[GUIDE] Add Store to Windows 10/11 EnterpriseS SKU (LTSB/LTSC)

Have you tried right-click Desktop - New - Shortcut:
cmd.exe /c start ms-windows-store:
Such lnk should be pin-able anywhere..

The explorer shortcut works as well:
explorer.exe shell:appsFolder\Microsoft.WindowsStore_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App

 

It works!
But how to replace the icon? Where is the Store icon located?

 

The explorer shortcut works as well:
explorer.exe shell:appsFolder\Microsoft.WindowsStore_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App

Just pick another icon from explorer then.

 

Now even better.

 

Apps don't use classic shortcuts, don't come with classic icons but use png file resources.
But the Explorer one resembling a store works good enough

 

yep

Searched here:
C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll;
C:\Windows\System32\imageres.dll;
C:\Windows\System32\ddores.dll
C:\Windows\SystemResources\imageres.dll.mun

Nothing.

 

find here:
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsStore_11911.1001.8.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Assets\AppTiles

edit .png to .ico:

 

How do you actually get the xbox app to work on ltsc since 1903 is required for it.

 

https://forums.mydigitallife.net/th...ises-sku-ltsb-ltsc.70741/page-30#post-1468779

 

still prompts to an "update" of windows 10 before installing the xbox (beta) app

 

Hi guys, do you have any idea why the add-store.cmd wont open when i run it as an administrator ? If I just open it by double clicking on it... it says " run the script as an administrator " ... and if i run it as an administrator it wont open ! How can i solve this ?

 

AV?

 

I dont really know what AV means, but i guess you're either asking about the Windows Edition & Version or you suggest me to turn my Anti Virus off while doing it ?
WIndows edition: Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC
Version: 1809
OS Build: 17763

 

yes

 

I paused the antivirus protection ( if relevant i use : Eset nod 32 Antivirus 12 ) but it's still not working !
Also, In the meantime i tried to install the Microsoft store on the other laptop i have ( with the same windows version and the same antivirus ) and it worked.
Do you have any suggestion ?

 

Hi guys, I'm back and I actually solved the problem !
Therefore if you are experiencing the same problem as i was... ( Script just opens and closes when ran in admin mode and if it's not ran in admin mode, it opens but says Error: Must be ran in Admin Mode ) you will just need to run it as an administrator from a folder which is not backed up by One Drive. It seems that was causing the program to not run.

So basically, just extract & run the files from D partition... and it will work !

I found this solution on this thread - https:// github.com/kkkgo/LTSC-Add-MicrosoftStore/issues/5 ( i will just leave it here as a tribute ).

I hope this will help others too ! Thank you for trying to help and have a nice evening !

 

fantastic worked like a charm downloading gears of war now sweet.

 

Hello

I have Windows 10 LSTB 2016 and it did'nt work for me... are there common ways to fix that?

 

When I try the github pack I get the following:

