Windows Phone Emulator not working

Question

When I try to start debugging my windows phone 8 app in Emulator WVGA 512MB the following error message is showing

The Windows Phone Emulator wasn't able to connect to the Windows Phone operating system:

The emulator couldn't determine the host IP address, which is used to communicate with the guest virtual machine.

Some functionality may be disabled.

and the emulator is always showing The Windows Phone OS is starting... Can't understand what's the problem. Please advice.

try to open the Hyper V manager and then delete the installed virtual machine. Now go back to visual Studio and Try running the application again. This installs a new version of emulator on Hyper V. Check it. That might solve the problem — Shiv Kumar Ganesh, Jan 11 '14 at 10:01
I eventually gave up and tried different variants (720p, WVGA etc.) until one of them worked (`10.0.10586.0 WVGA 4 inch 512MB` FWIW) — Ohad Schneider, Dec 21 '15 at 15:18
There are so many emulators and the one you mentioned is the only one that may work. — user2063329, Jul 28 '18 at 00:24

score 36 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 29 '14 at 08:38

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This worked for me (found here):

follow the following steps to solve this problem
1.go to network and sharing center
2.go to change adapter setting
3.go to v Ethernet (internal Ethernet port windows phone emulator internal switch)
4.right click it and enable it(if already enabled then disable and enable it again).

answered Aug 29 '14 at 08:38

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Enabling vEthernet for windows phone emulator did the trick. – Randy Levy Feb 21 '15 at 03:52
Worked for me as well! Thanks! – Ninja9 Aug 13 '15 at 13:37
I tried this but my vEthernet shows no network access. Is this an issue why the emulator won't start? How to fix? The diagnostics report says Windows Sockets registry entries required for network connectivity are missing – S_S May 16 '16 at 11:05

score 20 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

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At last the problem is solved.

Open Hyper V Manager
Delete all installed Virtual Machines
Delete all Virtual Switches
Restart system
Rerun visual studio

Thanks to Shiv Kumar Ganesh

edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

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answered Jan 13 '14 at 05:32

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this worked for me ... one thing though, if you cannot delete virtual switches then remove them from registry and restart the system See this https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/e49df568-4f4c-47b7-b30c-952d1e26ca58/cant-remove-failed-virtual-switch-from-hypervs-virtual-switch-manager?forum=winserverhyperv – danpop Jun 30 '15 at 08:34

score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 10 '14 at 04:01

I had the same problem. After a long investigation and checking the event log, learned that windows firewall is blocking the emulator connecting to the virtual machine. With that information it is simple to fix the problem.

Yes! Just navigate to Control Panel -> System and Security -> Windows Firewall -> Allow app or feature through Windows Firewall. And click on Add another app button and browse the emulator's path (typically "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft XDE\8.0\XDE.exe" but may vary based on your installation location). Choose the appropriate network type that you want and add the new item.

Now go back to VS and run your application (close any emulator instance that you have opened already), everything should work fine now!

This fixed it.. awesome .. Thanks :) – Pooran Jul 14 '15 at 07:53 — Pooran, Jul 14 '15 at 07:53

score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 18 '15 at 12:01

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the solution that worked for me :

open Hyper V
Select ur VM and go to Virtual Switch Manager.
Select Windows Phone Emulator Internal
if your connection is Internal then , check the Enable VLAN Identification option
press F5 from VS .

good luck!

answered Aug 18 '15 at 12:01

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score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 28 '14 at 12:24

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Just reboot

No magic needed. Just reboot your development machine after installing Windows Phone SDK.

answered Jul 28 '14 at 12:24

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score 2 · Answer 6 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

what your describing is usually due to a Firewall of a third party Anti-virus.

If your using Symantec follow this procedure https://stackoverflow.com/a/26326528/4446346

If your using Windows Firewall follow this procedure https://stackoverflow.com/a/27685167/4446346

and If you'r using AVG do the following procedure:

open AVG and go to-->Options-->Firewall Settings-->Expert mode-->Advanced Settings.
Check the "Allow any traffic from/to virtual machines supported by firewall"
and click "OK".

One more thing you must do is go to the "Windows Phone Emulator Internal Switch" and uncheck "AVG network filter driver"

open Network and Sharing Center-->Change Adapter Settings-->Properties
Uncheck "AVG network filter driver"

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Jul 27 '15 at 12:10

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If you are loading the emulator for the first time, it behaves just like the phone (on first boot) where it will install the initial set of apps and configure them. Which is why the first start will take a long time. You can actually open Hyper-V manager and connect to the VM you had selected at the time of initiating debug - to see the actual progress of what is happening. Hope this helps.

answered Jul 27 '15 at 12:10

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It does take a long time, wait for a few minutes before trying the answers below. – 27k1 Aug 11 '15 at 20:03

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Aug 21 '15 at 09:47

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You can disable Hyper-V from Program and Features and reboot your machine twice. Everything will be default. Enable Hyper-V and reboot twice and everything should be working again.

answered Aug 21 '15 at 09:47

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score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Sep 02 '15 at 10:13

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Also you can check if your vEthernet (Internal Ethernet Port Windows Phone Emulator Internal Switch) in Network and Sharing Center is enabled (mine was not, and I got same error like you).

answered Sep 02 '15 at 10:13

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score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Sep 10 '15 at 10:14

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Check that you have enough free space in your hard drive.

answered Sep 10 '15 at 10:14

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score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Mar 10 '16 at 21:59

If you have a computer with a touch-screen and get this error, it can be because Hyper-V is trying to port over the touchscreen-fx to the virtual device.

This is (when found) easily corrected:

Shut down all attempt at launching virtual devices.
Go to: Hyper-V Manager->Hyper-V-settings->Physical GPU:s // Uncheck box "use this GPU with RemoteFX"

score 0 · Answer 12 · answered Mar 31 '16 at 07:31

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Try uninstalling vmware player 12 if you have ,I have tried several ways but nothing works until I remove it. Hope it could help you.

answered Mar 31 '16 at 07:31

Brian Vo

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Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, [it would be preferable](//meta.stackoverflow.com/q/8259) to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for reference. – Enamul Hassan Mar 31 '16 at 07:56

Windows Phone Emulator not working

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Just reboot

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