Windows store does not open - missing PurgeCaches

Anonymous
2012-12-02T04:12:22+00:00

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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Anonymous
2013-10-18T17:08:25+00:00

This command line solution (power shell to be exact) I found in other thread fix it for me

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

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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

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Anonymous
2014-10-08T02:46:07+00:00

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.

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Anonymous
2015-04-10T00:54:56+00:00

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!!!!!!!!!!

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-03-11T16:01:58+00:00

    I was eventually able to solve this with a combination of methods.

    First, I had to take ownership of an modify the permissions for the following node:

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModel\Repository\Packages

    I used the method detailed here:

    http://www.kapilarya.com/fix-error-ms-windows-storepurgecaches-while-resetting-app-cache

    Then, after running the WSReset command, I was able to get the store working. However, none of my apps worked.

    To get my apps working, I had to uninstall and reinstall EVERY. SINGLE. STORE. APP. This includes the standard Microsoft ones like Weather, Mail, etc. The only exception is the modern version of IE, which still doesn't work. :(

    Now, everything seems to work fine.

    Quick note: While I am not sure what triggered this, I do have a suspect. I believe this happened after I changed the password for my Microsoft account. I'm not willing to do that again to try and recreate the behavior though.

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