{"id":9589,"date":"2017-06-27T08:43:22","date_gmt":"2017-06-27T08:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=9589"},"modified":"2017-06-27T08:47:19","modified_gmt":"2017-06-27T08:47:19","slug":"fix-windows-10-store-not-working","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/fix-windows-10-store-not-working\/","title":{"rendered":"Fix: Windows 10 Store Not Working"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Store in Windows 10 won&#8217;t open? Windows Store apps not downloading or updating? So if you&#8217;ve been facing this issue, let see how you can fix it easily and get Windows 10 Store back to work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 1: Clear the Windows Store Caches<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Press the Windows key + R to open the Run command box, or open the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/open-command-prompt-in-windows-10\/\" target=\"_blank\">Command Prompt<\/a> as administrator.<\/li>\n<li>Type <strong>wsreset<\/strong> and press Enter. After a few minutes, all Store cache and corrupt settings are reset, and your Windows Store shall open normally.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/wsreset.png\" alt=\"wsreset\" width=\"467\" height=\"153\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9591\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If the wsreset command doesn&#8217;t work, you can open File Explorer. Browse to the following directory and delete the local caches of Windows Store:<br \/>\n<strong>C:\\Users\\user_name\\AppData\\Local\\Packages\\Microsoft.WindowsStore_8wekyb3d8bbwe\\LocalCache<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Replace <em>user_name<\/em> with the name of your Windows account. By default, the <strong>AppData<\/strong> directory is hidden and you need to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/how-to-show-hidden-files-in-windows-10-8-7-and-vista\/\" target=\"_blank\">set Windows to show hidden files<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 2: Re-register Windows Store Apps<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Type <strong>powershell<\/strong> in the Cortana search box on your taskbar. Right-click on the Powershell app from the result, and choose <strong>Run as administrator<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/run-powershell-as-administrator.png\" alt=\"run-powershell-as-administrator\" width=\"434\" height=\"539\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9592\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>In the administrative PowerShell window, paste the following command and hit Enter to re-register the store apps.\n<p><strong>Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register &#8220;$($_.InstallLocation)\\AppXManifest.xml&#8221;}<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/register-store-apps.png\" alt=\"register-store-apps\" width=\"600\" height=\"133\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9593\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Once the command is successfully executed, you can close Windows PowerShell. After restarting the system, problems with Windows 10 Store should be fixed.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Method 3: Official Troubleshooter to Fix Issues with Windows 10 Store<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Microsoft has a troubleshooter that scans your system and automatically fixes any problems that might be preventing any Windows Store apps from working correctly. Windows Store Apps Troubleshooter isn&#8217;t built-in to Windows, you can easily download it for free from <a style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"  href=\"http:\/\/download.microsoft.com\/download\/F\/E\/7\/FE74974A-9029-41A0-9EB2-9CCE3FC20B99\/Appsdiagnostic10.diagcab\" target=\"_blank\">this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Store in Windows 10 won&#8217;t open? Windows Store apps not downloading or updating? So if you&#8217;ve been facing this issue, let see how you can fix it easily and get Windows 10 Store back to work. Method 1: Clear the Windows Store Caches Press the Windows key + R to open the Run command [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,1894],"tags":[3440,3439],"class_list":["post-9589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-10","tag-windows-10-store-not-opening","tag-windows-store-not-working"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9589"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9598,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9589\/revisions\/9598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}