The built-in Microsoft Store is a marketplace for downloading apps. To install an app on your system from the Microsoft Store, open the Store, search for that app, and then click on the Get or Install button. Microsoft Store also keeps the installed apps and games up to date by installing the updates. However, if Microsoft Store keeps updating the same apps every day, this can become a problem. If such a thing happens to you, this article will help you resolve this issue.
Microsoft Store keeps updating the same apps
If Microsoft Store keeps offering Updates for and updating the same apps every day, then here are the options you may consider taking to fix the issue in Windows 11/10:
- Sign out and then sign in to your Microsoft Account
- Check Registry setting
- Run Windows Store Apps Troubleshooter
- Manually clear Windows Store cache
- Clear the SoftwareDistribution folder.
Before you begin, create a system restore point first – then see if any of these suggestions help you.
1] Sign out and then sign in to your Microsoft Account
This is the easiest fix. Try it and see if it works. Sign out and then sign in to the Microsoft Store. The following steps will help you sign out of the Microsoft Store on your PC:
- Open Microsoft Store.
- Click on your profile icon on the top right side.
- Now, click Sign out.
After signing out from the Microsoft Store, restart your computer. After restarting your PC, open Microsoft Store and then click on the profile icon on the top right side. Select Sign in. Select your Microsoft account, then enter your Microsoft account credentials to sign in again.
2] Check Registry setting
Run regedit to open the Registry Editor, and navigate to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\CurrentVersion
Here ensure that the DWORD value data of Current Version is 6.3. If not, change it to this number.
3] Run Windows Store Apps Troubleshooter
Run the Windows Store Apps Troubleshooter for Windows 11/10 from Microsoft and see if that helps you. Microsoft has deprecated MSDT-based troubleshooters. The MSDT-based troubleshooters are not available in Windows 11 version 22H2 and later. Therefore, if you have Windows 11 version 22H2 or later, you will not find the Windows Store Apps Troubleshooter on your system.
4] Reset Windows Store cache
You may have to manually reset the Windows Store as well as the cache folder in the App Directory.
To clear the Windows Store cache, open the Sytem32 folder and look for WSReset.exe.
Right-click on it and select Run as administrator.
Next, open File Explorer, copy-paste the following path in the Explorer address bar and hit Enter:
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsStore_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState
In the LocalState folder, check whether the cache folder is present or not. If it is there, rename it to ‘cache.old’. After that, create a new empty folder and name it ‘cache’.
Restart your system and see if it has helped resolve your issue.
5] Clear the SoftwareDistribution folder
You may need to delete all the contents of the Software Distribution folder. The Software Distribution folder in the Windows operating system is a folder located in the Windows directory and used to temporarily store files that may be required to install Windows Update on your computer. It is thus required by Windows Update and maintained by WUAgent.
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Let us know if anything here helped you.
How do I stop Microsoft Store from automatically updating in Windows 11?
By default, Microsoft Store keeps updating outdated apps automatically. If you do not want Microsoft Store to update apps and games automatically, you can turn off this setting. To do so, open the Microsoft Store and then click on your Profile icon on the top right side. Now, click Settings. In Microsoft Store settings, turn off the App updates button.
How do I stop Windows 11 from installing a specific update?
Windows 11 allows you to pause Windows Updates for up to 5 weeks. This option is available on the Windows Update page in Windows 11 Settings. However, if you want to stop Windows 11 from installing specific updates on your system, you can use the Show or Hide Updates tool. This tool blocks unwanted updates in Windows 11/10.
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