Thursday, September 15, 2011

Visual Studio reports error: "Installation of this application requires a Windows Store Developer license …"

You downloaded Windows 8 CTP with developer tools, you start pre-installed Visual Studio 11 Express for Windows Developer Preview, you try to create a new application project – and get the error message:

"Installation of this application requires a Windows Store Developer license…"

The reason is: you need to install a developer license locally to your machine to get the development environment working properly.

  • exit Visual Studio
  • make sure your Windows 8 instance is connected to the internet
  • restart Visual Studio and confirm dialog box informing about installation of developer license

The error message must be gone: enjoy it – otherwise the license was not installed properly.

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