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On Win 8.1 I’ve seen this annoying issue unable to open “store” or “PC settings” from charms menu.

If you’re running into this issue, I have found this command to resolve it.

From an elevated cmd promp, run the following:

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $Env:SystemRoot\ImmersiveControlPanel\AppxManifest.xml

A reboot is often needed after this for the PC settings tiles style app to work

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