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For questions related to the Windows ACK (App Certification Kit) and its use in the various app certification programs for Windows operating systems.

This tag is used for posts related to the Windows ACK (App Certification Kit) and its use in the various app certification programs for Windows operating systems. Windows ACK provides guidelines for developers for using the kit and the associated certification processes

Description

The Windows App Certification Kit (ACK) is used to validate compliance with certification requirements, and replaces the Windows Software Logo Kit (WSLK) used for validation in the Windows 7 Software Logo program. Desktop, desktop device, and Windows Store apps can be certified; however, plug-in, ActiveX, and other web apps cannot be certified. The Windows ACK is included in the Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) and the Windows SDK for Windows Store apps.

Certification, while highly recommended, is not a requirement for running a desktop app under Windows 8, but it is required in order to list a desktop app in the Windows Store. Both Windows 7 and Windows 8 apps must use the new Windows App Certification Kit to become certified and eligible for sale in the Windows Store. Certification is embedded in the Windows Store onboarding process.

Requirements

There are 12 requirements for desktop certification and 9 requirements for Windows Store app certification. The online self-test and submission of results for desktop apps takes less than 45 minutes, and for Windows Store apps takes less than 20 minutes.

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Certification failed for App Manifest

Please help me to solve this error. I have tried to rectify this error multiple times. I have upgraded a windows phone silverlight 8.0 to windows phone silverlight 8.1 and the application is deploying and working normally on my local device but it…
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Windows App Certification Kit fails: Multi user session test

I'm trying to pull a WinForms application through the Windows App Certification Kit and gets a fail on this test:
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Windows 8.1 App Certification fails for Platform appropriate files

My Windows Store App works for all architectures (x86, x64, arm) and is published on the Store. But when building App Package (right-click on project, Store, Create App Package) Windows App Certification Kit 3.1 for Windows 8.1 passed all the tests…
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Per Machine Application Data Folder

I am using Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData); to get the path to store user data. That equates to: C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming If I go through the Windows 8.1 desktop application certification on a per…
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WixUI_Advanced fails ACK for per-user test

I am creating an desktop app MSI that using WixUI_Advanced for dual scope support. However the production MSI causes a warning on Windows App Certification Kit: WARNING Install to Program Files * Warning: The install to Program Files…
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Empty Blank and Grid Apps from VS2012 Javascript templates fail WACK Performance Test

I have tried running WACK 2.2 on 3 different machines (with i5 process, 4-8 GB RAM, SSD/rotational disk) for each of these apps. On each of them these apps failed with app launch times varying anywhere between 5 to 11 seconds. For example on Machine…
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Windows 8 store package fails on WACK when login to developer account

I'm trying to put a simple app on windows store. I made a fail attempt once, I submitted an app which failed to pass WACK, eventually it failed on submission too. Even then, when I try to package an app with my developer account logged in, I get a…
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Windows app certification kit 2.2 fails to find any apps to validate

I'm running windows 8 and visual studio express for windows 8. I have created an app and had it successfully submitted to the app store. I am now working on a second app and getting ready to submit it. However, I just updated to the latest win8 SDK…
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Newtonsoft Json.NET DLLs failure on Windos8 App Certification Kit

We are trying to get our app to pass Microsoft's ACK (App Certification Kit) for Windows8 desktop applications. However, when we run the ACK, we get the following warning reported on one of the DLLs we reference: File C:\Program…
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Azure Compliance for Web Application

I understand Azure has many compliance certifications (SOC2, ISO27000 etc - a whole list can found here: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/overview/trusted-cloud/compliance/). Does hosting an application on Azure stack automatically certifies the…
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How to pass "Windows App Certification Kit - Test" of a UWP app which has "Restricted namespace"?

According to Show Confirm Dialog When User Close UWP App, i used namespace "rescap" in my UWP app.
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Windows App certification kit process is getting stuck while testing .exe

Windows app certification kit process is getting stuck while testing .exe file. After clicking cancel also process does not get killed. After I killed the process from task manager, next time the kit does not get launched. After restarting system,…
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How to solve below error occured in app-certification in Windows store?

I created UWP Xamarin.Forms based application and than I try to submit it on Windows store but when I try to publish my application it pass pre-processing but in certification step it gives me below error: Please take the following action We…
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Visual Studio 2017 and Windows App Certification Kit: test errors

I'm trying to publish my app on the Microsoft Store. When I run the Windows App Certification Kit I receive for each action an error related with Microsoft.Windows.SoftwareLogo.TestBase. I'm using Visual Studio 2017 Version 15.9.3 Bytecode…
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Using Certification Test Tool for Windows Server 2016/9

Unlike the test tool for Windows 10, which is part of the Windows 10 SDK, Microsoft went out of their way to make the certification tool for Windows Server 2016 complicated. I installed my test application and specified the path to the Inno Setup…
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