Reinstalling the calculator - and Windows Store?

Question

There was a sudden fault with the Calculator app and I uninstalled it. There is nowhere I can go to reinstall it, which was my intention of doing. I'm apparently not having the Windows store, which had been one of the following apps I uninstalled way back when cleaning the computer from apps that were never used. However, that app shouldn't have been able to be uninstalled, and I was able to by a simple "uninstall this program" - as I remember it being.

I am unable to install either Calculator or Windows Store and I wish to know how I exactly can do that, now with them being gone?

Regards,

Oskar

Answer 1

Hi,

I'm Taiwo and I'd be happy to help you with your question. In this Forum, We are Microsoft consumers just like yourself.

If you've uninstalled the Calculator app and you don't have the Windows Store, there are a few methods I can suggest to reinstall the app:

Method One:

• Open PowerShell as an administrator, by right-clicking on the Start button and selecting "Windows PowerShell (Admin)."
• In the PowerShell window, copy and paste the following command and press Enter:

Get-AppxPackage -allusers Microsoft.WindowsCalculator | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_. InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

• Wait for the command to execute. It should reinstall the Calculator app on your system.

Method Two:

• Download the Microsoft Store Troubleshooter from the official Microsoft website. You can search for "Microsoft Store Troubleshooter" in your web browser to find the download page.
• Run the troubleshooter and follow the on-screen instructions. It will automatically detect and fix issues related to the Microsoft Store and the Calculator app.

I hope this helps ;-), let me know if this is contrary to what you need, I would still be helpful to answer more of your questions.

Best Regards, Thank You.

Answer 2

Hello Taiwo,

For some reason the Windows App Installer, is there a possibility that the first method would work on it too?

I've tried downloading it using Microsoft Store, but it wouldn't work because Microsoft Store doesn't install apps for some reason.

Best regards,

Eddie

Answer 3

Cant download any apps from Microsoft , and dont have store anymore , dont know why and when pressing calculator it doest open same as store and other aps ,m whats happening with this windows !!!

Answer 4

same for me, none of the mentioned "solutions" do anything for me.

Any other tips there Taiwo30?