I've never had Classic Shell installed, so I don't think that's my problem with this issue. Thanks for the suggestion, though.

I hear ya.

Upgraded from 7, then reinstalled over the upgrade. Freebie version both times.



Tried that, no go. Plus, I also have what I believe is the underlying issue of not seeing Metro Icons at all,...

so.... why do the icons show up as blank squares on my machine and how do I fix that?

Thanks, but I think you miss my point: Metro icons are invisible BOTH in taskbar AND in other situations where they are presented as anything other than tiles, like in the Manage Apps and Features...

I'm having the same problem with 'Metro' icons. They don't show in the taskbar and they don't show within other apps. Shortcuts just show the generic page icon. The only place app icons show is in...