Windows Store apps not opening in Windows 10

[HappyAndyK]

If Windows Store apps not opening in Windows 10, after you upgraded from Windows 8.1 / 7 then this post will show you how to fix the problem quickly.



You will have to re-register the Windows Store apps. To do this, type the following in a elevated PowerShell window and hit Enter:

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

Hope this helps.

See this post if Windows Store itself is not working in Windows 10.

[aggiebryan]

I had to register, just to thank you! This had been driving me nuts for a couple of days. THANK YOU!

[Jonatan]

I tried MANY different solutions, including multiple powershell commands and none worked, but this did the trick! Thank you!

[gsniagara]

I get the following message:

Get-AppXPackage : The term 'Get-AppXPackage' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or
operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try
again.
At line:1 char:1
+ Get-AppXPackage | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -R ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Get-AppXPackage:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

Please assist...thank you

[SGeeves]

Thank you - it solved the problem

[Debbie]

Tried this but didn't work for me.
Could you please do screen shots showing how it is done?

[HappyAndyK]

Debbie:

Type powershell in taskbar search.

In the result 'Windows PowerShell' that appear, right-click on it and select Run as administrator.

Now in this blue PowerShell window, copy-paste the above code and hit Enter.

[Pachangazz]

The Powershell command worked like a charm. Thanks a million for the post...

[Animaniac]

My problem is that store won't upgrade. I tried the Powershell command run as admin, and got this:
HRESULT: 0X80073D02, The package could not be installed because resources it modifies are currently in use.
error: 0x80004004: Unable to install because the following apps need to be closed
Microsoft.Windows.ShellExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyew y!App.
etc.

[Earman]

I get the following message:

Get-AppXPackage : The term 'Get-AppXPackage' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or
operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try
again.
At line:1 char:1
+ Get-AppXPackage | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -R ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Get-AppXPackage:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

Please assist...thank you

It is likely you are on an non-elevated powershell. Go to start menu. TYpe PowerShell. Then right click on PowerShell and run as Administartor. YOu should not have the error anymore.