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Powershell to get Descriptions/Reviews of Windows Store apps ?

I am so wildly excited that Win10 will come with a real package manager as well as that the idea of programmatically accessing Windows Store items for CRUD is a supported feature. This is a huge win for MS over Apple imho.
The other thing that drives me crazy about Apple store (ie besides being hard/impossible to programmatically add/remove) and is similar to the Windows Store for win8 is the GUI-only display of pre-sales/pre-install information.
Is there a way to get info about a Windows store app from the command line, eg Powershell? For example, can I print a list of review with their posting dates and the manufacturer's description?
thank you!

I love this! ty, here is a sample output ;
Name : Microsoft.ZuneMusic
Publisher : CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US
Architecture : X64
ResourceId :
Version : 2.6.672.0
PackageFullName : Microsoft.ZuneMusic_2.6.672.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
InstallLocation : C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.ZuneMusic_2.6.672.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
IsFramework : False
PackageFamilyName : Microsoft.ZuneMusic_8wekyb3d8bbwe
PublisherId : 8wekyb3d8bbwe
IsResourcePackage : False
IsBundle : False
IsDevelopmentMode : False
Dependencies : {Microsoft.VCLibs.120.00_12.0.21005.1_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe,
Microsoft.Media.PlayReadyClient.2_2.11.2154.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe,
Microsoft.WinJS.2.0_1.0.9600.17018_neutral__8wekyb3d8bbwe,
Microsoft.ZuneMusic_2.6.672.0_neutral_resources.scale-140_8wekyb3d8bbwe}

[Forum FAQ] Go to Start Screen/Desktop when closing Windows Store App

After install Windows 8.1 Update 1, you will notice these things set by default even on touchscreen laptops and desktops:
Windows 8.1 now boots directly to the desktop.
Closing Windows Store Apps and go to desktop instead of Start Screen.
Besides option “When I sign in or close all apps on a screen, go to the desktop instead of Start” since Windows 8, another new option in Taskbar Properties “Show Windows Store app on taskbar” is used to control closing app behavior.
Features of "Show Windows Store app on taskbar"
When the setting is checked, all of the Windows Store apps that are currently running will display on taskbar. You can easily switch between Windows Store apps and your desktop and its applications through the taskbar. For mouse users,
you can also access the taskbar within a Windows Store app. Just move the mouse cursor to the button of the screen, the taskbar pops up.
When the setting is unchecked,
Windows Store apps have no minimize button, only Close button
Windows Store apps that are open are not visible on Taskbar
Windows Store apps can still be pinned to the taskbar
How do these two options work for closing app behavior?
Modern app and Taskbar setting
OFF
ON
Boot to desktop setting
OFF
Close goes to Start
Close reveals the app that was previously used, and eventually dead ends at the Desktop
ON
Close goes to desktop
Close reveals the app that was previously used, and eventually dead ends at the Desktop
Know why “When I sign in or close all apps on a screen, go to the desktop instead of Start” does not work when “Show Windows Store app on taskbar” is checked on
As MironV mentioned in the
thread, Windows 8.1 Update is designed to introduce a number of changes for mouse and keyboard users that would help them use and switch between Windows Store apps alongside their familiar desktop applications. A lot of these changes only made sense when
combined together, so they are toggled by one setting, which is “Show Windows Store apps on the taskbar.” This is usually enabled together with the first setting as a complimentary set of improvements for desktop users. When the setting is enabled, Windows
Store apps are intended to feel more like regular maximized applications living on the desktop, though they are full screen only. For example, when you launch apps from Start, they appear on the taskbar until they are closed. You can also minimize them or
switch between them by invoking the taskbar.
Please understand that unchecking the “When I sign in or close all apps on a screen, go to the desktop instead of Start" setting has no effect on close and minimize behavior when the “Show Windows Store apps on the taskbar” setting is checked, since
they are controlling two independent things. If you tend to use only one Windows Store app at a given time, it may seem like we’re not respecting the setting by going to the desktop.
Please click to vote if the post helps you. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

