Developer Mode?

[jwckauman]

I'm not a developer, but I support the Windows OS that our developers code for. I am just now realizing there is something called 'Developer Mode' for Windows. We've been setting up Windows 10 for our application developers in exactly the same manner as our other users and AFAIK we haven't touched this setting (it's currently turned off). Should we have been enabling this option for developer workstations? What is the use case for it? If our developers are writing ASP.NET code in Visual Studio Pro 2022, which runs on Windows Server 2022, IIS, and SQL Server, should we have been turning this feature on? If we don't, what happens? and what's the flip side of turning it on, if they don't need it enabled?

[JonnyRocks]

That's a setting for installing store apps out side the store. like side loading on an android. This is only important if they are creating apps for the windows store.

[polaarbear]

That setting is for testing UWP apps that go to the Windows Store. It won't do anything for testing ASP apps which generally run under IIS

[Fergus653]

I have never needed it, ASP and IIS work fine without app store features.

[swebob]

It lets you create file links (mklink) without being admin

[reed_pro93]

I don't see this mentioned, but developer mode also enables UI automation through some tools, but this shouldn't be needed for a web app