came installed with Windows 8.1. It is very frustrating that such a central piece does not work!
Anonymous
August 21, 2014
Doesn't work for me. I get error code x80072ee2
Anonymous
August 23, 2014
This worked like a charm!! Thanks mate!!
Anonymous
August 23, 2014
this worked awesome! was scared I had to re-install windows.
Anonymous
August 29, 2014
thank...worked
Anonymous
August 29, 2014
EXCELLENT!...FINALLY GOT IT WORKING!
TRIED ALL THE SUGGESTIONS ON THE WINDOWS SUPPORT FORUM.....TO NO AVAIL!!!
YOU ARE A GENIUS...KEEP IT UP AND MORE POWER TO YOU!
Anonymous
August 29, 2014
didnt work...
Anonymous
August 31, 2014
thanks
Anonymous
September 01, 2014
Perfect Command but can Anyone tell me how to remove access? as getting error of Access is denied
Anonymous
September 01, 2014
You rock this worked great!
Anonymous
September 01, 2014
Works well. I created a simple .bat file in notepad so that can run this whenever required
Anonymous
September 02, 2014
Thank you for posting!
Anonymous
September 03, 2014
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $Env:SystemRootWinStoreAppxManifest.xml Gives lots of error in my command prompt.
Pls suggest
Anonymous
September 04, 2014
not working for me :(
Anonymous
September 04, 2014
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Anonymous
September 05, 2014
Still a very good solution .Thank you for your share and work.
Anonymous
September 08, 2014
Thank you so much ! its working
Anonymous
September 10, 2014
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Anonymous
September 11, 2014
Thanks a lot.....you are a saviour.....I got too much frustated with the windows 8.1
Anonymous
September 11, 2014
thank you so much!
Anonymous
September 12, 2014
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Anonymous
September 13, 2014
my store is not workig affter this plz helap me
Anonymous
September 13, 2014
I had similar problem and your solution is a fix. thanks
Anonymous
September 13, 2014
This solution worked for me, but only for the App Store. Is there a similar solution for PC settings Application/App window? I pinned PC Settings to my taskbar, but when I click the icon it opens, but won't show on desktop, similar to the App store prior to the above fix.
Anonymous
September 14, 2014
Worked bro. if not work run cmd as administer
Anonymous
September 18, 2014
Tried and it didn't work, any other suggestions?
Anonymous
September 21, 2014
windows store didn't start...its painfull...do some thing...
Anonymous
September 22, 2014
Thanks, it helps. But can you explain what this command do? Registering AppStore as unrestricted application?
Anonymous
September 22, 2014
Thanks a lot :)
Anonymous
September 22, 2014
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Anonymous
September 23, 2014
it didn't work for me.
why?
Anonymous
September 23, 2014
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Anonymous
September 25, 2014
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Anonymous
September 27, 2014
it didn't work and all my apps that were already downloaded still say error on them
Anonymous
September 27, 2014
I have read through this long thread, and many other threads on other sites several times. I have tried everything -- no luck.
But I finally did find a solution for my situation.

The problem was in my registry.
The HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT path needed to have its permissions changed.

The change involved:
1. Opening the registry. (Start->typing regedit ->right-clicking on regedit.exe and running it as Administrator)
2. With the registry open, right-clicking on the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT path and selecting "Permissions" from the context menu.
3. adding the "ALL APPLICATION PACKAGES" user
4. giving ALL APPLICATION PACKAGES "read" permissions.

This also must be done for the following registry paths:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEDrivers
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEHARDWARE
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESAM
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARE
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEM
HKEY_USERS

I found this solution in a blog post by David Williams Dixon entitled: "Windows 8.1 Store Apps Won’t Open (Or Close Immediately) when logged on as a domain user. Make it stop!"

Here is the long URL:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/ouc1too/archive/2014/07/22/windows-8-1-store-apps-won-t-open-or-close-immediately-when-logged-on-as-a-domain-user-make-it-stop.aspx

The solution worked despite that I am not logged in as a domain user. I am the only user on my home desktop.

I suspect that one of my software installations (Kaspersky is the prime suspect) modified the registry for its own purposes -- the result: none of my modern apps would load.

