Summary
This has been an ongoing issue across Windows 8 and up where the windows full screen apps fail to open without instantly crashing while the skydive fails to function at all. The only ('temporary') solution is a fresh reinstall or reset while no amounts of sfc /scannow
and dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth
helps the issue. These file correction software fail with errors simultaneously with the corruption of the apps/SkyDrive.
Hardware
Computer:
Computer Type ACPI x64-based PC (Mobile)
Motherboard:
CPU Type Mobile QuadCore AMD A6-3400M, 3100 MHz (31 x 100)
Motherboard Name HP 358B
Motherboard Chipset AMD A70M, AMD K12
System Memory 5610 MB (DDR3-1333 DDR3 SDRAM)
DIMM1: Samsung M471B5773CHS-CH9 2 GB DDR3-1333 DDR3 SDRAM (9-9-9-24 @ 666 MHz) (8-8-8-22 @ 609 MHz) (7-7-7-20 @ 533 MHz) (6-6-6-17 @ 457 MHz) (5-5-5-14 @ 380 MHz)
DIMM2: SK Hynix HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 4 GB DDR3-1333 DDR3 SDRAM (9-9-9-24 @ 666 MHz) (8-8-8-22 @ 609 MHz) (7-7-7-20 @ 533 MHz) (6-6-6-17 @ 457 MHz) (5-5-5-14 @ 380 MHz)
BIOS Type Insyde (09/13/2011)
Storage:
IDE Controller AMD SATA Controller
IDE Controller Realtek PCIE CardReader
IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
Storage Controller Microsoft Storage Spaces Controller
Disk Drive Hitachi HTS547550A9E384 (500 GB, 5400 RPM, SATA-II)
Optical Drive hp CDDVDW TS-L633R
SMART Hard Disks Status OK
Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 446.6 GB (234.1 GB free)
D: (NTFS) 19434 MB (808 MB free)
F: (NTFS) 144 MB (60 MB free)
Total Size 465.7 GB (234.9 GB free)
DMI:
DMI BIOS Vendor Hewlett-Packard
DMI BIOS Version F.21
DMI System Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard
DMI System Product HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC
DMI System Version 058A110014244610000620100
DMI System Serial Number 5CH1411U6U
DMI System UUID D631D367-033561A4-73AE101F-741C01C8
DMI Motherboard Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard
DMI Motherboard Product 358B
DMI Motherboard Version 33.18
DMI Motherboard Serial Number PBYSF02HT1I8JI
DMI Chassis Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard
DMI Chassis Version Chassis Version
DMI Chassis Serial Number Chassis Serial Number
DMI Chassis Asset Tag Chassis Asset Tag
DMI Chassis Type Notebook
Outside research
Microsoft support forums again and again claim these issues to be 'profile corruption' and usually consist of asking users to perform the sfc and dism commands and/or submit their logs if this is done before never responding again. Sometimes they will reference how to troubleshoot troubleshooters which troubleshoot troubleshooters, or recovery programs to recover the recovery programs, etc. in an endless stream of uselessness and failures. These issues appear to be widespread among windows users.
Symptoms
Windows 8 'apps'
Windows 8 apps will crash on start. This includes PC settings and the like.
SkyDrive
SkyDrive will no longer synch. The icon disappears from context menu at left. The SkyDrive troubleshooting pack cabinet (onedrivets.diagcab) displays this:
then this:
Claiming that SkyDrive is 'off'. When I start the application, it opens the SkyDrive folder, hangs then crashes. I tried to uninstall and reinstall SkyDrive, and now the app doesn't even start, but still yields the exact same messages from the SkyDrive troubleshooter as before.
Event Log http://1drv.ms/1rVOZ44
This event log holds all relevant errors from when the problems first started. Notable error events are a whole bunch of registry 'database' corruption (some with UsrClass.dat), we can see where skyDrive took a pitch with its KERNELBASE.dll (event 1000) and also the 'This app does not support the contract specified or is not installed.' I got with certain windows 8 apps when they did not start and gave me a dialog box with an error (event 5973). I apologize for the somewhat large size, as I am not all that familiar with the windows event logs
Attempts at recovering the recover-ers
Naturally the very first time I had these symptoms I hopped into powershell and used the sfc, dism commands to try and recover the corrupted windows files. Sfc failed with errors while Dism just hung for two days at 20%. Whenever user with this windows app/SkyDrive corruption happens these recovery tools seem guaranteed to fail to fix the problems. Here are the logs:
-I included additional logs besides the cbs.log from sfc and dism.log from dism for extra reference.