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can windows store apps, run on windows phone?
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bbirajdar 18-Feb-13 0:01am    
yes
Member 9836793 18-Feb-13 0:17am    
can you give details briefly?

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No. Apps built for the Windows Store CANNOT run on Windows Phone, or vice versa. They have similar architectures, but they are not directly compatible.

There's some great links in this forum thread here, but the simple answer to your question is no. Sorry.
 
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If you are in the design stages and interested in targeting both platforms with your solution take a look at this blog post which explores the capabilities available to enable you to do that.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/joelcitizen/archive/2012/11/26/build-a-companion-wp8-app-for-my-windows-8-app.aspx

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