Solved My non-working APPS fixed without a Refresh!!

[Brereton]

Apps not working and not named.

rialcnis,

Thanks for the post, because I'm at the end of my tether! Just checking you had the same problem as me. About a month after upgrade my metro apps stopped working. As in apart from 'explorer' and 'store' I think. All the tiles went blank, except for the weather app - this kept the sun symbol but tile name changed from 'weather' to 'app'. My start page looks like this;

For example; If I were to click on Microsoft.skydive - the tile would spin to full page, pause for about a second or less, then spin back to tile and the start page without loading.

I gone through the services and changed the disabled to automatic as you've advised / described. The services that were disabled were very similar to that as Ambellina635.

I've changed them and restarted my computer - they are still not working.

When I changed the disabled services to automatic, I also tried to 'start' them as their status was stopped. But when I tried to start them I was met with;

Basically - as they are not used by another service / programme it can't be opened??????

Can you help me.

Regards.

 

[rialcnis]

These are ones that differ from your list. The rest are manual and not running (at the moment) HOPE THIS HELPS:


application management -----THIS ONE SHOULD BE RUNNING-=====MANUAL Try a restart

background intelligent transfer service----THIS ONE SHOULD BE AUTOMATIC (delayed start) restart

cng key isolation---running....MANUAL

NOTE: I have a Creative card and also a sound card on my motherboard....after my upgrade when I checked the BIOS and the integrated sound card was turned back on. It had been off previously. I disabled it again in THE BIOS

creative alchemy al6 licensing service RUNNING AUTOMATIC

creative audio engine licensing service RUNNING AUTOMATIC

credential manager....running ----manual

diagnostic system host---RUNNING ---MANUAL

group policy client (OFF BUT AUTOMATIC)

homegroup listener-----RUNNING ----MANUAL

internet connection sharing (OFF BUT AUTOMATIC)

Microsoft account sign-in assistant ------RUNNING----MANUAL

Microsoft software shadow copy provider----RUNNING ----MANUAL

multimedia class scheduler-------RUNNING =======AUTOMATIC

net.tcp port sharing service---RUNNING========= AUTOMATIC

offline files-----RUNNING----------AUTOMATIC

peer name resolution protocol----RUNNING ----MANUAL

peer networking identity manager-------RUNNING----MAUAL

remote registry--------RUNNING--------AUTOMATIC

routing and remote access----------RUNNING====AUTOMATIC

secondary logon----RUNNING----MANUAL

smartcard---OFF BUT AUTOMATIC

touch keyboard and handwriting panel service---RUNNING---AUTOMATIC

upnp device host----RUNNING----MANUAL

volume shadow copy----RUNNING----MANUAL

windows defender service--------RUNNING ---AUTOMATIC

windows presentation foundation font cache 3.0.0.0---RUNNING --MANUAL

windows time 0FF BUT AUTOMATIC

winhttp web proxy auto-discovery service RUNNING BUT MANUAL

 

[rialcnis]

rialcnis,

Thanks for the post, because I'm at the end of my tether! Just checking you had the same problem as me. About a month after upgrade my metro apps stopped working. As in apart from 'explorer' and 'store' I think. All the tiles went blank, except for the weather app - this kept the sun symbol but tile name changed from 'weather' to 'app'. My start page looks like this;
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For example; If I were to click on Microsoft.skydive - the tile would spin to full page, pause for about a second or less, then spin back to tile and the start page without loading.

I gone through the services and changed the disabled to automatic as you've advised / described. The services that were disabled were very similar to that as Ambellina635.

I've changed them and restarted my computer - they are still not working.

When I changed the disabled services to automatic, I also tried to 'start' them as their status was stopped. But when I tried to start them I was met with;
View attachment 11527
Basically - as they are not used by another service / programme it can't be opened??????

Can you help me.

Regards.

your screenshots even when enlarged are too low res and I cant read them when blown up, so if you can please make higher res screenshots and I'' take a look.

When you redid the services mention so far did you also RESTART the service in the Service menu? And click APPLY?

 

[Ambellina635]

Rialcnis - thanks so much for going through the list and posting the differences. I will check later on and see if something switches my apps into working.

 

[rialcnis]

Rialcnis - thanks so much for going through the list and posting the differences. I will check later on and see if something switches my apps into working.

Good luck!

 

[Ambellina635]

I tried everything and nothing worked. I ended up doing a "refresh" and it all works fine now. Thanks for all the info and your time rialcnis

 

[rialcnis]

So we will never know why.... oh well. You tried.

 

[Ambellina635]

So we will never know why.... oh well. You tried.

Nope...unfortunately not. So the best course of action is for people that don't have working apps after an upgrade, is to do an immediate refresh before installing programs. Hopefully the issue will be revealed at some point. Thanks again for your time and kindness.

