Store Cache - Clear in Windows 8

How to Clear Windows Store Cache in Windows 8 and 8.1​

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If you are having issues with installing or updating Store apps in windows 8, it may be caused by an issue with the Store cache.

This tutorial will show you how to clear the Windows Store cache in Windows 8, Windows RT, Windows 8.1, and Windows RT 8.1.

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This will not delete any of your installed apps or account settings.

PART ONE

Clear Store Cache for Default Apps

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1. Press the Windows+R keys on your keyboard to open the Run dialog.​

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2. Type WSReset.exe, and click/tap on OK.​

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3. In Windows 8 and Windows RT, the Store will now open, and state the following: The cache for the store was cleared. You can now browse the store for apps.​

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4. In Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, the Store will now open without any message. You can now browse the store for apps.​

PART TWO

Clear Store Cache for 3rd Party Apps

   Note

You must be signed in as an administrator to be able to do this section.

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5. Open an elevated command prompt.​

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6. In the elevated command prompt, copy and paste the command below, and press Enter. This will give you the user SID for each account on the PC. Make note of the SID (ex: S-1-5-21-1505978256-3813739684-4272618129-1016) for the user account that apps are not working in. (see screenshot below)​

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wmic useraccount get name,sid​

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7. Press the Windows+R keys on your keyboard to open the Run dialog, type regedit, and click/tap on OK.​

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8. If prompted by UAC, then click/tap on Yes.​

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9. In Registry Editor, navigate to the location below. (see screenshot below)​

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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Appx\AppxAllUserStore​

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10. In the left pane under the AppxAllUserStore key, right click on the SID key (ex: S-1-5-21-1505978256-3813739684-4272618129-1016) from step 6 above, click on Delete, and Yes to approve. (see screenshot above)​

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11. Close Registry Editor and the elevated command prompt.​

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12. Restart the computer to apply.​

That's it.

Airbot

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[bagavan]

Airbot,what is the use of clearing the windows store cache?

 

[Brink]

One use is if you are having issues with updating Store apps, clearing the cache and trying again could help.

 

[wajiman]

what to do if you dont get the above message at all?

 

[Brink]

what to do if you dont get the above message at all?

Hello Wajiman, and welcome to Eight Forums.

Please provide more details about the issue you are having, and we'll be happy to see what we can do to help.

 

[TonyB]

One use is if you are having issues with updating Store apps, clearing the cache and trying again could help.

Brink doing this in windows 10 stuck on step 2 here is a picture none of the ID match the one in the picture? which ones do i delete in reg and how do i continue step 2 thanks buddy.

 

[Brink]

Hey Tony,

It should be the bottom SID number for your "Tony" account in the registry.