Hello Alvin027,
Good day! I'm John and I'll be happy to assist you today. I know this has been difficult for you, Rest assured, I'm going to do my best to help you. What is your current Windows version and edition? Press Start then click Settings(Gear icon), select System then About.
Please try this if it helps.
Please make sure to uninstall the Microsoft Store and Xbox app first.
**Uninstall the Microsoft Store app:
Press Windows key + X
Click and Run Windows PowerShell as Administrator. Copy and paste the command below then press Enter.
get-appxpackage *WindowsStore* | remove-appxpackage
**Uninstall the Xbox app
Open Settings then select Apps
Under Apps and Features, find Xbox app
Click it then Uninstall
Once the two apps are uninstalled, install the Xbox app from the link below
https://aka.ms/XboxInstaller
Restart your computer then open the Xbox app
This will prompt to install the Microsoft Store app
Please check if the issue still persists.
Kindly let me know if this helps or if you have any further concerns.
Kind regards,
John DeV
Independent Advisor
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Hello Alvin027,
Good day! I'm John and I'll be happy to assist you today. I know this has been difficult for you, Rest assured, I'm going to do my best to help you. What is your current Windows version and edition? Press Start then click Settings(Gear icon), select System then About.
Please try this if it helps.
Please make sure to uninstall the Microsoft Store and Xbox app first.
**Uninstall the Microsoft Store app:
Press Windows key + X
Click and Run Windows PowerShell as Administrator. Copy and paste the command below then press Enter.
get-appxpackage *WindowsStore* | remove-appxpackage
**Uninstall the Xbox app
Open Settings then select Apps
Under Apps and Features, find Xbox app
Click it then Uninstall
Once the two apps are uninstalled, install the Xbox app from the link below
https://aka.ms/XboxInstaller
Restart your computer then open the Xbox app
This will prompt to install the Microsoft Store app
Please check if the issue still persists.
Kindly let me know if this helps or if you have any further concerns.
Kind regards,
John DeV
Independent Advisor
It did help thank you so much! I was able to download minecraft this time but the microsoft store is still gone
We needed to deploy new store apps without opening the store. Could not find a way to do it other than using https://store.rg-adguard.net. It's not that I don't trust them, I just didn't know what they were doing so that won't fly with security.
You might need to bypass some of your own local GPOs to allow store on a single computer using registry keys. That part is on you.
Powershell
Install Entra Module
Install Winget
connect-entra(user must be in the Entra role "User Administrator". This permission is what allows you to download from Microsoft store without logging into it)
winget download "apps store ID" --source=msstore --accept-source-agreements --accept-package-agreements --architecture "x64"
You get the store appID from the URL to the app. https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9mz95kl8mr0l?hl=en-US&gl=US is "9mz95kl8mr0l" for snipping tool
That's it. It will download a zip bundle to your downloads folder. Should include all dependencies.
With the upcoming Windows 11 Microsoft is going to overhaul the Microsoft Store massively.
While I appreciate finally bringing mobile apps to Windows I don't see the advantage for other use cases.
Take Spotify, Discord or Zoom for example. All of these programs have a dedicated installer provided by the developers. What's the point of installing them through the Microsoft Store instead of downloading them manually?
Providing both the app and the manual program installer is a huge tasks for developers. They have to maintain both versions. I can imaging one of them is always going to have an earlier version upgrade/update compared to the other.
Another advantage I can think of manual installing is modding the clients. You can dive into the folder structure and manually edit or mod things (e.g. Minecraft). How would you do this with the Microsoft Store apps?
What's your opinion on this? Do you/will you use the Microsoft Store apps or will you keep using the manual installers?