 

[KenIsaacson]

Tried it, but to no avail. Services that had been disabled were:

• Internet Connection Sharing
• Net.tcp Port Sharing
• Routing and Remote Access
• Smart Card.

Additional information about my instance of the problem: I'd read elsewhere that creating a new user account might help. About a week ago, I created a new account (Local/Administrator), and the metro apps began working when logged into that account. However, this morning I saw that they'd stopped working. (I don't use metro apps regularly, so I don't know how long ago the problem came back.)

So this morning, I created yet another account (Local/Administrator), and lo and behold, the metro apps work when logged into that new account (but still not on the other week-old account).

To summarize, creating a new account solved the problem for a week at the most. Creating a new new account today worked, but don't know for how long...

 

[goemonate]

Have 4 computers upgraded to W8, 3 out of them are having this Apps-close issue.... I think it becomes a known issue in Windows 8...

Sorry Microsoft... I am giving it up... I uninstalled all Apps, and just use Desktop mode...

 

[speedy1979]

I am also having the same problem. I had the same problem on my other laptop and I was forced to perform a refresh. But I don't consider a factory reset (refresh) to be a genuine solution. Something is fundamentally wrong with windows [DEL]live[/DEL] tiles and the Windows app store.

 

[goemonate]

is there a fix to this issue yet?

 

[neoteo]

most of the apps that came with the system dont work for me , wheather , mail , calender .. i dont know if its because im using a local acount and i need to log into a ms account or what is going on ... but i also dont have much time to mess with the system and i dont really need them ..

i will do a quick test turning all services to automatic and see what hapands

 

[goemonate]

yes... you are right... I am getting too tired looking for solutions for the failed Apps.... I don't use them anyway....

 

[Wynona]

This one makes me question even more the fact that my WD MYBook was grunged simply because I swapped out a dual-boot drive and a Windows 8 single-boot drive.

Methinks Microsoft let Windows 8 out the gate ahead of time just like it did Vista.

 

[caperjack]

Methinks Microsoft let Windows 8 out the gate ahead of time just like it did Vista.

maybe just a bit,but !just like with Vista ,not everyone had the same problems with Vista,and with win8 you people are having ,my 5 year old laptop with Vista has never had a problem ,still running the original install ,my win8 install[since August 18/2012] on this tower had a couple of problem with some free apps i got fro the Store ,i just deleted them ,all pre-installed apps work just fine for me i have only a few issues with it but sorted them to

 

[HippsieGypsie]

Thanks for posting this help, rialcnis. Although I don't have such problems, I learned something that I may be able to help others or myself at some later time.

Is there any hint to as why these services are being shut off? AV perhaps? Related to in place upgrade? Just curious.

 

[Wynona]

Methinks Microsoft let Windows 8 out the gate ahead of time just like it did Vista.

maybe just a bit,but !just like with Vista ,not everyone had the same problems with Vista,and with win8 you people are having ,my 5 year old laptop with Vista has never had a problem ,still running the original install ,my win8 install[since August 18/2012] on this tower had a couple of problem with some free apps i got fro the Store ,i just deleted them ,all pre-installed apps work just fine for me i have only a few issues with it but sorted them to

Yep, and that's my point . . . the problems don't crop up the same for everyone.

I've been using computers since the DOS days. I'm not a guru, but . . .

Remember Windows ME? It ran great on the computer I built with current technology (back then), but once I decided I wanted more oomph and started to upgrade the computer, ME kind of . . . well . . . it had served me well and XP had been released, so . . .

Fast forward to the Vista beta and ultimate release . . . we BTs told Microsoft it wasn't quite ready, but weren't listened to, so . . . although I only had minor problems and didn't have the big problems others had . . .

Then up jumps the beta of Windows 7 and from the get-go, even in "just out of alpha", I had no problems with Windows 7. Like XP, it just worked. Windows 7 turned out to be what Vista should have been.

And now, we see a repeat of the problems with Windows ME and Windows Vista, more or less. What I see down the line is that Windows 7 will be the new Windows XP. We'll have to pry their cold dead fingers off it.

Does that mean I'm giving up on Windows 8? Heck no! I will whip this puppy into line like it should be. Other than the problem of Windows 8 hosing my WD MyBook (I successfully got my data from it), I haven't had the problems others have had.

Then again, the only change I've made to Win 8 so far is to build my Quick Launch Bar, which I do on every new OS. (Good grief! Have I been through that many changes in operating systems?!?) I've tried a couple of things in the March PCWorld, but both failed miserably, so I'm not going back there! I will try more "fixes" because I don't like the "metro" (or whatever they're calling it now) UI. I want to be able to open a program or file the easy way, not jump through three, four and five steps to do so.

Well, enough . . . as I said, I'm not giving up on Windows 8.