Disabling All Metro Apps

We are looking at deploying Windows 8.1. However rather than blocking all metro apps via applocker is there any way of completely removing them via group policy...
To be honest we have no need for any metro apps - we just want to carry on working as we do in Windows 7, just with the updated OS?

Looks great.. I see some apps can't be removed. Does that mean these apps, photos for instace need to connect to the internet each time a new user logs in to install these apps?
I also read that this can muck up the sysprep process:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2769827 Does this mean that this should only be run after the machine is put on the domain, and doesn't need to be sysprep'd?
There's an important (but subtle) distinction here;
if an app is "provisioned" vs. "installed"..
If you follow the guidance from MS, and ensure that apps are in a "provisioned" state but not in "installed" state, you will be fine.
you can use the DISM or PoSH commands to provision and de-provision (i.e. per-machine), and install and uninstall (i.e. per-user) according to your needs, and to satisfy the rules for sysprep.
Win8.1 / Win8.1u1, changes things a little bit for the better, compared to Win8.0, for modern apps.
Some limits have been removed in Win8.1 / Win8.1u1 (you can provision/sideload more apps than before).
But, you can't remove 3 apps: WindowsStore / PC Settings / Modern.IE
Don
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Adding a domain user to the admin role within the local user management breaks all metro apps for all users!!

Hi,
I have posted this in another large thread under the "Windows 8 General" group but have not had any appropriate feedback from MS.
After hours of testing and working with other users I have managed to isolate a simple situation that breaks all metro ui applications within Windows 8 for all users on the machine. Here are my exact steps and notes.
Before continuing if you are running Avast then your solution may be to turn of the behaviour shield functionality as this also breaks metro apps. This is NOT the problem we are having!
I have performed 3 cleans installs after isolating the problem and am able to reproduce the issue every time using the same steps on two different machines.
First thing to say is that for us it has nothing to do with simply joining the domain, domain/group policies nor does it appear to have anything to do with the software we installed, the problem here is much more simple but the result is pretty terrible.
Here are my exact steps of what I did to reproduce our problem:
Complete format of HDD in preperation for a clean install
Clean install performed
Set up the machine initially with a local account
Test metro apps - all working fine
Open control panel from the desktop, click on System, change the system to join the domain, click reboot
Log into the system using my domain account
Test metro apps - all working fine
Here's were the problem starts. I need my domain account to have admin rights on the local machine so I can install programs without the IT men having to come over and enter their password every 5 mins.
I go to control panel via the desktop and click on User Accounts. From with here I then click on "Manage User Accounts". This requires the IT guys to enter their details to give me access to such functionality. This is fine
In the dialog box that opens I can only see the local user that was initially created during setup. The "Group" for this local account shows as "Administrators" - Image included below (important to note that metro apps are working at this point)
I click add and then add my domain account - also giving it administrator access
Sign off or reboot to ensure the new security is applied
Sign back in to the domain account
Test metro - ALL BROKEN
Sign out
Sign in as local account
Test Metro - NOW ALL BROKEN FOR THIS USER ALSO
So as soon as I add my domain account to the local user accounts and set it as admin it breaks all metro apps for all users. This is on a totally clean install with nothing at all installed other than the OS.
Annoyingly if I go back and change the domain account to a standard user or if I totally remove the domain account from the local account management system the problem does not go away for either user. basically it is now permanently broken. The only fix I
could fathom was a full re install and not giving the domain user admin access to the local machine.
Screen one - this is the local user accounts window AFTER joining the domain and logging in with my domain account (All metro apps working at this point)
Screen 2: User accounts AFTER joining the domain and AFTER adding domain account to local user management (METRO BROKEN)
I have isolated my machine from all group policies so nothing like that is affecting me. Users I have spoken to in different companies have policies that automatically add users to the local user management. This means that metro apps break as
soon as they join the domain which leads them to wrongly think it is group policies causing the error. Once they isolate themselves from this they can reproduce following my steps.
Thanks

