Can't open Microsoft Store

Question

I was having problems opening Minecraft on the microsoft store, so I saw a solution to reinstall the Microsoft Store. I deleted it with a powershell command, and when I tried to reinstall it powershell is just stuck on initializing forever. I can't find any solutions online, and I have no idea what to do. I have tried restarting multiple times, I tried sfc /scannow, I tried multiple different commands which are supposed to install the microsoft store, I tried a registry edit fix that supposedly fixes a problem with powershell, and nothing has changed. I am running powershell as admin and I should have no permission problems.

edit: forgot to mention I do not have an antivirus besides the one that comes with Windows 10, so there can't be any problem with something like that as far as I know.

Answer 1

Hello, how are you?

Welcome to the Microsoft Community!

My name is Paloma B., I'm an independent advisor, I'm here to help you in the best possible way.

I understand you had trouble reinstalling the Microsoft Store.

My sincere apologies, I was a little doubtful reading the question.

Please let me know if now PowerShell doesn't open anymore, or if when I run the command to install the store it crashes?

To reinstall the Store, the procedure is as follows.

1. Press Windows+X and select PowerShell (Admin);
2. Type the commands in the sequence below and press Enter:

Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted [Enter]

A [Enter]

Get-AppxPackage *windowsstore* | Remove-AppxPackage [Enter]

3. Restart your computer;
4. Press Windows + X and select PowerShell (Admin);
5. Enter the command below to install the store again:

Get-AppxPackage -allusers Microsoft.*WindowsStore* | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"} [Enter]

6. Check if the problem still exists.

I await news.

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