Can't access Microsoft Store

jimbo45 · Jul 26, 2023

spapakons said:
Try the command again without the "C:\Windows\System32" part. It is just the default prompt when you open a Command Prompt at administrator. The correct command is:
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers *WindowsStore* | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}
You can copy-paste that to save you typing it.

PS: Do I have to remind fellow posters here that it doesn't always takes 30 minutes for a clean installation? Yes, this is only for installing Windows. What about all the rest of the applications you must reinstall and reconfigure? Unlike an office computer that has maximum 5 applications, a typical home computer can have over 30 installed and this means at least one day, if you have that much free time, or a week if you don't. Let alone the time needed for backup and restore of all user data. So a clean installation is not a panacea, it is a LAST resort if anything else fails. The point of these threads is to provide a solution, if any, not to tell the OP to give up and do a clean installation!

Hi there
If it's a corporate computer there will be all sorts of I.T help around -- I assume that this is a domestic or basically non business type of type of environment -- and yes try all sorts of things --agreed but if you are just going around in circles it's often better to start again from scratch. Yes of course on big projects like building an airport etc you can't just give up and start again !!!

The OP's tried all those suggestions and for one reason or another they aren't working - and the OP hasn't showed me the output of the simplest determinant if the windows system is hosed -- just show me the output of the windows defender main security menu -- couple of mouse clicks with a screen capture. If that shows it's not available or throws up an error then the Windows system is actually broken beyond repair.

Cheers
jimbo

Try3 · Jul 26, 2023

woldsweather said:
PS C:\Users\Trevor> C:\Windows\System32>Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers *WindowsStore* | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

Now you are entering C:\Windows\System32> as part of the command. That is wrong.
Enter the command exactly as Option 2 of the tutorial said - Re-register Microsoft Store app - ElevenForumTutorials

And if re-registering does not solve the problem, use the other procedure I suggested

Try3 said:
Reinstall Microsoft Store app in Windows 10 and Windows 11 - ElevenForumTutorials

Best of luck,
Denis

woldsweather · Jul 26, 2023

Ghot said:
@woldsweather

On Windows 10, I completely uninstalled MS Store, then wanted it back. None of the normal methods worked.
Finally, I used "Solution #9", here, and it worked...

Windows 10 Store not Installed [FIXED]

You may not find Windows Store in Windows 10 if you are using an outdated/obsolete version of Windows on your system. Moreover, the user encounters the

appuals.com

I have no idea if it will work on Windows 11, but it might.

The option to terminate doesn't do anything. Uninstall is greyed out. Revo uninstaller doesn't show Microsoft Store in its list of Windows apps.

Fabler2 · Jul 26, 2023

I think your best bet now is to do a repair install of Windows using ISO. Option 2 then Step 4. (Make a backup first)

Repair Install Windows 11 with an In-place Upgrade

This tutorial will show you how to do a repair install of Windows 11 by performing an in-place upgrade without losing anything. If you need to repair or create a new recovery partition or having problems with the Windows 11 operating system on your PC, and the usual solutions will not fix it...

www.elevenforum.com

woldsweather · Jul 26, 2023

I don't lose my installed programmes with this do I?

Try3 · Jul 26, 2023

woldsweather said:
I don't lose my installed programmes with this do I?

No but you do not seem to have yet tried the directly relevant step of reinstalling the Store app.
I have not seen any report that a Repair install will reinstate the Store app.

Denis

woldsweather · Jul 26, 2023

I've been searching for the last hour how to reinstall the app with no success how do you suggest I do it?

Try3 · Jul 26, 2023

I have posted a link to the tutorial twice in this thread.

Denis

woldsweather · Jul 26, 2023

Try3 said:
I have posted a link to the tutorial twice in this thread.

Denis

...and I have posted what I get as couple of times:

Windows PowerShell
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PS C:\Users\Trevor> Get-AppXPackage *Microsoft.WindowsStore* | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”}
Cannot run a document in the middle of a pipeline: C:\windows\system32\Get-AppxPackage.
At line:1 char:1
+ Get-AppXPackage *Microsoft.WindowsStore* | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage - ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (C:\windows\system32\Get-AppxPackage:String) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CantActivateDocumentInPipeline

PS C:\Users\Trevor>

Try3 · Jul 26, 2023

You seem to be trying to follow the procedure in

Try3 said:
Option 2 of the tutorial ... - Re-register Microsoft Store app - ElevenForumTutorials

but seem to be alternating between Options 1 & 2.
Please confirm that you are using the Admin terminal window not the standard level one for the Option 2 command.
I have just run the Option 2 command myself and it gets processed correctly as illustrated in the tutorial.

