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

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?

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Blynn Avatar asked May 10 '13 19:05

Blynn


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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.

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Wolk Avatar answered Oct 03 '22 17:10

Wolk


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.

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N_A Avatar answered Oct 03 '22 19:10

N_A