Methods to Fix Microsoft Store Missing in Windows 10

Like the markets in our real world, windows 10 provides us with a digital market from where you can download and purchase different apps, games, software, books, etc. That market is called the “Microsoft Store”. It is the easiest way to find and download things for a windows user, and the best thing is you can find a lot of good apps, games, and books while looking for any specific app. But what if this market goes missing one day? Or it stops working? Then what would a windows user do? Now you would be thinking that is it really possible? Can a product of such a huge company just stop working or go missing without any warning or notice? Well, the answer to that question is “YES” it can go missing without prior notification. There are multiple reports from different users that their Microsoft store has gone missing but the apps they downloaded from it are still in their system. Some of the users say that their store went missing after they have updated their Microsoft windows 10. So what causes the store to get vanished in thin air? Well, it happens when some of the Microsoft Store’s file gets corrupted or deleted. But you don’t have to worry because in this article we will tell you how to restore Windows 10 Microsoft store.

1: Restart the Microsoft store cache

Follow some steps to carry out this process.

First of all, you are required to open Run Box. This can be done either by pressing the windows and R key at the same time or by writing “Run Box” in the search bar of the OS and clicking on its icon once it comes up in the results.
Once Run Box has been launched, type the following in it: exe. When this has been typed it, press the Ok button.
As soon as the Ok button is pressed, a command prompt window will open up and in it’s console, a command will be executed.
Once the command prompt has finished its operation, you will be required to restart the system and when the system is turned back on, you should search for the Microsoft store in the search bar of the operating system and check if it shows up in the results or not.

2: Use the windows store troubleshooter

The windows store troubleshooter is a powerful tool and it is pre-installed in the windows 10 operating system. This tool is used for deciding various common issues in a system and is also able to remove / solve them. This troubleshooter is also used for locating the windows store, if it is missing.

To use this troubleshooter, you will be required to follow some simple steps.

In search bar of the operating system, you will be required to type “settings” and once the settings icon shows up in the results, click on it so that it can be launched. A shortcut way of launching settings is by holding the windows and I key at the same time.
In settings, there will be a list of sections located at the left side of this window. From these sections, click on the update & security
In the update & security section, you will need to look for the troubleshooter tab. When this tab is found, press it and a new window will pop up.
In this window, you should click on the Windows Store Apps heading located in the right panel and then press the Run the troubleshooter button.
Now the Troubleshooter will begin its operation and starts to detects all the problems that are linked to the windows web store. Once the operation has been completed, you will be notified.
After completion of the troubleshooter operation, you need to restart your system and once the system turns back on, type “Microsoft store” in the search bar of the operating system and check if it shows up in the results or not.

3: Repair the Microsoft store through a manual procedure

If you are not able to fix and find the windows store in their operating system by using the methods mentioned above, then you will need to repair the windows store through a manual process.

To carry out these operations, some steps are needed to be followed.

Firstly, you should download a zip file from microsoft.com/fwlink/…kId=619547. Once this file has been downloaded, right click on it and a drop-down menu will appear. From this menu, select the unzip option.
Once the unzip operation has been completed then you should place this file in the following location: C:\Users\Your_Username\Desktop.
The next step is to run windows PowerShell as an administrator. This can be done by clicking on the windows and the X key at the same time.
A new window will pop up and it will contain a message that will state that if you want to operate windows PowerShell as an administrator. Approve to this message by clicking on the Yes button.
In the windows PowerShell Tab, type the following: Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted. Press the enter key in order to execute it.
You need to hit the y and enter key, if the power shell application asks that whether you want to change the execution policy or not.
The next step is to type in another command in the power shell window. This command is: cd C:\Users\Your_Username\Desktop.\reinstall-preinstalledApps.ps1 *Microsoft.WindowsStore*. Hit the enter key for the execution of this command.
You should add your own username instead of “Your Username” in the command, else the command will not be executed and an error will occur.
Now in the search bar of the operating system, you should type “Run box” and once the results show, click on Run Box’s icon in order to launch it.
In Run Box put in the following command: exe. Press the ok button, when this command is pasted in Run box.
A Message will pop up, which will state “reset windows store cache”. Hit the Ok button to approve this message.
Open up the windows power shell tab again as an administrator and type the following command in it: Set-ExecutionPolicy AllSigned. Hit the enter key so that this command can be executed.
Now restart the computer and check if the Microsoft store missing issue has been resolved by this method or not.

4: Register your Microsoft store again

Sometimes the Microsoft store missing issue can be solved by re-registering the Microsoft store.

A small procedure is to be carried for this method:

In the search bar of the operating system, you are required to type “PowerShell” and once the required icon is displayed in the search results, right click on it.
A drop-down menu will appear by the right clicking it and from this menu, choose the Run as administrator option. A message will appear, which will state that do you want to run windows PowerShell as an administrator. Click on the yes button.
Once the windows PowerShell application has been launched, type the following command in it: Get-AppXPackage | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”}. When this command has been pasted, press the enter key for its execution.
Now restart the system and once it turns back on, check if the Microsoft store missing issue has been solved or not.

