How to Re-register the Microsoft Store app in Windows 11

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This article describes the steps to re-register the Microsoft Store app in Windows 11.

The Microsoft Store app is installed on Windows 11 by default. You don’t need to do anything. The app is now one of the most used apps on PCs and helps you discover and install apps, games, movies, and even special offers – like unique movie discounts for Xbox Game Pass members.

If the Microsoft Store app is not functioning normally or has been corrupted, you can attempt to reset or repair it to resolve the issue.

Windows also allow you to reinstall the Microsoft Store app if it’s not working usually. Users can reset or repair, reinstall, and more to resolve issues with the app.

Another troubleshooting step one can take to fix the Microsoft Store app is to re-register it. Re-registering the app may fix issues that resetting or reinstalling may not have resolved.

Re-register the Microsoft Store app for the current user

As described above, if the Microsoft Store app isn’t functioning correctly, you can reset, repair or reinstall it. Windows also lets you re-register the app as another troubleshooting step to fix issues with the app.

Here’s how to do it for the current user.

First, open the Windows Terminal, and select Windows PowerShell.

On the PowerShell console, run the commands below to re-register the app for the current user.

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

Re-register the Microsoft Store app for all users

Instead of only re-registering the app for the current user, you can do it for all users using the system by running the commands below.

To do that for all users, you must open the Windows Terminal app as administrator.

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

When you are done, close the Terminal app and relaunch the Microsoft Store app.

microsoft store app dashboard
microsoft store app dashboard

That should do it!

Conclusion:

This post showed you how to re-register the Microsoft Store app in Windows 11. Please use the comment form below if you find any errors above or have something to add.

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Richard W

I love computers; maybe way too much. What I learned I try to share at geekrewind.com.

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