Problem With DefProf and Windows 8.1. Blank Tiles

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   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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clivebuckwheat Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 21 Jul 2014 Status: Offline Points: 9	Post Options Post Reply Quote clivebuckwheat Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Problem With DefProf and Windows 8.1. Blank Tiles 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.

Support Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 09 Nov 2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1941	Post Options Post Reply Quote Support Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 Jul 2014 at 11:28am
	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.

clivebuckwheat Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 21 Jul 2014 Status: Offline Points: 9	Post Options Post Reply Quote clivebuckwheat Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 Jul 2014 at 6:30pm
	As you can see tiles are missing. Edited by clivebuckwheat - 22 Jul 2014 at 6:31pm

clivebuckwheat Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 21 Jul 2014 Status: Offline Points: 9	Post Options Post Reply Quote clivebuckwheat Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 Jul 2014 at 6:04pm
	Is there anything I could do to resolve this issue?

ray Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 15 Aug 2014 Location: Vienna Status: Offline Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote ray Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 Aug 2014 at 11:57pm
	try this in PowerShell (administrator) powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register 'c:\program files\windowsapps\*\AppxManifest.xml ------ Ray

clivebuckwheat Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 21 Jul 2014 Status: Offline Points: 9	Post Options Post Reply Quote clivebuckwheat Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 Aug 2014 at 10:52am
	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

ray Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 15 Aug 2014 Location: Vienna Status: Offline Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote ray Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 Aug 2014 at 3:30pm
	yes! sorry ... missed the ' - I would run it afterwards and see how it behaves.

clivebuckwheat Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 21 Jul 2014 Status: Offline Points: 9	Post Options Post Reply Quote clivebuckwheat Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 Aug 2014 at 10:12am
	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

clivebuckwheat Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 21 Jul 2014 Status: Offline Points: 9	Post Options Post Reply Quote clivebuckwheat Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 Aug 2014 at 8:13pm
	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\ ...

BVrieling Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 29 Sep 2014 Status: Offline Points: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote BVrieling Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 29 Sep 2014 at 8:48am
	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