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Apparently out of the blue, I can't run any metro apps. They open, then close after a few seconds. I tried the fix here but it didn't work. I rarely use metro apps, so I'm not sure when it started. Is there a fix? I have no intentions of re-installing everything.

I checked the event logs, and get this error:

Activation of app Microsoft.BingWeather_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App failed with error: The remote procedure call failed. See the Microsoft-Windows-TWinUI/Operational log for additional information.

In EventViewer, I looked under Applications and Services Logs->Microsoft->Windows but don't see a TWinUI folder

...I found TWinUI in Services Logs->Microsoft->Windows->Apps and the error there is:

Activation of the app Microsoft.BingWeather_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App for the Windows.Launch contract failed with error: The remote procedure call failed..

Update: Based on a suggestion from another site, I installed the latest DisplayLink driver. This did not help, but when I re-booted, MySql came up with this error:

There was an error subscribing to WMI Events, this may be caused by a security settings misconfiguration on a local or remote machine.

Call was canceled by the message filter. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80010002 (RPC_E_CALL_CANCELED))

Not sure if that's related or just a red herring.

Update: I actually wrote a small app and just loaded it up in Visual Studio and it wouldn't run. I got this error:

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I did what it said, but still got that error on next attempt.

Update I'll add one more piece of information before I give up. I booted into safe mode and got this error: enter image description here

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  • You have UAC set at the default levels?
    – Ramhound
    Oct 7, 2015 at 13:30
  • @Ramhound I'm not sure. Will have to check...Yes. It is set to Notify me only when apps try to make changes to my computer (default)
    – 001
    Oct 7, 2015 at 13:32
  • You should check for disk corruption (with chkdsk) and then run an SFC /scannow to ensure system file integrity. Oct 7, 2015 at 13:45
  • @Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 Thanks. Tried it but with no luck.
    – 001
    Oct 7, 2015 at 16:31
  • This sounds honestly like a group domain problem. Are you connected to a domain?
    – Ramhound
    Oct 8, 2015 at 15:22

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Finally got the apps working by installing the latest Display Link drivers (7.9M3) released on 2015-10-22 from here: http://www.displaylink.com/downloads/sla.php?fileid=171

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You need to run the power-shell fix for metro apps. Search for "POWER-SHELL broken windows apps". Mine break like every restart for some reason. This always fixes it for me. Open power-shell as admin and type:

Get-appxprovisionedpackage –online | where-object {$_.packagename –like "windowscommunicationsapps"} | remove-appxprovisionedpackage –online

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  • Thanks, but that didn't work.
    – 001
    Oct 8, 2015 at 15:09
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takeown /R /F .

icacls "c:\Windows" /q /c /t /grant "ALL APPLICATION PACKAGES":F

icacls "c:\Program Files\WindowsApps" /q /c /t /grant "ALL APPLICATION PACKAGES":F

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    Please explain how this would fix the OP's problem (which was caused by an out of date Display Link driver).
    – DavidPostill
    Feb 8, 2016 at 23:28

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