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

Installing Visual Studio 2012 Update 3 should fix the issue http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2864215

Answer 2

service Remote server of you is disable. You could enable remote server! And don't can reinstall Hyper-V. it's working for me!

Answer 3

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

Answer 4

Setup: Visual Studio 2013 + Windows 8.1 (no betas) + this did work
Resolution: Restart the Hyper-V service

Answer 5

Windows 8.1 Preview does not support the Windows Phone 8 sdk to run on the Visual Studio 2012. You cannot run Emulator as well so better you should use a stable Windows 8 version for WP8 development. This is the statement right from Microsoft Support

After you upgrade your OS to Windows 8.1 Preview, you cannot run Windows Phone 8 Software Development Kit (SDK) emulator (XDE.exe) in Microsoft Visual Studio 2012

Reference here

Answer 6

I'm also receving this error while simulating the program. i hav win 8 only and vs12 windows phone...

but when i serach info. regarding this error i get i have not hyper-v windows feature. try this feature you have or not and enable it..

Hyper-v Link : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/develop/jj863509(v=vs.105).aspx