With Windows Azure Tools, why do I receive Invalid access to memory location?

Question

I have the following installed:

• Visual Studio 2010
• Windows Azure Tools, v1.5
• Windows Azure SDK, v1.5

When I attempt to debug a \"W

Answer 1

I’ve documented the cause and solution for this bug here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/cie/archive/2013/10/31/compute-emulator-invalid-access-to-memory-location.aspx

The solution is to install Windows 8.1 or install the KB 2588507 hot fix (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2588507/en-us) to correct the kernel address-conversion routines in older 64-bit versions of Windows.