Spoiler: errors

============================================================
Adding Microsoft Store
============================================================
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073D06, The package could not be installed because a higher
version of this package is already installed.
Windows cannot install package Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00_14.0.25426.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe because it has version
14.0.25426.0. A higher version 14.0.27810.0 of this package is already installed.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] ddc72cc8-a0c1-0005-622e-c7ddc1a0d501 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID ddc72cc8-a0c1-0005-622e-c7ddc1a0d501
At line:1 char:1
+ Add-AppxPackage -Path Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Appx
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (C:\LTSB-Add-Mic....x64.14.00.Appx:String) [Add-AppxPackage], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073D06, The package could not be installed because a higher
version of this package is already installed.
Windows cannot install package Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00_14.0.25426.0_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe because it has version
14.0.25426.0. A higher version 14.0.27810.0 of this package is already installed.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] ddc72cc8-a0c1-0005-772e-c7ddc1a0d501 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID ddc72cc8-a0c1-0005-772e-c7ddc1a0d501
At line:1 char:1
+ Add-AppxPackage -Path Microsoft.VCLibs.x86.14.00.Appx
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (C:\LTSB-Add-Mic....x86.14.00.Appx:String) [Add-AppxPackage], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered.
error 0x87AF0001: The Visual Elements extension failed while processing the Notification element.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] ddc72cc8-a0c1-0000-8835-c7ddc1a0d501 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID ddc72cc8-a0c1-0000-8835-c7ddc1a0d501
At line:1 char:1
+ Add-AppxPackage -Path Microsoft.WindowsStore_11804.1001.813.0_neutral ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:\LTSB-Add-Mic...bbwe.AppxBundle:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
============================================================
Adding App Installer
============================================================
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered.
error 0x87AF0001: The Visual Elements extension failed while processing the Notification element.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] ddc72cc8-a0c1-000f-b231-c7ddc1a0d501 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID ddc72cc8-a0c1-000f-b231-c7ddc1a0d501
At line:1 char:1
+ Add-AppxPackage -Path Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_1.8.4001.0_neutra ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:\LTSB-Add-Mic...bbwe.appxbundle:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
============================================================
Adding Store Purchase App
============================================================
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073D06, The package could not be installed because a higher
version of this package is already installed.
Windows cannot install package Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00_14.0.25426.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe because it has version
14.0.25426.0. A higher version 14.0.27810.0 of this package is already installed.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] ddc72cc8-a0c1-000e-eb44-c7ddc1a0d501 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID ddc72cc8-a0c1-000e-eb44-c7ddc1a0d501
At line:1 char:1
+ Add-AppxPackage -Path Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Appx
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (C:\LTSB-Add-Mic....x64.14.00.Appx:String) [Add-AppxPackage], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073D06, The package could not be installed because a higher
version of this package is already installed.
Windows cannot install package Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00_14.0.25426.0_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe because it has version
14.0.25426.0. A higher version 14.0.27810.0 of this package is already installed.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] ddc72cc8-a0c1-000c-db46-c7ddc1a0d501 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID ddc72cc8-a0c1-000c-db46-c7ddc1a0d501
At line:1 char:1
+ Add-AppxPackage -Path Microsoft.VCLibs.x86.14.00.Appx
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (C:\LTSB-Add-Mic....x86.14.00.Appx:String) [Add-AppxPackage], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073D06, The package could not be installed because a higher
version of this package is already installed.
Windows cannot install package Microsoft.NET.Native.Framework.1.3_1.3.24201.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe because it has
version 1.3.24201.0. A higher version 1.3.24211.0 of this package is already installed.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] ddc72cc8-a0c1-0008-c744-c7ddc1a0d501 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID ddc72cc8-a0c1-0008-c744-c7ddc1a0d501
At line:1 char:1
+ Add-AppxPackage -Path Microsoft.NET.Native.Framework.x64.1.3.appx
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (C:\LTSB-Add-Mic...rk.x64.1.3.appx:String) [Add-AppxPackage], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073D06, The package could not be installed because a higher
version of this package is already installed.
Windows cannot install package Microsoft.NET.Native.Framework.1.3_1.3.24201.0_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe because it has
version 1.3.24201.0. A higher version 1.3.24211.0 of this package is already installed.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] ddc72cc8-a0c1-0009-872f-c7ddc1a0d501 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID ddc72cc8-a0c1-0009-872f-c7ddc1a0d501
At line:1 char:1
+ Add-AppxPackage -Path Microsoft.NET.Native.Framework.x86.1.3.appx
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (C:\LTSB-Add-Mic...rk.x86.1.3.appx:String) [Add-AppxPackage], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered.
error 0x87AF0001: The Visual Elements extension failed while processing the Notification element.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] ddc72cc8-a0c1-0000-6636-c7ddc1a0d501 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID ddc72cc8-a0c1-0000-6636-c7ddc1a0d501
At line:1 char:1
+ Add-AppxPackage -Path Microsoft.StorePurchaseApp_11706.1707.7104.0_ne ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:\LTSB-Add-Mic...bbwe.appxbundle:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
============================================================
Adding Xbox Identity Provider
============================================================
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073D06, The package could not be installed because a higher
version of this package is already installed.
Windows cannot install package Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00_14.0.25426.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe because it has version
14.0.25426.0. A higher version 14.0.27810.0 of this package is already installed.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] ddc72cc8-a0c1-0008-ec44-c7ddc1a0d501 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID ddc72cc8-a0c1-0008-ec44-c7ddc1a0d501
At line:1 char:1
+ Add-AppxPackage -Path Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Appx
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (C:\LTSB-Add-Mic....x64.14.00.Appx:String) [Add-AppxPackage], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073D06, The package could not be installed because a higher
version of this package is already installed.
Windows cannot install package Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00_14.0.25426.0_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe because it has version
14.0.25426.0. A higher version 14.0.27810.0 of this package is already installed.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] ddc72cc8-a0c1-000c-4a47-c7ddc1a0d501 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID ddc72cc8-a0c1-000c-4a47-c7ddc1a0d501
At line:1 char:1
+ Add-AppxPackage -Path Microsoft.VCLibs.x86.14.00.Appx
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (C:\LTSB-Add-Mic....x86.14.00.Appx:String) [Add-AppxPackage], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073D06, The package could not be installed because a higher
version of this package is already installed.
Windows cannot install package Microsoft.NET.Native.Framework.1.3_1.3.24201.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe because it has
version 1.3.24201.0. A higher version 1.3.24211.0 of this package is already installed.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] ddc72cc8-a0c1-0003-e832-c7ddc1a0d501 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID ddc72cc8-a0c1-0003-e832-c7ddc1a0d501
At line:1 char:1
+ Add-AppxPackage -Path Microsoft.NET.Native.Framework.x64.1.3.appx
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (C:\LTSB-Add-Mic...rk.x64.1.3.appx:String) [Add-AppxPackage], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073D06, The package could not be installed because a higher
version of this package is already installed.
Windows cannot install package Microsoft.NET.Native.Framework.1.3_1.3.24201.0_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe because it has
version 1.3.24201.0. A higher version 1.3.24211.0 of this package is already installed.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] ddc72cc8-a0c1-0008-7046-c7ddc1a0d501 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID ddc72cc8-a0c1-0008-7046-c7ddc1a0d501
At line:1 char:1
+ Add-AppxPackage -Path Microsoft.NET.Native.Framework.x86.1.3.appx
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (C:\LTSB-Add-Mic...rk.x86.1.3.appx:String) [Add-AppxPackage], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered.
error 0x87AF0001: The Visual Elements extension failed while processing the Notification element.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] ddc72cc8-a0c1-000e-9345-c7ddc1a0d501 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID ddc72cc8-a0c1-000e-9345-c7ddc1a0d501
At line:1 char:1
+ Add-AppxPackage -Path Microsoft.XboxIdentityProvider_2017.605.1240.0_ ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:\LTSB-Add-Mic...bbwe.appxbundle:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand

 

The package could not be installed because a higher
version of this package is already installed.