I hope this helps others like it helped me.
Anonymous
September 28, 2014
Where you were from last some month i was looking for someone who is genius like you are. anyway thanks buddy you solve my problem that i was facing from last some month...
Anonymous
September 28, 2014
Thanks for that -- works fine for me. Had very frustrating day before I found this!!
Cheers
Anonymous
September 28, 2014
thanks a lot..
Anonymous
September 29, 2014
Thank you very much it's so easy and simple explanation and it's working... Thank you
Anonymous
September 29, 2014
it did not work for mw it saide access denied
Anonymous
September 29, 2014
That fix does not work....nor can I download and install any updates. Do you have another fix?
Anonymous
October 01, 2014
FYI This also works for upgrade from Windows 8.1.1 to Windows 10
Anonymous
October 03, 2014
It works
Anonymous
October 04, 2014
Fix doesn't work at all. Store opens and closes.
Anonymous
October 04, 2014
This didn't work for me. Running Command Prompt as administrator, and I'm still not able to load the Windows Store. Is there an alternative solution to this one?
Anonymous
October 04, 2014
This did not work for me is there another solution?
Anonymous
October 07, 2014
This solution isn't working for me, so is it a problem with my PC or OS or something? PLS help!!!!
Anonymous
October 07, 2014
i tried it but din't work and the error is 0x8007064a
Anonymous
October 07, 2014
Thank you....just set up new Laptop and needed to do this.....
Anonymous
October 09, 2014
still not working on my windows 8.1 help me
Anonymous
October 09, 2014
access denied
Anonymous
October 11, 2014
Nope, didn't do it for me. I've tried everything but my Store remains broke.
Anonymous
October 12, 2014
This actually worked! But unfortunatelly I still have de same problem with the rest of my app tiles (news, mail, contacts, photos... etc. all of them standar installed on my windows). Can you help me?
Anonymous
October 13, 2014
I just tried this as resetting my Store isn't working. However, this too gets an error message and says "the deployment failed, the repository is corrupted." "error 550" It goes on to say to it encountered an ESENT error and to use the Reset Your PC feature for recovery. Won't this delete all the programs, etc, I've downloaded? Looking for suggestions, thanks.
Anonymous
October 13, 2014
well that made absolutely no difference
Anonymous
October 16, 2014
Very useful, thanks man!
Anonymous
October 18, 2014
HEy thanks man helped me alot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anonymous
October 18, 2014
Does not work for me...please help!!!!
Anonymous
October 18, 2014
This does not work for me. When are Microsoft going to do something about this?
Anonymous
October 18, 2014
didnt work
Anonymous
October 19, 2014
This Solution has fixed only the store opening issues. Other apps are still not working!
Anonymous
October 19, 2014
This worked!!! Thanks.
Anonymous
October 20, 2014
Wow it Works, yore amazona my friend i saw other pagues bit without the final comandos gg
Anonymous
October 20, 2014
I got the market place working but one problem the free apps are not allowing me to download something about payments? also the updates for the computer still do not work how do I fix this?
Anonymous
October 21, 2014
I got some red error message when I typed it in.
Anonymous
October 22, 2014
Not worked for me, any other way?
I appreciate it
Anonymous
October 22, 2014
Thank you so much and it worked perfectly!!!!
Anonymous
October 23, 2014
After much time and many "fixes", this worked like a charm. Pure genius, many, many, thanks!
Anonymous
October 25, 2014
did not work
someone said there is a reg value that the owner had to be system, but the only thing in the reg location was default with no value
This is the error: Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6
Anonymous
October 25, 2014
Great. Amazing and easy. Thanks a lot.
Anonymous
October 26, 2014
access is denied.

solved following this http://blogs.technet.com/b/ouc1too/archive/2014/07/22/windows-8-1-store-apps-won-t-open-or-close-immediately-when-logged-on-as-a-domain-user-make-it-stop.aspx
Anonymous
October 26, 2014
Not working. Says the App didn't start.
Anonymous
October 27, 2014
This worked, thank you very much!
Anonymous
October 28, 2014
Worked like a champ! Thanks for posting!
Anonymous
October 29, 2014
The store still refuses to load. :(
Anonymous
October 30, 2014
I got the problem of network error.......i have checked network....my pc is connected with network
Anonymous
October 30, 2014
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Anonymous
October 30, 2014
Many thanks. This definitely works!!!
Anonymous
November 01, 2014
not working still getting error 0x80070002 when i try to install mail/calender
Anonymous
November 01, 2014
Thanks. This helped.
Anonymous
November 02, 2014
windows+X ->run ->services.msc -> find Windows Firewall -> click stop

running this worked for me (for all those running windows 10 preview)
Anonymous
November 02, 2014
Indeed. This fixed my issue.
Anonymous
November 02, 2014
Hi ! how can I launch the parameters with this technique ? plz help
Anonymous
November 03, 2014
worked! thanks...........
Anonymous
November 06, 2014
mine didn't work. the respond was access denied. Can someone pls help with some other alternative?
Anonymous
November 08, 2014
Doesn't work, it says "ms-windows-store" is not recognised as a command. I upgraded from windows 8 to 8.1 last night. The only problem I'm having is loading window store! Hope you can help!
Anonymous
November 09, 2014
It worked, but I still can't open my calendar or any other apps.
Anonymous
November 11, 2014
It works! thanks.
Anonymous
November 11, 2014
have an 8.1 store apps does not work as well as other tiles help
Anonymous
November 11, 2014
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Anonymous
November 12, 2014
Thanks so much! (Now who wouldn't have thought of doing that?)
Anonymous
November 12, 2014
it didn't work for me
Anonymous
November 12, 2014
didn't work
Anonymous
November 14, 2014
hi guys my apps were not opening on my pc
Anonymous
November 14, 2014
I have no idea why it took me so long to find this post. But it is the fix I needed with simple instructions.