I don't know if I'm the only one, but on my desktop (using mouse and keyboard only) I like to have my Start screen as my main screen. To ensure this I made sure to uncheck the "When I sign in or close all apps on a screen, go to the desktop" box and
check the "Show Start on the display I'm using when I press the Windows Logo key" box. I also really like having the task bar appear at the bottom even when I'm using a modern app. Based on the settings I've chosen (i.e., boxes I've checked or not checked),
I would expect to be taken back to the start screen and not the desktop whenever I close an app. From what I've read from your response and from others in this thread, in order to accomplish this function (i.e., closing an app and going directly to the
start screen) I need to uncheck the "Show Windows Store apps on the taskbar" setting. By doing this I get the functionality I was looking for when the apps are closed and I get sent to the start screen. However, I am now not able to see the taskbar
when I'm in a modern app or when I'm on the start screen. This seems counterintuitive/confusing as many have mentioned. Not to mention it creates an additional step for users to get back to the Start screen.
All I want to do is (1) use my start screen as my main screen, (2) see the taskbar when running whatever app I'm using (e.g., modern), and (3) go back to my start screen (and not the desktop) when I close an app. It would only make sense that I should
get these results if I leave the "Show Windows Store apps on the taskbar" box checked and the "When I sign in or close all apps on a screen, go to the desktop instead of Start" box unchecked; but unfortunately this is NOT the case. I really hope that
an update fixing this is coming sooner rather than later because this is really annoying.

My latest app, Smithsonian at Home is now in the Windows Store.

My My My new "Smithsonian at Home" App is now in the Windows store
http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/smithsonian-at-home/4b6402c4-5939-42a8-bc83-07715f1b6555 Please try it out!
I've written it up at
http://digitalmediaphile.com/index.php/2014/04/14/bringing-the-smithsonian-experience-home/
-- Barb Bowman

It's in the store but don't try to update from 10.5.8, it doesn't work.

Access to my Windows "Store" is only via my Wife's MS Live Sign-In UserID and there is No Way to Change it I can Find

THE ISSUE:
Whenever i go to the Windows Store on my 8.1 Pro Laptop and try to install **Anything**, Windows asks for me to sign onto my Windows Account but **ONLY** Offers me the choice of signing onto my Wife's account.
NOTES:
(1) I have already signed onto my Microsoft Account: at the time of booting into Windows on my Laptop [i.e., entered my "[email protected]' MS Live userid for signing in].
(2) There are no Options (that I can find) within the Windows Store to allow me to designate a Different ID (That is: My Windows ID [email protected], rather than my wife's Windows ID of '[email protected]'). That is, the sign-on screen comes
up **Automatically** with the UserID of my wife ("[email protected]"), ONLYT allowing me to enter the **Password** for That Particular UserId - but **Not** change the UserID
(3) When I then go to my Browser and sign into Microsoft Live **directly** with my [email protected] MS Live Userid, there are no Options **Anywhere** in my ID Profile, Account, - OR Anywhere Else [I looked at Every Menu Option for my MS Live account]
to allow me to ensure that the ID "[email protected]" is somehow an alias that I can delete, or in any other way "Tell" MS Live to ONLY use my [email protected] MS Live Account for the MS Store. Simply Speaking: that ID [My
wife's "[email protected]" ID] does NOT Show Up ANYWHERE under ANY Menu in my Microsoft Live Account, so even if I sign [again, since it did it at Boot time also already] into my MS Live Account, there is nowhere where there is some "Option"
to somehow "Turn Off" the recognition of ONLY my wife's Microsoft Live ID from my Window's Store.
Yes, I suppose I **Could** simply ask my wife for her ID - EXCEPT Guess What? She asked for it to be deleted when she ran into MS Login problems on her laptop (perhaps because she forgot the PW) and I've been told recently By MS Support that indeed
it has been deleted.
Sooo: Is There Any Way To Even Manually (in the Registry or elsewhere) Fix This Issue?
[B-T-W: I think the problem originally occurred when my wife tried to purchase MS Office 365 University and had major problems creating a MS Live ID and being able to Login to get to her machine. Once she had purchased the subscription
- which was for TWO Machines - I used her ID at that time to try and get access to the install files for a copy MS Office 365 University to install on **My** laptop as well. I think that is when I originally was able to input her ID ("[email protected]")
somewhere as I tried to get to Office 365, which was purchased under her "[email protected]" ID. It Never Worked - because she forgot her password somehow, so I eventually gave up on that approach and she asked for her money back for her
purchase of MS Office 365 University and was given nit back. Since I still wanted MS Office 365 University, I used a link from an email sent me by Microsoft to purchase, download, and install MS Office 365 University thru my OWN [email protected]
MS Live account. But this never succeeded in "Changing" this issue I've described above of all access to MS Store coming up with my wife's "[email protected]" MS Live ID automatically to sign into the Store.]

