Problem: Our customer wanted to update their Windows 8 computer to Windows 8.1. That is simple enough, however when I clicked on the Windows 8 store to download the Windows 8.1 update it would open briefly then crash. I did some searches for this issue, and it seems like other people were running into the same issue. After a few Google searches, I ran across a fix for this issue. This is the fix that worked for me:
Solution: Open command prompt as an administrator.
Step Two: Enter this command prompt: powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $Env:SystemRoot\WinStore\AppxManifest.xml
Wait a couple seconds and this command will re-register the Store. Once I ran this command the Store opened just fine and I was able to download the Windows 8.1 update.
This was posted by techspeeder.
Special thanks to Wilson Calabresi for this tip.
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worked like a charm….. thank you!!!!
Thank you so much. It finally works
didn’t work. still on the store launch screen with the dotted circle circling…
Thank You! I tried so many things but this worked!
Wow! Fast and easy, amazing!