- If you’re having trouble downloading some of the apps available on Windows 10/11, your PC’s app store may be crashing because of a corrupted or damaged file.
- If a computer restart doesn’t help, you’ll need to uninstall and reinstall the Microsoft Store
- What are the steps to follow to reinstall the Microsoft Store via Powershell?
If you’re having trouble downloading some of the apps available in Windows 10 and Windows 11, the app store on your PC may be failing. And in that case you should know the steps to reinstall the Microsoft Store in Windows and get rid of the damaged or corrupt files that could be affecting it.
In the end, the inconvenience of a damaged or corrupt file can alter the normal functioning of practically any element of the operating system and, as in most cases, it is enough to uninstall and then reinstall the service. The Microsoft app store, the Microsoft Store, is no exception in this regard. Whenever it is giving errors, we are going to recommend that you uninstall it from your PC and reinstall it.
In general, this will allow you to get rid of the most common errors that the store may experience, both when you navigate within it and during the download and installation process of any of the programs it contains.
Before continuing, you should know that the procedure in question involves executing commands in PowerShell precisely to remove some of the main packages; so you should opt for this solution only when the previous ones have not given results. For example, you should first restart your computer to see if that helps.
On the other hand, before continuing, you should create a restore point from the system before deleting the store. Assuming something goes wrong, which is unlikely, you can return to this point and try again.
Uninstall Microsoft Store on Windows
Unlike the other apps, you can’t remove the Microsoft Store from Settings, nor by going to Control Panel. You have to run a command from a Powershell window, like we said.
- Go to the Start menu of your PC and open Powershell by right clicking and Run as administrator
- In the User Account Control message, click Yes, and in the Powershell window type this command: Get-AppxPackage -allusers WindowsStore | Remove-AppxPackage
- Press Enter and wait for the command to actually run, deleting the Microsoft Store
As you can read in the command, running it will remove the Microsoft Store from all user accounts. Once the store removal is complete, close Powershell, restart your PC, and prepare to reinstall the store.
Reinstall Microsoft Store on Windows
To reinstall the Microsoft Store on your PC, completely up to date and without damaged or corrupt files, there is another command in Powershell that does the opposite action, reinstalling the store on windows.
- Go to the Start menu of your PC and open Powershell by right clicking and Run as administrator
- In the User Account Control message, click Yes, and in the Powershell window type this command: Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers Microsoft.WindowsStore* | Foreach {Add-Apapachase -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”}
- Press Enter and wait for the command to actually run, reinstalling the Microsoft Store
As you can see, you don’t have to be an expert or anything to troubleshoot the store.
Have you managed to reinstall the Microsoft Store in Windows?