FangZhou:
What I meant by the sentence "ONLY Offers me the choice of signing onto my Wife's account." is
that my Windows Store shows my Wife's OLD (I say "OLD" because according to Microsoft, it has since been deleted) Microsoft Account UserID - NOT **My** UserID, and doesn't allow for any means or option to switch out the UserID that is being presented.
It only allows for input on the password, which won't do me any good, since my wife (1) Doesn't remember her hardly-ever-used Microsoft Account userid Password and (2) I really should be able to use my **Own** Microsoft Account UserID anyway, to which
I **do** know the password.
In any case, I ran the Troubleshooter you pointed me to (Thanks!). But the Troubleshooter did **Not** complete successfully, because the ms-windows-store:PurgeCaches file is **Missing** (this error message came up while the Troubleshooter was running,
and also the Troubleshooter results indicated only one of the three problems it found with the Windows Store on my machine had been fixed, the principle cause being exactly because this particular file is indeed missing) ==> see the following messages cut
'n pasted from the Troubleshooter's Results:
Windows Store Apps
Publisher details
Issues found
Windows Store cache may be damaged
Windows Store cache may be damaged
<data id="Description" name="Description"></data>
Not fixed
Reset and open Windows Store
Completed
Windows Store configuration may be damaged
Windows Store configuration may be damaged
<data id="Description" name="Description"></data>
Detected
Re-register Windows Store
Completed
Some security settings are missing or have been changed
Some security settings are missing or have been changed
<data id="Description" name="Description">Some apps might not have access to required resources</data>
Fixed
Reset security settings
Completed
Now that I've run this Troubleshooter, I have a **Completely Different [and seemingly WORSE] Problem** with the Windows Store on my machine: when I click on it, I am sent Right Back to my Windows Desktop - every time. I don't even get Into the
Windows Store AT ALL - immediately after clicking, the screen changes back to The Desktop.
Any Thoughts on how I rebuild/recreate this Windows Store Cache file; or otherwise fix my access to Windows Store now?

81. upgrade Windows Store opens and closes immediately

I am on Windows 8 and I am trying to upgrade to Windows 8.1. However, the windows store app opens and then immediately closes. I tried a manual download of the 8.1 upgrade. But when i try to run that it tells me the update does not apply to my computer.
I assume i need to do this through the windows store. Does anyone have any idea why the windows store keeps closing?
I have disabled anti-virus, checked my permissions to the registry settings and I have checked my permissions to the program files folder. All Application Packages are set to read and execute.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
LSTalbot

Hi,
According to your description, seems that you are still in Windows 8 and trying to upgrade to Windows 8.1 via Windows Store, while you’re unable to launch Windows Store.
Solutions:
1.Firstly download an official Apps troubleshooter tool to troubleshoot
Windows Store (Run as Admin) ,here is the link:
Apps troubleshooter
2. Meanwhile, you can also run “wsreset.exe” to reset the cache of Windows Store.
(1)Run “WSRset.exe” from the run command then "Enter".
3. If all the steps above does not work ,try this way to re-register the
Windows Store to recover the entry of
Windows Store :
Right click on the “Start screen” , choose “Command prompt(Admin)”and in-put :
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $Env:SystemRoot\WinStore\AppxManifest.XML
For more informations you can check this link:
Fix Store App in Windows 8.1
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/notime/archive/2013/10/18/fix-store-app-in-windows-8-1.aspx
If these steps don`t work, you may need to collect the event logs(AppModel-Runtime , Apps , AppXDeployment and AppXDeployment-Server) to get more information to help deal with the problem.
Best regards

