Windows (phone) emulator 8.1/10 stuck at loading the OS

Question

I\'ve been trying to get the emulator to work for days. Previously I tried the Windows Phone 8.1 Emulator as well as the Windows 8.1 Simulator and both were stuck at loading

Answer 1

The workaround steps to install the Windows SDK and Emulator are no longer needed.

We have released a fix as of 7PM PDT 30 April 2015 for the setup error

Windows 10 SDK 10.0.10069 : The installer failed.

User cancelled installation. Error code: -2147023294"

New setups should no longer encounter this issue.

For existing installations, and for more information, see this forum post: https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/17bc9d5e-2ea7-4149-bb75-23997db8bd25/

Answer 2

I contacted the Visual Studio Team a couple of weeks ago and looks like they have fixed this issue in the latest update. And here is how I finally got it all working.

1. Update your Windows 10 TP to the latest version (currently 10074).
2. Install the latest Visual Studio 2015 (currently RC).
3. Install Windows 10 developer tools preview from here (I got some weird errors with Error code: -2147023294. Ignore them, go straight to the next step).
4. Install the standalone Windows SDK for Windows 10 Insider Preview from here.
5. Install the Pre-release Microsoft Emulator for Windows 10 Mobile from here.

That's all! After all these are done, both my Simulator and Emulator are loading up fine.

Answer 3

Not sure if this would help, but if I change the Windows Phone Emulator Internal Switch to use Private network instead of Internal, I will get a couple of warnings saying Unable to determine the Host IP address and then the Emulator will show up with the Emergency Call screen. Not much I can do from there as the three buttons on the bottom are not functioning at all.

when you set it to private network, Windows can't interact with your WP Emulator. Open Network Adapter, and try disable and try start emulator again, then enable again this adapter if it is not work *

Answer 4

Many times it is not stuck. It just does take too long to start. I have an 8 core processor and it took like 5 minutes to launch, I tought it was stuck but it did launch.

Answer 5

I solved this problem by simply adding XDE.EXE as an exception to my Windows Firewall.

Just today

Answer 6

In my case, deleting the internal switch from Hyper-V virtual switch manager helps, whenever you run your app using emulator as the target, it'll add a new internal switch by itself and the emulator will run normally (no longer stuck on loading screen)

The problem is, I have to do it every single time I restart my PC