How to get Win8 Developer License

What is the Win8 Developer License?

Once you've developed an app, you must package it and certify it according to specific rules before you can be available in the Windows Store. If your app has not been certified by the Windows Store, it won't run on Windows unless you have a developer license installed on your local computer or your company has loaded the app next to it. (Sideloading is the process of installing an app that is not distributed through the Windows Store, and is typically used to test an app before it is ready for sale.)

That is, using a developer license for Win8 Proof that you can install, develop, test, and evaluate these applications before testing and authenticating your app in the Windows Store.

Developer licenses are free, and if you already have a Microsoft account, you can download them as needed. There is no limit to the number of developer licenses, but there is a time limit. After the developer license on the local computer expires, the uncertified app will not run, but you can continue to run the desktop app or the Windows Store app that is loaded into the computer. .

You don't need to use an app store account to get a developer license, but having such an account can have some benefits. For example, if you have a Windows Store account, you can qualify for a longer developer license.

Obtaining a Developer License with Visual Studio

When you first run Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 on your local computer, you are prompted to obtain a developer license. Please read the license terms and click “ I agree & rdquo;. In the "User Account Control (UAC)" dialog box, click “Yes  to continue. After you install a license on your local computer, you will not be prompted again on that computer. You can renew your developer license at any time using the Visual Studio IDE.

For Visual Studio Express 2012 for Win8 users, click “App Store”>“Get Developer License”, for other Visual Studio 2012 users, click “Project&rdquo ;>“App Store”>“Get Developer License”.

Getting a Developer License from a Command Prompt

You can also get and manage a developer license at a command prompt by running the following command in Windows PowerShell:

Code

cmd

C:> Show-WindowsDeveloperLicenseRegistration

C:> Get-WindowsDeveloperLicense

C:> Unregister-WindowsDeveloperLicense

1.Show- WindowsDeveloperLicenseRegistration. This command opens a dialog where you can get a developer license and install it on your local machine. To run this command, you must have a valid Microsoft account. You must run this command in a command prompt with elevated privileges.

2.Get-WindowsDeveloperLicense. This command returns an object with two properties: ExpirationTime and IsValid. ExpirationTime is a System.DateTime structure that contains the date and time when the license expired. IsValid is System.Boolean indicating whether the license is valid. You can run this command from a non-promoted command prompt or a command prompt with elevated privileges.

3.Unregister-WindowsDeveloperLicense. This command warns you that some Windows Store apps will stop running if you remove the developer license from your local computer. If you select “Yes  (default) to confirm that you want to remove the license, the license will be removed from the local computer. You must run this command in a command prompt with elevated privileges.

Fraudulent Use

Microsoft can detect fraudulent use of developer licenses on registered computers. If Microsoft detects fraudulent use or other violations of the Software License Terms, your Developer License may be revoked.

Microsoft does not monitor the use of certified apps in the Windows Store. Microsoft collects analytics from apps sold in the app store and provides the analytics to developers who create them.

Read License Terms

Select System Disk-> “Windows”Folder-> “System32”Folder-> “en-US”Folder-> “Licenses”Folders-> “_Default” folder, then select the folder that corresponds to the version of Windows installed on your computer, and then open the license license.

Risk

If you have a developer license, you can run Windows Store apps that have not been tested and certified by the Windows Store, but you won't be protected by certification. Computers with developer licenses are more likely to be infected with viruses or malware than computers that install apps only through the app store.

If you have successfully installed the developer license, then you can choose the programming language and start creating your first Win8 application.