Hi Juke,
Thank you for the response and apologies for the delay in getting back to you. My machine was running a long task so I couldn't try your suggested solution.
I had already tried running the registry merge suggested at the top of the thread to no avail. I had not tried deleting the OLE key totally so I did that and the problem still exists. I will post all the errors I see in event viewer below. For
your info, since posting my initial comment I have sent out my steps to 7 different people and we can all reproduce the problem. This comes to 10 different machines (3 of them mine then the other guys) in 3 different businesses / domains. We see the same errors
in event viewer.
Under "Windows Logs" --> "Application" : I get two separate error events the first reads "Activation of app winstore_cw5n1h2txyewy!Windows.Store failed with error: The app didn't start. See the Microsoft-Windows-TWinUI/Operational log for additional
information." The second arrives in the log about 15 seconds after the first and reads "App winstore_cw5n1h2txyewy!Windows.Store did not launch within its allotted time."
Under "Windows Logs" --> "System" : I get one error that reads "The server Windows.Store did not register with DCOM within the required timeout."
Under "Applications And Services Logs" --> "Microsoft" --> "Windows" --> "Apps" --> "Microsoft-Windows-TWinUI/Operational" : I get one error that reads "Activation of the app winstore_cw5n1h2txyewy!Windows.Store for the
Windows.Launch contract failed with error: The app didn't start."
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Disable all print apps, but still print thru email

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Other thean that, the only option to disable any of the print apps is to disable and re-enable the Web Services for your printer, however be aware that by performing a such you will need to select a different ePrint email address for your device as the current one will be locked for 6 months and will not be able to be used due to security reasons.
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Set iPad to only scroll through a limit amount of pictures and disable all other apps

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Metro Apps All Crash On Startup - I have read the other threads on this

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I know this question has been asked several times but there seems to be no-one that has a fix for it and it's becoming very frustrating.
I have installed windows 8 on my work computer as part of a test group to evaluate how the OS runs in our corporate space. The answer currently is not very well. The desktop side runs lovely but the whole metro experience is currently broken. This is the
same across all the people in our test group, not just my machine.
Scenario:
All users running windows 8 within our domain are unable to launch any metro (sorry - new style) application with the exception of PC settings.
I will describe how I set my machine up and the errors I receive.
The install is Windows 8 Pro that was a totally clean install. Installation went fine and very fast which was great. When required during setup I created a local Microsoft account - we wanted to see the experience for the majority of users who
do not have a live id. This all worked fine and everything worked as expected - including the metro apps.
Now that everything was up and working we joined the machine to the domain, this went fine and I was asked what local security level I would like the account to have - I selected administrator as I need to install all my software / dev tools etc.
After reboot I log into my domain account and start to install all my applications. I didn't retest metro apps at this point as it never crossed my mind that I would need to.
All normal desktop apps / programs installed I try to show a colleague the news metro app. The splash screen flashes up and bang straight back to the start screen. I proceeded to try every single other metro app and all have the same result, including
the store. Strangely they are all displaying notifications and updating the tiles.
So now I start to search the issue online looking at my event logs for clues to track it down. The following is what i find in the event viewer, I will use the store as an example:
Under "Windows Logs" --> "Application" : I get two separate error events the first reads "Activation of app winstore_cw5n1h2txyewy!Windows.Store failed with error: The app didn't start. See the Microsoft-Windows-TWinUI/Operational log for additional
information." The second arrives in the log about 15 seconds after the first and reads "App winstore_cw5n1h2txyewy!Windows.Store did not launch within its allotted time."
Under "Windows Logs" --> "System" : I get one error that reads "The server Windows.Store did not register with DCOM within the required timeout."
Under "Applications And Services Logs" --> "Microsoft" --> "Windows" --> "Apps" --> "Microsoft-Windows-TWinUI/Operational" : I get one error that reads "Activation of the app winstore_cw5n1h2txyewy!Windows.Store for
the Windows.Launch contract failed with error: The app didn't start."
I have tried the following to resolve this with no success:
Updated the registry as per a moderator suggestion on technet
Linked my domain account to my live id account
Tried changing permissions on C drive to allow all application packages full control
Install all latest updates
Tried to run from the local none domain account - same issue now occurs there
I am not willing to do a repair or re install after spending the best part of a day installing my programs and arranging my start menu too my desired layout. Also each user in our test group has the same issue with totally different software installed. The
only common item between the 5 systems is .net 3.5 has been installed in order to run a piece of custom software (a simple exe).
I need to try to find another spare machine to test if simply joining the domain is the root cause. If so this will surely be a big issue when it is actually release later this month as we do nothing special here in terms of our domain config. If it is something
to do with the domain Microsoft should be much more specific about what can and cant be done on the group policies if you want metro to run. There is no way we could roll this out to our users if as soon as they join our domain their entire start
screen stops working.
HELP!!!

