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Cannot reinstall Microsoft Store

My Windows 10 Outlook wasn't updating, so I uninstalled it and tried to reinstall it. The Store gave me a "0x80070005" error, so I tried resetting the Store and clearing the cache; nothing worked. I tried to uninstall and reinstall the Store, but got the following error Message:


PS C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0> Get-AppXPackage *WindowsStore* -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered.
AppxManifest.xml(132,10): error 0x80070005: Cannot register the
Microsoft.WindowsStore_22501.1401.4.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe package because the following error was encountered while
registering the windows.protocol extension: Access is denied.
. Try again and contact the package publisher if the problem persists.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] ea439ff8-7e19-0001-632e-80ea197edb01 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppPackageLog -ActivityID ea439ff8-7e19-0001-632e-80ea197edb01
At line:1 char:53
+ ... | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.I ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:\Program File...ppXManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand

How do I proceed to reinstall both the Store and Outlook?

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Hi, my name is Anis. I'm a Microsoft user like you. I'll be glad to help you today.

It appears from the description that the Windows Store and Outlook is corrupted.

Please reinstall Windows store using the following method.

Open Powershell as Administrator. (Search Powershell at Start, right click on it and select Run As Administrator) Running Powershell as Admin is important.

Copy and paste the following command and hit Enter.

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

After competing the process restart the PC.

You mentioned that the Outlook app isn't updating.
Try repairing or resetting the app from Settings.

Go to Settingg>Apps>Installed Apps
Find Outlook > Click on the 3 dots at the right side and select 'Advanced'
Scroll down and click Repair/Reset
Close Settings and open Outlook

Let me know how it goes.

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I have the exact same problem and it looks to have started at the same time.

The above fix doesn't work for me- I get:

Add-AppxPackage : Cannot find path 'C:\Program
Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsStore_22412.1401.15.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\AppXManifest.xml\' because it does not
exist.
At line:1 char:62
+ ... | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.I ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (C:\Program File...pXManifest.xml\:String) [Add-AppxPackage], ItemNotFou
ndException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand

Add-AppxPackage : Cannot find path 'C:\Program
Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsStore_22501.1401.4.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\AppXManifest.xml\' because it does not
exist.
At line:1 char:62
+ ... | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.I ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (C:\Program File...pXManifest.xml\:String) [Add-AppxPackage], ItemNotFou
ndException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand

A number of other apps have now failed that need reinstalling through the store - which isn't great when the store is broken.

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