5: Using the DSIM command

Sometimes the reason why the windows 10 store might be missing in an operating system is because of various system files, that are either missing or have been corrupted. You can repair or remove such files from the system, a built-in tool of windows names “DSIM”. This tool can grab the details of all the system files and can remove the corrupted ones as well.

To run a DSIM command, a step-by-step approach is required to be followed.

You are needed to access Run box. This can be done either by pressing the windows and R key at the same time or by writing “Run Box” in the search bar of the OS and clicking on its icon, once it comes up in the results.
In “Run Box”, you need to type “cmd” and press the Ctrl, shift and Enter keys at the same time in order to launch the command prompt as an administrator.

Now put the following command one by one in the command prompt and press the enter key, each time a command is placed in the command prompt. The commands are:
- Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth
  Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth
  Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

The DISM process will begin now and you should wait once this has been completed.

IF the command that are mentioned above, do not resolve the issue, then you need to type in the following commands and press enter after each command has been typed in the prompt’s console:
- Dism /Image:C:\offline /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:c:\test\mount\windows
  Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:c:\test\mount\windows /LimitAccess

Restart your system and check if the Microsoft store is still missing or not.

6: Develop a new user account.

If the Microsoft store missing error is still not fixed by using any of the methods above, then you are required to create a new user account on the operating system.

First of all, you need to type “settings” in the search bar of the OS and once the settings icon shows up in the results, press it.
In settings, there will be a section labelled “accounts”. click on this section and inside it, you need to press on the Family & other users
Inside this tab, you need to locate a heading labelled “other users”. Once this section is located, press on Add someone else to this PC, displayed underneath this heading.
A new window will pop up and, in this window, scroll towards the bottom and press on I don’t have this person’s sign-in information. On the next page of this window, again scroll towards the bottom and click on Add a user without a Microsoft account.
On the next page, you can type in a new username and password if you want to and once you are done then press on the next button in order to finish the account making process.
Now again go to the Family & other users tab and press on the new account that you have just created. You now need to select the Change account type, which will be located under the other users
Change the account type of the newly created account from Standard User to Administrator and press on the Ok button, when these changes are done.
After all this process has been done, log out from your current account and log into the newly created account.
In the new user account, check if Microsoft store is still missing or not.

If your problem is resolved by this method then it can be said that there might be some issues in your current account because of which the Microsoft store is missing in it. You can transfer all of your new files from the old account to this one and once the transfer is done, eradicate the old account.

7: System restores

System restore is a tool that can shift your system into its previous state without having any effect on yours document and other important data. Only the recently installed software’s and drivers will be removed from the system.

To use system, restore, a proper process is to be followed.

To start this process, you are required to launch Run Box. You can do this either by searching “Run box” in the search bar of the OS and click on its icon, once it is found in the search results or by pressing the windows and R key at the same time.
Once Run box is launched, paste the following command in its bar and press on its Ok button. The command is: cpl.
On pressing the ok button of Run box, a system properties tab will open up. In this Tab, locate the system restore option and once it is located, press it.
A message will pop up now. You should read this message first and then click on the next button, located at the bottom of the message window.
Now you will be required to choose a System restore point and once you have selected your desired point, hit the next button. If none of the displayed desired system restore points are of your preference, then you can click on the Show more restore points option and choose a restore point among these options.
In the next step, you should confirm your restore point and press the finish and yes button.
Your system will now restart and once it turns back on, you should check whether the missing Microsoft store error has been resolved or not.

8: Install Microsoft store via An Appx package

You can install the windows store and its dependencies in via several “. Appx “installers and a “. AppxBundle” package via the Microsoft servers.

First of all, paste the following website in the address bar of any of your internet browsers: https://store.rg-adguard.net/. This website provides direct installation links for Microsoft store that point towards the official Microsoft servers.
In this website, there will be an address bar on its front page. Paste the following link in this address bar: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/microsoft-store/9wzdncrfjbmp .
You are now required to choose the retail option and once this is selected, press on the generate button, located next to the retail tab. Be sure to download those versions of the windows store that are compatible with your system else an error might occur.
Once you have downloaded the required “.appx” files, run them one by one. A Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073D02 error might occur during the installation of the .appx files. This error occurs because these files might be already installed in the system. Ignore the “.appx” files that cause such an error.
When you have installed all the dependencies of the windows store, Run the Windows Store “.appxbundle” file and finish the process. After installation of this file, the Microsoft store application would become a part of your system.

9: Reset this PC.

This is the least preferred method for solving the windows store missing issue. The reason for this is that by resetting your system, all the files and other important data located in the main drive of the system will be deleted. Use this method only when known of the above-mentioned methods help to resolve your issue.

There are some steps to be followed related to this method.

Go towards the search bar of the OS and type “settings” in it. Once the result show up, click on the settings Icon.
In settings, there will be an update & security TAB. Click on this Tab and in it, press on the recovery option, that will be presented under the Reset this PC
On clicking the recovery option, a new tab will open up and you will be asked whether you want to keep your files or delete everything. Choose your preferred option and begin this procedure.
Once this procedure is completed, your whole system will be refreshed and you will be able to locate the Microsoft store now.