title: Compiling React Native for Windows (on Windows)
body: <p>Has anyone successfully compiled and run a Windows (UWP) app on a Windows (10) machine using React Native? </p>
  
  <p>I've built an app, it's working in the Android emulator. I ran through the instructions from Microsoft <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/developerblog/real-life-code/2016/05/27/Creating-Universal-Windows-Apps-with-React-Native.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a> and <a href="https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/getting-started.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>.</p>
  
  <p>I am using VS Code for my editor... should I be using Visual Studio?</p>
  
  <p>I ran these commands to convert existing project to a 'Windows' project which adds the Windows file structure. That works.</p>
  
  <pre><code>npm install --save-dev rnpm-plugin-windows
  react-native windows
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I ran:</p>
  
  <pre><code>react-native run-windows
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Which basically works but fails at the end. </p>
  
  <p>At this point in the loading I get an error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Building C:/Users/..../MyApp/windows/MyApp.sln
  ERROR: The system was unable to find the specified registry key or value.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The rest of it seems to install fine but at the end...</p>
  
  <pre><code>Press Enter to continue...:
  Failed to deploy: Command failed: CheckNetIsolation LoopbackExempt -a -n=
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I Googled this error and got literally zero results. Anyone have something that could help me get over this hump?</p>
  
  <p>Am I supposed to have a Windows Emulator on my machine like the Android emulator or does it just run like any other program?</p>
  
  <p>Also, I'm not 'allowed' to create a new tag unless I have 1500 magic unicorn points so could someone please create react-native-windows tag for future users?</p>