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.

And I get 0x80131500 error code, with no detailed description. Only this: Deployment of application to device failed.

Output:

1>------ Deploy started: Project: PhoneApp1, Configuration: Debug Any CPU ------
1>Deploying C:\Visual Studio 2012\Projects\PhoneApp1\PhoneApp1\Bin\Debu\PhoneApp2.xap...
1>Connecting to Emulator WVGA 512MB...
1>Deployment of application to device failed.
1>0x80131500

Has anyone encountered such a problem. How it can be solved?

Answer 1

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 2

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

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

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 5

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

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

Answer 7

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.

Answer 8

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 9

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 10

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 11

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 12

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