Unable to Activate Windows Store App

Question

I installed a retail version of Windows 8 Pro. I downloaded and installed Visual Studio Express 2012. I asked for and received a developers certificate. Then I tried to c

Answer 1

this can happen when the application signing key (.pfx file) is missing.

Try the following:

• Open the Package.appxmanifest file in Visual Studio
• Go to the register "Packaging"
• Select [Choose Certificate…]
  • Select the test certificate using [Configure Certificate…] [From File…], or create a new one using [Configure Certificate…] [Test Certificate…]
  • When using a test certificate, ensure that it is in the .gitignore file. There should be an entry like !**\*_TemporaryKey.pfx to include the key in Git.
    • Note: The certificate for release build should only be available to the build server and not included in Git.
• Rebuild the project