So I decided to do a test. I'm doing much of my Windows 8 testing in a virtual machine so I can wipe and reload stuff as much as I please. So I went back to square one; a clean install of Windows 8.1 Update 1.
I reloaded Windows 8.1 and immediately installed Windows 8.1 Update 1 using the download files from Microsoft's web site. Once that was all said and done, I then installed Start8 and ModernMIX. I then configured the following setup.
I then opened the Microsoft Store app like so...
I then closed the Microsoft Store app using the little red X button in the upper right corner of the window.
And what happens, the taskbar icon for the Microsoft Store app is still there even after I closed the app.
Now, I have absolutely nothing else installed on this virtual machine. Just Windows 8.1 Update 1, Start8, and ModernMIX. Nothing else. Seriously, those are the only things installed in this virtual machine to try and narrow down where the problem is. This has got to be a bug in ModernMIX, there is no other explanation that I have for this behavior. The icon should not be there after I closed the Microsoft Store app but it is.