Deployment error: windows.licensing failed to start WSService

I get the following error when I try to deploy a windows store app:

Error : DEP0700 : Registration of the app failed. error 0xC0020017: windows.licensing failed to start WSService while installing

My developer license is valid. I changed the package name, still the error persists.

This problem occurs with old and completely new projects.

Does anyone have an idea how to solve this?

Registration of app failed error usually occurs when you try to re-deploy an app with the same package ID from visual studio if it is already installed by a different user.

Solution is to change the Package Identity

1. Open the manifest
2. Go to the package tab
3. Modify the identity