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Setting up Windows 10 For Development

**Setting up Windows 10 For Development

**Windows 10 is one of the most flexible and robust development platform ever given. Windows Core and UAP has enabled developers to build experiences once and then target it to any device which runs Windows 10 be it a Xbox or Desktop.

In this article I will talk in depth about how one can setup their own dev environment.  Platform without facing much of a hassle.

Lets begin our journey with a clean build of  Windows 10 . I am using  Windows 10 Insider Pro Preview Build 10074.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XTOhnOhBQ_Q/VV4WPVBJ8-I/AAAAAAAAC84/UcdCW3Ifo8E/s320/Screenshot%2B%252824%2529.png·       For all the people who are new to development and are very new to Windows 10. Its will be very helpful to go through the Architecture of Windows 10 before , before getting hands dirty with setting up dev build.

People who are very familiar with App Dev and Web Dev on Windows 8/8.1 . Here is how you set up VS 2015 Community RC.

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Installing Visual Studios 2015 Community RC**

·       People who don’t have VS 2015. It’s a easy task and and requires patience while you are doing it for the first time.
1. Start off by downloading VS2015 Community RC from [https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/downloads/visual-studio-2015-downloads-vs.aspx]
**2.**It will download an exe file named [vs_community.exe]
3. When you are trying to install select “Custom in setup, and then select the Universal Windows Apps Development Tools.”
**4.**Then it will complete installing , this might take 4-5 hrs depending on your network speed and the system.
5. You will get this after the installation is done.

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·       People who have already installed Visual Studio 2015RC Community without custom can still get to the same page in a jiffy by downloading the tools and updating the Windows SDK
1. People can follow this link [https://dev.windows.com/en-US/downloads/install-dev-tools-visual-studio-2015]
2. Click on Add Tools and you guys will get an exe file downloaded.
3. On Executing the .exe file you will get the following screen and after its completion you will be all set to go.

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http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mCknHA4Hx80/VV4YD3p1BlI/AAAAAAAAC9U/h80AmFV_tuM/s320/Screenshot%2B%252825%2529.png**Enabling the Windows 10 Developer option.

**When you try to open any new project Windows 10 , you will be prompting you  to enable your device with a dialog. (You also need your device to be enabled to use the designers and debug your app.)

You need to follow these following steps sequentially when you are enabling the developer mode.

1.Open a cmd prompt with administrator privileges.
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                                                                                                  2.Run Gpedit.msc.

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3.Go to Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > App Package Deployment
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4.Edit the policies to enable the following:

◦Allow all trusted apps to install (Enables your device for sideloading apps)

◦Allows development of Windows Store apps and installing them from an integrated development environment (IDE) (Enables your device for development from Visual Studio)

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5. Reboot your machine.

After you are done with all the steps you will now be able to build apps and leverage the power of Windows Universal (UAP) . To mark the successful completion of the process you will have the following screen when you open Visual Studio 2015RC .

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I will be writing more about the Application Dev taking in the whole power of UAP and much more in the forthcoming articles.