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I have been avoiding the store, and any of the "apps" available from the Metro start screen. I just don't like it on a PC, don't care for the "apps" and don't want the intrusive integration of my user account into online Microsoft accounts and other types of accounts.
However, I wanted to get hold of the MS games and it appears that in order to get them, you are "forced" to set up an account and used the store. Problem is; the store won't open. It flashes up with a green background, then minimizes again. Seems impossible to get it to simply display the store window. The behaviour is unfamiliar to me; never experienced a normal application behaving this way.
I have previously used the store ONCE to obtain some upgrade.
I had huge problems then (same thing), and spent hours searching for the fix until I eventually found it.
Lots of people was experiencing the problem, but the fix was not easy to find and most users were simply advised by junior MS staff to re-install Windows afresh.
There WAS a fix, I don't remember how (something in the Registry..maybe...?)
I am hoping that somebody here knows, before I start re-tracing my steps from December to find the solution again.
However, I wanted to get hold of the MS games and it appears that in order to get them, you are "forced" to set up an account and used the store. Problem is; the store won't open. It flashes up with a green background, then minimizes again. Seems impossible to get it to simply display the store window. The behaviour is unfamiliar to me; never experienced a normal application behaving this way.
I have previously used the store ONCE to obtain some upgrade.
I had huge problems then (same thing), and spent hours searching for the fix until I eventually found it.
Lots of people was experiencing the problem, but the fix was not easy to find and most users were simply advised by junior MS staff to re-install Windows afresh.
There WAS a fix, I don't remember how (something in the Registry..maybe...?)
I am hoping that somebody here knows, before I start re-tracing my steps from December to find the solution again.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Win 8.1
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- CPU
- i5
- Motherboard
- ASUS
- Memory
- 24 GB DDRAM3
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVIDIA GT430 x2
- Sound Card
- Audial
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 2 x 28" Sharp
- Screen Resolution
- 1360 x 768
- Hard Drives
- Samsung, Seagate, Toshiba, Hitachi, Western Digital
- PSU
- 750 watt
- Cooling
- liquid closed