8.1 Preview users must RE-INSTALL ALL PROGRAMS
Oh what a NIGHTMARE!!! I wasn't aware that by trying the 8.1 beta that it meant having to RE-INSTALL all of my programs when the completed 8.1 was released. It is incredibly short sighted on Microsoft's part to leave their (beta) supporters out in the cold this way.
Somewhere there must be some note that going from 8.1 beta to the full release would require users to re-install all of their programs. But all of my attention was wasted by Microsoft simply jumping through the hoops necessary to have obtained the 8.1 beta in the first place. I was going in circles on their website for hours before I was finally able to get the beta to download and install on my Windows 8 machine.
They should AT LEAST provide either a simple method to REVERT back to Windows 8 OR to install the release version of 8.1 over the 8.1 preview/ beta!
Biting the hand that feeds IT
