Windows 8 Apps not working anymore?

Discussion in 'Windows 8' started by jcgo16, Nov 26, 2011.

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  1. jcgo16

    jcgo16 MDL Junior Member

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    #1 jcgo16, Nov 26, 2011
    Windows 8 Apps not working anymore?

    does anyone encounter this?

    if you guys have a solution, pls.. post
     
  2. MrG

    MrG MDL Expert

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    #2 MrG, Nov 27, 2011
    W8 DP?
    Paint or WordPad?

    What apps?
     
  3. Snuffy

    Snuffy MDL Expert

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    #3 Snuffy, Nov 27, 2011
    99.99% of all M$ Metro Apps stop when you modify "Explorer.exe"
    open cmd prompt run as admin and SFC /scannow will fix all back....
     
  4. jcgo16

    jcgo16 MDL Junior Member

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    #4 jcgo16, Nov 28, 2011
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    ive fixed it

    i did this before it happened

    Code:
    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
"EnableLUA"=dword:00000000

    so i enable again the UAC, it worked now
     
  5. Nawzil

    Nawzil MDL Guru

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    #5 Nawzil, Nov 28, 2011
    What does UAC got to do with that?
    Btw which apps were not working for you?
     
  6. jcgo16

    jcgo16 MDL Junior Member

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    #6 jcgo16, Nov 28, 2011 (OP)
  7. elhassan

    elhassan MDL Member

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    #7 elhassan, Dec 9, 2011
    if are not working any more maybe you just need to reset your windows or refresh it and see if that will help...
     
  8. palbertsma

    palbertsma MDL Member

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    #8 palbertsma, Aug 7, 2012
    This relates to Windows 8 RTM Enterprise: activated.

    I followed the advise of Daz to login locally, after being logged in with my MS-account. But after that change to the local account most of my apps won't run any longer: they just "hang".:(

    E.g. the weather-app, the calender-app, the e-mail-app etc.

    It tried to repair by deleting the local account and reusing the MS-account again, but this didn't solve the problem.

    Who knows how to solve this?
     
  9. Icecold22

    Icecold22 MDL Novice

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    #9 Icecold22, Aug 7, 2012
    Yes, metro apps are very much related to UAC. If the account control is Off they just wont work.
     
  10. lunario

    lunario MDL Senior Member

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    #10 lunario, Aug 7, 2012
    did you by any chance used the wcp watermark tool before activation ? because that is knows to cause probs with metro apps
     
  11. lunario

    lunario MDL Senior Member

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    #11 lunario, Aug 7, 2012
    uac cant be disabled completely In win 8 I have uac on never notify and all my metro apps works
     
  12. palbertsma

    palbertsma MDL Member

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    #12 palbertsma, Aug 7, 2012
    That's right, but after activation the apps worked just fine. So I don't see a relationship with the WCP-watermark tool. Only after the login change things went wrong.
     
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    palbertsma MDL Member

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    #13 palbertsma, Aug 7, 2012
    Even after enabling UAC again: this didn't brought back the apps!:eek:
     
  14. Icecold22

    Icecold22 MDL Novice

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    #14 Icecold22, Aug 7, 2012
    The OP turned it completely off as I see.
     
  15. lunario

    lunario MDL Senior Member

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    #15 lunario, Aug 7, 2012
    try reverting the changes using the wcp tool well cant harm ;) just choose restore default settings
     
  16. palbertsma

    palbertsma MDL Member

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    #16 palbertsma, Aug 7, 2012
    Maybe a silly question: what do you mean by OP?
     
  17. palbertsma

    palbertsma MDL Member

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    #17 palbertsma, Aug 7, 2012
    Will try to do that.
     
  18. lunario

    lunario MDL Senior Member

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    #18 lunario, Aug 7, 2012
    yes but even off its not really disabled ( if not all metro apps wouldn't work)
     
  19. Icecold22

    Icecold22 MDL Novice

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    #19 Icecold22, Aug 7, 2012
    Original Poster ;)
     
  20. lunario

    lunario MDL Senior Member

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    #20 lunario, Aug 7, 2012
    OP = original post(er)
     
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