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?

 

[Dom T]

hi
where can i find that code in laptop, i have put into cortana and it has not got any results

 

[Dom T]

Re: App Store won't open Windows 10

hi
where can i find that location? I have put it into Cortana but there have been no results.

 

[olehk123]

it didnt work for me

 

[Jasmine L]

Re: App Store won't open Windows 10

This is what happens to me, too. The folder from above was empty, and I have tried everything I have found on the web. But I keep getting "You will need a new app to open this ms-windows-store" The OK button is consistently greyed out, and so I can't click on it. Help, please!

 

[Da Coon]

Re: App Store won't open Windows 10

I still seem to be having this problem

 

[fereydoon2002]

what if there wasn't any file in that folder and still it has problem?

 

[midnightfrolic]

Not meaning to resurrect an necro thread, but this might help some.

https://thomas.vanhoutte.be/miniblog/reinstall-default-build-in-windows-10-apps/

Rebuild all default Win 10 apps. Open Powershell and run this command:

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

 

[Stu Wright]

I found the following worked for me also
- 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"}

 

[rnousain]

This file folder is empty. Yet Store App remains unresponsive.

 

[Scutu Mix]

Similar problem here. But is not even open anything - like the start menu shortcut is not working. Nothing opens and no errors.
I've read most of the post and nothing worked!

Microsoft know about this?

 

[Samantha Hernandez2]

i tried it and when i copy the ink it says theirs no match found....

 

[orlbuckeye]

I tried all those SFC and DISM command and it did nothing so finally I created a new profile (account) and everything worked fine. My original account was a Microsoft account and the new account I created was a local account. After logging in with the local account I logged into the Store and One drive with my MS account and it works fine. I use the command prompt (adminstrator) command to create the account then used the command prompt command to assign admin rights to that account.

 

[MissOC99]

Just did this and it worked beautifully. Thanks!!

MissOC99 :grin:

 

[margaret resin]

Installed windows 10 last night but store won't open

 

[rona tamina]

still doesnt work for me.

"Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some
of them. Details are included in the CBS.Log windir\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. For
example C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. Note that logging is currently not
supported in offline servicing scenarios."

i dont know anymoreee

 

[Satheesh Thallapally]

i did as you said but i'm still unable to open store?

 

[eddieDOTexe]

Similar problem here. But is not even open anything - like the start menu shortcut is not working. Nothing opens and no errors.
I've read most of the post and nothing worked!

Microsoft know about this?

Yeah I can't open Store, Groove, Mail and Calendar. etc. This is the 2nd time his happens this week. I already did a repair installation of Windows and now I'm having the same issue again. I don't think I've reinstalled a version of Windows as often as Windows 10. This version of Windows is pretty garbage. Win7 could at least go one year before I would even think about having it reinstalled.

 

[pavel_sushko]

Re: App Store won't open Windows 10

Doesn't work
Can't find the file

 

[Putra Adi]

Re: App Store won't open Windows 10

I tried your trick, but doesnt work.. anyone has another trick?

 

[Plasbot]

Jonathan Stacey!!
-Thanks buddy your solution worked for me!
I tried all the other solutions: deleting the cache folder (multiple times), logging on with local admin, wsreset, the "Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | ...", nothing worked until I took control of the WindowsApps folder as you described. After taking control of the folder I was able to run the powershell command with NO errors and the store came back up.
So anybody if you are having a bunch of errors come up in red whenever you try the powershell command, go back and take control of the WindowsApps folder first and then run the powershell command.

The only problem is now I cannot figure out how to give ownership of the folder back to TrustedInstaller because TrustedInstaller does not come up in the list when I go to change ownership. But whatever it's working now.