You good sir are a legend.
Anonymous
November 14, 2014
well it sounds like this works but where will i find Command Prompt as an Administrator. i can not find anything on this system its driving me insane
Anonymous
November 15, 2014
ok done it all but it doesnt work any ideas
Anonymous
November 15, 2014
didn't work computer didnt even recognize it as a command
Anonymous
November 16, 2014
Thank You! Now it works! :-)
Anonymous
November 17, 2014
hey thanx bady
Anonymous
November 17, 2014
Finally something worked! Thanks a a lot.
Anonymous
November 17, 2014
Is it suppose to take a while for the store to load after this fix.. Coz i am still stuck in the screen where the store is loading as in the first screenshot above.
Anonymous
November 17, 2014
I already tried running WSreset.exe before trying this fix, is that gonna be an issue.???
Anonymous
November 18, 2014
thanx dear
Anonymous
November 18, 2014
Not working for me :(
Anonymous
November 18, 2014
WOW! I've benn stuffing around for far too long with other solutions that didn't work. Come to this one and it's all up and running in moments. Can't thank you enough. Cheers for the wonderful help, especially since I am not a techie sort of person.
Anonymous
November 19, 2014
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Anonymous
November 20, 2014
It worked for me and was very simple. Thank you!
Anonymous
November 20, 2014
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Anonymous
November 22, 2014
Thank You!! Worked For Me!!
Anonymous
November 22, 2014
I tried it nearly ten times....its not working...please help someone!
Anonymous
November 22, 2014
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Anonymous
November 23, 2014
Thank you!
Anonymous
November 23, 2014
Worked perfectly! Thank you.
Anonymous
November 24, 2014
great job -it works thanks a lot
but some apps in windows 8.1 not working
Anonymous
November 25, 2014
thanks, it is working perfectly now...
Anonymous
November 25, 2014
all of my apps failed to start, and this at least fixed my Store app. how about the rest of them? they still don't work :(
Anonymous
November 25, 2014
Not working still...
Anonymous
November 26, 2014
You are brilliant
Thanks.
Anonymous
November 27, 2014
Did not work for me either
Anonymous
November 28, 2014
Thank you so much! This worked perfectly!
Anonymous
November 28, 2014
Yes that worked, but when you start it again it fails again to start. What is the problem here realy?
Anonymous
November 28, 2014
It got my Windows Store working but none of my other apps. How do I get the other apps to work ???
Anonymous
November 28, 2014
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Anonymous
November 29, 2014
Thanks worked like magic
Anonymous
November 29, 2014
if i dun get still how ??
Anonymous
November 30, 2014
it is not working. "access denied" in command prompt after your solution
Anonymous
November 30, 2014
Thank you! This worked!
Anonymous
November 30, 2014
thanks, worked smooth.....
Anonymous
November 30, 2014
Didnt work.
Anonymous
December 02, 2014
thanks my it is working
Anonymous
December 02, 2014
Thanks, this fixed my Windows 10 !!

After this fix, other apps still not launching. But I found if I uninstall then reinstall other apps start to work. I found this same fix applies to all other apps!!! I ran following PowerShell command and fixed all of my apps:

Get-AppxPackage |% { $p = $_.InstallLocation; $f="$pAppxManifest.xml"; if (Test-Path $f) { Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $f } }
Anonymous
December 02, 2014
Great Thankz For Share
Anonymous
December 04, 2014
sorry this did not work for me
Anonymous
December 05, 2014
Thanks frnd....
Anonymous
December 05, 2014
Didn't work out for me :/ ... it still say " your PC is not connected to the internet. To use this store please connect to the internet".
Please help !
Anonymous
December 06, 2014
I have lumia 630 and the store is not loading! I have got fed up with this coz this is happening since the day I bought it.....plse can anybody tel me what shall I do..... thanx on advance!
Anonymous
December 06, 2014
thats work
Anonymous
December 06, 2014
Windows store isn't available on this PC. this is the error I'm facing with
Anonymous
December 07, 2014
Great, it works! Thanks.
Anonymous
December 08, 2014
Lovely job !
Anonymous
December 08, 2014
big red error msg, help?
Anonymous
December 08, 2014
Great fix!
Anonymous
December 09, 2014
Sorry but this did not work for me
Anonymous
December 09, 2014
Any other solutions? This not working
Anonymous
December 09, 2014
The best solution I have found. Brilliant !!
Anonymous
December 10, 2014
IT DOES'T WORK!!! for a moment there is only a yellow comment on blue which disaper very quickly and there fore is no readeble
Anonymous
December 11, 2014
Thanks!!! Works in Win 10 TP
Anonymous
December 11, 2014
download go to http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html
Anonymous
December 12, 2014
it shows that acces is denied . any other solutions? pls help
Anonymous
December 13, 2014
Perect. Thank you so much
Anonymous
December 14, 2014
I was having an error while loading windows store on my laptop "0x80072efd". I did as shown the error message is gone but still not able to load windows apps.
Anonymous
December 15, 2014
Thank you MAN!!! It's work
Anonymous
December 17, 2014
I tried to fix the store issue as suggested ...it remains as it is and windows store does not open and allow downloading apps... store last work in my desktop system during Sept 2014
Anonymous
December 20, 2014
thanks .. it worked for me .. :)
Anonymous
December 20, 2014
Didn't work any other solutions
Anonymous
December 20, 2014
did not work for me
Anonymous
December 20, 2014
Thanks
Anonymous
December 21, 2014
Thank you!!! i did workedd..helped a lot
Anonymous
December 22, 2014
still not working
Anonymous
December 23, 2014
Thank you
Anonymous
December 24, 2014
the command prompt said ms window store not open acces is denied why can any one help me
Anonymous
December 25, 2014
pls anyone can help me out as I click on icon of store.. I wud spin and then desktop would appear .. I m not able to even see windows store
Anonymous
December 29, 2014
just got a bad command response
Anonymous
December 29, 2014
Didnt work for me, the screen is stuck at "network connection timed out".
Anonymous
December 31, 2014
worked like a charm and easy to follow instructions. Thanks...
Anonymous
December 31, 2014
Still not working..... need help
Anonymous
January 03, 2015
I loved this solution..after searching for 20 mins I find it here..thanks
Anonymous
January 04, 2015
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Anonymous
January 05, 2015
Thank man, Its working now.

