How to display the Windows User Account Control (UAC) shield icon in Microsoft Store

[JoergAtGithub]

Type of issue

Missing information

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Windows UI guidelines require to display the User Account Control (UAC) shield icon on buttons, which execute an operation, which needs elevated access rights. Microsoft Store allows MSI installers, that requires this according to this documentation. Therefore Microsoft Store must show the Account Control (UAC) shield icon for apps, that require elevated user rights. It's not documented how to achieve this?

Page URL

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/apps/publish/publish-your-app/msi/app-package-requirements

Content source URL

https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/windows-dev-docs/blob/docs/hub/apps/publish/publish-your-app/msi/app-package-requirements.md

Author

John Kennedy (@GrantMeStrength)

Document Id

d6383279-096c-73e1-f40b-5b74be8f1ce4

[GrantMeStrength]

Hi Ankur - Hoping you can take a look at this issue. Thanks!

[JoergAtGithub]

Let me take the opertunity to underline the relevance of this issue for .msi installers. Our app has only 26% install success rate for Microsoft Store installations. 93% of the failed install attemps failed with 1602 ERROR_INSTALL_USEREXIT, and the only user interaction, where the user can exit the installation is the UAC elevation dialog.
This is neither good for our reputation, nor for the reputation of the Microsoft Store.