Third party application service or startup item is causing this issue. In many cases, the Windows Store will automatically notify you if there’s a problem with an app andĭownload and run the Modern UI App troubleshooter and check.īoot the computer in a clean boot state and check the status. Checking the license every time is just crazy. It's installed, software should just work. What is the worry? That the average user is going to clone activated systems to additional machines or VMs to save $80? Once (It'sĪn Asus notebook.) I'm appalled to think that the root of the problem might be a misguided DRM solution at the core of Windows 8. Increasing my frustration is the fact that I got it at the Microsoft Store, so there isn't any crapware (in particular, 3rd-party anti-virus) on which I can blame the problem. Since I bought my computer only a week ago, it is a most unwelcome problem. It all seemed to start when I ran File History for the first time, but that's only a guess. None of the fixes suggested at the above link work, in part because the Store is one of the apps affected: I won't be reinstalling anything. Several of my Metro apps won't start: they display the solid-colored launch page with the icon, and then nothing. My problem is nearly identical to this one, which appears to be unresolved after like a year:

My metro app not working