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Apps not launching
I've tried posting this problem on the windows 8 forum with no luck;
hoping someone here can help. Logged in as sole user/administrator. Running Win 8 from Classic Desktop, no problem accessing the internet ie skype, ie10 etc. Running from the Tile desktop, skype, IE10 and the App Store won't run. Other apps (weather, news), do work. I've tried: logging on as a different user; setting up a different user MS account; resetting and uninstalling the offending apps; and even doing a (really annoying) complete reset of Win 8. No luck. Thank god I kept windows 7 on a separate hard drive - that continues to work as good as gold. What's bugging me is why the apps don't work off the tile menu but work fine of Desktop. Where's the sense? Can someone more knowledgeable than me (not hard) at least point me in the right direction... please? |
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Peter Roe wrote:
I've tried posting this problem on the windows 8 forum with no luck; hoping someone here can help. Logged in as sole user/administrator. Running Win 8 from Classic Desktop, no problem accessing the internet ie skype, ie10 etc. Running from the Tile desktop, skype, IE10 and the App Store won't run. Other apps (weather, news), do work. I've tried: logging on as a different user; setting up a different user MS account; resetting and uninstalling the offending apps; and even doing a (really annoying) complete reset of Win 8. No luck. Thank god I kept windows 7 on a separate hard drive - that continues to work as good as gold. What's bugging me is why the apps don't work off the tile menu but work fine of Desktop. Where's the sense? Can someone more knowledgeable than me (not hard) at least point me in the right direction... please? When I was testing Win8 in a VM, I noticed Metro was sensitive to video driver support. Does your video card have a proper driver ? The symptom there, might be a Metro app appearing to freeze or just presenting a static picture. The Metro subsystem might have certain expectations about hardware acceleration. Just a guess (beats using permissions as an excuse). Paul |
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On 11/19/2012 3:26 AM, Peter Roe wrote:
I've tried posting this problem on the windows 8 forum with no luck; hoping someone here can help. Logged in as sole user/administrator. Running Win 8 from Classic Desktop, no problem accessing the internet ie skype, ie10 etc. Running from the Tile desktop, skype, IE10 and the App Store won't run. Other apps (weather, news), do work. I've tried: logging on as a different user; setting up a different user MS account; resetting and uninstalling the offending apps; and even doing a (really annoying) complete reset of Win 8. No luck. Thank god I kept windows 7 on a separate hard drive - that continues to work as good as gold. What's bugging me is why the apps don't work off the tile menu but work fine of Desktop. Where's the sense? Can someone more knowledgeable than me (not hard) at least point me in the right direction... please? What you call tile menu, I call Metro screen. And they can launch either Metro applications or the standard Windows applications. Now there are two logons under Windows 8. The standard Windows one which we have used for years and the new one called Microsoft account. You don't need to use the Microsoft account logon to use Windows. But some Metro apps needs to be logged into Microsoft's account to work. To logon, under the Power Button under Settings there is the words "Change PC Settings". Then click on Users and on the right is that logon. -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Thunderbird v12 Centrino Core2 Duo T7400 2.16 GHz - 4GB - Windows 8 |
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Peter Roe peter nothere.co.uk wrote:
Thank god I kept windows 7 on a separate hard drive - that continues to work as good as gold. You must have an ultraportable PC (smartphone) you want to use with it. Otherwise, moving from Windows 7 is bad. Yes, having a fallback operating system is a good idea. Another good idea is making incremental copies of your new installation, using Macrium Reflect. |
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On 19/11/2012 09:44, BillW50 wrote:
On 11/19/2012 3:26 AM, Peter Roe wrote: I've tried posting this problem on the windows 8 forum with no luck; hoping someone here can help. Logged in as sole user/administrator. Running Win 8 from Classic Desktop, no problem accessing the internet ie skype, ie10 etc. Running from the Tile desktop, skype, IE10 and the App Store won't run. Other apps (weather, news), do work. I've tried: logging on as a different user; setting up a different user MS account; resetting and uninstalling the offending apps; and even doing a (really annoying) complete reset of Win 8. No luck. Thank god I kept windows 7 on a separate hard drive - that continues to work as good as gold. What's bugging me is why the apps don't work off the tile menu but work fine of Desktop. Where's the sense? Can someone more knowledgeable than me (not hard) at least point me in the right direction... please? What you call tile menu, I call Metro screen. And they can launch either Metro applications or the standard Windows applications. Now there are two logons under Windows 8. The standard Windows one which we have used for years and the new one called Microsoft account. You don't need to use the Microsoft account logon to use Windows. But some Metro apps needs to be logged into Microsoft's account to work. To logon, under the Power Button under Settings there is the words "Change PC Settings". Then click on Users and on the right is that logon. Sorry I wasn't clearer - I've tried already changing from logging on with MS account and logging on as local user. Same problem. Paul- not a video card problem. The store and IE apps give an error message - either "you are not connected to the internet" or something like "please try later as the network may be down or busy" (not an exact quote. So it's something to do with permissions... John Doe - absolutely right about 7 - I shall ditch 8 if I can';t sort this, phone or tablet notwithstanding. |
