Windows error 0x80270257, -2144927145

Detailed Error Information

E_APPLICATION_MANAGER_NOT_RUNNING[1]

MessageThe app manager is required to activate applications, but is not running.
Declared inwinerror.h

HRESULT analysis[2]

FlagsSeverityFailure
Reserved (R)false
OriginMicrosoft
NTSTATUSfalse
Reserved (X)false
FacilityCode39 (0x027)
NameFACILITY_SHELL[2][1]
DescriptionThe source of the error code is the user Shell.[2][1]
Error Code599 (0x0257)

Questions

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Run metro app from custom shell

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microsoft-metro
windows-shell
windows-embedded-8
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Visual Studio 2012 Designer throws exception 0x80270257

TLDR; VS2012 throws an exception like below when trying to edit XAML in the Designer running VS2012 as a RemoteApp. Right, I may be asking this in the wrong place, but I'm at my wits end with this. Basically what I'm trying to achieve is to run VS2012 on my [...] read more
visual-studio
windows-8
windows-store-apps
windows-server-2012
remoteapp

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Sources

  1. winerror.h from Windows SDK 10.0.14393.0
  2. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc231198.aspx

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