How do I update my Windows 8 apps? I'm logged into Windows 8 with my Live ID. I have payment info associated. All I'm trying to do is run my free Skype app. It won't run. Windows 8 says the app requires an update. I click the button to run the update. It brings me to the marketplace update screen listing all the apps requiring an update. I click the 'Install' button. The green progress bars all move to the right and the process all ends anti-climactically with the message 'This app wasn't installed - view details'. I click to '...view details' and it results in the following message in a tiny pop-up style window:
Something happened and this app couldn't be installed. Please try again. Error Code: 0x800700b7
Also displayed with the message are the button options to 'Try Again' or 'Cancel'. Trying again results in the same failure to update. As a result, I can't run the apps.
Anyone else out there getting this or know how to resolve this issue? I'd appreciate any help you have to offer.
This is so basic. I can't believe Microsoft has made this a process that involves troubleshooting. My android tablet, my Windows 7 phone and the iPods my family members use are all just one-touch updates. Windows 8, at this point to me, is like the Pet Rock of 2012. Good thing for the 'Desktop' Windows 7-esque view.
Something happened and this app couldn't be installed. Please try again. Error Code: 0x800700b7
Also displayed with the message are the button options to 'Try Again' or 'Cancel'. Trying again results in the same failure to update. As a result, I can't run the apps.
Anyone else out there getting this or know how to resolve this issue? I'd appreciate any help you have to offer.
This is so basic. I can't believe Microsoft has made this a process that involves troubleshooting. My android tablet, my Windows 7 phone and the iPods my family members use are all just one-touch updates. Windows 8, at this point to me, is like the Pet Rock of 2012. Good thing for the 'Desktop' Windows 7-esque view.