Problems creating Windows Store app. (Windows 8)

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When i create a new Blank App (XAML) Project in Visual studio i get these errors:

Starts of with some references are incorrect. Should it really be like this in a new solution? (havn't written anything yet) If i try to build at this Point i get :

Cannot resolve Windows Metadata

So i figured i'll fix the namespace issues. This was by adding reference to Window and add namespace Windows.UI.XAML; After that i get over 3000 (3136) errors here is some of them :

The .winmd file 'Windows.winmd' contains type 'Windows.Globalization.ILanguageStatics'. The use of the Windows namespace is reserved.

The .winmd file 'Windows.winmd' contains type 'Windows.Globalization.ICalendarFactory'. The use of the Windows namespace is reserved.

The .winmd file 'Windows.winmd' contains type 'Windows.Globalization.IGeographicRegion'. The use of the Windows namespace is reserved.

The .winmd file 'Windows.winmd' contains type 'Windows.Globalization.DayOfWeek'. The use of the Windows namespace is reserved.

etc.

What i've tried so far

Repair Visual Studio
Repair SDK'
Uninstall/Reinstall the SDK'

' Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows 8

I should also add that i've upgraded my Windows 7 to Windows 8.

Anyone has any suggestions about how to solve this issue?

Storehouse answered 8/10, 2012 at 9:54 Comment(2)

Re-installing windows 8 was what i did. :( – Militarism 8/10, 2012 at 11:2

Hopefully i can find a solution before i choose that aproach.. But it seems like there is a error in the installation.. – Storehouse 8/10, 2012 at 11:9

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A co-worker had a similar problem with his references. Although, he was on Win 7 and not Win 8. What he did was reinstall the Windows 8 SDK.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/hh852363.aspx

Might worth an attempt before doing the whole Win 8.

Pear answered 8/10, 2012 at 15:2 Comment(6)

+1 @Pear Thanks for the tip. Actually i've uninstalled the current, downloaded a new and installed that again. I'll try a repair tomorrow, feels like it's something with the installation somehow. – Storehouse 8/10, 2012 at 21:17

Forgot to update you on this. But it didn't work out for me. =( – Storehouse 11/10, 2012 at 6:29

Guess i'll go with the complete reinstall of Windows 8.. =/ – Storehouse 24/10, 2012 at 7:55

did re-installation solves your problem ?? i am having same issue – Ilocano 6/6, 2013 at 6:55

@Arun Yes it did. But check notacat's post, and see if that can help you out before reinstalling. =) – Storehouse 10/6, 2013 at 13:19

i try notacat solution, but every-time you change code it recreate the winmd i found it is due to another dll i use for implementing mvvm i.e. Galasoft.light.win8 :( – Ilocano 11/6, 2013 at 4:12

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I just hit against this issue with VS 2012 Update 2. There were one more warning in the output, something like "can't find implementation details for the 'Windows.winmd' file" (I didn't save this text, so don't remember exact spelling. This warning pointed to the Windows.winmd in some project Debug folder. I found that this folder actually contained the copy of this file. Apparently, VS made this copy for some reason. After removing it I was able to build my projects again.

So, read all warnings before reinstalling SDK, VS or Windows 8

Helfant answered 19/3, 2013 at 15:33 Comment(1)

+1 I cleaned the solution, then did a search of the solution directory for any instances of "Windows.winmd" and deleted those. Then my solution built correctly. – Gauze 3/2, 2017 at 15:21

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I had a common portable project being shared across a number of ports. To fix the issue I located the Windows reference and changed Copy Local to False. Has been fine since.

Xylidine answered 27/12, 2016 at 13:9 Comment(0)

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