Very weird, but on two of my computers running win 8, I updated them to ver 1.2 of Start8 and now have a nightmare. On the Win 8 charms start page, almost all the win 8 applications will not load. They start to open and then return back to the Win 8 Start Page. Live tiles still update, but cannot open the applications now. Only common denominator between the laptop and my desktop is an update to this application I have loved from day 1. I even called Lenovo Support and even using remote access, they could not figure out what had happened.
I am going to have to now install image backups and go back to ver 1.1 and not update anymore because there is no explanation why two different computers now have the same problem and the only thing both did this last week was update to ver 1.2. If this problem has happened to someone else I would hope they also report. Just so you know, the laptop has no legacy programs installed other than Norton 360 security and Acronis True Image 2013, both of which have millions of user globally. So this can't be a problem caused by software conflicts and both systems worked fine until I upgraded.
If you have any suggestions before I install my image backups, I would sure like to hear them.
UPDATE OCT 3: NO ONE ELSE SEEMS TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND I AM STILL BAFFLED HOW TWO IDENTICAL LAPTOPS, MY WIFE AND MINE, CAN NOT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE CHARMS NOT WORKING ON MINE BUT JUST FINE ON HERS. SHE HAS 1.1 VERSION RUNNING AND I UPDATED TO THE 1.2 VERSION IS THE ONLY DIFFERENCE. SEARCHING MICROSOFT I FOUND MANY WHO HAVE ALSO LOST FUNCTIONALITY OF THE WIN 8 APPLICATIONS AND EVERY SUPPOSED SOLUTION HAS NOT WORKED FOR ME SO I AM FORCED TO RESET THE OPERATING SYSTEM AND REINSTALL EVERYTHING OR JUST USE MY LEGACY WINDOWS PROGRAMS AND FORGET THOSE NEW WIN 8 APPLICATIONS. SO WEIRD BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS.
