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Store, Store (beta), and apps
For the past few days, I've been wrestling with Store (beta) issues.
It worked, it didn't work, it sort of worked.....
When it worked, it offered 10 updates to apps
update all did not work, so I updated them individually by hitting the down arrow
Reader updated - others didn't
I hit the retry arrow and some more got updated
I hit the retry arrow again on the ones that remained until they updated
Mail app and Store (beta) did not
MS games were not offered and are not on the Store (beta) page
Uninstalled apps were offered - screw that! They need to fix that
Then it stopped working altogether - and surprisingly, MS games didn't work even though there was no update offered.
I ran wsreset and re-registered the apps ( a few failed to re-register bcz they were in use - Cortana!)
I also ran the app trouble shooter
Somewhere along the way, Store (green) started working again (oh yeah, I forgot to mention that MS store was broken - both of them) (beta) still just sat there or disappeared after launch
Fiddle, fiddle fiddle - today I am able to run both Store apps
I ran (beta) and offered 7 updates - everything but Store (beta) was updated by hitting the retry button when necessary. I noticed that the update incremented .2 mb each time I hit retry (17 MB to 40 MB all .2 mb at a time)
I reported this to MS.
I went to Store (green) to see about my games ... no updates. I uninstalled both Mahjong and Solitaire, then installed them from Store (green), remember, they aren't on Store (beta)?, and everything is fine ... today.
One cool thing is that the MS games are windowed now and...... and..... and you no longer have to wade though the sign-in window just to locally play a game on your machine. I considered that extraneous step a big issue. Why continually ask the user to sign in when they never have or they always hit cancel. The likelihood of them signing-in when they launch the app is minimal and they'll just be upset every time they take a break to play a game at work
I think MS was working behind the scenes and nothing I did actually solved the issue(s) other than reinstalling the games