What is the Windows Phone Emulator?
The Windows Phone Emulator is a desktop application that simulates a Windows Phone device, and actually provides similar performance to a physical Windows Phone device. It provides a virtualized environment in which you can debug and test Windows Phone apps without a physical device -- in fact the emulator is running Microsoft's Hyper-V.
System Requirements
- Windows 8.1
- Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 or later.
Important !!
To use Windows Phone Emulator 8.1, you must have Hyper-V enabled on your system.
To enable Hyper-V, you have to do the following things:
- Enable the BIOS settings required by Hyper-V.
- Enable Hyper-V in Windows.
Enabling BIOS Settings
1. Restart your computer and press the key required to enter the BIOS settings.
2. Enable the following items if they are available:
- SLAT
- Hardware - Assisted Virtualization
- Data Execution Prevenion
3. Disable the following items if they are available:
- Intel VT-d
- Trusted Execution
4. Save the settings and restart the computer again.
5. Next, enable Hyper-V in Windows.
Enabling Hyper-V in Windows
1. In Control Panel, click Programs and click Turn Windows Features On or Off.
2. In the Windows Features dialog box, enable Hyper-V feature.
