After the Windows 11 app store was updated, some users were unable to find it. If you can't find the Microsoft Store on your Windows 11 computer, how do you retrieve it? This article will provide some simple and effective solutions.

Microsoft Store is missing, unable to display, or not installed on Windows 11

It's been a while since Windows 11 was released, and you should know that this new operating system has a brand new Microsoft Store. After upgrading to Windows 11, you must want to experience this new app immediately. If it can be opened successfully, everything will be fine. However, some users report that they cannot find the new Windows Store on Windows 11. We call this situation: Microsoft Store is missing on Windows 11 or Microsoft Store is not installed on Windows 11.

It is a common problem that Microsoft Store apps are missing/unable to display on Windows 11. When searching for this problem online, you can find that many users are bothering about it. So, what should you do if you can't find the Microsoft Store on Windows 11? In this article, we will show you some useful solutions.

Method 1: Use another method to open the Microsoft Store on Windows 11

Typically, Windows Store apps are pre-installed on Windows 11. You can click the Start button in the taskbar and select Microsoft Store from the Start menu to open it. If you can't find it there, this app might have accidentally been removed from the Start menu. To rule out this possibility, you can try another way to open it.

However, if you still cannot find the Windows Store on Windows 11 after using the above method, you should take steps to retrieve it. You can find more solutions as shown below.

You can reset the Microsoft Store cache to retrieve the lost app store:

1. Press Win R to open "Run".
2. Type wsreset in Run and press Enter to continue.
3. The wsreset command will run in the command prompt window to reset the Microsoft Store cache. The window is blank, which is normal. You should wait until the process ends. The Microsoft Store will then open automatically.

Method 3: Run the Windows Store application troubleshooter

Windows has built-in troubleshooter for fixing additional application issues on your computer. If the Microsoft Store does not appear on Windows 11, you can use the Windows Store troubleshooter to scan for problems and fix discovered issues.

1. Go to Start > Settings > System > Troubleshooting > Other Troubleshooting Programs .
2. Locate the Windows Store app and click the Run button next to it to start running the troubleshooter.

This tool can automatically scan for errors and fix discovered issues to restore the app store to normal.

Method 4: Perform DISM scan

The missing Microsoft Store app on Windows 11 may be caused by a corrupt Windows image, and you can run a DISM scan to fix the image and resolve Microsoft Store issues.

1. Click the search icon in the taskbar and type cmd .
2. Select Run as administrator from the search results.
3. If the user account control interface pops up, you need to click Yes to continue.
4. Copy and paste the following command into the command prompt and press Enter after each command:

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

5. When the above command is successfully executed, you need to restart the computer.

Method 5: Manually reset the Microsoft Store

You can also manually reset the Microsoft Store to restore this app:

1. Go to Start > Settings > Apps .
2. Find the Microsoft Store and click the 3-Do menu.
3. Click Advanced Options .
4. Click the Reset or Repair button under the Reset section.

Method 6: Create a new user account

Some users solved this problem by creating new user accounts. You can also try this.

1. Go to Start > Settings > Accounts > Home and Other Users .
2. Click Add Account under Other Users .
3. Click on the pop-up interface that I don't have this person's login information .
4. On the next page, click Add Users Without a Microsoft Account .
5. Enter your username and password.
6. Click Next .

After you create a new user account, you need to switch to this new account and then see if you can find the Microsoft Store app.

You can find more ways to create a new user account from this article: [How to add or delete a user/Microsoft account on Windows 11? ](Suppose the link points to an article on how to add or delete a user account in Windows 11)

Method 7: Manually install Microsoft Store on Windows 11

If Microsoft Store is not installed on Windows 11, you can choose to manually download and install the app on your device. This method is very useful when none of the above methods work for you.

Method 8: Perform system restoration

If you have created a system restore point before, you can perform a system restore to restore your computer to the previous state where the Windows Store app works properly.

Microsoft Store is missing on Windows 11! How to fix it?

If the Microsoft Store is missing, unable to be displayed, or not installed on your Windows 11 computer, you can retrieve it using the methods mentioned in this article. However, if these methods don't help you, you can try resetting Windows 11 or reinstalling Windows 11.

If you have any other related issues that need to be resolved, please let us know in the comments.

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