But i get error 0x8007002 when I try to install an app.

Well, back to google search I guess.
Anonymous
January 05, 2015
This got my store working but all my other apps are still not working, any other solution??
Anonymous
January 05, 2015
not working for me either. ugh...........
Anonymous
January 06, 2015
My powershell stucked as well. It stays processing forever. I am definetly tired of this stuff.
Anonymous
January 08, 2015
Ничего не получилось !!!
ПРИЛОЖЕНИЕ НЕ ЗАПУСТИЛОСЬ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anonymous
January 09, 2015
i tried this.my store is opening but it is showing the error network timed out (0*80072ee2).please anyone give me solution
Anonymous
January 10, 2015
How can i do this to my "PC Settings"?
Anonymous
January 11, 2015
If you are having any difficulty with this method, try following the steps in this link:http://winaero.com/blog/fix-windows-8-1-store-app-gets-stuck-at-loading-circle/
Anonymous
January 13, 2015
thanks alot, was driving me mad
Anonymous
January 14, 2015
The STORE opened up thanks, but unfortunately none of the other apps/tiles work. Any idea on this ?
Anonymous
January 14, 2015
Nope did not work, store still crashes back to start menu
Anonymous
January 14, 2015
Hi! I tried it but it is not working still :) My Store + Mail, Calendar and Contacts App won't even open.
Anonymous
January 14, 2015
Still loads forever!!! Now What?
Anonymous
January 15, 2015
Hi, How can I revert the change, It damaged all my open files and the programs started to save extremely slow. Thanks.
Anonymous
January 15, 2015
Please send me how to revert this change as my programs are really damaged. and windows now doesnt restore succesfully. my email is arcomfenix@gmail.com THank you in advance.
Anonymous
January 16, 2015
did not work for me!
Anonymous
January 16, 2015
After running the pasted-in registration command in my Command Window run as Administrator, I tried to run the Windows Store App as advised, and it produced a Remote Procedure Call Error, and left the inert green Windows Store logo screen just like it was before. Anybody know a Windows Store App I can download to fix the problem?
Anonymous
January 19, 2015
This does work for the current windows session only. But going through this process every day can get old.
Is there a patch or fix that will keep from having to go through this every day?
Anonymous
January 19, 2015
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Anonymous
January 19, 2015
"Powershell...etc" not working. Any other way to get "store" to work?
Anonymous
January 21, 2015
Worked like a charm, thanks so much!!
Anonymous
January 21, 2015
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Anonymous
January 21, 2015
Great job. It worked. Thanks
Anonymous
January 22, 2015
yes it works
Anonymous
January 22, 2015
tks
Anonymous
January 23, 2015
Thank you! This is awesome.. It worked
Anonymous
January 28, 2015
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I have a Surface Pro and I lost pen input, Windows Store, and Change PC Settings when I upgraded to 8.1. One would think that Microsoft would have tested this all out but then...its Microsoft. I've resisted going Apple but MS comes very close to pushing me over the edge every time they do something like this. If it wasn't for my love of OneNote....
Anonymous
January 31, 2015
Thank you! This worked!
Anonymous
February 02, 2015
Didn t work any other bright ideas
Anonymous
February 02, 2015
That worked like a charm. Thanks. :)
Anonymous
February 03, 2015
It really works!! Thank you sooooo much!!!
Anonymous
February 04, 2015
it says powershell not recognized as an internal or external command ,operable program or batch file.
what do i do?
Anonymous
February 04, 2015
please help :(
Anonymous
February 05, 2015
Thank you SO much...! Been puttin' this off, figuring it would be a huge headache! You proved ME wrong!
Anonymous
February 06, 2015
It doesn't work for me.i got the message "no such interface supported"
Anonymous
February 07, 2015
Thanks for the solution - now managed to download apps from the store!!
Anonymous
February 08, 2015
Doesn't work in W10 Build 9926. Just get the perpetual loop
Anonymous
February 09, 2015
WORKED!! I love you! Errored after 8.1 v2 upgrade.
Anonymous
February 10, 2015
JUST GREAT
Anonymous
February 11, 2015
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Anonymous
February 11, 2015
I'm on a tablet and I can't get into administrator command prompt... help?
Anonymous
February 13, 2015
Thanks it is working
Anonymous
February 13, 2015
Apparently, I did it incorrectly. Now Internet Explorer has Proxy issues AND now the stor says I ma not connected to the internet
Anonymous
February 14, 2015
This is great advice however my problem seems to be unrelated to the 8.1 upgrade. I am stuck on the perpetual loading screen. I tried this solution and had no luck. Any other options? Thanks
Anonymous
February 16, 2015
not working!!!!
Anonymous
February 17, 2015
Great, worked for me too !
Anonymous
February 17, 2015
I tried this solution (after checking time & date, running wsreset and all the other solutions out there) but it didn't work first time.

