Hi LewisCrow
Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.
Based on the description you posted, it seems that you have an issue with Surface laptop go wherein you want to install all apps on your old tablet to new one.
Yes, you can access the install files of the Microsoft Store app on your old Surface tablet. Here are the steps to follow:
- Open File Explorer on your old Surface tablet.
- Navigate to the following folder: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps
- Find the folder for the app you want to install on your new Surface tablet. The folder name will be in the format "PublisherName.AppName_VersionNumber".
- Right-click on the folder and select "Copy".
- Open email and paste from there and send it on your own.
- Open the email on your new PC.
- Paste the copied folder to a location on your new Surface tablet.
- On your new Surface tablet, open the Microsoft Store app and click on the three dots in the top right corner.
- Select "My Library" and find the app you want to install.
- Click on the app and select "Install".
You can access your Microsoft downloads from the Microsoft Store by following these steps:
- Go to the Order history page on the Microsoft Store website and sign in with the Microsoft account you used to make the purchase.
- Find the software you want to download and select then install.
I hope I have answered all your questions. Please let me know how it goes.
Kind regards,
Christopher.
Hi LewisCrow
Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.
Based on the description you posted, it seems that you have an issue with Surface laptop go wherein you want to install all apps on your old tablet to new one.
Yes, you can access the install files of the Microsoft Store app on your old Surface tablet. Here are the steps to follow:
- Open File Explorer on your old Surface tablet.
- Navigate to the following folder: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps
- Find the folder for the app you want to install on your new Surface tablet. The folder name will be in the format "PublisherName.AppName_VersionNumber".
- Right-click on the folder and select "Copy".
- Open email and paste from there and send it on your own.
- Open the email on your new PC.
- Paste the copied folder to a location on your new Surface tablet.
- On your new Surface tablet, open the Microsoft Store app and click on the three dots in the top right corner.
- Select "My Library" and find the app you want to install.
- Click on the app and select "Install".
You can access your Microsoft downloads from the Microsoft Store by following these steps:
- Go to the Order history page on the Microsoft Store website and sign in with the Microsoft account you used to make the purchase.
- Find the software you want to download and select then install.
I hope I have answered all your questions. Please let me know how it goes.
Kind regards,
Christopher.
- Open File Explorer on your old Surface tablet.
- Navigate to the following folder: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps
- Find the folder for the app you want to install on your new Surface tablet. The folder name will be in the format "PublisherName.AppName_VersionNumber".
- Right-click on the folder and select "Copy".
- Open email and paste from there and send it on your own.
- Open the email on your new PC.
- Paste the copied folder to a location on your new Surface tablet.
- On your new Surface tablet, open the Microsoft Store app and click on the three dots in the top right corner.
- Select "My Library" and find the app you want to install.
- Click on the app and select "Install".
I get to step 9 and then I have a problem. The app is not listed in my library on my new Surface. It only lists things I've installed on my new Surface, not anything I installed on my old one. Is there a way to install the app from the folder I copied over from the old Surface?
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I have a group of Windows 10 workstations that previously had the group policies "Disable All Apps from the Microsoft Store" and "Turn of the Store application."
Now because of reasons these machines need the Microsoft Camera app installed. After turning off the GPO's, I'm still unable to install either the Windows Store or the Camera app.
I've tried the following
running wsreset.exe
removing and re-installing all store apps with "Get-AppxPackage -allusers | foreach {Add-AppxPackage -register "$($_.InstallLocation)\appxmanifest.xml" -DisableDevelopmentMode}"
Downloading and installing with the appxbundle for the camera app from MS Store for Business
Trying to reinstall the Windows Store with "Get-AppXPackage WindowsStore -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}"
Removing and re-adding the user profile
Short of reimaging the machine, does anyone know another way to reinstall the Windows Store.
- Go to https://apps.microsoft.com/store/apps
- Search for your App
- Copy the ID from the URL, for example:
9WZDNCRFJ3TJ - run the following command
winget install 9WZDNCRFJ3TJ -s msstore
If you do not have winget here are some instructions how to install: https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli
This is what I tried and worked out for me:
- Go to MS Store and copy the link of the app you want to install https://apps.microsoft.com/store/apps
- Copy the link of the app and paste in this website https://store.rg-adguard.net, search in
RPmode. - In the results, download only the files that end with the extensions
.appx,.appxbundle, or.msixbundle.
Note: Avoid files with extensions.eappx,.eappxbundle, or.emsixbundle, as these are encrypted files. - Right-click of the app you need and save as, your browser .might detect it as a harmful app, you can ignore and keep the file
- Make sure you also download all the dependencies and save them as well
- Once you download all the dependencies and the application, start by installing dependencies first, and then the main app
- To install, go to the downloads location, right click on each and click Install
- Optional: you can also install via powershell
Add-AppxPackage -Path "<PATH>".appx
For some reason,
"Get-AppXPackage *WindowsStore* -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}"
Does not work for me. It seems to do nothing after I press enter. It just opens a new line in the Administrator PowerShell and appears to do nothing. Am I doing anything wrong? Microsoft Store does not seem to appear anywhere...
Hello Madofficer392,
Thank you for updating me that information. Can you take a screenshot after you paste the command in Powershell? Please post it on your next reply. For the meantime, kindly create a new administrator account then check if everything is working there.
I hope this helps! Please let me know if you have any further concerns.
Sincerely
John DeV
Independent Advisor
Finding this isn't easy, but it can be done.
- Open a PowerShell window, and make sure you're in a folder you can write to, e.g.:
cd ~\Desktop - Use this command to get a dump of all your store apps and output them to a text file:
Get-AppxPackage >apps.txt - Open the file in Notepad (or another text editor), and use the Find function to search for the app you're looking for
- Look for the
InstalledLocationfield, copy the path, press WIN+R to open the Run dialog, and paste in the path. Hit Enter to open the folder in Explorer - Look for the
AppManifest.xmlfile, and open it in Notepad - You're now looking for two things - the package identity (circled in blue) and the application identity (in red, next to
Id). Some packages can have more than one application, so check theExecutableis what you'd expect - You can then start an application using a command like so:
shell:AppsFolder\<PackageIdentity>!<ApplicationIdentity>
TL;DR: try shell:AppsFolder\45273LiamForsyth.PawsforTrello_7pb5ddty8z1pa!trello
Sidenote: this also works on the command line or in PowerShell by using start <path>
In windows 10 the easiest way I found is to
- run the app
- press Ctrl+alt+delete and open Task manager
- go to Details
- find there the app there
- right click
- choose "Open file location"