While opening a Windows Store if you’re seeing an error which reads “You’ll need a new app to open this ms-windows-store”, then here in this article, you will read all the possible ways to fix this Windows Store problem.

Windows Store app is the core part of the Windows 10 OS. Using the app, users can browser apps, games, online music, themes, ebooks and lot more for Windows 10 PC. But lots of users complaining that when they trying to open the Windows Store, it doesn’t open and show up an error.

The striking part about this Windows Store error is that can not download or update any application unless you open the Windows Store app. It is expected that users seeing this error because of corrupted or missing Windows Store application files.

Fix: You’ll need a new app to open this ms-windows-store

So find this Windows Store error a serious issue for Windows 10 users I decided to cover all possible ways to fix this issue.

Things to Keep in Mind

Before you start following any of the discussed solutions below, make sure you have:

• Installed latest Windows Update available for your system
• Logged in with your Microsoft Account
• Create System Restore Point

Once done, start using these possible ways to fix Windows Store Error. Here goes the first one:

1. Reset Windows Store App via Settings

Launch Settings app by pressing WIN + I key and navigate to Apps -> Apps & features. On the left pane, you will find a complete list of apps installed on your Windows 10 PC.

Here you need to scroll down until you find the app named as Store. Click on it and then click on the link which reads “Advanced options”. Here on this page click on the Reset button.

Now check it this fix the issue.

2. Re-register the Windows Store apps

Search Windows Powershell using Start menu search bar. When the same appear in the search result make right-click on it and Run as administrator.

After that type or copy paste following script in the Windows Powershell terminal and hit Enter

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

Once the process is completed. Reboot your system. It this fails to fix the issue, follow the next solution.

3. Reset Windows Store cache

Sometimes Windows Store cache is the reason behind improper performance and functioning of Windows Store. We need to reset it to and Windows Store starts working properly. To reset Windows Store cache, search CMD or command prompt using Start menu search bar and when same appear in the result make a right click and select Run as administrator.

In the Command Prompt terminal type the following command and hit Enter

WSReset.exe

Once done, reboot your system. And check if this fixes the issue.

4. Run Windows Store App Troubleshooter

To deal with Windows Store problems and errors, the Microsoft has already added Windows Store app troubleshooter in Windows 10. This troubleshooter will scan your system, investigate the issue and try to fix the issue automatically.

To Run Windows Store App Troubleshooter, you need to launch Settings app by pressing WIN + I key combination and navigate to Update & security -> Troubleshoot.

On the right pane, you will see a list of different troubleshooter, scroll until you find the one named as “Windows Store App” troubleshooter. Simply click on it and following the instructions until it fixes the issue.

5. Reinstall Windows Store App

For that, you need to launch Windows Powershell and type the following script and hit Enter.

PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command "& {$manifest = (Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.WindowsStore).InstallLocation + '\AppxManifest.xml' ; Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $manifest}"

That’s it.

So these are all possible ways which you can use to troubleshoot Windows Store not opening error. Why don’t you try these solution and let me know which solution help you to fix the Windows Store issue.

The post You’ll need a new app to open this ms-windows-store – Windows Store problem appeared first on WinranX.