Clicking On One App Opens Another Instead In Start Menu?

Sep 8, 2015

when I try to open a specific app (Plex), it opens that one plus another one (iTunes). I've tried reorganizing the tiles, removing them then pinning them back again but it still happens. I made sure I have the latest updates installed.

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