Failed Windows Store App certification - error 10.3.1 Unfortunately when we reviewed your app, it failed to launch every time. - No clue

I am trying to submit a Windows Store App (x64 for Windows 8.1 only), but it fails the certification procedure, and I have no idea about what I am doing wrong.
- The app passes successfully the local Windows App Certification Kit 3.4.
- I have tried the app with the network cable out, and it works as expected.
- I have used the same credentials to generate the appupload package and to submit it.
- The app starts up and works as expected with a Surface Pro 3, a PC with development tools like Visual Studio; and another PC without anything extra installed.
- The feedback provided by the certification testers is the following sentence: "10.3.1 App is testable: Unfortunately when we reviewed your app, it failed to launch every time."
- Their attachment is a screenshot showing a fullscreen, flat color, rectangle.
- There is no crash report of any kind.
- The e-mail interaction with the certification guys seems to be quite a nonsensical conversation.
¿Any ideas that can help me to solve this problem?
Thank you very much for any hint you can provide.

I am trying to submit a Windows Store App (x64 for Windows 8.1 only), but it fails the certification procedure, and I have no idea about what I am doing wrong.
- The app passes successfully the local Windows App Certification Kit 3.4.
- I have tried the app with the network cable out, and it works as expected.
- I have used the same credentials to generate the appupload package and to submit it.
- The app starts up and works as expected with a Surface Pro 3, a PC with development tools like Visual Studio; and another PC without anything extra installed.
- The feedback provided by the certification testers is the following sentence: "10.3.1 App is testable: Unfortunately when we reviewed your app, it failed to launch every time."
- Their attachment is a screenshot showing a fullscreen, flat color, rectangle.
- There is no crash report of any kind.
- The e-mail interaction with the certification guys seems to be quite a nonsensical conversation.
¿Any ideas that can help me to solve this problem?
Thank you very much for any hint you can provide.

My latest app - European Space Agency News (featuring Bing Translate) is now in he Windows Store

My latest Space News App.. European Space Agency News now in the Windows Store
http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/app/european-space-agency-news/092f5794-8705-49bc-b27e-17ad5fd754b2
The European Space Agency (ESA) is Europe's gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe's space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.
European Space Agency News features nine topical news and image galleries from the ESA and 19 "news from member countries" galleries. Since the news from member countries was presented in the language of that country, I used an in app translate
function so that news in each gallery can be read in multiple languages (languages supported by Bing Translator).
-- Barb Bowman

On Fri, 16 May 2014 22:01:53 +0000, Robin Abraham [MSFT] wrote:
>
>
>Hi,
>
>For the sake of simplicity, I'll use your first expression as the example. You have: If (IsEmpty(TopNews), "Loading...", BingTranslator!Translate(ThisItem!title!'$text', Dropdown1_24!Selected!Value))
>
>Basically, you need to skip translation when the user has not changed the default language, and the default language is "en" (based on trying out your app).
>
>You can modify the call to check for the dropdown's value (I have highlighted the part in bold):
>
>If (IsEmpty(TopNews), "Loading...", If(Dropdown1_24!Selected!Value = "en", ThisItem!title!'$text', BingTranslator!Translate(ThisItem!title!'$text', Dropdown1_24!Selected!Value)))
>
>That should improve your app's performance. On a related note, if you're just using one of the free sample keys from Bing, they will throttle you if you make a high number of calls in a short period of time.
>
>I hope that helps.
>
thanks, yes, am using a free key. I can't afford to pay for keys.. The syntax
for the Title works great. Thanks.
I tried the following for the description, the syntax doesn't throw any errors,
but the content is still blank. The feed is from
http://www.esa.int/rssfeed/TopNews
If (IsEmpty(TopNews), "Loading...", If(Dropdown1_24!Selected!Value = "en",
BingTranslator!Translate(Mid(ThisItem!description!'$text',Find("<p>",ThisItem!description!'$text')+3,Find("</p>",ThisItem!description!'$text',Find("<p>",ThisItem!description!'$text'))-(Find("<p>",ThisItem!description!'$text')+3)),
Dropdown1_24!Selected!Value)))
Can you tell me what I've done wrong?
-- Barb Bowman

Can I use the new Bing Maps control released in Feb 2015 in my windows store app?

