Microsoft Store gone with Roaming Profiles

Question

Hello there,

The profiles of our users are roaming profiles with folder redirection which is controlled by a GPO.

Since we have new computers with Windows 10 all users have no Microsoft Store Apps. That means also no calculator, no photos app, etc.

What I have found so far on the Internet:

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/79b30b98-a5de-43b2-a54e-c743e46490c4/windows-10-roaming-profiles-and-default-apps-calculator-weather-cortana-search-camera-etc

Unfortunately, this does not work for us when I create a GPO that enables "Allow deployment operations in special profiles".

The fact is: it only stops working for users with roaming profiles and folder redirection. For domain users with local profile the Microsoft Store and Apps appear.

Does anyone know how to fix this?

Kind regards.

Andreas

Answer 1

Hello It seems that you are having trouble with Microsoft Store Apps not appearing on your new computers with Windows 10. According to a Microsoft Q&A, the issue you are facing is that the Microsoft Store and Apps only appear for domain users with local profiles, but not for users with roaming profiles and folder redirection.   One solution that has worked for some users is to run the following command in PowerShell as an administrator:   Get-AppxPackage -allusers Microsoft.WindowsStore | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}   This command reinstalls the Microsoft Store app for all users on the computer and should resolve the issue you are facing.

Answer 2

The solution is:

Applications will not run on roaming profiles or mandatory profile until the following group policy has been applied first:

Computer Configuration -->Administrative Templates --> Windows Components --> App Package Deployment --> Allow deployment operations in special profiles: Enabled

IT's Work :)