Last Updated on February 25, 2024 by Mathew Diekhake

Previously named the Windows Store, the Microsoft Store comes as one of your default apps in Windows 10. You will see the icon (a shopping bag with a Windows logo) from the taskbar. But if you forget it is there, you can also type “Store” into Cortana search and get it to bring up the Microsoft Store as well.

Most of the preinstalled apps you get on your computers will be Universal apps taken from the Microsoft Store. You know this because they will receive updates now and then and those updates are happening from the connection it has with the Store. Usually, this does not include the default apps you get from your manufacturers—with Dell there can be quite a few, for example—but it does include all those games you see around the place, such as Candy Crush, that some people are referring to as ads because they did not get put there for free.

The Microsoft Store still looks pretty bland in comparison to the app stores that your mobile devices have—like the Google Play Store or Apple App Store for instance. But for a desktop environment, it is pretty good—one of the reasons so many people still buy a laptop that comes with Windows is because they don’t trust a Chromebook to have everything they need for work or school.

Your time with the Microsoft Store should be always running smoothly but if you ever find that it is not working the way it should, Windows has a way that you can reset the Microsoft Store app as a standalone solution so you do not have to consider reinstalling or resetting Windows.

Resetting the Microsoft Store app is a sensible thing to do if you are having issues with installing r updating applications, as well as if you are unable to open the Microsoft Store app when you go to click on it.

Here is what you need to reset the Microsoft Store when using a version of the Windows 10 operating system.

How to Reset Microsoft Store App in Windows 10

You can reset the Microsoft Store app in Windows 10 using the command line. Here is how to do that:

1. Open the elevated Windows PowerShell app.

2. Type the following command into the command line and press Enter:

Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.Services.Store* | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml” -Verbose}

3. Wait for PowerShell to execute the command and then all of the Microsoft Store’s packages will be reset.

In conclusion, that is how to reset the Microsoft Store app in Windows 10.