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Windows store does not open; always goes back to start screen. When I opened, wsreset.exe, then I got this error message...
Windows cannot find 'ms-windows-store:PurgeCaches'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again.
What should I do? Note that the store actually works in other user account.
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This command line solution (power shell to be exact) I found in other thread fix it for me
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Luis Cantero replied on
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Please run the following in a Command Window to re-register the Store app:
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $Env:SystemRoot\WinStore\AppxManifest.xml
Don't do anything else other than cutting and running this code make sure you do nothing else other than Running this.
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $Env:SystemRoot\WinStore\AppxManifest.xml
I wish i have known this before i re-freshed my wndows 8. What happened to me was that i deleted the packages folder C:\Users\**********\AppData\Local\Packages\.* i thought it was temp files or cache. Microsoft should change the location of this package folder or add recognizable name such as Store Apps Packages.
Thanks for your help.
Running powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $Env:SystemRoot\WinStore\AppxManifest.xml at the command line (Search->Run->cmd.exe) is the answer! I've been having this problem for months and this finally fixed it. THANK YOU TO WHOMEVER FIGURED THIS OUT!!!!!!!!!!
Not sure if it would've worked. I ended up doing a format and fresh install. Now everything is fine. Just sucks to have to start over.
This isn't really helping as much as adding my info and some of my thoughts to the pile:
I have the same issue, and just went into the windows folder on my HD and the "winstore" folder doesn't exist in C:\Windows, and was not found using the folder search (thus was not found in any sub folders). Not claiming to be an expert and have not done an exhaustive search through all files/folders (including hidden ones) but it seems that somehow the windows store got moved or deleted.
I will note that this started for me this morning (Sunday, 3/18/2018) after I fully powered down my computer last night. Previous to that it had not been restarted or powered down since Friday, when I attempted to re-install some windows98 and XP era games (they ran), but in the middle of working with those, two windows updates installed: KB4090914 (Update for Microsoft Windows) & KB4088776 (Security Update for Microsoft Windows).
For what it's worth, everything in my system that doesn't deal with the windows store, windows update (this set of options is completely missing from the control panel), or the task bar appears functiona: File explorer, powershell and command line all still seem to work, so do Mozilla, and my games that don't use the store, as well as Microsoft Office programs... Everything I have been able to go find a .exe file for.
I can also still access things like the control panel and all the settings that are currently otherwise unavailable (since they seem to be tied to whatever is missing) by holding the windows key, and pressing r, then typing "control" without quotes. It opens the control pannel for access to settings and where you can eventually navigate to see things like when updates were installed, etc.
Maybe somebody else can find the source of this or some neat way to reinstall the store (and Cortana apparently?) But other than that right now it's looking like a reinstall is going to be the only way.
