Deploy Windows Apps to Family and Friends without store, enterprise or development-tools

Question

I wrote a App for my family/friends and now we would like deploy it on or PCs. Publishing it in the store is not an option and not everyone has an Widows Live account. Sideloadi

Answer 1

now with Windows 10 Anniversary update, you could just double click *.appxbundle file to install

Steps:

1. create your package, select no, when prompt "Do you want to build packages to upload to Windows Store?"

2. go to the package folder, double click *.cer, and install the certificate to Trusted Root Certification Authorities

3. double click *.appxbundle to install

Client OS Requirement: Win10 14393

UWP Target SDK: 14393

UWP Min SDK: 14393

Answer 2

The future is now! The process is easier on Windows 10 and the linked questions aren't relevant to that version. On Windows 10 users can enable developer mode or side loading in system settings on the "Update & security" page, in the for developers section.

See https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/dn706236.aspx

Answer 3

1. On the target device, open the test folder. For example, C:\Projects\MyApp\MyApp\AppPackages\MyApp_1.0.2.0_Test
2. Right-click on the Add-AppDevPackage.ps1 file, then choose Run with PowerShell and follow the prompts.
3. Click the Start button and then type the name of your app to launch it.