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.

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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

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-07-10T23:03:06+00:00

    I followed the above instructions and this what I got ..............

    Add-AppxPackage : Cannot find path 'C:\WINDOWS\WinStore\AppxManifest.xml' because it does not exist.

    At line:1 char:1

    • Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register C:\WINDOWS\WinStore ... 
    •

        + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (C:\WINDOWS\WinStore\AppxManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], ItemN

       FoundException

        + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-07-12T04:07:32+00:00

    Does not fix.

    When I load the store it blinks and tries to go but only for a split second.   Then returns me to where I started.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-07-30T14:47:15+00:00

    It doesnt work for me,

    it does work for awhile (the powershell)

    but it says some of the activity wont show,is that normal?

    i tried the WSReset.exe again and it's still not working,already tried all.

    im kinda giving up now.

    my problem from the Windows app is : it's keep closing itself and just go back to my desktop screen.

    do you have any suggestion?

    thanks

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-09-13T18:03:39+00:00

    I get

    PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $Env:

    SystemRoot\WinStore\AppxManifest

    Add-AppxPackage : Cannot find path 'C:\WINDOWS\WinStore\AppxManifest' because it does not exist.

    At line:1 char:1

    • Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register C:\WINDOWS\WinStore ... 
    •

        + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (C:\WINDOWS\WinStore\AppxManifest:String) [Add-AppxPackage], ItemNotFoun

       dException

        + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand

    Still no store!

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