So I found an issue. When launched, the metro apps' windows do not resize properly. for example, if I were to increase the size of a metro app window horizontally on the right side, the scroll bar which would allow me to navigate down the page would stay right where it is and would end up in the middle of the expanded window. SO I did a registry restore and simply ran the PowerShell command which I know will resolve most store issues (Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}), and not only did the icon change back to what it was originally, but the store apps seem to work again.