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Peter Roe wrote:
On 19/11/2012 09:44, BillW50 wrote: On 11/19/2012 3:26 AM, Peter Roe wrote: I've tried posting this problem on the windows 8 forum with no luck; hoping someone here can help. Logged in as sole user/administrator. Running Win 8 from Classic Desktop, no problem accessing the internet ie skype, ie10 etc. Running from the Tile desktop, skype, IE10 and the App Store won't run. Other apps (weather, news), do work. I've tried: logging on as a different user; setting up a different user MS account; resetting and uninstalling the offending apps; and even doing a (really annoying) complete reset of Win 8. No luck. Thank god I kept windows 7 on a separate hard drive - that continues to work as good as gold. What's bugging me is why the apps don't work off the tile menu but work fine of Desktop. Where's the sense? Can someone more knowledgeable than me (not hard) at least point me in the right direction... please? What you call tile menu, I call Metro screen. And they can launch either Metro applications or the standard Windows applications. Now there are two logons under Windows 8. The standard Windows one which we have used for years and the new one called Microsoft account. You don't need to use the Microsoft account logon to use Windows. But some Metro apps needs to be logged into Microsoft's account to work. To logon, under the Power Button under Settings there is the words "Change PC Settings". Then click on Users and on the right is that logon. Sorry I wasn't clearer - I've tried already changing from logging on with MS account and logging on as local user. Same problem. Paul- not a video card problem. The store and IE apps give an error message - either "you are not connected to the internet" or something like "please try later as the network may be down or busy" (not an exact quote. So it's something to do with permissions... John Doe - absolutely right about 7 - I shall ditch 8 if I can';t sort this, phone or tablet notwithstanding. Continue to use your search engine, using the error message. Try "you are not connected to the internet" and "Windows 8" as search terms, and you can find instances of previous Firewall or AV products that are implicated. http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/w...1-d52aacf1699c Paul |
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On 23/11/2012 6:15 PM, Don Reeves wrote:
On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 09:26:46 +0000, Peter Roe wrote: I've tried posting this problem on the windows 8 forum with no luck; hoping someone here can help. Logged in as sole user/administrator. Running Win 8 from Classic Desktop, no problem accessing the internet ie skype, ie10 etc. Running from the Tile desktop, skype, IE10 and the App Store won't run. Other apps (weather, news), do work. I've tried: logging on as a different user; setting up a different user MS account; resetting and uninstalling the offending apps; and even doing a (really annoying) complete reset of Win 8. No luck. Thank god I kept windows 7 on a separate hard drive - that continues to work as good as gold. What's bugging me is why the apps don't work off the tile menu but work fine of Desktop. Where's the sense? Can someone more knowledgeable than me (not hard) at least point me in the right direction... please? I'm getting this same problem on a brand new pc (2 days old). None of the Bing apps or IE will launch from the start tiles. When clicked, they go into a solid color screen with a logo in the center. After about 3 seconds, they return to the tiles. When I point at the upper left area of the screen, I can see that they are still running, but still stuck on the solid screen. I've seen web sites where other people are having this problem also. I think it's going back to Amazon tomorrow. What W8 or the new PC |
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On 24/11/2012 3:30 AM, Don Reeves wrote:
