My Windows Store is missing from Windows 10

Question

I was having problems with my Windows Store. It wouldn't open! I would click its icon, and all I get is a quick flash of the screen, so I did some searching on Google and came across this thread. I did everything suggested there, and still my Windows Store won't work.

Now I don't even have a WinStore folder in C:\Windows\

When I type Store into Cortana I get the following:

Some people have suggested that one does an In Place Upgrade whatever that is, but I can't do that since I had originally upgraded from Windows 8.1 Pro to Windows 10. I don't have any installation media for Windows 10.

I've tried what is suggested by Ankur, but I get the following:

What am I to do? How do I fix this?

Answer 1

I have the same issue... what I did was this... Run PowerShell as Administrator

After doing so... execute this command:

get-appxpackage -allusers

Actual Result:

IsDevelopmentMode      : False

Name                   : Microsoft.Messaging
Publisher              : CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US
Architecture           : X86
ResourceId             :
Version                : 2.13.20000.0
PackageFullName        : Microsoft.Messaging_2.13.20000.0_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe
InstallLocation        : C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Messaging_2.13.20000.0_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe
IsFramework            : False
PackageFamilyName      : Microsoft.Messaging_8wekyb3d8bbwe
PublisherId            : 8wekyb3d8bbwe
PackageUserInformation : {S-1-5-21-3086552607-807654742-197948547-1001 [Roel Reyes]: Staged,
                         S-1-5-21-3086552607-807654742-197948547-500 [Administrator]: Installed}
IsResourcePackage      : False
IsBundle               : False
IsDevelopmentMode      : False

Name                   : Microsoft.WindowsStore
Publisher              : CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US
Architecture           : X64
ResourceId             :
Version                : 2015.25.22.0
PackageFullName        : Microsoft.WindowsStore_2015.25.22.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
InstallLocation        : C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsStore_2015.25.22.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
IsFramework            : False
PackageFamilyName      : Microsoft.WindowsStore_8wekyb3d8bbwe
PublisherId            : 8wekyb3d8bbwe
PackageUserInformation : {S-1-5-21-3086552607-807654742-197948547-500 [Administrator]: Installed}
IsResourcePackage      : False
IsBundle               : False
IsDevelopmentMode      : False

Name                   : Microsoft.Windows.Photos
Publisher              : CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US
Architecture           : X64
ResourceId             :
Version                : 16.122.14020.0
PackageFullName        : Microsoft.Windows.Photos_16.122.14020.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
InstallLocation        : C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Windows.Photos_16.122.14020.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
IsFramework            : False
PackageFamilyName      : Microsoft.Windows.Photos_8wekyb3d8bbwe
PublisherId            : 8wekyb3d8bbwe
PackageUserInformation : {S-1-5-21-1172717557-2008772951-1947940980-11352 [TRENDPH\RoelR]: Installed,
                         S-1-5-21-3086552607-807654742-197948547-1001 [Roel Reyes]: Staged,
                         S-1-5-21-3086552607-807654742-197948547-500 [Administrator]: Staged,
                         S-1-5-21-1172717557-2008772951-1947940980-52298 [TRENDPH\a-lesliemo]: Staged}
IsResourcePackage      : False
IsBundle               : False
IsDevelopmentMode      : False

Search for Microsoft.WindowsStore:

Name                   : Microsoft.WindowsStore
Publisher              : CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US
Architecture           : X64
ResourceId             :
Version                : 2015.25.22.0
PackageFullName        : Microsoft.WindowsStore_2015.25.22.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
InstallLocation        : C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsStore_2015.25.22.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
IsFramework            : False
PackageFamilyName      : Microsoft.WindowsStore_8wekyb3d8bbwe
PublisherId            : 8wekyb3d8bbwe
PackageUserInformation : {S-1-5-21-3086552607-807654742-197948547-500 [Administrator]: Installed}
IsResourcePackage      : False
IsBundle               : False
IsDevelopmentMode      : False

Execute the 2nd command:

Add-AppxPackage -register "C:\Windows\WinSxS\Manifests\amd64_microsoft-windows-store-client-app_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.10586.0_none_0c306efaf8a72c36.manifest" -DisableDevelopmentMode

Then That's it :) Hope It works on you since it worked on me

Answer 2

I will suggest you to follow the below given steps:

1. Press Windows key and R key together to open Run
2. Type wsreset.exe and press Enter button
3. Restart the PC and sign in with Microsoft User account.

Hope this information will help you to solve the issue. Thank you.