How to re-register the Microsoft Store app in Windows 10

The Microsoft Store app in Windows 10 offers a variety of software, games, music, movies, TV shows and books that users can browse, buy or download for free and install for Microsoft accounts in PCs and devices. Windows 10.

If the Store app doesn't open, hang, or work properly, re-registering the Microsoft Store app will fix this problem.

The following instructions will show you how to re-register the Microsoft Store application for your account or for all users in Windows 10.

Note : Make sure you have the correct time zone, date and time to avoid Store problems.

Re-register the Microsoft Store application for existing users

1. Terminate the Microsoft Store application to make sure it is closed and not running.

2. Open PowerShell.

3. Copy and paste the command below into PowerShell and press Enter:

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

Re-register the Microsoft Store application for existing users

4. When done, you can close PowerShell and try opening the Microsoft Store application again.

Re-register the Microsoft Store application for all users

Note : You must be logged in as an administrator to perform this option.

1. Terminate the Microsoft Store application to make sure it is closed and not running.

2. Open PowerShell as admin.

3. Copy and paste the below command into PowerShell with admin rights and click Enter:

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

Re-register the Microsoft Store application for all users

4. When done, close PowerShell.

5. Restart the computer to apply the changes.

6. Try opening the Microsoft Store application again.