How to reinstall Microsoft store

Question

I had received a new computer and it didn’t have the Microsoft store on it.

Answer 1

Hello, this is Emily.

Is this a brand new computer (no former user) or a refurbished/used computer? Just want to make sure if it might be due to group policy issue, especially if previous owner is a business.

Also, can you please type winver in the search on the taskbar and hit enter, when launched, share a screenshot please?

Thanks!

Answer 2

Hello E Watson,

You can use an option in the tutorial below to reinstall the Microsoft Store app.

https://www.elevenforum.com/t/reinstall-microsoft-store-app-in-windows-10-and-windows-11.11428/

Answer 3

It is a brand new computer and this is what happens when I type in the command

<Information from the Image, with E-Mail Redacted:

Windows 11 Home

Version 22H2 (Build 22621.2361)>

<Edited by Moderator, removed PII>

Answer 4

Thank you.

You have a few options here.

1. See if you have the Xbox app. If so, launch it, go through the initial set up or whatnot. Once all the way in, it might provide you a list of items with a yellow warning indicating issue with them. It might also provide you an installation option to install it. See if Store app is one of them. If so, you should be able to install it from there.
2. Go to Start > All apps, locate Powershell, right click and "run as admin". Run this command:

Get-AppXPackage *WindowsStore* -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

3. If the computer was just set up out of box, you can also consider a factory reset to start over. Hold down Shift key while you choose Windows restart, then go to Troubleshoot > REset this PC.
4. Repair install is another option. To perform a repair istallation of Windows 11 using the Windows Media Creation Tool:

The following steps should be done on a working Windows computer:

Download the Windows Media Creation Tool from Microsoft's official website. https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/win... click on the "download now" button under "Create Windows 11 Installation Media"

Run the tool and select "Create installation media for another PC."

Choose "USB flash drive" as the media to use for the installation and select "Next."

Connect a USB flash drive with at least 8 GB of free space to your computer.

Select the USB flash drive you want to use, and then select "Next."

The tool will then download the required files and create the installation media.

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Now these steps will  be done on your problematic computer:

Go to the USB drive via File Explorer, locate and run the Setup.exe file. Ideally, you should disconnect all USB and Bluetooth devices other than mouse and keyboard. Disable any 3rd party antivirus program. Disconnect the internet.

Once you run the Setup.exe file, choose the Install option, and the choose the option that keeps your files and apps.

Answer 5

Hi,

if you are already having issues with the windows image the computer came with, that could indicate someone messed with the image, or possibly even had malicious intent when modifying the image.

As you can't be sure what else is broken or has been tampered with, I would suggest you to do a full reinstall of Windows 11:

LightJack - Installing Windows 11 (google.com)

Sincerely,

LightJack