Ensure that target device has developer mode enabled. Could not obtain a developer license due to error

Question

I am following this tutorial and get the following error:

Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State
Error DEP0100 : Please ensure that target device has developer mode enabled. Could not obtain a developer license due to error 800704C7.

I am not sure how to do so in the Raspberry Pi 3 (which I have fed its public IP in front of Target Machine in the Debug tab of Properties in the solution explorer. I am debugging on the remote machine selecting ARM as the screenshot below shows. Any information is appreciated specially if you have experience with Windows 10 IoT core.

My laptop is running Windows 10 enterprise and I am using Visual Studio 2015 community edition. I am planning to run the Blinky example provided by MS IoT team remotely on the Raspberry Pi that already is running Windows 10 insider edition.

Stapler

When working with "Universal Apps" in Visual Studio, the XAML designer won't work if "Developer Mode" isn't enabled. So make sure your windows developer mode is enabled. – Evoy

not sure why this downvoted. just solved my problem – Abandon

Answer 1

Solved the problem by going to the "For developers" settings dialog (you can search for it with this string in the "Start" button), and selecting the developer mode like the following screenshot.

Stapler

What a useless error message; suggests the issue is with the IoT device, rather than indicating the problem is not having developer mode enabled locally... Will file this as an issue against Visual Studio – Acinaciform

If you've somehow lost that window: "You can go to the For developers page at any time to enable or disable Developer Mode: simply enter "for developers" into the Cortana search box in the taskbar." reference: Micosoft Docs – Stenograph