It seems to have been a common problem for a while. I suffered through it a while back and eventually fixed it by reinstalling the OS. I had a hard drive start to fail so I recently reinstalled. After a week or so this problem is back again. I really don't want to have to reinstall. I have Windows 8.1 Pro. This is a home machine desktop machine and I have admin access. Recently I lost the ability to open any metro apps including the store. I really only use Netflix and the weather app so it doesn't kill me cause I can work around it. It does bug me that the OS isn't working though. I get the app splasjh screen then it closes. It shows up as an open app on the left side but still will not open. I am getting the following event logged. Activation of app Microsoft.BingWeather_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App failed with error: The app didn't start. See the Microsoft-Windows-TWinUI/Operational log for additional information. In the Microsoft-Windows-TWinUI/Operation log I find a corresponding entry. Activation of the app Microsoft.BingWeather_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App for the Windows.Launch contract failed with error: The app didn't start.. I am welcoming all suggestions though most things I've tried haven't worked. Locked Question. This question was migrated from the Microsoft Support Community. You can vote on whether it's helpful, but you can't add comments or replies or follow the question. Anonymous 2015-07-22T22:31:04+00:00 Let us know if you have an alternative way to install Corel 13 on Windows 8 that doesn't interfere with Windows 8 functionality. That would be helpful. Let us know if you've successfully installed Corel 13 on Windows 10. That too would be helpful. 0 comments No comments Report Let us know if you have an alternative way to install Corel 13 on Windows 8 that doesn't interfere with Windows 8 functionality. That would be helpful. Let us know if you've successfully installed Corel 13 on Windows 10. That too would be helpful. Anonymous 2014-03-13T16:56:53+00:00 after updating to 8.1 ...the windows store app opens but not able to access apps or search for an app,....pls help me 0 comments No comments Report after updating to 8.1 ...the windows store app opens but not able to access apps or search for an app,....pls help me Anonymous 2014-03-13T16:14:07+00:00 The fix above corrected my ability to run Metro apps but I noticed that a standard user account on the same machine was having problems with file permissions. I went ahead and restored last night to a point just after I had installed the OS. I had to re-installed my applications this morning. I found the application that caused my problem was Corel X3. Everything was fine until I installed this. I had the exact same problem with the registry permissions and standard user file permissions afterwards. I had to restore again but luckily had saved a restore point just before. Everything is fine now. I don't use Corel for much so I'll run it on a XP VM when I need to use from now on. Corel X3 is not compatible with Windows 8. 0 comments No comments Report The fix above corrected my ability to run Metro apps but I noticed that a standard user account on the same machine was having problems with file permissions. I went ahead and restored last night to a point just after I had installed the OS. I had to re-installed my applications this morning. I found the application that caused my problem was Corel X3. Everything was fine until I installed this. I had the exact same problem with the registry permissions and standard user file permissions afterwards. I had to restore again but luckily had saved a restore point just before. Everything is fine now. I don't use Corel for much so I'll run it on a XP VM when I need to use from now on. Corel X3 is not compatible with Windows 8. Anonymous 2014-03-12T13:54:35+00:00 Hi Louis, You may face this issue if Store is not registered properly or due to System file corruption. Follow these methods and check if it helps: Method 1: Run the ** Apps troubleshooter .**This tool can automatically identify and fix some problems with apps. Step 2: Please go through the following link for troubleshooting further if the troubleshooter does not help: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/what-troubleshoot-problems-app Method 2: I would suggest you to re-register the store app and check if it helps. Refer the suggestion provided by “ Luis Cantero ” from this MSDN blog: **http://blogs.msdn.com/b/notime/archive/2013/10/18/fix-store-app-in-windows-8-1.aspx** Make sure you enter these commands in elevated mode. Follow these steps to do so: Press Windows key + X Click on Command prompt (Admin) Method 3: If issue persists, run the SFC scan. System File Checker tool (SFC.exe) scans for missing or corrupted system files and repairs them. Use the System File Checker tool to troubleshoot missing or corrupted system files on Windows Vista or on Windows 7 **http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833/en-us** Method 4: I would also recommend you to run check disk on the computer and check if it helps: Go to Start Page. b) Type: CMD c) The Apps page will come up. d) Right click command prompt e) Click “ Run as Administrator ” on the bottom pane. f) If you get the User Account Control prompt . Click Yes to continue. g) At the Command Prompt, type Chkdsk /r /f Important: While performing scanning on the hard drive if any bad sectors are found on the hard drive when scanning tries to repair that sector if any data available on that might be lost. Hope this helps. If you need further assistance with Windows, let us know and will be glad to help. 0 comments No comments Report You may face this issue if Store is not registered properly or due to System file corruption. Follow these methods and check if it helps: Method 1: Run the ** Apps troubleshooter .**This tool can automatically identify and fix some problems with apps.

Step 2: Please go through the following link for troubleshooting further if the troubleshooter does not help: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/what-troubleshoot-problems-app I would suggest you to re-register the store app and check if it helps. Refer the suggestion provided by “ Luis Cantero ” from this MSDN blog: **http://blogs.msdn.com/b/notime/archive/2013/10/18/fix-store-app-in-windows-8-1.aspx** Make sure you enter these commands in elevated mode. Follow these steps to do so: Press Windows key + X Click on Command prompt (Admin) Method 3: If issue persists, run the SFC scan. System File Checker tool (SFC.exe) scans for missing or corrupted system files and repairs them. Use the System File Checker tool to troubleshoot missing or corrupted system files on Windows Vista or on Windows 7 **http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833/en-us** Method 4: I would also recommend you to run check disk on the computer and check if it helps: Go to Start Page. c) The Apps page will come up. d) Right click command prompt e) Click “ Run as Administrator ” on the bottom pane. f) If you get the User Account Control prompt . Click Yes to continue. g) At the Command Prompt, type Chkdsk /r /f Important: While performing scanning on the hard drive if any bad sectors are found on the hard drive when scanning tries to repair that sector if any data available on that might be lost. Hope this helps. If you need further assistance with Windows, let us know and will be glad to help. Anonymous 2014-03-12T13:50:08+00:00 Ok, I was able to fix it this morning. After reading this KB article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2798317/en-us I found that the permissions on the hkey_classes_root key had changed quite significantly. Luckily I had a second machine I could compare it to so I was able to edit it to match. All of the other permissions were fine. After rebooting the store and apps now open. This seems like something Microsoft's app diagnostic tool could have tested for and either repaired or reported the condition. 0 comments No comments Report Ok, I was able to fix it this morning. After reading this KB article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2798317/en-us I found that the permissions on the hkey_classes_root key had changed quite significantly. Luckily I had a second machine I could compare it to so I was able to edit it to match. All of the other permissions were fine. After rebooting the store and apps now open. This seems like something Microsoft's app diagnostic tool could have tested for and either repaired or reported the condition.