Scroll to the bottom of the screen to Reset Windows Store. Scroll to find Windows Store, click on it to reveal Advanced options and select it. Open Settings again by pressing Windows key+I and Apps. If anything, it will remove Windows Store related preferences. This solution will not delete your installed app, but will simply re-register Windows Store to your machine and Microsoft account. Recheck the Windows Store download speed by downloading any app. Once the system is done cleaning the house, you should see a message like ‘The cache for the Store’ was cleared. Search for and open the Command Prompt from the Start menu with admin rights.
Delete Windows Store Cache Filesĭid a recent Windows Update mess up the Windows Store download speeds? Even if that’s not the case, I would suggest you delete the associated cache files to make sure they are not causing a glitch. That should take care of slow download speeds in Windows Store. Toggle on both options under the Download settings and move the slider to 100%. Scroll to the bottom and select Advanced options. Press the Windows key+I to open Settings and search for Delivery Optimization settings. This is a fancy term that simply means that there is a hidden setting that caps the Windows Store maximum download speeds. Scroll to the very bottom of the list to find Windows Store Apps and click on it to run it. You will see a list of Windows apps and services that you can troubleshoot here. Click on the Windows icon (start menu) and search for ‘troubleshooter’ and select Troubleshoot settings.
Windows 10 comes with a Troubleshooter that you can use to, well, troubleshoot. Once you do, see if you have fixed the Windows Store slow download speed issue.
Though not necessary, I would recommend you to reboot your PC before signing back in. Open the Store and click on your profile pic at the top to select your user name. Some users found success with the Windows Store too. I have suggested this workaround for numerous other apps and other problems. Relaunch the Windows Store to check the download speeds now. I would recommend you to toggle Set time automatically and Set time zone automatically options, but if that is not working, you can always set time and date manually. Check if the date and time on your computer are correct and if not, right-click on the date widget in the Taskbar to select Adjust date/time option. Every time I shut down my PC, the date and time would stop running and when I would boot again, the clock would start ticking again. Date and Timeĭate and Time mismatch has happened with me in the past on my desktop. In the screenshot above, if there are active or pending downloads, you will see them downloading instead of the ‘Modified’ message. And if it is, then there will be a download queue. Open Windows Store and check if it is busy downloading other apps. That means only a few apps are being downloaded concurrently at any given moment. The Windows Store uses batch processing to download and update apps on your computer. If the speed is slower than what you bargained for, reboot your router and if that doesn’t help, call your ISP and have them troubleshoot it for you.
Check the download speed by visiting SpeedTest and make sure you are getting the speeds that you are paying for to your ISP. It could be the intermittent Internet connectivity. Let’s not blame manufacturers for everything that happens on our computer. If yes, be assured that they are working on the problem as you read this guide. Down Detector is a cool site that detects service outages for a number of major providers like Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft Azure.Ĭheck if there are any reports of the service being down in your region. The Windows Store runs on Microsoft’s proprietary cloud computing service platform called Azure.
Open Settings by pressing Windows key+I and click on Update & Security to check for new updates under Windows Update.ĭownload and install if there is an update and relaunch Windows Store to check again.
If there is a known bug associated with Windows Store, then Microsoft may already have released a patch to fix it. Here are all the possible solutions that you can try to fix the Windows Store slow download speed issue. Recently, several users have been complaining that the Windows Store download speeds are either abysmally slow or is not working at all.