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

2013-10-30T01:12:46+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.

READ!!!!

Yahya!!!! You are AMAZING!!!! So if you're App Store isn't working, PLEASE...PLEASE follow Yahya's instructions! Only thing is you want to hit Windows Button + "R" and then copy and past the following:

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

After I did that I was able to connect to the Windows Store no problem! BAM and BAM!!!! DO IT, and get on with your life! Cheers to you Yahya!
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Anonymous

2013-11-02T18:32:21+00:00

I have same problem my Windows store not open I'm getting message below in the picture I have try everything not work for me Windows 8.1 MC please help?!
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Anonymous

2013-11-05T01:36:23+00:00
This fix doesnt work for me. I get

PS C:\Users\John> powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Add-AppxPackage -Disa

bleDevelopmentMode -Register $Env:SystemRoot\WinStore\AppxManifest.xml

Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could

not be registered. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80073CF6)

An internal error occurred with error 0x80070005. See

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=235160 for help diagnosing app

deployment issues.

NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId]

d995a655-d5d8-0000-5fa6-97d9d8d5ce01 in the Event Log or use the command line

Get-AppxLog -ActivityID d995a655-d5d8-0000-5fa6-97d9d8d5ce01

At line:1 char:1
- Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register
C:\Windows\WinStore\AppxManife ...
```
+ CategoryInfo          : WriteError: (C:\Windows\WinStore\AppxManifest.xm

l:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageMa

nager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
```
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Anonymous

2013-11-05T20:54:08+00:00

Thank you, I have been trying to fix this since installing 8.1 on 10/17/2013. I have tried 15 or so different fixes/ pieces of advice. Nothing worked until I found this. Yes - you are amazing. Thanks again.
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