Metro Apps Won't Open

arnel93

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I upgraded Windows 7 to Windows 8 and it worked fine for a few hours and after the first automatic update the metro apps wouldn't work anymore.I just click them and they flash and don't open anything. People suggested doing PC refresh and this solved the problem but I lost all my programs and driver software so I decided to do a clean factory reset because reinstalling all those programs manually would have taken days. I reinstalled windows 8 after doing a clean factory reset and the same thing has happened. It worked fine for a few hours and I had to restart my computer for a automatic update and the metro apps wouldn't open anymore. I'm assuming its something to do with the automatic updates but I'm really not sure. Any help would be appreciated :)
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
I am having the same exact problem
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro ($39.99 upgrade)
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home Built
    CPU
    Intel I5 3570K overclocked to 4.2ghz
    Motherboard
    Asus P8Z77-V LX
    Memory
    Cosrair DDR3-1600 (4 x 4gb)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce GT 610 2GB
    Sound Card
    None
    Monitor(s) Displays
    AOC 27" LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1920x0180
    Hard Drives
    Seagate HDD 500gb (windows)
    Seagate HDD 1.5tb (media)
    Seagate HDD 1tb (media)
    Seagate HDD 1tb (media)
    PSU
    CoolMax 700watt
    Case
    Cosiar R400 Carbide series
    Cooling
    Cool Master H212
    Keyboard
    Dell
    Mouse
    PowerUp 3 button mouse
    Internet Speed
    12mb down, 1mb up
    Other Info
    qty. (5) 120mm fans, four are monitored by motherboard.
    Logitech T650 Touchpad for touch screen gestures
I tried removing all the apps and reinstalling them and the installation for all of them fails. It gives me "error code 0x8024001e"
 

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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
I updated my avast anti-virus and then restarted the computer, now all my apps work, weird.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro ($39.99 upgrade)
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home Built
    CPU
    Intel I5 3570K overclocked to 4.2ghz
    Motherboard
    Asus P8Z77-V LX
    Memory
    Cosrair DDR3-1600 (4 x 4gb)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce GT 610 2GB
    Sound Card
    None
    Monitor(s) Displays
    AOC 27" LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1920x0180
    Hard Drives
    Seagate HDD 500gb (windows)
    Seagate HDD 1.5tb (media)
    Seagate HDD 1tb (media)
    Seagate HDD 1tb (media)
    PSU
    CoolMax 700watt
    Case
    Cosiar R400 Carbide series
    Cooling
    Cool Master H212
    Keyboard
    Dell
    Mouse
    PowerUp 3 button mouse
    Internet Speed
    12mb down, 1mb up
    Other Info
    qty. (5) 120mm fans, four are monitored by motherboard.
    Logitech T650 Touchpad for touch screen gestures
I have the same problem, not using AVAST. All stock apps open and close immediately.
Can't redownload them because the store is giving me an error.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    8
I uninstalled Kaspersky and reinstalled. Now everything works. Some of the other antivirus programs may cause the same behavior if you did an upgrade install.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro 64 bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    Core i7
    Motherboard
    MSI
    Memory
    16gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    nvidia GTX560M
    Sound Card
    Realtek
    Hard Drives
    3 SSD's. System on 2 in RAID 0
    Internet Speed
    Cable
I uninstalled Kaspersky and reinstalled. Now everything works. Some of the other antivirus programs may cause the same behavior if you did an upgrade install.

Only way to fix this problem for me was to create a new username and delete the old one. Not really a solution per se, but necessary for me at this point.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    8
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