Is it possible to create a Windows 8 Store App from Visual Studio 2013?

Question

So, I have a Windows 8.1 machine with Visual Studio 2013 installed. Whenever I go to create a new Windows Store project I do not see any options to create a new Windows 8 St

Answer 1

It's easy - create a new 8.1 project and remove the following lines from the .csproj file:

8.1
12

Reopen the file and voila - it's a Windows 8 project!

Additionally, you might want to change the following as well:
In MainPage.xaml:

-    
+    

In Package.appxmanifest:

- 
+ 
- 
+         

If this doesn't work - it might mean that the project files have further changed in current versions of VS and you might need to install VS 2012 (Express should do) and create a project in that. You can then work on it in the new version of VS.