Problem With DefProf and Windows 8.1. Blank Tiles |
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clivebuckwheat
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Posted: 21 Jul 2014 at 10:44pm |
Hi
I am currently evaluating DefProf to see if it would be something useful for our Lab Image.I might have found a bug. Here's how my process. 1. Login as Admininstrator, do my installations, and customizations such as start screen, pin tiles to task bar etc 2. create another user called CopyProfile With Administrator rights. 3. Logoff as Administrator and reboot. 4. Login as User CopyProile,Run DefProf from an elevated cmd prompt with DefProf c:\Users\Administrator /y 5. DefProf completes successfully, logoff as User CopyProfile and reboot. 6. I login as a brand new user that has never logged into the machine before, start screen is all ok pinned apps to task bar is ok, homepage settings all ok in all browsers. THE PROBLEM IS AS FOLLOWS BELOW. When I go to the start screen click the down arrow and go to Apps by Name screen, certain icons such as camera, store, skydrive, pc settings, and desktop are blank, they still work but they are blank and by blank I mean they have no picture in them. Most of the icons are ok otherwise. I can't figure it out. |
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This is not something we have ever seen.
We have noticed that occasionally there is a delay in updating live tiles, but we have not seen any blank tiles. |
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clivebuckwheat
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As you can see tiles are missing.
Edited by clivebuckwheat - 22 Jul 2014 at 6:31pm |
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clivebuckwheat
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Is there anything I could do to resolve this issue?
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ray
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try this in PowerShell (administrator)
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register 'c:\program files\windowsapps\*\AppxManifest.xml ------ Ray |
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clivebuckwheat
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Thanks Ray.
I Think you missed a quote? shouldn't it be powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register 'c:\program files\windowsapps\*\AppxManifest.xml' Also do I run this before I run defprof or after? Edited by clivebuckwheat - 18 Aug 2014 at 10:53am |
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ray
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yes! sorry ... missed the ' - I would run it afterwards and see how it behaves.
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clivebuckwheat
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Also I have noticed that using defprof the appstore always updates apps every new login if even updating apps is turned off via gpedit.msc is there a fix for that issue?
Edited by clivebuckwheat - 24 Aug 2014 at 8:14pm |
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clivebuckwheat
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Sorry, I didn't see the error the first time when running the powershell script. It gives an error
powershell : Add-AppxPackage : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument At C:\Windows\fixblanktiles.ps1:1 char:1 + powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (Add-AppxPackage...cepts argument :Strin g) [], RemoteException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NativeCommandError 'files\windowsapps\*\AppxManifest.xml'. At line:1 char:1 + Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register c:\program files\windowsapps\* ... |
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BVrieling
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I have noticed the same problem ie. that the startscreen apps update with every new login (which is really bad for us because we use Deepfreeze, so we have "new logins" all the time).
At first I was not sure why the logins were so slow, but after I pressed CTRL-ALT-DELETE during the wait and then ESC, the screen showed what was going on (ie. the apps are updating). It would be helpful to know if this is something which is on the radar to be addressed (ie. is it a problem, or is it just the way it is with DefProf?). Or, is this something User Profile Manager does better and we should use that? Thanks, ...Bruce |
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