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Re:Putting my VB6 Windows Apps in the Windows 10 Store by withinrafael on Sunday October 02, 2016 @04:50PM (#12624170)
Some nits:

  * Signing packages is not necessary for normal Store distribution. Skip this step.
  * Devs must work with Microsoft to get their Centennial apps in the Store right now, it's not a free for all
  * There's a swath of users that can't use Centennial apps right now due to a bug that will bugcheck the box.
General Centennial app take-aways:

  * Package Win32 apps and throw them in the Store
  * You get package update, flighting, analytics and feedback hub integration for free
  * Clean install/uninstall due to virtualized file-system/registry writes
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Re:Putting my VB6 Windows Apps in the Windows 10 Store by DaiPlusPlus on Sunday October 02, 2016 @06:08PM (#12624527)
Surely something like the Windows app packaging / sandbox model would be implemented in userland - how the heck could it possibly BSOD a machine? That's just astounding.
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Re:Putting my VB6 Windows Apps in the Windows 10 Store by withinrafael on Sunday October 02, 2016 @07:55PM (#12624883)
Boils down to kernel drivers using RtlQueryRegistryValues and expecting to access a trusted system hive, not the Centennial redirected one. Oops.
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Re:Putting my VB6 Windows Apps in the Windows 10 Store by Hondor on Sunday October 02, 2016 @08:26PM (#12624958)
Good news about signing. I suppose the store itself somehow signs things? Code signing certificates are prohibitively expensive for small developers at around $500.
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Re:Putting my VB6 Windows Apps in the Windows 10 Store by imron on Sunday October 02, 2016 @10:13PM (#12625237)
You can get them for under $100 a year from some resellers. I got mine from here http://codesigning.ksoftware.net/

$84 a year, and as low as $67 a year if you go multi-year.

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Re:Putting my VB6 Windows Apps in the Windows 10 Store by withinrafael on Sunday October 02, 2016 @09:58PM (#12625209)
You upload an .appx with an associated unique identity (allocated via the Windows Dev Center) and Microsoft manages the signing and such on their end.
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Re:Putting my VB6 Windows Apps in the Windows 10 Store by garganzol on Monday October 03, 2016 @04:42AM (#12626055)
And you give 30% cut from revenue. Nice played.
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