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

I installed Windows Phone 8 SDK. Emulator didn't work because Hyper-V was not turned on. I installed Hyper-V from Programs & Features and got the 0x80131500 error.

Visual Studio 2012 Update 4 fixed the issue.

Answer 2

Try out these steps if using VS 2012 with Windows 8.1 Pro:

1. Uninstall Hyper-V
2. Reboot
3. Install Hyper-V
4. Reboot

This should help.

Answer 3

For some one who is looking for an answer who has the same issue while working on a virtual environment, here is a nice article on it

Answer 4

I faced the same issue. Later i was able to fix the issue by downloading and installing Visual Studio 2012 Update 4 from microsoft website.

Answer 5

I solved with following repair sequence :

Uninstall Hyper-V Reboot

dism.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Scanhealth
dism.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth

Reboot Install Hyper-V

RG

Answer 6

I found this is the key thing to check, as per (WP8) Emulator (XDE) Troubleshooting Tips on msdn:

1. Launch the “Network Connections” manager (from the home screen, type in “View Network Connections”, It will be listed under Settings)

2. Right click on the adapter named: “vEthernet (Internal Ethernet Port Windows Phone Emulator Internal Switch)”

3. For that adapter, the only items that should be checked under “This connection uses the following items:” should be:

   • Client for Microsoft Networks
   • QoS Packet Scheduler
   • File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks
   • Microsoft LLDP Protocol Driver
   • Link-Layer Topology Discovery Mapper I/O Driver
   • Link-Layer Topology Discovery Responder
   • Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6)
   • Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)

4. All other items should be unchecked.