0x80072ee4 error in Store for any app after Windows 8.1 Upgrade
Just in installed 8.1 directly from the Store (Win 8 Pro). Everything went smoothly.
Now when I go into the Store and try and install (or update, as it says apps are broken) any app, it says
"Something happened and your purchase can't be completed. Error code 0x80072ee4". No other details in Event log.
Plus it now want me to switch over to a MS account to install anything. I prefer a local account.
October 17th, 2013 9:00pm
You have an issue with the Internet connection:
C:\Users\Andr>err 0x80072ee4
# anonymous HRESULT: Severity: FAILURE (1), Facility 0x7, Code 0x2ee4
# for hex 0x2ee4 / decimal 12004
ERROR_INTERNET_INTERNAL_ERROR inetmsg.h
ERROR_WINHTTP_INTERNAL_ERROR winhttp.h
ERROR_INTERNET_INTERNAL_ERROR wininet.h
# 3 matches found for "0x80072ee4"
Try again later. The Microsoft Servers are under heavy stress now.
October 17th, 2013 9:14pm
Try again later. The Microsoft Servers are under heavy stress now
Thanks, That certainly could explain it, although a more user friendly message would be useful, especially saying is a temporary error rather than permanent one. However, I'd expect to see more people complaining of the same problem and hadn't come across
any others.
Oddly, it's downloading the app just fails to install them.
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Edited by
cdmisyt
Thursday, October 17, 2013 6:22 PM
October 17th, 2013 9:21pm
For anyone else with this, the solution was that the Temporary Internet Files folder was wrong in Internet Explorer. Run IE, go into Internet Options, click Settings in Browsing History section, click Move Folder and set to something valid like "c:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows".
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Marked as answer by
cdmisyt
Thursday, October 17, 2013 6:47 PM
October 17th, 2013 9:47pm
thanks for sharing the solution :)
October 17th, 2013 9:56pm
Just tried this several times and makes no difference sadly.
Any other suggestions welcomed.
Thanks
Adam
August 7th, 2014 5:30pm
I tried this several times also, to no avail. Does anyone have an alternative solution?
February 22nd, 2015 2:11pm