I then tried this solution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6anI-AoyvC0

which didn't solve the problem but I ran the solution on this page again after running the solution in the above link and it then worked and I can access the store.

Don't ask me why this sequence works but hopefully it may help somebody experimenting yet another lousy fail by MS (reading the surly, unhelpful responses of MS tech guys to this problem on the web is enough to stop you buying another MS product).
Anonymous
February 17, 2015
Great solution. I have had this for weeks on my home computer. It just relieved me the stress.
Anonymous
February 17, 2015
Great, simple solution. I have had this for a long long time
Anonymous
February 22, 2015
Not working still
Anonymous
February 23, 2015
thank a lot dude... plus 1 to you......
Anonymous
February 25, 2015
Worked - Thank you
Follow this page first if the above doesnt work.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/ouc1too/archive/2014/07/22/windows-8-1-store-apps-won-t-open-or-close-immediately-when-logged-on-as-a-domain-user-make-it-stop.aspx
Anonymous
February 26, 2015
funcionou direitinho, valeu pela dica.
vc é um fera!
Anonymous
February 27, 2015
This didn't work for me. I've tried it and it's been 10 minutes, wheel still turning... :(
Anonymous
February 28, 2015
My bad, did not work for me
Anonymous
February 28, 2015
thanks it worked
Anonymous
February 28, 2015
my app store opened but i got an alert that app store didnt start
Anonymous
March 01, 2015
works like magic , thank you
Anonymous
March 01, 2015
did not work...do we need to restart the pc???
Anonymous
March 04, 2015
Worked like a charm. Thank you so much!!!
Anonymous
March 05, 2015
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Anonymous
March 10, 2015
it WORKS PERFECTLY JUST FOLLOW THE SIMPLE STEPS
Anonymous
March 10, 2015
Thank you, that fixed it :)
Best solution i found in the internet!
Anonymous
March 11, 2015
but my app store is not working, is there any thing else i can do with it to open it.
i more issue i have and issue is when i open my start menu and open other old applications which was installed. they are not working as well..... so is there any solution for me...... :(
Anonymous
March 11, 2015
didn't work. I got access denied as response
Anonymous
March 12, 2015
Does not work, is this language based? or universal? Tried this method on my danish labtop.
Anonymous
March 12, 2015
thank you so much! worked like a charm!
Anonymous
March 12, 2015
Bengt, your solution to deelte the packagerepository.edb worked for me. Thanks!!!!!!!
Anonymous
March 13, 2015
Worked! Thank-you!!
Anonymous
March 14, 2015
it says does not have the A parameter what to do now
Anonymous
March 15, 2015
you're a life saver!
Anonymous
March 15, 2015
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Anonymous
March 18, 2015
Thanks a lot guys...it's really works.
Anonymous
March 18, 2015
cheers bud good work :)
Anonymous
March 18, 2015
thank you!!! this worked
Anonymous
March 19, 2015
it really work. thanks.
Anonymous
March 19, 2015
It got past the green store screen but got stuck in a white loading screen.
Anonymous
March 20, 2015
I rarely comment: But this just worked (on W10). Thanks.
Anonymous
March 20, 2015
Works perfectly , i've been suffering of this problem for months , ty :D
Anonymous
March 21, 2015
It worked !!! Thank you!!!!
After the app store opens, go update the apps, and you're ready.
Anonymous
March 22, 2015
Just upgraded from 7 Ultimate to 8.1 Pro and my store just would not open after fully updating, but after finding this and following your steps it worked! Thank you so much!
Anonymous
March 23, 2015
Nope. This diesnt fix the problem. Please suggest something else.
Anonymous
March 23, 2015
Did not work at all came up with an error message that said "Windows cannot find 'ms windows-store:'. make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. But the problem with that is i copied and pasted the phrases from the website.
Anonymous
March 24, 2015
Didn't work for me. Still store message number 0x800072efd. Had a command prompt window but not sure about "Administrator Command Prompt" so I did a search and got window saying I was not connected to internet. Just tested and I'm connected.
Anonymous
March 24, 2015
Didn't work
Anonymous
March 25, 2015
Thank you so much !!!
Anonymous
March 26, 2015
Being behind a very good Cisco firewall, we keep Windows Firewall turned off by default. I had to re-enable it to allow this to run. Once the store was working, I disabled the Windows Firewall again and Store once quit working. I'm forced to keep it on in order to use the store. But, this article did get me going in the right direction and eventually solved the problem.
Anonymous
March 26, 2015
Did not work for me. I got a message that said Windows can not find "ms windows-store" I copied and pasted it again, and got the same message. Also having issues with my thumbnails in my picture folder not filling in , or if they finally do its like an hour later for a folder holding about 20 pictures. Then when I go out of the folder and come back in. the same process all over again. Any suggestions?
Anonymous
March 27, 2015
Thank you.. it's working
Anonymous
March 27, 2015
Worked a treat on Linx Tablet ;-)
Anonymous
March 29, 2015
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Anonymous
March 31, 2015
i followd this and it got even worse... no it wont open
Anonymous
April 02, 2015
i dont have the option of running as administrator on the store app, any other solutions?