Can I use the new Bing Maps control released in Feb 2015 in my windows store app? If not, will there be a release of the store app version that has all or most of the updates that are in the new map control for WPF/Silverlight?

The FEB 2015 release was for the WPF map control which is for desktop only. There is an existing Bing Maps SDK for Windows Store apps which has a lot more functionality than the WPF map control already. You can find this SDK here:
https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/224eb93a-ebc4-46ba-9be7-90ee777ad9e1
You can find documentation this SDK here:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh846481.aspx
Also, I have written a free ebook on this SDK here:
https://rbrundritt.wordpress.com/my-book/
You can also find lots of code samples here:
https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/site/search?f%5B0%5D.Type=Topic&f%5B0%5D.Value=Bing%20Maps&f%5B1%5D.Type=Platform&f%5B1%5D.Value=Windows%20RT&f%5B1%5D.Text=Windows%20Store%20apps
You can also find a bunch of blog posts on this control on the Bing Maps blog. Here is a filtered list of blogs for Windows Store Apps:
http://blogs.bing.com/maps/tag/windows-store-app/
http://rbrundritt.wordpress.com

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Hello. I created my apple id on a computer but whenever i try to use it on my (new) iphone, it says "review" after which nothing happens. I have not been able to purchase anything from the App store. Is there something i'm doing wrongly?

Have you looked in your email for a confirmation of the new apple id?

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fixes my problem to be able to install new Apps and get app updates and stop getting that error code?
I keep getting same error code 0x80073cf9 after I try any of the FIXES I have read about and tried all the fixes on my Lenovo Z580 laptop, that came with windows 8 and updated to 8.1. And ever since I bought this laptop I could
always install and update all my apps for the last year when I had Win 8 and Win 8.1 now.   This has been going on since April and May and its driving me crazy!    And from the May updates I did get all the updates and
I also installed the KB update that said I need this KB to get all updates in the future.
But all the other people when they get this error code they could not even open and use any of their Apps already installed. And they also get the error code when they try to update or get a new apps.
But I can click on any APP installed already and use all my Apps with no problems.   I have read so many how to fix this error code but nothing works! :-(     I have tried a lot of
the fixes on Microsoft forums that says do this and the fix will get rid of the error code but I keep getting the same error code after I try that fixes.   And I have read a lot of other windows 8 an windows 8.1 web sites when
I search for how to fix this error code?   And tried all of the fixes that were different from the Microsoft forum fixes. But after I try those fixes I still can't install any apps or can't get my app updates?
Please to any person's who can help me by giving me more that 1 fix, because I have tried so many fixes, If you know more that 1 fix tell me how to do your fix step by step so I can understand what you say to do to fix my windows store?
Thanks for any and all help? And if I don't get any help in this section of the forum I will try to put this in a different area, if I don't get any help at this section of the forum I will try to ask this in another part of he forum ok?
I really need HELP with this so I can get my laptop working again to install new apps and get the updates to my apps?

Fixed the problem by going to settings/store and logging out with apple ID. Then logged back in with password and updates, apps, and iTunes store seem to work ok now.

