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I just recently started experiencing issues when attempting to access Windows 8 apps. There a two different scenarios that are going on and one root cause to the issue that I have found through the troubleshooting steps that have been provided
in various other threads about applications that cannot be opened.
The obvious error that is being seen is "This app does not support the contract specified or is not installed." when accessing settings options such as "Lock Screen Settings". The second issue is when accessing the "PC
Settings" application, it minimizes to the desktop and cannot be upsized.
From the troubleshooting efforts I have taken through various other issues that are similar but not quite this problem, I have identified it is because the profile I am using is lacking a proper Microsoft Account and I need to enter in my credentials to resolve
these problems. The issue with doing that is that when going into the "Your Account Settings" app or the "PC Settings" app I am faced with one or the other of the issues that were mentioned above.
Is there any alternate way to add the my Microsoft credentials to my account to resolve this issue?
Various related articles that I worked through before posting:

Hi,
Please check the answers from
andy562 in this thread:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/6f119828-dd1b-42da-b8b5-c6e6c0d5617c/no-apps-or-windows-store-work-after-upgrading-to-windows-81-enterprise?forum=w8itproinstall
And the suggestions here:
Fix Store App in Windows 8.1
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/notime/archive/2013/10/18/fix-store-app-in-windows-8-1.aspx
If we still fail to open any store app and PC settings, please help to collect following event logs, upload to Onedrive or similar file service and share the link here for our research:
Kate Li
TechNet Community Support

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