Kevinio04,
We have been experiencing the same error in our environment; however today I have found a solution for this. I have included my theory too, as to why this was happening. Let me know if this solution works for you:
If you have recently installed Windows 8 Enterprise on a machine, put the machine on a domain and then used Active Directory credentials to log in, then you may have
experienced all Metro Apps to crash.
Theory for Metro apps crashing: Once the machine was put on the domain and an Active Directory user would log into the Windows 8 machine group policy kicked in (depending on what OU that machine was in). Group policy writes to the Windows registry;
therefore if you put that same machine in a different OU after previously being in a different OU, there are still traces of the previous group policy in the Windows registry. In summary, a new OU needs to be created in group policy specifically for
Windows 8 machines. The machines that are going to have Windows 8 installed on them, must start with a clean Windows 8 install. You can find details in the outline below:
GROUP POLICY CHANGES
Create a new Windows 8 OU with no policies enforced
Once that OU is created, create the following Policy:
Location of Policy: Computer Configuration / Policies / Windows Settings / Security Settings / Local Policies/Security Options / Audit: Audit the access of global system objects
This policy needs to be set to: Not Configured
Audit: Audit the access of global system objects
Default: Disabled
Description of this Policy
*This security setting determines whether to audit the access of global system objects. If this policy is enabled, it causes system objects, such as mutexes, events, semaphores and DOS devices, to be created with a default system access control list (SACL).
Only named objects are given a SACL; SACLs are not given to objects without names. If the Audit object access audit policy is also enabled, access to these system objects is audited.*
INSTALL WINDOWS 8 ENTERPRISE
Administer a clean install of Windows 8 on a machine
Create a local administrator account
Log in with the location admin account to put the machine on the domain
Do NOT log onto the machine with Active Directory credentials yet!
Put the machine in the new Windows 8 OU
Restart the machine
Now, log onto the machine with Active Directory credentials
TADA!

Win 8.1 Metro apps re-installing after being removed from the reference image

Scenario:
MDT 2013 - Build reference image for Win 8.1 on hyper-v executing the following commands removing all metro apps.
Powershell.exe -Command "&{Get-appxPackage -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue}"Powershell.exe -Command "&{Get-AppXProvisionedPackage -online | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue}"
Install windows updates and perform sysprep and capture wim task
Import Wim into Sccm 2012 r2 and deploy with standard mdt task
Problem:
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Notes: Setting Copyprofile True is ignored and have tried various methods and it is always ignored.
If I use the wim from sources\install.wim and I either dism /remove-appx... or powershell in win PE get-appx -path | Remove-appx...
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<ColorDepth>16</ColorDepth>
<HorizontalResolution>1024</HorizontalResolution>
<RefreshRate>60</RefreshRate>
<VerticalResolution>768</VerticalResolution>
</Display>
<ComplianceCheck>
<DisplayReport>OnError</DisplayReport>
</ComplianceCheck>
<UserData>
<AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula>
<ProductKey>
<Key></Key>
</ProductKey>
</UserData>
</component>
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
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<SystemLocale>en-US</SystemLocale>
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<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
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<Credentials>
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<JoinWorkgroup></JoinWorkgroup>
<MachineObjectOU></MachineObjectOU>
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<ComputerName></ComputerName>
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<RegisteredOrganization></RegisteredOrganization>
<RegisteredOwner></RegisteredOwner>
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<DisableFirstRunWizard>false</DisableFirstRunWizard>
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<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Deployment" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
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<RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
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<Order>1</Order>
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<RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
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<component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<InputLocale>0409:00000409</InputLocale>
<SystemLocale>en-US</SystemLocale>
<UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
<UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale>
</component>
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-TapiSetup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<TapiConfigured>0</TapiConfigured>
<TapiUnattendLocation>
<AreaCode>""</AreaCode>
<CountryOrRegion>1</CountryOrRegion>
<LongDistanceAccess>9</LongDistanceAccess>
<OutsideAccess>9</OutsideAccess>
<PulseOrToneDialing>1</PulseOrToneDialing>
<DisableCallWaiting>""</DisableCallWaiting>
<InternationalCarrierCode>""</InternationalCarrierCode>
<LongDistanceCarrierCode>""</LongDistanceCarrierCode>
<Name>Default</Name>
</TapiUnattendLocation>
</component>
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-SystemRestore-Main" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<DisableSR>1</DisableSR>
</component>
</settings>
<settings pass="oobeSystem">
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State">
<UserAccounts>
<AdministratorPassword>
<Value>QQBkAG0AaQBuAGkAcwB0AHIAYQB0AG8AcgBQAGEAcwBzAHcAbwByAGQA</Value>
<PlainText>false</PlainText>
</AdministratorPassword>
</UserAccounts>
<AutoLogon>
<Enabled>true</Enabled>
<Username>Administrator</Username>
<Domain>.</Domain>
<Password>
<Value>UABhAHMAcwB3AG8AcgBkAA==</Value>
<PlainText>false</PlainText>
</Password>
<LogonCount>999</LogonCount>
</AutoLogon>
<Display>
<ColorDepth>32</ColorDepth>
<HorizontalResolution>1024</HorizontalResolution>
<RefreshRate>60</RefreshRate>
<VerticalResolution>768</VerticalResolution>
</Display>
<FirstLogonCommands>
<SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
<CommandLine>wscript.exe %SystemDrive%\LTIBootstrap.vbs</CommandLine>
<Description>Lite Touch new OS</Description>
<Order>1</Order>
</SynchronousCommand>
</FirstLogonCommands>
<OOBE>
<HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>
<NetworkLocation>Work</NetworkLocation>
<ProtectYourPC>1</ProtectYourPC>
</OOBE>
<RegisteredOrganization></RegisteredOrganization>
<RegisteredOwner></RegisteredOwner>
<TimeZone></TimeZone>
</component>
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<InputLocale>0409:00000409</InputLocale>
<SystemLocale>en-US</SystemLocale>
<UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
<UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale>
</component>
</settings>
<settings pass="offlineServicing">
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-PnpCustomizationsNonWinPE" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<DriverPaths>
<PathAndCredentials wcm:keyValue="1" wcm:action="add">
<Path>\Drivers</Path>
</PathAndCredentials>
</DriverPaths>
</component>
</settings>
<cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="catalog://sccm1/deploymentshare$/operating systems/windows 8.1 enterprise x64.1/sources/install_windows 8.1 enterprise.clg" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />
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Yes as I've removed it both via get-appxpackages | Remove-appxpackages and via the dism commands.
I have found also that wasn't getting a good sysprep. Problems with copy profile lead me to try doing a manual sysprep where I found I was getting failures in my sysprep. The problem was that I was disabling the windows store service in my reference
image.
I was very hopeful that was going to be the resolution but it appears that is not the case.
2014-09-26 07:15:03, Error SYSPRP WSLicenseCleanUpState failed with hr=c0020017
2014-09-26 07:15:03, Error [0x0f0082] SYSPRP ActionPlatform::LaunchModule: Failure occurred while executing 'WSLicenseCleanUpState' from C:\Windows\System32\wsclient.dll; dwRet = 0xc0020017
2014-09-26 07:15:03, Error SYSPRP ActionPlatform::ExecuteAction: Error in executing action; dwRet = 0xc0020017
2014-09-26 07:15:03, Error SYSPRP ActionPlatform::ExecuteActionList: Error in execute actions; dwRet = 0xc0020017
2014-09-26 07:15:03, Error SYSPRP SysprepSession::Execute: Error in executing actions from C:\Windows\System32\Sysprep\ActionFiles\Generalize.xml; dwRet = 0xc0020017
2014-09-26 07:15:03, Error SYSPRP RunPlatformActions:Failed while executing SysprepSession actions; dwRet = 0xc0020017
2014-09-26 07:15:03, Error [0x0f0070] SYSPRP RunExternalDlls:An error occurred while running registry sysprep DLLs, halting sysprep execution. dwRet = 0xc0020017
2014-09-26 07:15:03, Error [0x0f00a8] SYSPRP WinMain:Hit failure while processing sysprep generalize internal providers; hr = 0xc0020017

How can we disable the 'Improvement Program' from all the apps in TCS5?

How can we disable the 'Improvement Program' from all the apps in TCS5, so that the end users are not able to see the option in the help menu?
We have tried changing the value of bUsageMeasurement (HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Adobe\(product name)\(version)\FeatureLockdown) to zero, but it did not help.

You’re probably going to have to contact Support on that one.

How do I remove ALL Metro/Modern/Universal/Windows Apps without removing the Start Menu?

So with three separate builds of WTP I've run the PowerShell command to remove Metro/Modern/Universal/Windows Apps. With each build, it also removes the Start Menu. In the thread below, an MS Support person mentioned that that command was only for Windows
8.x and shouldn't be run on WTP. What? Then why is that command still available? And, why will it remove some Metro/Modern/Universal/Windows Apps, but not others? Are they marked as System required? Why isn't the Start Menu marked as System required? You'd
think that the start menu would be pretty important.
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/053f63bc-c174-44f1-8f6c-8ead1ad965fb/spartan-and-start-menu-on-10049?forum=WinPreview2014General
So, with the start menu being an XAML app, how do I safely remove ALL Metro/Modern/Universal/Windows Apps without removing the Start Menu? I have no use for them and don't want them on my computer. Period. There has to be some command like the one we used
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Don't give an answer like "just right-click and uninstall". That doesn't work for all of these things, and do you know how long it takes to do that for all of those silly things? Too long! That's also not practical for an Enterprise desktop. It's
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The problem with PowerShell and all of those scripts is that those particular scripts require a lot of typing, or copy and paste, or having to figure out where all of those apps are stored and then insert their convoluted names into the script. For
me, scripting is like programming. I have no desire to be a programmer/developer.
I just want an option in Programs and Features to be able to turn these "features" off. We were able to do it in previous versions of Windows. If we didn't want Internet Games, we uncheck the box. If we don't want our users to be able to print
documents over the Internet, we uncheck the box. And so on down the line for any other "feature" we didn't want our enterprise users to have.
Or, we could turn those features off using the System Image Manager. Now we have to write some convoluted script with even more convoluted commands for even more convoluted names for things we don't want.
The easier script in Windows 8.x was just get-appxpackages -online | remove-appxpackages. That removed the majority of the apps for an individual user. The remove-appxprovisionedpackage command, with the convoluted name of the app, would remove them from
the hard drive - one app at a time, but that doesn't work in Windows 10.
So, they came up with a DISM command, but that doesn't work in Windows 10 either. I should say that with my limited developer skills I haven't found a way to make it work.
Again, I have no desire to be a developer/scripter. They are the same thing in my book. I'm a systems engineer. I do operating systems, not write applications.
Dan
So, I guess there is no real answer to this question.

"Settings unavailable" in iOS app. And cannot uncheck "Disable all notifications" on web.

I guess this problem started a few months back, when there was two "disable all notifications" checkbox in the settings. I happened to check both of them, and later, Spotify found out that they have put 2 boxes of the same function and removed one of them. I'm guessing that the issue started at that exact moment. The box was removed from both iOS and web. My setting got stuck "checked" and cannot be unchecked. Just guessing. What else could be causing this? Why everytime I uncheck "Disable all notifications" and save it, it gets checked again and it is impossible to uncheck with any browser on any platform, why? Why I see that "Setting Unavailable" page on my iPhone? I made sure Spotify app's notifications are on in iOS's settings. I believe, only someone from the team will be able to solve this by tweaking my account's setting file on the server side. I see no other solutions.

I am having the same problem on iPhone 5 and what's more on desktop Mac OS application I am not receiving any new album notifications for about 3 months now. This is really annoying for I'm following about 360 artists and there's no simpler way of getting to know new album releases.

TS1702 my apple id was disable, how do i retrive all my apps?

My apple ID was disable. How do I retrive all my apps that I have purchased?

You can't but why not talk to iTunes Support to get your account re-enabled?
http://apple.com/support/itunes/contact/
First you may try resetting your password:
http://iforgot.apple.com

The icloud sent all my apps to the cloud - apple id disabled

i updated and synced the ipad2 with mac this morning and it has sent all my apps to the cloud. To get them back to earth I need to download again but it tells me my apple-id is disabled.
I have checked the cloud (which is not on the pad but hidden in settings) and the account is active, the payment card is correct and I restarted. What is going on here? To add insult to injury I went to the help line and needed to pay $80 to get the honor of getting some help.

Welcome to the Apple Community.
First check that all your settings are correct, that notes syncing (mail and notes on a computer) is checked on all devices (system preferences > iCloud on a mac and settings > iCloud on a iPhone, iPad or iPod).
Make sure the notes you are adding are added to your 'iCloud' account and not an 'On My Mac', 'On My Phone' or other non iCloud account (you can do this by checking in accounts on an iOS device, or the left side panel in mail on a computer), non iCloud notes will not sync.
If you are sure that everything is set up correctly and your notes are in the iCloud group, you might try unchecking notes syncing (mail and notes on a computer) in the iCloud settings, restarting your device and then re-enabling notes syncing.

Sideloading metro apps for all users

I am having problems with my sideloaded metro app…… Doesn’t seem to work anymore on any of my machines.
For the first few months, I originally installed my Metro app by first installing the app’s signed certificate to the local machine root store (All OK), then running the following command logged on as the actual user I wanted the app run
under.
Add-AppxPackage
-Path "MyMetroApp.appx"
-ForceApplicationShutdown
While this method sort of worked, it had two problems:
I needed to manually renew the developer licence every 30 days running
Show-WindowsDeveloperLicenseRegistration
and I had to do this logged on as the user on the actual console, couldn’t to this using remote PowerShell.
I want to install the app properly for all users without needing to keep renewing the developer license. I have now run the following to install the app for all users:
#Allow Trusted Apps
New-Item
-Path "HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Appx"
New-ItemProperty
-Path "HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Appx"
-Name AllowAllTrustedApps
-PropertyType DWord
-Value 1
#Install the app for all users
Add-ProvisionedAppxPackage
-Online -PackagePath
"MyMetroApp.appx"
-SkipLicense
This method – even though it seemed to complete successfully, a couple of issues:
there’s no shortcut added to the start screen on one of my machines, so I can’t open the app
I am getting a message popup upon opening my app “The app can’t open: There's a problem with {app name}. Contact your system administrator about repairing or reinstalling it. [Close].” on another machine
Can someone please point me in right direction to get my app working again? I don’t think it’s anything major, I think I’m on the right track.

The main steps are detailed here:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh852635.aspx
It sounds like the app needs to be un-provisioned on your troublesome machine ?
Don
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Sysprep and Windows 8.1 -- missing Metro apps after reboot?

So, I'm trying to figure out an issue with Sysprep and a clean-install Windows 8.1 64 Enterprise system:
When I sysprep the computer from my admin account with my unattend.xml file, when it reboots, I'm only getting 7 Metro apps at the start screen and
14 Metro Apps at the "all apps" screen -- things like Weather, Maps, Calendar, Mail, etc are missing -- and actually look like they aren't installed
as searching for something like "People" -- gives no results.
From what I've been able to gather, the behavior of the start screen should controlled by an appsFolderLayout.bin file, but when I first set up the initial
account (not "administrator", but the initial local admin account), that file does not exist anywhere.
I've tried creating the file manually by running:
Export-StartLayout -As Bin -Path C:\Temp\appsFolderLayout.bin
and either putting it in \Users\<myadminaccount>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows
or \Users\Default\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows
and sysprepping again (after restoring a snapshot to the pre-sysprep/post-clean install state), but this isn’t making any difference.
When I run sysprep /generalize — the .bin file is deleted and replaced by some other default one — that I’m not sure where it is generated from.
Does anybody have any suggestions here? Windows 8.0 just worked with my unattend.xml file without having to mess with appsFolderLayout.bin, so I’m not sure what I’m missing.
Thanks!

If you are still having trouble, this is an outline of the full process I use that seems to be consistently producing good results:
- Install Windows 8.1 Enterprise with autounattend.xml, in particular, blank administrator password, add user account test, auto-logon as Administrator, run "net user test /delete" immediately after logon to get back to just having the administrator account.
There should be no reason why all that has to be done in autounattend.xml, but it is the way I do it. There are a few other mandatory settings if you want a fully-automated setup.
- At this point in time the Administrator account only shows a few tiles on the start screen, all actions are performed using the Administrator account.
- Run Schtasks.exe /change /disable /tn "\Microsoft\Windows\AppxDeploymentClient\Pre-staged app cleanup" before the task has had a chance to run.
- Install all applications, updates and settings as you want.
- Run Sysprep, in particular blank administrator password, add user account test, auto-logon as Administrator, run "net user test /delete" immediately after logon to get back to just having the administrator account. Also importantly we set CopyProfile to
false under Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup specialize pass. I don't know because I haven't tried it, but I imagine that if you run this and copy the Administrator profile to the default user profile then the default user profile may be missing some apps. We
do all customization of the default user profile explicitly by loading the registry hive and editing it directly.
After the image is deployed the Admistrator account has all the standard tiles present, but two of them report errors (I think it is Music and Videos). Any other profiles have all tiles present and all apps work.
The full sysprep XML is included below in case it is useful to anybody. The company-specific settings and passwords have been blanked out, but otherwise it is the full one we use and fairly generic apart from the Australian settings. Note that this one is
for a 64-bit image.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
<settings pass="generalize">
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-SPP" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<SkipRearm>0</SkipRearm>
</component>
</settings>
<settings pass="specialize">
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<ComputerName>*</ComputerName>
<CopyProfile>false</CopyProfile>
<ShowWindowsLive>false</ShowWindowsLive>
<TimeZone>AUS Eastern Standard Time</TimeZone>
</component>
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-SPP-UX" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<SkipAutoActivation>true</SkipAutoActivation>
</component>
</settings>
<settings pass="oobeSystem">
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<OOBE>
<HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>
<NetworkLocation>Work</NetworkLocation>
<ProtectYourPC>1</ProtectYourPC>
<HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>true</HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>
</OOBE>
<UserAccounts>
<AdministratorPassword>
<Value>XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX</Value>
<PlainText>false</PlainText>
</AdministratorPassword>
<LocalAccounts>
<LocalAccount wcm:action="add">
<Password>
<Value>XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX</Value>
<PlainText>false</PlainText>
</Password>
<Description>Temp Account We have to Add because setup requires it</Description>
<Name>temp</Name>
</LocalAccount>
</LocalAccounts>
</UserAccounts>
<RegisteredOrganization>XXXXXX</RegisteredOrganization>
<RegisteredOwner>XXXXXX</RegisteredOwner>
<TimeZone>AUS Eastern Standard Time</TimeZone>
<AutoLogon>
<Password>
<Value>XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX</Value>
<PlainText>false</PlainText>
</Password>
<Domain>.</Domain>
<Enabled>true</Enabled>
<Username>Administrator</Username>
<LogonCount>1</LogonCount>
</AutoLogon>
<FirstLogonCommands>
<SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
<CommandLine>net user temp /delete</CommandLine>
<Description>Delete temp user account that we have to create</Description>
<Order>1</Order>
</SynchronousCommand>
</FirstLogonCommands>
</component>
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<InputLocale>en-US</InputLocale>
<SystemLocale>en-AU</SystemLocale>
<UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
<UserLocale>en-AU</UserLocale>
</component>
</settings>
</unattend>

How to Solve Windows 8 Metro App Crash on Macbook Pro 2010 13"

There is a known problem
(See http://www.onebitzero.com/how-to-fix-metro-apps-from-crashing-under-nvidia-beta- driver-296-17-in-windows-8/ )
that many notebooks equipped with nVIDIA GPU and running Windows 8 will crash some Modern UI (Metro) apps,
including Game, Camera, Remote Desktop, ... apps.
My MacBook Pro 2010 13" has an nVIDIA GeForce 320M.
I installed Windows 8 Pro RTM gotten from DreamSpark Premium and Boot Camp Software 3.2 on my MacBook Pro.
Unfortunately, I met the Modern UI app crash problem.
I fought against this problem two days and almostly surrended.
Unbelievablely, I could solve it.
Yes. We can simply solve the crash problem by installing the latest 301.42 driver download from nvidia.com.
But it is not perfect: we will find we can't adjust the brightness anymore.
I also tried many methods, including modifies .inf files and change permissions but all are failed.
Except one for which I got an idea from Windows Event Viewer.
I found I got an error event when I launched the problematic Modern UI app. For example,
"Faulting application name: wwahost.exe, version: 6.2.9200.16384, time stamp: 0x50107c6e
Faulting module name: nvd3dumx.dll, version: 8.17.11.9682, time stamp: 0x4b884f8a"
(Attention! The following steps are at your risks.
Or you may not try it.)
The steps to solve the crash problem and simultanously preserve the brightness adjustment function are:
1. Download the latest 301.42 driver from nvidia.com. Then, click it to extract files to C:\
and we don't install it.
2. Copy the Boot Camp nVIDIA driver files from "13-inch MacBook Pro Mac OS X Install DVD,"
ie. this folder:
(DVD drive):\Boot Camp\Drivers\NVidia\Vista-Win7_64
3. Replace the older nvd3dumx.dl_ with the newer one.
I.e. overwrite
Boot Camp\Drivers\NVidia\Vista-Win7_64\nvd3dumx.dl_
by
C:\NVIDIA\DisplayDriver\301.42\WinVista_Win7_64\International\Display.Driver\nvd 3dumx.dl_
4. Follow this tutorial to turn off driver integrity check:
http://www.killertechtips.com/2009/05/05/disable-driver-signing-windows-7/
and reboot.
5. Install the modified driver by clicking
Boot Camp\Drivers\NVidia\Vista-Win7_64\setup.exe
6. Reboot your computer and good luck.

The method described above is too complex.
I found a more easy way to solve the Modern app crash problem.
That is to download the legacy driver 296.10 here
http://www.geforce.com/drivers/beta-legacy
Unfortunately, 296.10 and 19x don't solve all problems on Windows 8:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4370420

Windows 8.1 Broken Windows/Metro apps when WIM deployed via MDT

Windows 8.1 u1 Broken Windows/Metro apps when WIM deployed via MDT
Windows 8.1 Enterprise - update 1, x64bit with latest updates installed.
I am having a similar problem to thread (Sysprep
and Windows 8.1 -- missing Metro apps after reboot?). Although slightly different so starting a new one. Not missing however a set of them do not install completely and display "error - this app cant install". Certain windows
apps fail install, mail, video, We use vmware ESX 5.5 to capture our image. When I deploy the image to VMware environment, all apps install successfully, when we deploy to any laptop, certain apps
fail to install. They display X beside them. The workaround is to sign into windows live account and install them.
I do have a custom start layout installed via a deploy task sequence (using command POWERSHELL -NonInteractive -Command Import-StartLayout -LayoutPath .\CustomStartLayout.bin -MountPath %SystemDrive%\)
Disabling the custom layout import does not solve the issue.
Any ideas?
RZ

Sorry, here it is
<launcher version="2"><view name="Start"><group name="GT Apps"><tile AppID="{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}\Microsoft Office\Office14\OUTLOOK.EXE" size="square150x150" FencePost="0"/><tile AppID="{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}\Microsoft
Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE" size="square150x150" FencePost="0"/><tile AppID="{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE" size="square70x70" FencePost="1"/><tile AppID="{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}\Microsoft
Office\Office14\POWERPNT.EXE" size="square70x70" FencePost="0"/><tile AppID="{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}\Microsoft Office\Office14\ONENOTE.EXE" size="square70x70" FencePost="0"/><tile AppID="Microsoft.Windows.Explorer" size="square70x70"
FencePost="0"/><tile AppID="{1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7}\SnippingTool.exe" size="square150x150" FencePost="0"/><tile AppID="{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}\Adobe\Acrobat 11.0\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe" size="square150x150" FencePost="0"/><tile
AppID="{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}\Fastrack\AdminCode\AdminDisplay.exe" size="square150x150" FencePost="0"/><tile AppID="\\ntnas\it\Images and SOEs\G+T PRINTER.exe" size="square70x70" FencePost="1"/></group><group name="WIndows
Apps"><tile AppID="Microsoft.Windows.Desktop" size="square150x150" FencePost="0"/><tile AppID="Microsoft.ZuneVideo_8wekyb3d8bbwe!Microsoft.ZuneVideo" size="square70x70" FencePost="1"/><tile AppID="Microsoft.ZuneMusic_8wekyb3d8bbwe!Microsoft.ZuneMusic"
size="square70x70" FencePost="0"/><tile AppID="Microsoft.MoCamera_cw5n1h2txyewy!Microsoft.Camera" size="square70x70" FencePost="0"/><tile AppID="FileManager_cw5n1h2txyewy!Microsoft.Windows.PhotoManager" size="square70x70" FencePost="0"/><tile
AppID="FileManager_cw5n1h2txyewy!Microsoft.Windows.FileManager" size="square150x150" FencePost="0"/><tile AppID="Microsoft.SkypeApp_kzf8qxf38zg5c!App" size="square70x70" FencePost="1"/><tile AppID="Microsoft.InternetExplorer.Default" size="square70x70"
FencePost="0"/><tile AppID="Microsoft.WindowsReadingList_8wekyb3d8bbwe!Microsoft.WindowsReadingList" size="square70x70" FencePost="0"/></group><group><tile AppID="Microsoft.BingNews_8wekyb3d8bbwe!AppexNews" size="wide310x150" FencePost="0"/><tile
AppID="Microsoft.BingSports_8wekyb3d8bbwe!AppexSports" size="wide310x150" FencePost="0"/><tile AppID="Microsoft.BingFinance_8wekyb3d8bbwe!AppexFinance" size="wide310x150" FencePost="0"/><tile AppID="Microsoft.BingWeather_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App" size="square150x150"
FencePost="0"/><tile AppID="Microsoft.HelpAndTips_8wekyb3d8bbwe!HelpAndTips" size="square70x70" FencePost="1"/><tile AppID="Microsoft.BingMaps_8wekyb3d8bbwe!AppexMaps" size="square150x150" FencePost="0"/></group><group name="Power"><tile
AppID="Microsoft.AutoGenerated.{4F2C5003-091F-B45B-9C9D-4B5AD005871E}" size="square150x150" FencePost="0"/><tile AppID="Microsoft.AutoGenerated.{1AFB1083-210E-19C4-427D-BCE76EA2D1C7}" size="square150x150" FencePost="0"/><tile AppID="Microsoft.AutoGenerated.{6010415A-0F0B-752B-2875-8C53B5438DC9}"
size="square150x150" FencePost="0"/><tile AppID="Microsoft.AutoGenerated.{DFBF87F9-ED2C-A19C-21B8-FF9C400237C3}" size="square150x150" FencePost="0"/></group></view></launcher>
RZ

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