How can I get the Windows 8 Phone emulator to run via VirtualBox?

Question

First I'm not sure my computer can handle the VirtualBox and Windows 8 phone emulator because there is no button for the run emulator.

Is there a certain requirement I need to run the emulator for Windows Phone 8 and VirtualBox?

Answer 1

Copy the Flash.vhd from an installed Windows Phone 8 SDK and use it as the virtual disk in VirtualBox with the guest configured for Windows 8. It works for me with a Mac host, but I have an invisible mouse pointer so interaction is difficult.

Answer 2

The hardware emulation requirements are found here.

Here is a brief summary from that documentation:

Quick checklist

Here is a quick checklist of the requirements for running the Windows Phone 8 Emulator. For more detailed info, see the subsequent sections in this topic.

System requirements

• In the BIOS, the following features must be supported:

  • Hardware-assisted virtualization.

  • Second Level Address Translation (SLAT).

  • Hardware-based Data Execution Prevention (DEP).

• 4 GB or more of RAM.

• 64-bit version of Windows 8 Pro edition or higher.

Network requirements

• DHCP.

• Automatically configured DNS and gateway settings.

Hyper-V requirements

• In the BIOS, the following features must be enabled:

  • Hardware-assisted virtualization.

  • Second Level Address Translation (SLAT).

  • Hardware-based Data Execution Prevention (DEP).

• In Windows, Hyper-V must be enabled and running.

• You have to be a member of the local Hyper-V Administrators group.