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

Anonymous
2013-01-20T06:29:05+00:00

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.

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Microsoft Store

Locked Question. This question was migrated from the Microsoft Support Community. You can vote on whether it's helpful, but you can't add comments or replies or follow the question.

0 comments
Answer accepted by question author
Anonymous
2013-10-20T23:06:00+00:00

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

Was this answer helpful?

50+ people found this answer helpful.
0 comments

93 additional answers

Sort by: Newest
Most helpful Newest Oldest
  1. Anonymous
    2016-02-11T17:32:00+00:00

    Rajesh,

    I am having problems with the command wsreset . Each time I attempt to run it, I receive the following and am unable to open Windows Store:

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  2. Anonymous
    2016-01-17T17:24:57+00:00

    Can you try this one?I don't remember where I have found this but I had the same problem and this was what worked for me.1) Search for "Windows PowerShell"2) Right-click on the PowerShell, then "Run as Administrator"3) Copy the following code and paste to the PowerShell window: Get-AppXPackage | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}4)Press "Enter".After this you do not need to do anything, maybe you can re-start the computer, but mine worked without re-starting.I suppose, what this code does is to re-register the Apps. Note: This code probably resets application info stored in your system like your stats in a game/app.

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  3. Anonymous
    2016-01-15T07:27:35+00:00

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  4. Anonymous
    2016-01-15T07:11:34+00:00

    Dear Yahya Al-Din,

    I have Windows 10 installed on my laptop and the past few days I don't have access to the Windows Store. The error I get is the one of the thread but by trying to resolve the situation the way you suggest I get the following error in the Window PowerShell window. Would you be so kind to give me a hand to resolve the problem. Plus, I have found out I am missing the file WSReset.exe and I haven't managed to download it from any possible source. Thank you very much in advance. Best regards.

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments