Questions tagged [windows-dev-center]

Windows dev center handles all developer/owner administration of Windows applications. This is not to be confused with managing installed applications on ones Windows installation.

Mark your question with this tag if it is related to the administration of your Windows application.

All Windows and Windows Phone developer accounts has been moved to Windows dev center as of July 6th 2015. Windows dev center can be found at https://dev.windows.com/

As of Windows10 all applications will be "Windows applications" but since previous accounts also moved here this tag can be used for OS specific applications as well, ranging from Windows Phone 7 to Windows 8.1 apps as well.

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How to use MSBuild to build multiple platforms

I am using Visual Studio online build with an MSBuild task. I currently have the following MSBuild Arguments fed to my…
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Sharing uwp application

What is the proper way to share the UWP project for a job interview without revealing the code? The easiest solution might be putting the application on windows10 store, but I would like not to do that. Are there any other ways?
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Windows Phone private application deployment

I'm developing a Windows Phone application for Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 phones. The application is for internal usage only and is communicating with our system. It needs to be private so I don't want to upload it to the Store. I tried uploading it…
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UWP Xbox One difference between running in Retail to Dev Mode

I am having severe problems getting an app working in Retail Mode on the Xbox One. The app works fine in Dev Mode, I have uploaded to the store and it passes certification fine but when the app is then installed via the store onto a Retail Xbox One…
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Windows 10 UWP. how to test IAP without being charged?

I do have some users including myself as windows 10 UWP developer. I would like to allow my beta testers to test the In APP Purchases without being charged. is that possible?
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How to publish UWP app specifically for Xbox?

Is there a way to target Xbox device family specifically when creating a new UWP application? Thus making that application package unavailable for the other platforms, while potentially have a different package for other platforms? Currently I'm…
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Can I sign .hlkx file manually using EV certificate to submit on the Microsoft website

I have completed all the tests with my usb device in Hardware Lab Kit and now can prepare the .hlkx driver package to submit on the Microsoft website. The problem is EV certificate is required for Windows 10 driver. EV certificate is provided with…
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How to use dev center dashboard failure logs

Recently I released an app for Windows 10, and while it works fine on my laptop, tablet and phone, it seems that many users in the real world are experiencing it crashing after the splash screen displaying. The failure log string name…
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Windows store app deploy in new dev center

I'm trying to upload new version of my windows store app to the store but Microsoft has changed their submission portal and I'm not possible to find how I can do it. I tried it through Windows Dev Center and there is this menu Do you have any clue…
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How to change the separator of a C# TextBox when I double click to select a word?

When I use a C# TextBox as an input box, I found it hard to quickly select a word by doubleclicking on then text, because it sometimes selects brackets and other characters. For example, when I double click on var3, it selects and what I want is…
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Issue when responding to a review using the Microsoft Store API (manage.devcenter.microsoft.com)

For 1.5-2 years we have been using the Microsoft Store API to respond to user reviews on our apps: Get app reviews, Get response info for reviews and Submit responses to reviews. But, 6-7 days ago, this API stopped working properly (as described in…
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How to find email address of users who has downloaded my application from Microsoft store?

How to find email address of users who has downloaded my application from Microsoft store? One of our app was delisted by MSFT, reason:'similar to another product'. The delisted app has many users and now we want to know their email address so that…
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Microsoft Store submission API return 401

i've tyr to use https://manage.devcenter.microsoft.com/v1.0/my/applications to get my app list. But its always returning { "code": "Unauthorized", "message": "Identity cannot be authorized. CorrelationId:…
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UWP WACK Test always fails with the HighVersionLie issue

Using Visual Studio 2019 16.8.1, I've created a UWP package but can't get the WACK test to succeed due to one error. Here's the process I got about: My Min and Target versions: My process in Visual Studio to create the package: I don't remember…
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Getting Symbols from crashes at Microsoft Dev Dashboard

The Microsoft Windows Dev Center Dashboard lets me collect stack traces from failures in my native desktop app in the wild. Unfortunately, minidumps aren't avaialble. I just get a TSV file that (sometimes) has a stack trace in it, which looks like…