Cannot install Microsoft Photos

Question

I cannot download and install Microsoft Photos onto my laptop from Microsoft store. the progress bar gets up to about 95% installed and then stops. the error message I get is Code: 0x80070005. it tells me to try again later which I do. this has been happening for 3 months now.

Answer 1

Ok I understand check these links.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...

https://www.diskgenius.com/how-to/fix-error-cod...

https://neosmart.net/wiki/0x80070005/

If this does not work try to repair the Operating System with these steps:

Open Start, type: CMD

Right click CMD

Click Run as administrator

Type in at the prompt OR Copy and Paste these one at a time : (Hit enter after each)

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

Also run the System File Checker utility:

Open Start, type: CMD

Right click CMD

Click Run as administrator

At the Command Prompt, type: sfc/scannow

This will check for any integrity violations

Restart your system

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Answer 2

tried this and still wont install

Answer 3

tried this and still have the same problem

Answer 4

Hi, Val456

Follow these steps, I hope you can solve the problem.

First, make sure all the latest updates have been installed - click Start > Settings > Update & security > Windows Update > Check for Updates

Open Start > Settings > Apps > Apps & features

Scroll down to Photos

Select it

Click Advanced options

Click Reset

Restart

Check the Store for updates

If that does not work give this a try then:

Press Windows key + X

Click Windows PowerShell (Admin).

At the command prompt, type the following, hit Enter the restart.

get-appxpackage *Microsoft.Windows.Photos* | remove-appxpackage

Download again from the Store:

Get Microsoft Photos - Microsoft Store

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/microso...

Answer 5

Try below Powershell command to install

Windows+X > Click Windows Powershell (Admin) > Copy the below command and right click in Powershell to paste it

Get-AppxPackage -allusers Microsoft.Windows.Photos | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”