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Jaex
Jaex

Reputation: 4304

How to publish desktop app with download link in Windows Store?

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Like this many desktop software have external link to their download pages in Windows Store. So we bought access to Windows Store and until Windows Store allows desktop applications (which will happen with Windows 10 I think) we want to have link to our download page. But we can't figure out how to publish download link only. Because it require package which require Metro project in Visual Studio I think? So are we need to create empty project in Visual Studio or something like that?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2849

Answers (1)

Rob Caplan - MSFT
Rob Caplan - MSFT

Reputation: 21889

See Windows Store onboarding for desktop apps for the official docs and step-by-step

As a basic summary, you'll need to create a desktop dashboard account and certify the app by passing the desktop Windows App Certification Kit tests

You'll also need a Windows Store company account. This will let you log into the Windows Store dashboard and submit the certified app for submission.

Add in the metadata (name, description, link, etc.) and submit!

Upvotes: 1

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