Cannot reinstall Windows 10 Store

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My Windows Store has gone missing since the last update. I found these instructions to reinstall it but when I run the script I get this error:

Add-AppxPackage: Cannot find path 'C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsStore_2015.255.4.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe\AppxMetadata\AppxBundleManifest.xml' because it does not exist.
At C:\USERS\[USERNAME]\desktop\reinstall-preinstalledApps.ps1:35 char:2
 +     Add-AppxPackage -register $PackagePath -DisableDevelopmentMode
 + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 + CategoryInfo          :ObjectNotFound: (C:\Program File...dleManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], ItemNotFoundException
 + FullyQualifiedErrorId: PathNotFound,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand

Apparently, the update no longer uses that folder because in its place there is a folder called 'Microsoft.WindowsStore_2015.25.5.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe'. However, that folder does not contain a file called AppxBundleManifest.xml and the only thing in the AppxMetadata folder is a file called CodeIntegrity.cat

I then found this page and ran the command like this:

Add-AppxPackage -register "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsStore_2015.25.5.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\AppxManifest.xml" -DisableDevelopmentMode

This resulted in some sort of merge error:

Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered. Merge Failure : error 0x80070003 : Cannot register the Microsoft.WindowsStore_2015.25.5.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe package because there was a merge failure with the following file: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsStore_2015.25.5.0_neutral_split.scale-100_8wekyb3d8bbwe\resources.pri NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 5e87878d-3da6-0000-9f00-895ea63dd101 in the Event Log or use the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID 5e87878d-3da6-0000-9f00-895ea63dd101 At line:1 char:1
+ Add-AppxPackage -register "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Win ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : WriteError: (C:\Program File...ppxManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand

The command Get-AppxLog -ActivityID 5e87878d-3da6-0000-9f00-895ea63dd101 gives this:

Time                      ID           Message
----                      --           -------
12/24/2015 10:46:45 AM    301          The calling process is powershell.exe
12/24/2015 10:46:45 AM    603          Started deployment Register operation on a package with main parameter: AppxManifest.xml and Options: 0. See http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=235160 for help diagnosing
                                       app deployment issues.
12/24/2015 10:46:45 AM    10002        Creating Resiliency File C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\AppRepository\a0173705-8c56-45bb-a57f-3ec254fc1508_S-1-5-21-881075586-1145924869-2759436506-1000_1.rslc for Register
                                       Operation on Package Microsoft.WindowsStore_2015.25.5.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe.
12/24/2015 10:46:45 AM    607          Deployment Register operation on package Microsoft.WindowsStore_2015.25.5.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe has been de-queued and is running for user LIONGATE1\Robert B. Miller.
12/24/2015 10:46:45 AM    613          Adding uri to the list of Uris: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsStore_2015.25.5.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\AppxManifest.xml.
12/24/2015 10:46:45 AM    561          Not staging roaming data for package Microsoft.WindowsStore_8wekyb3d8bbwe. The application state is already present.
12/24/2015 10:46:45 AM    10000        About to service package Microsoft.WindowsStore_2015.25.5.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe. Setting the package state to disabled returned with 0x0.
12/24/2015 10:46:45 AM    827          Capability parsing started for the package Microsoft.WindowsStore_2015.25.5.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
12/24/2015 10:46:45 AM    5502         Merge Failure : error 0x80070003 : Cannot register the Microsoft.WindowsStore_2015.25.5.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe package because there was a merge failure with the following file:
                                       C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsStore_2015.25.5.0_neutral_split.scale-100_8wekyb3d8bbwe\resources.pri
12/24/2015 10:46:46 AM    303          error 0x80070003: While preparing to process the request, the system failed to register the windows.MRT extension due to the following error: The system cannot find the path
                                       specified.
                                       .
12/24/2015 10:46:46 AM    300          error 0x80070003: Cannot register the Microsoft.WindowsStore_8wekyb3d8bbwe package due to the following error: The system cannot find the path specified.
                                       .
12/24/2015 10:46:46 AM    605          The last successful state reached was ResolvedDeferredRegistrations. Failure occurred before reaching the next state RegistrationChanged.
12/24/2015 10:46:46 AM    10001        Finished servicing package Microsoft.WindowsStore_2015.25.5.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe. Setting the package state to enabled returned with 0x0.
12/24/2015 10:46:46 AM    401          Deployment Register operation with target volume C: on Package Microsoft.WindowsStore_2015.25.5.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe from:  (AppxManifest.xml)  failed with error 0x80073CF6.
                                       See http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=235160 for help diagnosing app deployment issues.
12/24/2015 10:46:46 AM    404          AppX Deployment operation failed for package Microsoft.WindowsStore_2015.25.5.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe with error 0x80073CF6. The specific error text for this failure is: Merge
                                       Failure : error 0x80070003 : Cannot register the Microsoft.WindowsStore_2015.25.5.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe package because there was a merge failure with the following file:
                                       C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsStore_2015.25.5.0_neutral_split.scale-100_8wekyb3d8bbwe\resources.pri

I checked and the folder C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsStore_2015.25.5.0_neutral_split.scale-100_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ does not exist.

How do I resolve this error?

windows-10
reinstall
windows-store
asked on Super User Dec 24, 2015 by user1780242 • edited Dec 24, 2015 by user1780242

1 Answer

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To fix this I reran the version 1511 "November Update" from DVD using the option to preserve files and applications. This repaired the problem with Windows Store.

answered on Super User Jan 9, 2016 by user1780242

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