Anonymous
April 03, 2015
Didn't work
Anonymous
April 03, 2015
Great!!! Thanks, thanks, thanks again!
Anonymous
April 03, 2015
It said, "Cannot find windows store". Help, please :(
Anonymous
April 05, 2015
Thanks it worked for me.
Anonymous
April 06, 2015
Not Working...after last commnad it shows the app didnt start
Anonymous
April 07, 2015
thanx for nothing, now my store has been completely removed!!!!!
Anonymous
April 09, 2015
Thank you, this fixed the problema. The store is back.
Anonymous
April 10, 2015
THANX ALOT for your help
Anonymous
April 11, 2015
hey how are doing
how I can get form
Windows App Store
windows 8.1 Upgrade Windows 10
Anonymous
April 12, 2015
nice, it worked
Anonymous
April 12, 2015
grateful. it works. thaks
Anonymous
April 13, 2015
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Anonymous
April 13, 2015
Worked perfectly for me. Thanks!
Anonymous
April 17, 2015
not working
Anonymous
April 17, 2015
deployment failed with HRESULT:0x80073CFE. Package repository is corrupted error 550 cannot process deployment operation because package repository database encountered an ESENT error
Anonymous
April 19, 2015
Thank You! It worked perfectly...
Anonymous
April 20, 2015
Thanks hundred time.... i tried so many things and yours was so simple and efficient.
Anonymous
April 23, 2015
looks easy except I dont have the tool bar on my tile screen you are pointing to?
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Anonymous
April 25, 2015
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Anonymous
April 28, 2015
you rock man,,, thaaaaaaaaaaanxxxxx
Anonymous
April 30, 2015
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Anonymous
April 30, 2015
Great Thanx!
Anonymous
May 03, 2015
Thank you pal.. It was really helpful.
Anonymous
May 05, 2015
thank you! It worked
Anonymous
May 05, 2015
This is awesome!! Keep it up dude.
Anonymous
May 05, 2015
nice one
Anonymous
May 07, 2015
This worked first time. brilliant fix.
Anonymous
May 09, 2015
This doesn't work for me!!! Any other suggestions???!!!
Anonymous
May 09, 2015
Didn't work for me. I keep getting error code 0x80070057.
Anonymous
May 10, 2015
Thank you so much. It finally works..
Anonymous
May 11, 2015
Worked. Wish I found this earlier. Thank you!
Anonymous
May 12, 2015
Hi David.. I tried all the options like scannow... wreset.. sync license... updating.. appdiagnostic..windowupdatediagnost...resetting all applications package and also contacted Microsoft Answer desk.... Nothing solved my windows store problem... The error Code I get is 0x8007002.. Is there any other way to solve this..??
Anonymous
May 13, 2015
Doesn't work at all, I can open Windows Store but still won't let me install or run any apps, gives me error code 0x80070002. Searched all around the web, no solution for it, not even what Microsoft claims is a solution for it.
Anonymous
May 14, 2015
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Anonymous
May 15, 2015
Working! Thank you
Anonymous
May 16, 2015
not working :/ plz tell me something....
Anonymous
May 16, 2015
Thanks for the info, this fix works beautifully!
Anonymous
May 17, 2015
It didn't work for me. It said the package could not be registered.
Anonymous
May 18, 2015
Mine didn't work
Anonymous
May 20, 2015
Sorry but how can i open (CMD) as administrator ?
i couldn't find it in start menu
Anonymous
May 20, 2015
Hi again . sorry but its not work
error = app store is not available in you region
Anonymous
May 21, 2015
Love you man
Anonymous
May 21, 2015
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Anonymous
May 25, 2015
Thank you - it worked !
Anonymous
May 26, 2015
Legend! Of the 10 or so things I've tried this is the only one that works. Thanks!
Anonymous
May 27, 2015
thanks it is working
Anonymous
May 27, 2015
This did not work for me: My computer said Windows Cannot Find 'ms-windows-store:'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. I did try again. It didn't work. Please help !! My son really wants to play his mini golf game again. And I want him to play it again too!
Anonymous
May 31, 2015
Thanks! I just got this laptop a week ago and have never had windows 8 before, so I was getting frustrated. But this worked like a charm. :)
Anonymous
May 31, 2015
thanks man , workedd !!!!!!!!
Anonymous
June 01, 2015
When i oen my windows store in win. 8.1 i see this statement, we weren't ble to connect to the store,this might have happened because of a server problem or the network connection might have timed out.
Anonymous
June 01, 2015
plz help me out of this problem
Anonymous
June 01, 2015
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Anonymous
June 01, 2015
come and catch me i m in india
Anonymous
June 01, 2015
did not work for me...error message : ms-windows-store . this app dindn't start :((
Anonymous
June 02, 2015
Still not working, get error code 0x80070078.
Anonymous
June 03, 2015
Thanks, worked a treat
Anonymous
June 04, 2015
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Anonymous
June 04, 2015
didn't work
Anonymous
June 05, 2015
Thanks, now my app store works again.
Anonymous
June 06, 2015
Thanks, it worked like a charm.
Anonymous
June 06, 2015
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Anonymous
June 06, 2015
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Anonymous
June 08, 2015
Thank you it worked
Anonymous
June 08, 2015
Didn't work
Anonymous
June 09, 2015
didn't work for me...thanks though
Anonymous
June 09, 2015
thank u It worked in a few minutes. I spent hours and days before with no success

