Success!!! I have (without windows refresh/reinstall) completely fixed the first issue (missing applist in notify).
(I'd need a second instance to prove my fix though)
[quote]For the App Notification List issue, I suggest you uninstall an App which explicitly has Notification setting(for instance, Calendar), then try installing it from Store again for a test. If the issue persists, I think your Apprepository is corrupted.
I am afraid you need to reinstall Windows 8 or refresh it. [/quote]
was actually a good hint. armed with the idea that there is an apprepository database, thus there is a reg entry.4
{BOILERPLATE WARNING: messing with your registry is dangerous if you don't know what your doing you could cause damage. . .don't be like me a delete willy-nilly, especially without having a computer backup}...that said since our other alternative is to refresh/reload
windows what're you gonna lose ;)
Find the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\PushNotifications
export it (jic my fix is wrong)
delete it
reboot
(here I encountered a no-boot-blue-screen but maybe do to my antivirus though the windows bluescreen, event log and nirsoft bluescreenview all show a different cause. and after another reboot)
open settings go to notification and store now shows as the only app in the once blank applist
reinstall all your apps (most you can just install without uninstalling...any that "fail to install" uninstall first then install)
go to the effected applist it is now full (and lock screen properly shows notifies once you retell it which ones are to be used)
I encountered this error initially with a new computer, my second windows8 and both using a live account as a useraccount. My assumptions for cause are the following (in this order of likelihood most-to-least)
That the profile carryover causes a miscalc in the app database
That the use of the "easy transfer" between 2 windows8 PCs over wifi causes a miscalc in the app database
An alpha (community provided and not built into the official program) ccleaner winapp2.ini rule cleaned a reference point (if the issue reoccurs I will investigate this further)
Finally (though this may change after a reboot) the exported (broken) regkey contained
"ToastEnabled"=dword:00000001
"LockScreenToastEnabled"=dword:00000001
"AudioEnabled"=dword:00000001
"ToastWakeupTime"=hex(b):96,90,5b,38,5c,0b,ce,01
but, thus far, these settings do not appear in the newly re-created key