![]() ![]() There is a log maintained in your temporary directory called WinStore.log. To sync app licenses, start the Store app, open its Settings using Win+I, click App updates and then click Sync licenses. App license sync issuesįor paid apps, if the license of an app in the Store is not up-to-date and is out of sync with the license installed on your PC, then the app may not start. If you are having trouble with only a specific app and not all Modern apps, then often the best way to start troubleshooting is to try updating it to the latest version, or uninstalling it completely and then downloading and installing it again from the Store. Group Policies under "Software restriction", "Application control" or "AppLocker settings" might be preventing your app from starting. Some specific apps might be disabled using Group Policy. Set the Windows Firewall service to Automatic and start it, if you or some third party firewall installed on your PC has disabled it. ![]() If the Windows Firewall service is disabled, Modern apps may fail to start or show error 0x80073d0a. Switch to the Advanced tab and change the "Use software rendering instead of GPU rendering" option. Open Internet Explorer and press F10 on the keyboard to bring the browser menu bar. If you have low end GPU or poor quality graphics drivers, this can affect the rendering of Modern apps and cause slowdowns. Many Modern apps are designed to use the rendering engine of Internet Explorer, as they are HTML5-based. Try to enable or disable hardware acceleration in Internet Explorer This will help in the case when your built-in Modern apps such as Store or PC Settings are corrupted. System File Checker will perform a scan of your Windows files and try to fix corrupted files. Open an elevated command prompt and type the following: sfc /scannow Try switching to a Microsoft account and see if it helps. Sometimes an app can start slowly if you are using a local Windows user account. You can start the Windows 8 app troubleshooter from this page. It is a good idea to try your luck with it. It was designed to help users resolve all issues with Modern apps. The Windows 8 App Troubleshooter is the official solution from Microsoft. Get in touch with your manufacturer and try to find out if they provide such a replacement or not.Bonus tip: reduce your Desktop app startup time Windows 8 App Troubleshooter Lenovo is another company which is likely to offer a Start Menu replacement for its customers, and we are probably going to see more of these Start Menu replacements coming from the various hardware partners of Microsoft. So if you own a Samsung laptop and planning to upgrade to Windows8, you need not worry about losing the Windows 8 Start Menu. The S Launcher will be available to the Windows 8 users of Samsung as a free download, as an alternative to the Windows 8 Start Screen. Samsung is currently offering the S Launcher for their recent line of Windows 8 notebooks and PCs which basically replicates the Windows 7 Start Menu on the Windows 8 Desktop. You will only get it as a free download from the manufacturer’s website. However, since these tools are not officially approved by Microsoft, they will probably not be shipped along with your OS. If you purchase a Windows 8 PC, look for the Start Menu replacement tool from your manufacturer. ![]() ![]() Some PC vendors are offering free alternatives to the Windows 8 Start Screen. Look for Start Menu Replacement from your PC vendor ![]()
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