I get the error code 0x80072ee2, when i try to download apps from Windows store.

Anonymous
2013-04-05T07:58:47+00:00

Original Title:can not download from windows store.

My Windows Mail-app stopped working, so I deleted it, and tried to download a New. Then, after a while I get amessage: Can not install, error code 0x80072ee2

Got the same Message on other apps too

Can anyone help me With this?

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Anonymous
2013-11-10T03:17:07+00:00

Not sure if this will help, but my wife was getting the perpetual spinning circle when trying to launch the app store in Windows 8. We loaded Windows 8.1 and then still the same error, except we started getting error 0x80072ee2 when it would fail. After trying the "WSReset" and powershell scripts and many other suggestions I found online, I finally found the cause.

While the app screen is up (not desktop), go to the right hand side and bring up settings. Choose change PC settings. Then choose Network, then choose Proxy. There is a setting in Windows 8.1 that is "Use a proxy server". For us that was turned on and it should not have been. Turned it off and the app store loads fine now.

We could browse the internet and everything else fine before this change. The only behavior was that that we could not get the app store to load.

Hope this helps you and or others.

Thanks

Nick

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-09-22T14:37:24+00:00

    The system time and date in my Bios being wrong gave me this error also.. After fixing the time and date, Windows allowed activation and app store started working again.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-11-25T14:44:24+00:00

    i have already instal version window 10 when i purchase now when i try to download letus version error code same as above0 8007ee2

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-01-23T05:12:18+00:00

    I am running Windows 10 on my PC. I changed from Windows 8 to Windows 10 some years ago. Why the problem now. Can I just ignore. This problem to me is a pain in the Butt. I am not very computer savvy. Can anyone help with easy answer or fix?

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-04-11T06:49:03+00:00

    download does not work error 0x80072ee2

    why does this download have to be a geek's game

    download with threats and it's amess

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