Metro apps crash on startup, driver or permissions issue?
OK, it took me forever to solve this problem so hopefully this helps someone. I had changed permissions on my user folder (like I always do) to only allow my user and SYSTEM. Unfortunately this broke some Metro/Modern apps including Weather, News, Finance, Netflix, etc.
The only permissions that 'ALL_APPLICATION_PACKAGES' needs in order for all Metro/Modern apps to work are:
- File -
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temporary Internet Files\counters.dat- Read & Execute, Read - (You'll need to uncheck 'Hide protected operating system files' in Folder Options to see the Temporary Internet Files folder)
(if you cannot find in the above location try %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\counters.dat)
- Folder -
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\WER- Special: List folder/read data, Create folders/append data
(if you cannot find in the above location try %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER)
It does not need full access to your C: drive or even access to the Packages folder as previous answers suggested.
You can either reboot after making the above permission changes or kill the appropriate processes.
I fixed it myself!
I added "ALL APPLICATION PACKAGES" to the C:\ security options, and gave it full control. Now Metro apps work fine. :D
In my case it was Avast. I had to disable all shields to get it working.
An update of Avast to the newest version fixed it!