cant install games or steam on windows 8 metro it says cant run this app why is this?
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microsoft.com - date:
January 7, 2013
Hello,
I have a lenova yoga laptop with windows 8 metro and I just want to install a game that isn't a crappy facebook money making scam which is everygame in the app store! Steam wont install it says it cant run this app please find a app in the store the steam
app wont run either! I have a gamers gate account and that wont install my games says the same thing im about ready to throw this piece of junk out! can anyone please help ive tried running as admin im not very good with computers
Thanks
Shane
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Nearly all Metro apps crash after Windows 7 to Windows 8 upgrade
location:
microsoft.com - date:
November 2, 2012
PC DETAILS:
Laptop: Acer Aspire 1810TZ
Processor: Intel U4100 1.30Ghz
Memory: 3GB
Graphics: Integrated Mobile Intel 4 Series Express
64 Bit System, No Touchscreen
PROBLEM:
Upgraded from Windows 7 Home Premium to Windows 8 Pro
Windows boots and "works" but nearly all Metro apps do not work, I click on a metro app, get the full-screen startup screen appear for a few seconds, then it closes.
This applies to:
- Mail
- Calendar
- Store
- People
- Photos
- Skydrive
- Messaging
- Finance
- Sport
- Weather
- News
- Bing
- Travel
- Games
- Music
- Video
The following apps DO run:
- IE
- Maps
- Camera
Looking at the event viewer I can see the following sort of errors, for example for the mail app:
Applicatio
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Controlling Windows 8 Metro Icons using AD
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microsoft.com - date:
January 14, 2013
I am using AD and 2012 server and windows 8 client. Is ther a way using Group Policies or some other utility that I cam control what application icons show on a user desktop, which can be different for each user.
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Is there a way to change the Icons of Metro Tiles in Windows 8?
location:
8forums.com - date:
August 3, 2012
Microsoft placed horrible icons for tiles like "Store", "Camera", "Mail" , "Messaging", "videos" and "Music".
Is there a way to put high resolution icons for these tiles?
Thanks in advance.
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Windows 8 Metro Fonts Glitch?
location:
8forums.com - date:
November 6, 2012
I do a lot of design work and therefore have a huge collection of fonts. After upgrading to Windows 8, I installed my pack of 25000 fonts. Now, whenever I go to use any Metro app and the start screen, all my icons and some Metro fonts are garbled up. I'm surprised that this has happened and am wondering if there is any fix for this.
Thanks
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Multitasking in Windows 8 Metro, playing videos in the background.
location:
microsoft.com - date:
July 18, 2012
I am exploring Windows 8 Release Preview and find it quite interesting and should appreciate Microsoft's gamble.
The app snap feature and apps entering into suspended mode, is good.
I was viewing a youtube video, it was just an audio, and so wanted to open some other app, and switched to it (ALT+TAB), hoping
that the audio would play in the background, but it stopped and started playing again only when I switched to IE metro app again.
With this same thing tried on desktop mode, it worked as expected, even when I opened the youtube video in the desktop mode
and switched to a metro app, why is this not incorporated in the Metro mode, why should Windows multitasking be any different
given I am on the x64 architecture. I can understand a
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How to make a windows 8 metro app autostart? (skype)
location:
microsoft.com - date:
January 17, 2013
Hi there.
When I turn on skype metro app- it will run in the background, even when Im in desktop mode. But if I dont turn it on, nobody can call me :( How to make it autostart? And I mean autostart - work in background, not "autostart and freeze because Im in desktop"...
Thank you in advance.
Jacek.
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Windows 8 Metro UI does not work when I connected remote desktop from Windows 7
location:
microsoft.com - date:
December 11, 2012
When I connected from Windows 7 to Windows 8 by using Remote Desktop than I cannot see Start Menu, Search, Connections and all other Metro UI screens. They are empty, just blank blue screens with background picture.
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