Windows Phone 8 Emulator not launching. Error code 0x80131500

Question

I have problem with Visual Studio 2012 (OS: Windows 8.1 Preview)

1. Create empty project (Windows Phone App)
2. Press F5 to start debugging.

Answer 1

In my case, updating Windows Phone SDK and VS Express 2012 helped on Windows 8.1, but performance is poor. If it's helpful try installing update to VS:

http://blogs.windows.com/windows_phone/b/wpdev/archive/2013/07/02/running-the-windows-phone-emulator-on-windows-8-1-preview.aspx

And updating SDK:

http://dev.windowsphone.com/en-us/downloadsdk