On Fri, 23 Nov 2012 20:00:53 +1100, Rob wrote: On 23/11/2012 6:15 PM, Don Reeves wrote: On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 09:26:46 +0000, Peter Roe wrote: I've tried posting this problem on the windows 8 forum with no luck; hoping someone here can help. Logged in as sole user/administrator. Running Win 8 from Classic Desktop, no problem accessing the internet ie skype, ie10 etc. Running from the Tile desktop, skype, IE10 and the App Store won't run. Other apps (weather, news), do work. I've tried: logging on as a different user; setting up a different user MS account; resetting and uninstalling the offending apps; and even doing a (really annoying) complete reset of Win 8. No luck. Thank god I kept windows 7 on a separate hard drive - that continues to work as good as gold. What's bugging me is why the apps don't work off the tile menu but work fine of Desktop. Where's the sense? Can someone more knowledgeable than me (not hard) at least point me in the right direction... please? I'm getting this same problem on a brand new pc (2 days old). None of the Bing apps or IE will launch from the start tiles. When clicked, they go into a solid color screen with a logo in the center. After about 3 seconds, they return to the tiles. When I point at the upper left area of the screen, I can see that they are still running, but still stuck on the solid screen. I've seen web sites where other people are having this problem also. I think it's going back to Amazon tomorrow. What W8 or the new PC It's a new pc. HP tech support was useless. They wanted another $60 for Level 2 support before they would talk to me. Since my last posting I found a Microsoft web discussion that lists several solutions. Unfortunate, none of them worked for me, but maybe this will help others. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...-71fc5813853c/ Interesting you say that there is not much support, I have found the same with Dell and Samsung not being able to find newer upgrades supporting the later OS. One example was an upgrade from Vista to W7 and dell did not have a driver for something ??? on the MB - you would think this was not a major update still no driver. |
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On 11/23/2012 10:30 AM, Don Reeves wrote:
It's a new pc. HP tech support was useless. They wanted another $60 for Level 2 support before they would talk to me. Since my last posting I found a Microsoft web discussion that lists several solutions. Unfortunate, none of them worked for me, but maybe this will help others. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...-71fc5813853c/ Wow! I didn't know that you can delete registry keys through a reg file! -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Thunderbird v12 Centrino Core2 Duo T7400 2.16 GHz - 4GB - Windows 8 |
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On 11/25/2012 12:28 AM, Rob wrote:
On 24/11/2012 3:30 AM, Don Reeves wrote: On Fri, 23 Nov 2012 20:00:53 +1100, Rob wrote: On 23/11/2012 6:15 PM, Don Reeves wrote: On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 09:26:46 +0000, Peter Roe wrote: I've tried posting this problem on the windows 8 forum with no luck; hoping someone here can help. Logged in as sole user/administrator. Running Win 8 from Classic Desktop, no problem accessing the internet ie skype, ie10 etc. Running from the Tile desktop, skype, IE10 and the App Store won't run. Other apps (weather, news), do work. I've tried: logging on as a different user; setting up a different user MS account; resetting and uninstalling the offending apps; and even doing a (really annoying) complete reset of Win 8. No luck. Thank god I kept windows 7 on a separate hard drive - that continues to work as good as gold. What's bugging me is why the apps don't work off the tile menu but work fine of Desktop. Where's the sense? Can someone more knowledgeable than me (not hard) at least point me in the right direction... please? I'm getting this same problem on a brand new pc (2 days old). None of the Bing apps or IE will launch from the start tiles. When clicked, they go into a solid color screen with a logo in the center. After about 3 seconds, they return to the tiles. When I point at the upper left area of the screen, I can see that they are still running, but still stuck on the solid screen. I've seen web sites where other people are having this problem also. I think it's going back to Amazon tomorrow. What W8 or the new PC It's a new pc. HP tech support was useless. They wanted another $60 for Level 2 support before they would talk to me. Since my last posting I found a Microsoft web discussion that lists several solutions. Unfortunate, none of them worked for me, but maybe this will help others. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...-71fc5813853c/ Interesting you say that there is not much support, I have found the same with Dell and Samsung not being able to find newer upgrades supporting the later OS. One example was an upgrade from Vista to W7 and dell did not have a driver for something ??? on the MB - you would think this was not a major update still no driver. Say do you or Don use Avast (antivirus)? I peeked on their forums today and some of them are talking about the same problem. And they say it started when they installed Avast. I peeked in there because Avast popped up asking what to do with Palm Mail wanted to run. Which makes no sense since it shouldn't be ever running anyway. And later, NewtPad Uninstall wanted to launch and Avast asked the same thing. And NewtPad Uninstall shouldn't be trying to run either. Neither makes any sense. Started happening after a recent Virus definition update. The next update this slowed down greatly. Got a third update and I haven't seen it happen yet. Maybe it has something to do with those two updates. Maybe not. Thank goodness for backups if I need to restore from an earlier time. ;-) -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Thunderbird v12 Centrino Core2 Duo T7400 2.16 GHz - 4GB - Windows 8 |
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