Along with many new things, Microsoft added its very own app store in Windows 8, which continues its way into Windows 10, with its own very own problems, of course. Many user’s experienced the missing app store issue due to corruption of files during the upgrade from the earlier versions of Windows to Windows 10 in both the Start Menu and the Tiles Mode. The store icon, if not missing is usually not clickable. Before proceeding with the instructions in this guide, make sure that your Edge Browser is closed, the date and time on the system is correct in order for the store app to sync with Microsoft server’s correctly.
Repair Corrupt System Files
Download and run Restoro to scan for corrupt files from here, if files are found to be corrupt and missing repair them and then check if the icons are still missing, if they are proceed with the steps below.
Method 1: Re-register the Store App
Right click the start button located in the lower left corner and choose Command Prompt (Admin). Agree to the User Account Control Prompt asking for permission to allow the command prompt to run as administrator.
In the command prompt, get the following command. Copy it, and right click in the black window to paste it.
PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command “& {$manifest = (Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.WindowsStore).InstallLocation + ‘\AppxManifest.xml’ ; Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $manifest}”
Close Command Prompt. And test to see if the store app re-appears and runs. Now check if the Store appears and works, if not then Click the Start button and type powershell, right click PowerShell and choose Run As Administrator.
In the Powershell Window, type the following command and hit enter.
Get-AppXPackage | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”}
test now, and check if the app works, if not, proceed to Method 2.
Method 2: Run the BAT File to Register Store
Click here to download the BAT file. Save it, right click on it and choose Run As Administrator. Once done, check to see if the store now appears and opens, if not then proceed to Method 3.
Method 3: Refresh Windows Store Cache
Hold the Windows Key and Press R. In the run dialog that opens up, type wsreset.exe
