How to fix "windows cannot find 'ms-windows-store:purge caches', make sure you typed the name correctly and then try again"

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I got an error message saying "windows cannot find 'ms-windows-store:purge caches', make sure you typed the name correctly and then try again". I have no ideas what it mean. Please help.

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Go to

Ctrl X

Bring up the Windows powershell admin

Type in the following

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

Go back to windows store and it should re-work!!

Kudos to Luis Cantero from this post http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows8\_1-windows\_store/just-updated-to-windows-81-and-the-windows-store/c4cf204d-bd99-426c-b800-9c9125ae739c?page=2

Enjoy

Yahya Al-Din

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Anonymous

2015-03-15T19:11:36+00:00

Didn't work my screen keeps blacking out for a few seconds about every minute. Help me please
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Anonymous

2015-02-28T11:40:48+00:00

I tried this & received a message stating that the data is corrupt & to contact my administrators. Help!!
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Anonymous

2015-02-24T20:13:09+00:00

Many thanks Yahya Al-Din ! You save me :)
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Anonymous

2015-02-19T11:59:39+00:00

excuse me, I tried to do everything that is written more still if you can help me with something else, I thank you.

thank you

and I am Brazilian
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