Hi -
While Visual Studio has things built in that will help your app meet some of the certification requirements, there are a number of things that Visual Studio simply won't be able to do for you. Visual Studio can help with some of the things mentioned in section
3 such as /NXCOMPAT, /SAFESEH, etc., as well as ensuring that you have a proper UAC manifest, but many other things require you to make very conscious decisions during the development of the application.
In reality, authoring an application that complies with these requirements is not overly difficult. As long as you have authored a good install/uninstall, as well as ensuring that your app doesn't crash/hang during the testing process, and a number of other
things, you should be able to pass the certification process.
-Raymond Parsons (MSFT)
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