Close the Windows Store App from Task Manager. To do this, type taskmgr on the Start Screen. Run Task Manager and End Task on the Windows Store<\/p>\n
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First things to try before bring out the heavy artillery is<\/strong><\/p>\n Try the WSRESET tool:<\/p>\n On the Start Screen, type in WSRESET and press enter, then run the tool when it appears<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Try the App Trouble Shooter<\/strong><\/p>\n You can download it from <\/span><\/p>\n http:\/\/download.microsoft.com\/download\/F\/2\/4\/F24D0C03-4181-4E5B-A23B-5C3A6B5974E3\/apps.diagcab<\/a><\/p>\n or<\/p>\n <\/p>\n http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/p\/?LinkId=271185<\/a> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n If these don\u2019t work, and you can\u2019t uninstall\/update\/run an app(s) it\u2019s time to try Power Shell to uninstall the app so you can reinstall it again and hopefully get past the issue.<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n All that follows is entirely at your own risk. There is no guarantee that it will work for your Windows 8.1 Preview installation. For any help with Powershell, try the Technet Scripting Forum. <\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n 1. Close the Windows Store if it is open (again)<\/p>\n 2. Download the zip file at http:\/\/gallery.technet.microsoft.com\/scriptcenter\/Remove-Windows-Store-Apps-a00ef4a4<\/a> <\/p>\n 3. Acknowledge the license<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 4. Extract to a new folder like C:\\scripts<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 5. Open the RemoveWindowsStoreApp.ps1 file with notepad or other text editor and Add the cmd<\/font><\/strong> <\/p>\n Remove-OSCAppxPackage<\/strong> <\/p>\n to the end of the file.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/span> <\/p>\n 6. Run the file (you may need to right click and select Run\/Open with Powershell or press and hold and select Run\/Open with Powershell on a Surface tablet). Type Y to any prompts.<\/p>\n 7. You will see a Powershell windows like the one below, select the IDs (like 4,17 shown in the example) and press enter. Type Y to confirm each time it appears and follow the prompts.<\/p>\n On both my test x86 desktop and my Surface RT, I\u2019ve experienced some app issues after upgrading to the Windows 8.1 Preview. Symptoms are any of the following: 1. App can\u2019t be updated even though Windows Store shows Update Available 2. 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