How do we change Microsoft store System Requirments to have different OS versions for Minimum and Recomended sections

Question

Currently the OS version appears to be defined by the app manifest. However, it is not clear what the store listing pulls the Recommended OS version from.

Is it pulled from "MaxVersionTested"?

<Dependencies>
<TargetDeviceFamily Name="Windows.Universal" MinVersion="10.0.x.0" MaxVersionTested="10.0.y.0"/>
</Dependencies>

If not, where can Recommended section be edited in the Microsoft store listing?

Last question:
Will the store listing be automatically updated to pick up the changes when the app is submitted and published?

These two pages wee helpful, but did not answer the question if these are linked. OS was not available in product properties of the submission.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/publish/enter-app-properties#system-requirements
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/uwp/schemas/appxpackage/uapmanifestschema/element-targetdevicefamily

Thank you very much for any help!

Answer 1

Hello,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A.

The minimum and recommended system requirements shown in the store originate from the app project, not the store’s settings.

When creating a new project, Visual Studio will remind you to select the minimum and target system version of the application.

If you need to change the version requirements of the application project, you can right-click the UWP project in Visual Studio and select Properties. You can also adjust it in the Application tab.

The Target version corresponds to the recommended system version in the store.

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When submitting the store update, because the system version requirement information is included in the package, the store will read the relevant information and update it automatically.

But other content, such as application icons, update logs, etc., need to be manually updated by the developer.

Thanks.

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