📦 MSStoreHelper

A GUI tool to download and install Microsoft Store apps without needing the Microsoft Store. Perfect for Windows LTSC editions, restricted environments, or when the Store just won't cooperate.

✨ Features

• 🔍 Search the Microsoft Store - Find any app by name using the official Microsoft API
• 📂 Browse Categories - Quick access to essential apps, gaming, productivity, dev tools & more
• ⚡ Quick Fix Presets - One-click solutions for common needs (Repair Store, Gaming Setup, Media Codecs)
• ✨ Smart Select - Automatically picks the best packages (bundles, correct architecture, newest versions)
• 📥 Download Queue - Queue multiple packages with progress tracking
• 📦 Install Packages - Install downloaded apps directly (requires Admin)
• 🔧 Store Repair - Built-in repair tool for Microsoft Store connectivity issues
• 📋 Verbose Console - Detailed logging with error hints and troubleshooting tips

🖥️ Requirements

• Windows 10/11 (including LTSC editions)
• Python 3.8+
• Administrator rights (for installation only)

Dependencies are auto-installed on first run:

• customtkinter - Modern UI framework
• requests - HTTP client
• beautifulsoup4 - HTML parsing
• packaging - Version comparison

🚀 Quick Start

Option 1: Run Directly

# Clone or download
git clone https://github.com/SysAdminDoc/MSStoreHelper.git
cd MSStoreHelper

# Run (dependencies auto-install)
python MSStoreHelper.py

Option 2: Run as Admin (for installation features)

# Right-click PowerShell → Run as Administrator
python MSStoreHelper.py

📖 How to Use

🔍 Finding Apps

1. Search by Name: Type an app name (e.g., "Spotify", "VLC", "Firefox") and click Search
2. Browse Categories: Click a category in the sidebar to see curated app lists
3. Quick Actions: Use presets for common tasks like repairing the Store or setting up gaming

📦 Downloading Packages

1. Click "Get Files" on any search result, or select multiple apps and click "Get Selected Apps"
2. Review the available packages (bundles, different architectures, versions)
3. Click "✨ Smart Select" to automatically pick the best files
4. Click "➕ Add to Queue" to add selected packages to the download queue
5. Click "⬇️ Download All" to start downloading

📦 Installing Packages

1. After downloading, click "📦 Install Downloaded"
2. Note: Requires Administrator privileges
3. Check the console output for any errors or hints

🔧 Repairing the Store

If you see errors like "The server stumbled" or "needs to be online":

1. Click "🔧 Repair Store" in the sidebar
2. Confirm the repair operation
3. Restart your PC when prompted

💡 Tips

⚠️ Common Errors

🏗️ How It Works

MSStoreHelper uses two APIs:

1. Microsoft Store Search API (storeedgefd.dsx.mp.microsoft.com)

   • Same API used by WinGet and Intune
   • Returns app metadata and Package IDs

2. RG-AdGuard Store API (store.rg-adguard.net)

   • Provides direct download links for Store packages
   • Returns all available versions and architectures

Packages are downloaded to %USERPROFILE%\Downloads\MSStoreHelper and installed using PowerShell's Add-AppxPackage cmdlet.

📁 Project Structure

MSStoreHelper/
├── MSStoreHelper.py    # Main application
├── README.md           # This file
├── LICENSE             # MIT License
└── screenshots/        # Screenshots for README
    ├── main.png
    ├── search.png
    ├── packages.png
    └── console.png

🔧 Configuration

Default settings can be modified at the top of MSStoreHelper.py:

APP_VERSION = "3.2.0"
DEFAULT_OUTPUT = os.path.join(os.environ['USERPROFILE'], "Downloads", "MSStoreHelper")

📋 App Catalog

The built-in catalog includes:

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🙏 Acknowledgments

• RG-AdGuard - For providing the package download API
• CustomTkinter - For the modern UI framework
• Microsoft - For the Store search API

⚠️ Disclaimer

This tool is provided as-is for legitimate use cases such as:

• Installing apps on Windows LTSC editions
• Offline/restricted environments
• Troubleshooting Store issues

Always download apps from official sources. The author is not responsible for any misuse of this tool.

Made with ❤️ for the Windows LTSC community