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micahhoover
micahhoover

Reputation: 2160

Windows developer license (permissions)

I tried to set up a Windows Developer license on my computer, but it fails.

I am running Visual Studio 2012.

When I click Project -> Store -> "Acquire Developer License" It gives me an info dialog and says, "If you agree to these terms and want to install a developer license, click 'I agree'. The 'I agree' button has a Windows admin shield.

When I click that 'I agree' button and wait nothing happens.

My next attempt was to do this from the command line, so I brought up PowerShell and typed:

Show-WindowsDeveloperLicenseRegistration

And I get:

Show-WindowsDeveloperLicenseRegistration : You need administrator privileges to acquire or remove a developer license.

So I right click Windows PowerShell and click "Run As Administrator" and wait ... and wait ... nothing happens.

I'm getting the feeling the Windows Store is not ready for prime time.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 4031

Answers (1)

micahhoover
micahhoover

Reputation: 2160

Apparently I don't restart Windows 8 frequently enough, which @Ken helped me figure out.

Restarting fixed it.

Getting the license from VS was easy once I was able to run it as administrator.

Upvotes: 3

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