Hi everyone, would sure welcome some assistance in troubleshooting this issue......
Installed 64 Bit Windows 8 Pro as a clean install having previously been using Windows 7 (user profiles customized to my liking as per tutorial guidance on SevenForums and detailed below).
My setup is as follows: 4 HDD's each with 2 - 4 partitions, 2 X 2TB running SATA III via U3S6 controller card (one of which contains the "C" (System) drive the other being a Media - E: and Gaming Drive - F: Two further 750GB SATA II drives complete the picture as Data Drives. In Windows 7 the Primary partitions of each were assigned C (System - 2 TB No 1) D (Data - 750 GB No 1) (i.e. User Documents/Files/Folders) and E (Media Library - 2 TB No 2) (i.e. User Photo, Music, Videos etc.).
The "User" profile structure was further refined as:
Main Profile - Contained in "Neil" a Folder off the Root of "D" (i.e. "D:\Neil") - The "media" Sub Folders of this profile (e.g. My Music, My Photos) being assigned as Folders to the Root of "E" (e.g. E:\Photos"). The remaining folders (e.g. Favourites, Documents etc. as Sub Folders of "D:\Neil\Filing Cabinet" (e.g. D:\Neil\Filing Cabinet\Web Favourites)
All other Profiles - Contained in "standard" Sub Folders of "D:\Users (e.g. "D:\Users\Emma") using standard sub folder assignments.
This has worked like a charm since setting up 64 Bit Windows 7 Ultimate upon it's launch and naturally was implemented on the Windows 8 Pro
In doing so, studied this forum ahead of undertaking the install so to facilitate good setup practice. In the event I followed Kari's tutorial "How to Relocate User Profiles to another Partition or Disk in Windows 8" (as I had done previously with similar tutorials in Windows 7) which worked like a charm. The primary user profile is an administrator account setup as a "Local" account with individual profile folder locations being re-named/re-assigned using the location tab and the appropriate registry keys as per the earlier "SevenForums" tutorials.
Sorry if this info seems a tad long winded.....just wanted to give the experts a complete picture
Now to the issue......everything works like a charm as before except the Metro Apps which will not work, nor can I access the app store downloads (signing in from the store using my MS account fails reporting "Something Happened and this app couldn't be installed").
I have setup an entirely separate profile (D:\Users\Xxxx) using my MS Account (as administrator) to login and also a "Test" Local Account (also as administrator) (D:\Users\Test). Both function as intended, metro apps work so does the store (signing in from the store in the case of the "local" account).
As an educated guess I would imagine that either registry key(s) require modifying to accommodate the "non standard profile location" in respect of the Metro Interface OR perhaps a 'permissions' issue OR even a missing link(s) of some kind????
Any thoughts would be much appreciated
Many thanks,
PC Pilot
Installed 64 Bit Windows 8 Pro as a clean install having previously been using Windows 7 (user profiles customized to my liking as per tutorial guidance on SevenForums and detailed below).
My setup is as follows: 4 HDD's each with 2 - 4 partitions, 2 X 2TB running SATA III via U3S6 controller card (one of which contains the "C" (System) drive the other being a Media - E: and Gaming Drive - F: Two further 750GB SATA II drives complete the picture as Data Drives. In Windows 7 the Primary partitions of each were assigned C (System - 2 TB No 1) D (Data - 750 GB No 1) (i.e. User Documents/Files/Folders) and E (Media Library - 2 TB No 2) (i.e. User Photo, Music, Videos etc.).
The "User" profile structure was further refined as:
Main Profile - Contained in "Neil" a Folder off the Root of "D" (i.e. "D:\Neil") - The "media" Sub Folders of this profile (e.g. My Music, My Photos) being assigned as Folders to the Root of "E" (e.g. E:\Photos"). The remaining folders (e.g. Favourites, Documents etc. as Sub Folders of "D:\Neil\Filing Cabinet" (e.g. D:\Neil\Filing Cabinet\Web Favourites)
All other Profiles - Contained in "standard" Sub Folders of "D:\Users (e.g. "D:\Users\Emma") using standard sub folder assignments.
This has worked like a charm since setting up 64 Bit Windows 7 Ultimate upon it's launch and naturally was implemented on the Windows 8 Pro
In doing so, studied this forum ahead of undertaking the install so to facilitate good setup practice. In the event I followed Kari's tutorial "How to Relocate User Profiles to another Partition or Disk in Windows 8" (as I had done previously with similar tutorials in Windows 7) which worked like a charm. The primary user profile is an administrator account setup as a "Local" account with individual profile folder locations being re-named/re-assigned using the location tab and the appropriate registry keys as per the earlier "SevenForums" tutorials.
Sorry if this info seems a tad long winded.....just wanted to give the experts a complete picture
Now to the issue......everything works like a charm as before except the Metro Apps which will not work, nor can I access the app store downloads (signing in from the store using my MS account fails reporting "Something Happened and this app couldn't be installed").
I have setup an entirely separate profile (D:\Users\Xxxx) using my MS Account (as administrator) to login and also a "Test" Local Account (also as administrator) (D:\Users\Test). Both function as intended, metro apps work so does the store (signing in from the store in the case of the "local" account).
As an educated guess I would imagine that either registry key(s) require modifying to accommodate the "non standard profile location" in respect of the Metro Interface OR perhaps a 'permissions' issue OR even a missing link(s) of some kind????
Any thoughts would be much appreciated
Many thanks,
PC Pilot
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8 Pro
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Self Build
- CPU
- I7 920
- Motherboard
- Asus P6T7 WS SuperComputer with U3S6 Controller Card
- Memory
- 6GB Corsair Dominator (3 X 2G) PC3 15000 DDR3
- Graphics Card(s)
- Asus GTX 560 Ti DirectCU II - ENGTX560 Ti DCII2DI1GD5