visual studio 2013 - Windows phone emulator doesn't run without Hyper V on Win 8.1....any alternative emulator? -
hi stuck problem above. there way of testing windows phone apps in visual studio 12 without having access hyper v? thanks
if hardware not capable of running hyper-v, dead in water.
otherwise if windows 8.1 license not include support of hyper v, can check out following post nokia install windows 8 x64 evaluation license on virtual machine - or use dedicated hardware setup or dual-boot etc.
source: windows phone 8 sdk on virtual machine working emulator
how run wp emulator without hyper v? (summary of nokia.com)
hardware requirements
- 64bit host operating system;
- at least 8gb of ram host machine;
- 30-40gb of free space.
step-by-step
- check if computer capable of running windows 8 hyper-v
- download coreinfo
- open command prompt administrator , execute
coreinfo.exe –v
(in folder coreinfo.exe located) - if have slat enabled, marked asterisk
*
ept * supports intel extended page tables (slat)
. if not, unable run hardware-wise.
- download windows 8 64bit developer evaluation. register windows live id key of 90 days.
- register on vmware.com. after registering, download trial of vmware workstation 9 or higher. grant 30 days license.
- for extended usage, download free vmware player.
- download windows phone 8 sdk. can after installing vm can download tool within it.
setting vm
besides trivial, straight-forward proces of creating virtual machine, there two additional steps have done to run hyper-v.
before finishing virtual machine configuration, click 'customize hardware' button.
go
processors
section , enablevirtualize intel vt-x/ept or amd-v/rvi
.finish configuration , proceed next step.
exit vmware , open virtual machine configuration before installing hyper-v. config file located in folder created virtual machine extension
.vmx
, e.g.:windows 8 x64.vmx
.edit file , add text marked in red (hypervisor.cpuid.v0 = "false").
if using visual studio 2013 might want check out these posts when installing windows phone sdk.
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