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

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

<TargetPlatformVersion>8.1</TargetPlatformVersion>
<MinimumVisualStudioVersion>12</MinimumVisualStudioVersion>

Reopen the file and voila – it’s a Windows 8 project!

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

-    <Grid Background="{ThemeResource ApplicationPageBackgroundThemeBrush}">
+    <Grid Background="{StaticResource ApplicationPageBackgroundThemeBrush}">

In Package.appxmanifest:

- <m2:VisualElements
+ <VisualElements
- Square150x150Logo="Assets\Logo.png"
- Square30x30Logo="Assets\SmallLogo.png"
+ Logo="Assets\Logo.png"
+ SmallLogo="Assets\SmallLogo.png"
- <m2:SplashScreen Image="Assets\SplashScreen.png" />
+ <SplashScreen Image="Assets\SplashScreen.png" />
- </m2:VisualElements>
+ </VisualElements>

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.

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