Unable to Launch Windows Phone Emulator

Question

I am trying to run unit tests on our CI server. When i run the following command it tries to launch emulator but fails with the following message

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Answer 1

After enabling support for VTx in your BIOS, you might want to check your system by running the Codeinfo tool.

Also, don't forget to enable "Hyper-V Management Tools" and "Hyper-V Platform" on "Control Panel->Programs and Features->Turn Windows Features on of off->Hyper-V":

I am running Windows 8 64 bit inside VMware player on top of a windows 7 machine. Also had problems running the emulator from windows phone 8, and solved them by following this guide: http://developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/Windows_Phone_8_SDK_on_a_Virtual_Machine_with_Working_Emulator

Hope it helps...