[runamuck83]

so, I got my shiny new Surface RT - fired it up. All good...

It said I needed to do 15 updates to the stock apps. Ok, fine...

So, it froze on 3 of them, and now they're freaking missing and I can't get them back!

The News, People, and Photos app - all gone!

What do I do?

[illidanx]

i think hitting the reset button to wipe everything might work.

[runamuck83]

Where might that button be?

[runamuck83]

OK, I'm trying a "Refresh". let's see what happens.

[runamuck83]

That didn't work - back to doing a total Reset of the thing!

[theefman]

Have you tried going into the store, bringing up the app bar and going to the My Apps section? Should be able to reinstall from there.

[runamuck83]

Have you tried going into the store, bringing up the app bar and going to the My Apps section? Should be able to reinstall from there.

Yes, I tried that. When I search for it it says "You own this app" like it thinks it's already installed, yet I can't find it anywhere on the system. It's like it's stuck in limbo.

I was only about 10 mins into using it so a total reset doesn't lose too much - but hopefully this doesn't happen again.

[DougB541#CB]

Someone reported this when first firing up the surface....i think it was anandtech review actually.

[runamuck83]

Have you tried going into the store, bringing up the app bar and going to the My Apps section? Should be able to reinstall from there.

Yes, I tried that. When I search for it it says "You own this app" like it thinks it's already installed, yet I can't find it anywhere on the system. It's like it's stuck in limbo.

I was only about 10 mins into using it so a total reset doesn't lose too much - but hopefully this doesn't happen again.

[VagrantWade]

Yes, I tried that. When I search for it it says "You own this app" like it thinks it's already installed, yet I can't find it anywhere on the system. It's like it's stuck in limbo.

I was only about 10 mins into using it so a total reset doesn't lose too much - but hopefully this doesn't happen again.

It's because the Windows store is getting hammered. I had the same problem with the Windows store on my PCs despite not having it at all for the past few months. The app downloads were also slow.