Once again Windows 10 Store is failing to launch. This seems to occur after Windows updates take place. In this latest occurance, Windows 10 updated itself, BSOD, then I manually rolled back the update (took 4+ hours) and when it came back up, the Windows store would no longer launch.
Universal applications were launching. In some cases the breaking of the store has been noted with an inability to launch universal apps as well.
Please note that I attempted all standard Windows 10 Store troubleshooting and repair except for wiping my profile and creating a new one.
When I attempted to use the built in Windows 10 Troubleshooter, it would fail with an error “Invalid Registry”.
Ultimately what fixed it was the following process:
- In the Search box, type CMD
- Right click on Command Prompt and choose Run as administrator
- In the command prompt, enter the following command:
PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command "& {$manifest = (Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.WindowsStore).InstallLocation + '\AppxManifest.xml' ; Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $manifest}"
