Use Windows Hello in C# WPF application

Jeronymite 0 Reputation points
2023-03-03T23:59:23.94+00:00

I have seen W10 apps prompt for authentication using the standard login credentials window, particularly the Windows Hello PIN.

In a Windows 10, C#, WPF, .NET Framework 4.8 application, how can this be invoked to authenticate a user for an action? I'm not using VS or NuGet, so manual steps required, please.

Thanks.

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  1. Castorix31 68,491 Reputation points
    2023-03-04T07:53:51.69+00:00

    Windows Hello is mainly used in UWP : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/security/microsoft-passport-login

    If you use it in a classic WPF app, you get

    The process has no package identity. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80073D54)

    (tested on Windows 10 22H2)

    So you need to package it (Desktop Bridge or other)