If re-registering the app does not succeed then try reinstalling the app

Try3 said:
Reinstall Microsoft Store app in Windows 10 and Windows 11 - ElevenForumTutorials

Best of luck,
Denis

Try3 · Jul 26, 2023

Are you having problems running any other applications or commands?
You said earlier that you had run SFC and a Dism command. Did those commands run?

If you open a Std / Admin command prompt window, not a PS window, does the command
echo %pathext%
get the correct response
.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC

Denis

woldsweather · Jul 27, 2023

I did the windows reinstall keeping apps and data as suggested. It booted with a screen flashing between my desktop and a blackscreen as it did after the last windows update so I removed the last feature update and it then booted normally. I have now stopped windows updating so hopefully all well again .

Thanks for all the help.

spapakons · Jul 27, 2023

I can relate. I too had an old system that would break with certain Windows 10 cumulative updates. The solution was to block the offending updates with Windows Update Show/Hide Tool and create a restore point so I can go back in case a newer update renders the system unbootable. Thankfully after blocking the problematic updates nothing went wrong. All other updates installed properly. Eventually some newer cumulative updates made the blocked ones obsolete, so I didn't miss any features either.

woldsweather · Jul 30, 2023

Try3 said:
You seem to be trying to follow the procedure in

but seem to be alternating between Options 1 & 2.
Please confirm that you are using the Admin terminal window not the standard level one for the Option 2 command.
I have just run the Option 2 command myself and it gets processed correctly as illustrated in the tutorial.

If re-registering the app does not succeed then try reinstalling the app

Best of luck,
Denis

woldsweather · Jul 30, 2023

Neither of those work the first says we need a new app the second says the system cannot execute the specified program.

woldsweather · Jul 30, 2023

Try3 said:
Now you are entering C:\Windows\System32> as part of the command. That is wrong.
Enter the command exactly as Option 2 of the tutorial said - Re-register Microsoft Store app - ElevenForumTutorials

And if re-registering does not solve the problem, use the other procedure I suggested

Best of luck,
Denis

If I open a command prompt thats how it open how do I get it as in the tutorial?

woldsweather · Jul 30, 2023

Hopefully now done this:

Windows PowerShell
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Install the latest PowerShell for new features and improvements! Migrating from Windows PowerShell 5.1 to PowerShell 7 - PowerShell

PS C:\Users\Trevor> Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers *WindowsStore* | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}
Cannot run a document in the middle of a pipeline: C:\windows\system32\Get-AppxPackage.
At line:1 char:1
+ Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers *WindowsStore* | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage - ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (C:\windows\system32\Get-AppxPackage:String) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CantActivateDocumentInPipeline

PS C:\Users\Trevor>

woldsweather · Jul 30, 2023

Fabler2 said:
I think your best bet now is to do a repair install of Windows using ISO. Option 2 then Step 4. (Make a backup first)

Repair Install Windows 11 with an In-place Upgrade

This tutorial will show you how to do a repair install of Windows 11 by performing an in-place upgrade without losing anything. If you need to repair or create a new recovery partition or having problems with the Windows 11 operating system on your PC, and the usual solutions will not fix it...

www.elevenforum.com

I did the repair install using ISO Option 2 Step 4. This took me back to exactly how I was left with after the February update with my display flashing between the desktop and a black screen. I then had to remove the latest windows updates and stop further windows updates to get back to a working computer. So I am back here without Microsoft Store.

spapakons · Jul 30, 2023

You must load a PowerShell with Administrator access. To do that right-click on the start button (or press Win+X) to see a list of Windows Tools. Select PowerShell Admin from the list. Then you must type the commands (or copy-paste them) without the command prompt, as I told you in my previous post. So the first is Get... . You don't need to type them all separating them with | better type them one at a time and press ENTER to execute.

woldsweather · Jul 30, 2023

spapakons said:
You must load a PowerShell with Administrator access. To do that right-click on the start button (or press Win+X) to see a list of Windows Tools. Select PowerShell Admin from the list. Then you must type the commands (or copy-paste them) without the command prompt, as I told you in my previous post. So the first is Get... . You don't need to type them all separating them with | better type them one at a time and press ENTER to execute.

Run with admin power shell

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