How to increase Microsoft store download speed? Simple steps

When you enjoy a program on the Windows Store, you want to get it as soon as possible. However, the download speed of apps is quite slow, and you sometimes have to wait for hours. So what causes this problem and how to increase Microsoft store download speed? This article will get you covered.

Why is my Microsoft store download speed slow?

A Microsoft-owned digital distribution platform

Microsoft Store (also known as Windows Store) is a Microsoft-owned digital distribution platform. Beginning as a simple app store in Windows 8, it provides all types of digital content for download in one location, some of which are free and some are purchased.

Microsoft Store is the ideal option to access applications and games. However, several consumers have recently complained that the Windows Store download rates are either excruciatingly sluggish or do not work at all, one of the customers replies that “I'm just trying to download Minecraft, and it's taking almost a week to download a 1GB game. It's not my internet because I have well over 700 Mbps”. 

So is there any significance to this? Based on our findings, there are various possible causes as below:

• The glitch in the Windows Store.

• Corrupted Windows Store files

• Something else is being downloaded by Windows Update.

• Error in the router/modem.

• Windows Store Cache is corrupted.

• The SoftwareDistribution folder is becoming corrupt.

• Interference from a third party's AV