Do u know what i should do to upgrade to windows 10 ??
Anonymous
June 11, 2015
AWESOME worked... Thanks!!
Anonymous
June 13, 2015
Marvelous!!!
Anonymous
June 14, 2015
Thanks so much!
Anonymous
June 15, 2015
thank you it is working great
Anonymous
June 18, 2015
did not work for me
Anonymous
June 20, 2015
this worked absolutely fine for me.thanks dude
Anonymous
June 22, 2015
So this was cool, but could you also tell us how to "Open a Command Prompt as an Administrator," or what this even means. It just says to do it, like we're a bunch of computer wiz's who should already know what you're talking about, but if that was the case, we probably wouldn't be looking for websites to help us with our computer.
Anonymous
June 27, 2015
No dice. My appstore stopped working after a few months on microsoft stream 7 tablet. it came with 8.1 and was working....
Anonymous
June 27, 2015
WoW, It really worked. Just bought DELL 14 5448 series and trying to open the store. It was in vain. Then searched and found this instant link. Tried and here you Go. Loudest applause :)))))
Anonymous
June 28, 2015
I did exactly as you instructed, and it works! The perfect solution. A million thanks, you've saved my pc from being lumbered with a load of dud stuff.
Anonymous
June 29, 2015
It still won't load
Anonymous
July 01, 2015
thanks bro it worked
Anonymous
July 02, 2015
thanks worked here
Anonymous
July 02, 2015
How to I get that task bar to pop up to get the administrator command to open?
Anonymous
July 05, 2015
THIS IS NOT WORKING FOR WINDOWS 10 HOME INSIDER PREVIEW BUILD 10074!
Anonymous
July 06, 2015
Your Windows Store command needs updating for Win10 TP 10162
Finally in the cd directory
cd C:Program FilesWindowsAppsMicrosoft.WindowsStore_2015.627.14.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbweAppxMetadata>

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register AppxBundleManifest.xml

Its a great article it worked well. The neutral/universal version works much better which is why I removed the x64 version which is 627.1 not 627.14
Anonymous
July 08, 2015
There is a new update from the Windows Store (beta) which will download when clicking check for updates.
Should you need to reload similar to beginning of article Run as Adminstrator command window
then "cd C:Program FilesWindowsAppsMicrosoft.WindowsStore_2015.7.6.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe"

PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register AppxManifest.xml

Finally in Control Panel Default Programs, Select Store from Alphabetical list ->Set this program default. ->Choose defaults and select all on ok. You should see new Store icon in the Start bar list
Anonymous
July 08, 2015
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Anonymous
July 09, 2015
It doesn't work for me, after typing : start "" "ms-windows-store:"
It threw me this : Access Denied
Anonymous
July 09, 2015
It doesn't work for me, after typing : start "" "ms-windows-store:"
It threw me this : Access Denied
Anonymous
July 09, 2015
thanx it worked !!!!!!!!
Anonymous
July 09, 2015
thanx it worked
Anonymous
July 14, 2015
Didn't worked for me
Anonymous
July 15, 2015
Don't working for me :C
Anonymous
July 15, 2015
omg, thank you so much. This really helped when I became desperate and sullen. Thank you! spread the word
Anonymous
July 19, 2015
Didn't work :(
Anonymous
July 19, 2015
Didn't work :(
Anonymous
July 20, 2015
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Anonymous
July 21, 2015
Try these commands in an elevated window: ipconfig /flushdns and then ipconfig /registerdns
Anonymous
July 24, 2015
Thanks its working
Anonymous
July 24, 2015
This doesn't work for Win 10 10240 x64
Anonymous
July 26, 2015
I had Windows 10 Technical Preview and it upgraded to Windows 10 Pro. Store is not working. It seems that it is removed. The folder windowswinstore is absent. Apps troubleshooter is no help. How to install the Store app?
Anonymous
July 26, 2015
Didn't work for me
Anonymous
July 26, 2015
my windows 8 store is not working.When I open it,it flashing to start menu.Please help me
Anonymous
July 27, 2015
Thanks dude, its working
Anonymous
July 28, 2015
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Anonymous
July 29, 2015
Thankss it works :D
Anonymous
July 29, 2015
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Anonymous
July 29, 2015
this worked great thanks
Anonymous
July 29, 2015
yup - no winstore path in W10
Anonymous
July 29, 2015
Mine stil doesn't work. My windows store still keep loading and loading. Any other suggestions?
Anonymous
July 30, 2015
How do I use the code? it is located in a Windows.old folder?
Anonymous
July 30, 2015
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Anonymous
July 31, 2015
didnt worked out...it said your pc is not connected to the internet .to use the store connect to the internet and try again..though my pc is connected to net and here i m giving u my comment..please help out..fed up
Anonymous
July 31, 2015
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Anonymous
July 31, 2015
This got my store working but the apps doesn't work :/ please send me a fix to k2kgdj@gmail.com
Anonymous
August 01, 2015
Great! After upgrading to Win10 Windows Store was not working. Now it is!

