Why won't the App Store open in Windows 10?

[Windows Central Question]

When I open the app store, the splash screen comes up and then just disappears and nothing ever happens. Had anyone seen a fix for this?

 

[Carolyn Thielke]

How do I know my user ID for the group? as I cannot get the first fix to open the page to clear the cache and go that route. Also, I tried the second fix, going to Cortana- and that does nothing- I click on it and nothing happens. I am at a loss. I need to get programs back that I can do photo editing and modifying, publisher type and such .... Nothing will open for me any more.

 

[kricko]

I found the following worked for me
- Go to Start Menu > All Apps > Windows Power Shell
- Right click on Windows PowerShell and select run as administrator
- Enter the following command and press enter:
Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

 

[dotron]

The only thing that worked for me:
Open services.msc and make sure that Windows Update service is not disabled. Set to Manual or Automatic.

 

[Lars Kappler]

I found the following worked for me
- Go to Start Menu > All Apps > Windows Power Shell
- Right click on Windows PowerShell and select run as administrator
- Enter the following command and press enter:
Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

This is what worked for me

 

[Daniel Corrigan]

It didn't work! D

 

[Daniel Corrigan]

S C:\Users\Danny> Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallL
ocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}
Get-AppXPackage : Access is denied.
Access is denied.
At line:1 char:1
+ Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopm ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: ) [Get-AppxPackage], UnauthorizedAccessException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.UnauthorizedAccessException,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.GetApp
xPackageCommand

PS C:\Users\Danny>
is what i got

 

[jimmywyze]

Re: App Store won't open Windows 10

Christopher,
I tried what you suggested and I can only get part of it. I click on c: then user then user_name and then I don't see AppData. What do I do from there. Thanks

Jimmy

 

[Nellie Wilkins]

Do I need to restart after its done?

 

[Steven Metz]

I couldn't find the cache folder described in this thread and it so annoyed me to have the store in my apps list but dysfunctional, so I just removed it from the app list. I assume Microsoft doesn't really want me shopping the store or they'd fix it.

 

[Gregory Liu]

I have the nearly exact same issue as bludwraith except I didn't do an upgrade from Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit to Windows 10 Pro but bought a full install on a flash drive of Win10 and did everything suggested on this issue and none of them worked. I had two AnswerDesk techs from Microsoft spend over 8 hours remotely attempting to fix it (essentially doing everything listed here and then some) and neither of them could get the Store app to take and both effectively gave up! Truly frustrated!
:angry:

 

[Peter Kiet]

it's not working.Can you find another way to fix it. thanks a lot

 

[lifemarine]

Re: App Store won't open Windows 10

This worked for me, and was the simplest solution ... for several things ... thanks cbird703!

 

[wpfan2be]

Re: App Store won't open Windows 10

No luck here. Had to remove and recreate the user. Then the store showed up again. What a pain...

 

[Mark Krisburg]

Re: App Store won't open Windows 10

Someone is kind enough to post a solution that worked for him, and you want no one to do that until they are certain that this will solve a similar problem for everybody?

Are you serious?

 

[KingTiger]

So I've done the sfc/scannow and my microsoft store still wont open. It says the servers have stumbled, please try again.

 

[dusty_58]

Checked out the $WINDOWS drive and clicked the Install Now button, and I got this:

Windows was unable to locate required installation file [boot.wim]
Error code: 0x80070002

Searching that error brings up issues with Windows Update.

I got the automatic repair loop on Windows 10 last night, months after doing the free upgrade. Hadn't installed or changed anything recently. iTunes has been giving me some issues, and also I saw some error related to OneDrive before the loop. But last night was the first time something seemed majorly wrong. The loop kinda fixed itself, but not without some new problems.

I cannot launch the store, calculator, mail, calendar, Candy Crush Saga... Paint works. Edge works. Weather works.

Most errors and problems I've searched the internet for have been from Windows 8. Can't find much for 10.

 

[dusty_58]

I found the following worked for me
- Go to Start Menu > All Apps > Windows Power Shell
- Right click on Windows PowerShell and select run as administrator
- Enter the following command and press enter:
Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

I found this suggestion on numerous pages, and it did nothing for me. It spewed out a bunch of text for about 10 minutes, then nothing.

 

[Blkacesvf41]

I found this suggestion on numerous pages, and it did nothing for me. It spewed out a bunch of text for about 10 minutes, then nothing.

The only way I could fix mine was by doing a refresh on my laptop.

 

[stwrtnck]

Hi,
I tried your suggestion but it did not work for me. Thanks anyway.

 

[That Magician You Like]

when i do the C:\Users\imnottellingyoumyusername\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsStore_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache, it doesnt open, neither does it open at all.