Microsoft Store How to download - Windows 11

Anonymous
2022-03-09T22:37:02+00:00

I just got a new PC and I can't find Microsoft Store anywhere in apps. Is there a way to download it?

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Microsoft Store

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John DeV 170.2K Reputation points Independent Advisor
2022-03-09T23:08:02+00:00

Hello bay.,

Good day! I'm John DeV a Windows user like you and I'll be happy to assist you today. I know this has been difficult for you, Rest assured, I'm going to do my best to help you.

**Reinstall the Microsoft Store app

Open/Run PowerShell as Administrator

Copy and paste the command below then hit Enter:

Get-AppXPackage *WindowsStore* -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

Restart your computer

Kindly let me know if this helps or if you have any further concerns.

Kind regards,

John DeV

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Sumit 44,431 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2022-08-22T14:19:17+00:00

Please try a repair install to get Store after a Factory Reset:

Repair Install Windows 11 using an ISO file - Your Windows Guide

Do a repair install of Windows 11 using an Installation Media that keeps everything and reinstalls Windows to fix issues on the computer.

  • First of all, download a windows 11 insider ISO file from the following link:
    https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/software-download/Windows11
  • Under Download ISO file, select Windows 11.
  • Click Download and choose the Language in which Windows is installed.
  • Click 64-bit Download to start the download.
  • When the file has completed downloading, open it, which should mount the installation file to a separate drive in the File Explorer.
  • Open the drive and click on setup.exe, which should show you a preparing screen.
  • Follow the steps.

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-06-10T19:24:19+00:00

    Same here.....No one on the internet seems to know how to reinstall the damn Microsoft store!!!!!!!

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-03-22T20:23:30+00:00

    Hello,

    I have a similar issue to what the original poster had, bay, but mine is a bit more complicated. I do not have the microsoft store on my machine at all, I uninstalled it with the intent to reinstall but I am unable to do so.

    My command prompt does not open at all (I have windows 11 as well and it is labeled as Windows Terminal when I right click on the Start icon to open it that way). I am unable to open the start menu as well. There is simply the blue circle icon showing the action is loading but the start menu never opens.

    When I try to open the windows terminal, I get an error saying that 'wt.exe' was not found and make sure you are clicking on the right file or location. This has confused me for a month now and I am not sure how to fix it.

    Because of this, I am unable to download any application updates from the Microsoft store which is needed for the Windows terminal and other features like Windows Subsystem for Linux. I recently upgraded my os on my laptop to Windows 11 hoping this could fix the problem, but it has not.

    Any suggestions?

    Edit: Update, I figured out how to run powershell in admin mode using "Windows key + r" and i ran the same command as listed in john dev's post. My issue now is I get an error that says as follows on the powershell window:

    PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-AppXPackage *WindowsStore* -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"} Add-AppxPackage : Cannot find path 'C:\AppXManifest.xml' because it does not exist.

    At line:1 char:53

    • ... | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.I ... 
    •             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      • CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (C:\AppXManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], ItemNotFoundException
      • FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand

    Now I am stuck again.

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