How to enable Developer mode Windows 10

For Application Development

Use regedit to enable your device

  1. Run regedit.
  2. To enable sideloading, set the value of this DWORD to 1:
    • HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModelUnlock\AllowAllTrustedApps
    • OR –
      To enable developer mode, set the values of this DWORD to 1:
    • HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModelUnlock\AllowDevelopmentWithoutDevLicense

Use PowerShell to enable your device

  1. Run PowerShell with administrator privileges.
  2. To enable sideloading, run this command:
    • PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> reg add “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModelUnlock” /t REG_DWORD /f /v “AllowAllTrustedApps” /d “1”
    • OR –
      To enable developer mode, run this command:
    • PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> reg add “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModelUnlock” /t REG_DWORD /f /v “AllowDevelopmentWithoutDevLicense” /d “1”

By Bharat