Windows Store is an app that comes embedded with Windows. You can use the Windows Store to download apps. Just like the Google Play Store, it provides us with easy access to apps which we can download and run hassle-free. The Windows store usually cannot be deleted however you can use Windows PowerShell to Remove the windows store completely.
Microsoft does not recommend removing the Windows Store because you will not be able to reinstall it. However, to get Windows Store back you do not necessarily need to reinstall the whole windows. If for some reason you have removed the Window Store you can get it back by following this method.
If your Windows Store is running buggy e.g. not loading or crashing you can use this method to reinstall Windows Store as well.
Reinstall Windows Store
To re-install the Microsoft Windows Store you need to run a Script using Windows PowerShell. You can download the script here (go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=619547). Extract the script to your Desktop to follow this article step by step.
Note: This script is directly downloaded from Microsoft and can be safely used.
Extract the downloaded script to your desktop. It is very important that you extract this script on the desktop to avoid confusion.
Click on the Start menu or Search Button on the bottom left corner of your screen.
Search PowerShell here and Open PowerShell as administrator.
Now type or copy and paste this command in the Windows Power Shell.
Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted
After adding this command it will ask you to agree on changing the execution policy. Type y and press enter.
Now add these commands one by one. Please note that in the third command you have to replace the username with your own. An easy way to find your user name is to open cmd. You will be able to see your user C:\Users\zeesh like this.
- cd /
- cd .\users
- cd .\User-Name < Please enter your user name here
- cd .\desktop
- dir
Now add this command line and press Enter.
.\reinstall-preinstalledapps.ps1 *Microsoft.WindowsStore*
Note: If it gives you a security warning type R and press enter to allow it to run this script once.
This method will reinstall the Windows Store. You can use this script to reinstall all the preinstalled apps if they are malfunctioning. However, you will have to change a few commands.