Distributing multiple versions of an app within a single Windows Store app

The company I work for creates Point Of Sale (POS) software using Software As A Service (SAAS), so we host our clients' databases. We do not force all of our clients to all be on the same version of our software; i.e. some clients are on version 3,
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the client uses must correspond to their database version. We were initially hoping to have our Windows Store app detect which version of the app the client should be using, and then automatically update itself to the correct version, but
were told on this post that it violates the Windows Store certification criteria, so that's not an option.
It has been suggested that we put multiple apps into the Store; one for each version of our software. We really don't want to do this though, as when we upgrade a client's database from one version to the next it would require that they uninstall their current
app and install the newer versions app, causing them to lose all of their custom settings. We would like the updates to remain as transparent to the end users as possible; the store clerk shouldn't need to worry about which version their database is on so
they know which app to download from the Store.
As a possible workaround, is it ok for us to package all 3 versions of our app into a single Windows Store app, and then just have the app check at runtime which version it should run? I assume that this is alright, since we will not be downloading
any other code or installing any software/apps, as was the case with our original solution that violates the certification criteria. Essentially we would just have 3 different classes and determine at run-time which classes code we should run.
I know that this solution isn't ideal, as it means our app will be 3 times larger than it needs to be, and that an update to any one of the 3 versions of our software will require an update to the Store app (so potentially users may download a new version
of the Store app, even though it doesn't have any changes for the particular code version (i.e. class) that they will use), but it's one of the best alternatives we have come up with. I just want to check that this solution doesn't also violate any certification
criteria before we go down this road.
If this is not allowed then our only other alternative might be to go with sideloading (as
I discuss on this thread) and avoid using the Windows Store all together, but we would prefer to use the Store if possible as it eliminates a lot of overhead that we would have to deal with if we use sideloading.
Any insights or suggestions that you can give are appreciated. Thanks!
- Dan - "Can't never could do anything"

Hey Mr_bigworlds, thanks for the reply. The moderator on this post actually told me that this
would be a better forum for my inquiries. I agree that there may be another forum better suited for this question (there are so many that I don't know about), but since this relates to Windows Store certification criteria, I don't think the Windows Desktop
Development forums are the place for it.
- Dan - "Can't never could do anything"

How to use local .sdf database in a windows store apps

Hi,
I am new in windows store app development. I have been working in WPF application development for long time. Now I want develop windows store apps. I am studying on it. I got a problem. I what to store data from windows store app in .sdf database file. I
confused is .sdf database is compatible with windows store apps.
I want Deploy the apps in windows apps store. Is .sdf database support in client machine while he download it and run his own machine.
Please Suggest me about it with sample reference. It will be very helpful for me.
bye
With Regards
Sadequzzaman Monoj
Bangladesh

SDF files are used by Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition. SQL CE is not supported for Windows Store Apps/Universal Apps. Only WP Silverlight Apps can use SQL CE. You will have to switch to a different database format.
As far as I know the only DB currently supported for local deployment with Windows Store Apps is SQLite.
This article gives an introduction on how to get started with SQLite in Universal Apps:
http://blog.tpcware.com/2014/04/universal-app-with-sqlite-part-1/

How to use .sdf database in a windows store apps

Hi,
I am new in windows store app development. I have been working in WPF application development for long time. Now I want develop windows store apps. I am studying on it. I got a problem. I what to store data from windows store app in .sdf database file. I
confused is .sdf database is compatible with windows store apps.
I want Deploy the apps in windows apps store. Is .sdf database support in client machine while he download it and run his own machine.
Please Suggest me about it with sample reference. It will be very helpful for me.
bye
With Regards
Sadequzzaman Monoj
Bangladesh

SDF files are used by Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition. SQL CE is not supported for Windows Store Apps/Universal Apps. Only WP Silverlight Apps can use SQL CE. You will have to switch to a different database format.
As far as I know the only DB currently supported for local deployment with Windows Store Apps is SQLite.
This article gives an introduction on how to get started with SQLite in Universal Apps:
http://blog.tpcware.com/2014/04/universal-app-with-sqlite-part-1/

Local Database Options for Windows Store Apps

I am looking to create an application that will allow for entry of data from a user and write it to a database file system locally within the application.
I am new to Windows Store type app development and are a senior developer for ERP systems for the enterprise which have rich databases and client apps that are built with a MVC type configuration. The app communicates with the database which is on the DB
server (Oracle, IBM DB2, or SQL Server) and writes to the file system.
For my startup applications I would like to have a simple CRUD type interface that writes to a DB that is part of the application and does not require a connection to a file server or DB server. Internally I would like something with a few tables,
etc.. that I can write to and then report from locally.
In the Windows 8x development world, what is the best method and technology to use for Store Apps for this scenario? What is the best approach?
Mike

There is SQLite for Windows RT and Windows Phone.
Search "SQLite" in vs extensions and updates

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