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Craig Celeste
Craig Celeste

Reputation: 12673

Is it possible to build a stand-alone metro app (no windows store)?

I see that metro apps were rebranded either "windows 8 apps" or "windows store apps".

Is there a term for that style of full-screen-app independent of the workflow of publishing through their store? Can you build a windows 8 app that can be installed directly?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1025

Answers (1)

Dominic Hopton
Dominic Hopton

Reputation: 7292

There are 3-ways to get a "Windows 8 Store" Application on a system (that is to say, deploy a APPX package)

  • From the store
  • Unlocking the machine by acquiring a developer license using Visual Studio or the Powershell Commandlet
  • Using the side loading license available when you are using the "Enterprise" SKU.

There are no other ways to get an apps package deployed.

That stated, traditional windows applications are still able to be deployed on x64 and x86 machines. ARM devices (Windows RT) cannot run anything except Windows 8 Store applications.

Upvotes: 4

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