Error Code 0x80072efd in Windows 8.1 Store.

Anonymous
2013-11-14T15:58:32+00:00

Hey there,

Whenever I open the store, i get and error coded 0x80072efd, saying that 'We weren't able to connect to the store. This might have happened because the server problem or the network connection might have timed out.' Please help me out here. Note that i updated my factory installed windows 8 by downloading the win 8.1 pro from MS Store. Also my other apps are working fine and able to connect to the internet and I checked my firewall and Store is allowed in the 'Allow apps' option of Firewall config.

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Anonymous
2013-12-23T04:56:11+00:00

Hi Nayan,

Sorry for the late reply.

Check if proxy connection is enabled. If yes, then disable the proxy connection and check the status.

Follow the steps to disable proxy:

a. Open Internet Explorer.

b. Click Tools and then click Internet Options.

c. Click on the Connections tab.

d. Click on the LAN Settings button.

e. Then uncheck the option Use a proxy server for your LAN.

f. Click Apply.

If that does not help, Microsoft has come up with a little tool. You can download the Microsoft Account Troublefooter from here:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/F/2/4/F24D0C03-4181-4E5B-A23B-5C3A6B5974E3/microsoftaccounts.diagcab

Hope this helps.

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-05-21T01:52:19+00:00

    Hi Toni,

    Please refer to the suggestion provided by 'Lasse Jørgensen' on March 18, 2014.  It was caused by a third-party program Hola or a similar program intefering with the Internet connection.

    http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows8_1-windows_store/windows-81-store-error-code-0x80072efd-and-update/d317abba-a135-40d0-bf61-1bdf8fe16f95?page=2

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-05-21T01:46:52+00:00

    Hi Jeanette,

    Thank you for sharing the information on how you were able to fix the issue.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-05-21T01:45:50+00:00

    Hi Josh,

    You are welcome and I am glad it helped. Feel free to post any query with Windows in the future.

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-05-20T18:01:54+00:00

    I tried the fix that Josh talked about above and it didn't work.  Another thread suggested turning off the firewall and wait a couple minutes and turn it back on.  I also uninstalled Hulu Plus as that was suggested also.  This worked for me.

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