No Windows Store apps (anymore) in Visual Studio 2013 Preview

Question

I have downloaded and installed (on a new PC) Visual Studio Ultimate 2013 Preview and selected Windows Store apps as one of the things to install during setup.

Everything else is there; just doesn't seem to have any support for Windows Store apps in this installation. Is there anywhere I can download it manually. I've tried "modifying" the installation to re-install WinStore app support but it didn't install it:

Answer 1

You need to install windows 8.1 because windows 8 does not provide you the facility for making windows app store in preview of the visual studio.

Answer 2

Windows Store apps of visual studio are not supported in windows 7 machine or older version of windows. it is only compatible with windows Windows 8 and never version.

Answer 3

If your creating a new project then it targets 8.1 only.

If you open an existing 8.0 project then you can open and edit it...or re-target it to 8.1.

So the implication is IF you are on Windows 8, you might be ok in loading existing Windows Store App 8.0 projects...you just won't be able to create new ones...as they target 8.1.

See these references:

• http://gyorgybalassy.wordpress.com/2013/06/29/you-can-target-only-windows-81-with-vs2013/
• http://tedwvc.wordpress.com/2013/07/19/visual-studio-2013-support-for-targeting-windows-8/