Build applications for Windows phone 8 using VS 2010

Question

Is there a way to build Windows phone 8 applications using Windows 7 and VS 2010 ? Or is mandatory yo have installed Windows 8 and VS 2012, if so is there possible a conversion from application build using VS 2010 on Windows 7 to the one required by Windows 8 ?

Thanks !

I have installed and license only for windows 7 and vs 2010. — Clock, Jun 28 '13 at 21:33
Just use Express, really. (not sure if you can publish a store app from Express) — It'sNotALie., Jun 28 '13 at 21:34
It seems that VS 2012 Express for Windows Phone 8 cannot be installed on Windows 7. — Clock, Jun 28 '13 at 21:35
I agree, but still installing it will change a lot of things on the PC. — Clock, Jun 28 '13 at 21:39
Yeah, but also the way of working will be changed, the fact that the "close window" button is gone really freaks me out since i was using it intensively. — Clock, Jun 28 '13 at 21:46
@MirceaLucian the close window button? I've been using windows 8 for ages, and this is news to me; the *start* button is gone, sure - although apparently that'll be back in 8.1 — Marc Gravell, Jun 28 '13 at 21:50
Close Window button's still there: the start menu's gone, but if you really, really miss it (you won't) use ClassicShell or something like that. — It'sNotALie., Jun 28 '13 at 21:56
I mean the "X" button from top right corner of each application's window. Which is a MS legacy from Windows 95 :), along with "Minimize" and "Resize / Maximize" window buttons :). — Clock, Jun 28 '13 at 21:57
Ok. may be i am a Windows 8 novice, but still for instance in Internet Explorer from Windows 8 i just could not see it. — Clock, Jun 28 '13 at 22:03
Anyway i am going to sleep now... i will look harder to seek that "X" button :) ,when i will be using again the Windows 8. Thank you again for information and comments ! — Clock, Jun 28 '13 at 22:06
@MirceaLucian oh, you mean in metro, er... Windows Store mode? yeah, but most of the time you **aren't using that** — Marc Gravell, Jun 28 '13 at 22:10

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 28 '13 at 21:35

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Yes, you need windows 8. No, it won't work on Visual Studio 2010 - but that also doesn't mean that you need Visual Studio 2012 - you can use Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Phone

Also keep in mind that the emulator for this uses Hyper-V, so you'll need a machine capable of running in hypervisor mode. Full system requirements are listed on the linked page (x64, win 8 pro, hyper-v, SLAT, etc)

answered Jun 28 '13 at 21:35

Marc Gravell

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(as in a machine that has SLAT) – It'sNotALie. Jun 28 '13 at 21:37
actually, it's the Windows Phone SDK that is not installable on anything besides Windows 8 (as of now) ;-) – thriqon Jun 28 '13 at 21:37
@newStackExchangeInstance yes, I was just in the process of appending the basic system requirements, but the linked page shows them – Marc Gravell Jun 28 '13 at 21:37
@thriqon which both Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Phone and the Windows Phone support in Visual Studio 2012 *make use of*, no? – Marc Gravell Jun 28 '13 at 21:38
Thank you for your comment, do you somehow know, if i will build an application for Windows Phone 7.1 or something like that, it will run on Windows Phone 8 ? Is there such a compatibility ? – Clock Jun 28 '13 at 21:38
@MirceaLucian apparently: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13724852/are-windows-phone-7-apps-compatible-on-windows-phone-8-devices - however, you will be limited to the 7.x feature set – Marc Gravell Jun 28 '13 at 21:40
@Marc Gravell, thank you ! it seems that there is a "hard way" for that :), this was the "main" info which i seek it. – Clock Jun 28 '13 at 21:44

Build applications for Windows phone 8 using VS 2010

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