I also had the File not found error, but it still work.

Thanks!
Anonymous
August 01, 2015
did nort work
Anonymous
August 02, 2015
Sadly it did not work for me
Anonymous
August 03, 2015
need help windows 10 store aint working for me pl help
Anonymous
August 04, 2015
Doesnt work for me. The path does not exist (win 10)
Anonymous
August 04, 2015
did not work WOW U LIED!!!
Anonymous
August 04, 2015
WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS SIRE, CAN YOU PLEASE COPY AND PASTE A LINK FROM YOUR DIRECTORY FOR ALL OF US GETTING THE ERROR OF "FILE NOT FOUND"??????
Anonymous
August 04, 2015
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Anonymous
August 04, 2015
It says: Cannot find C:/Windows/WinStore/AppxManifest.xml
Was it replaced in a later stadium?
Anonymous
August 05, 2015
It seems the Windows App store is now called "PC app store". I typed app store in the search feature (bottom left) and just stumbled upon it. The Windows App store Icon doesn't work for what ever reason ( I've tried all the stuff on here), but the PC app store icon does. Type PC app store in the search bar ( bottom left) and it should pop up. Hope this helps.
Anonymous
August 05, 2015
The above comment is for the newly updated Windows 10.
Anonymous
August 05, 2015
It says that (C:WINDOWSWinStoreAppxManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage] does not exist.
Anonymous
August 05, 2015
It says that (C:WINDOWSWinStoreAppxManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage] does not exist.
Anonymous
August 06, 2015
Dit not work:
Add-AppxPackage : Cannot find path 'C:WINDOWSWinStoreAppxManifest.xml' because it does not exist.
what now?
Anonymous
August 06, 2015
if you feel again problem please reset your pc it will not take more an hour
Anonymous
August 07, 2015
Doesn't seem to work for me. Still same loading issue
Anonymous
August 07, 2015
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Anonymous
August 09, 2015
Hi all after two weeks with store not working . I have found what to do to get your store working and windows running better . All you need to do is disable AMD drivers on Device manager . Till AMD sort new drivers for windows 10 . thank you
Anonymous
August 10, 2015
Doesn't work on Win10, because the winstore is not in c:/Windows
Anonymous
August 10, 2015
Worked! Thanks.
Anonymous
August 11, 2015
thank you so much friend
Anonymous
August 11, 2015
Nope didn't work for Windows 10!
Anonymous
August 12, 2015
Great. This worked. Many thanks
Anonymous
August 15, 2015
initial copy failed got the following: Add-AppxPackage : Cannot find path "C:WindowsWinstoreAppxManifest.xml" because it does not exist
Anonymous
August 16, 2015
Thanks a lot... the above command is very useful. thanks again.
Anonymous
August 17, 2015
If any of you are still not able to access the store using the above fix, I just tried this command and it worked for me. Open the run command as an administrator and type in: PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command "& {$manifest = (Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.WindowsStore).InstallLocation + 'AppxManifest.xml' ; Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $manifest}"

Hope this helps! :)
Anonymous
August 18, 2015
no it doesnt work, windows store not working do you have any another solution to fix my problem.'
Anonymous
August 21, 2015
Thank you Grvylady! I have tried everything. Finally a solution! You're the best! Now it works!
Anonymous
August 26, 2015
great it works
Anonymous
August 27, 2015
Wow!!!quite awesome....tnx very much.
Anonymous
September 01, 2015
I just wanted to say that this helped me after I downgraded back to Windows 8.1 from a problematic Windows 10 experience on my daily driver work laptop. Just to be clear, I have 3 other Windows 10 PCs without issues. Unfortunately, I needed to downgrade this one. Anyway, my modern Netflix app would not work, and I was not sure why. At one point, Windows told me to have the Windows Store repair it, but when I went to the store, it did not do anything, so I found this post and rand the fix for Windows Store. Voila, Windows Store fixed Netflix after that. :)
Thanks!
Mike
Anonymous
September 03, 2015
reinstall windows 10, 2 times after upgrade to get the store to work.
Anonymous
September 04, 2015
Thank you it worked :D
Anonymous
September 08, 2015
gr8t works like ***
Anonymous
September 09, 2015
plz find a solution for me ...when i click on store ...store is become green then the doted circle is formed and the apps are showned but when i press the app the store is suddenly turns off automatically
Anonymous
September 16, 2015
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Anonymous
September 17, 2015
Fm radio
Anonymous
September 17, 2015
Fm radio
Anonymous
October 02, 2015
BAD LUCK! Didn't work for me! Somebody, please help! https://facebook.com/ribinsint
Anonymous
October 05, 2015
THanks a lot! worked for me
Anonymous
October 10, 2015
I tried the suggestion above, but it didnt work for me. It saying the store app cannot start.
My email is jokpa4k@gmail.co. Please suggest other method that I can use. I didt upgrade to windows 8.1, the system came like that
Anonymous
October 15, 2015
Thanks a lot! It worked like a charm for me.
Anonymous
October 15, 2015

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October 20, 2015
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Anonymous
January 08, 2016
Thanks a lot, it helps.

Jaa

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