Reputation: 4857
I am trying to run unit tests on our CI server. When i run the following command it tries to launch emulator but fails with the following message
vstest.console.exe myxapfile.xap
Error Message
The Windows Phone Emulator wasn't able to ensure the virtual machine was running:
Something happened while starting a virtual machine: 'Emulator WVGA 512MB.ttmaltiparmak' failed to start. (Virtual machine ID 1350ADCE-CC35-4615-BFD5-250179F789EE)
The Virtual Machine Management Service failed to start the virtual machine 'Emulator WVGA
512MB.ttmaltiparmak' because one of the Hyper-V components is not running (Virtual machine ID
1350ADCE-CC35-4615-BFD5-250179F789EE).
My system seems to support following requirements (But it is a virtual machine is it a problem?)
Further trials and results:
I tried removing and re-adding hyper-v through add-remove programs and now Hyper-V Platform option is disabled and i can not activate it :S Gilson Banin says that hyper-v installation is not possible on virtual machines, as i mentioned before our server is a virtual machine is it right that i cant use hyper-v on a virtual machine?
The answer given on MSDN: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/wpapps/en-US/083c8964-071f-469a-8740-2412a69092fc/unable-to-launch-windows-phone-emulator?forum=wptools
Upvotes: 22
Views: 23534
Reputation: 5199
You have not installed Hyper-V properly. "Hyper-V platform" should be installed for the service to run. Normally VM's have a "hypervisor" running by default and Hyper-V requires this hypervisor to run itself.
So first disable the hypervisor of the VM by altering the "vmx"(in case its vmware) file of your virtual machine(BACK UP THE FILE BEFORE MAKING CHANGES!)
off your VM
locate the .vmx file
If you cant fiond the vmx file read this article - http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1003880
open it with notepad and add this line at the end(or anywhere actually)
hypervisor.cpuid.v0 = "FALSE"
If you cant find the vmx file read this article http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1003880
Now you will be able to install the "Hyper-V platform" in windows "turn windows features on or off", do that.
restart
Try deploying to WP Now! If it is still not working please comment the error you get!
Upvotes: 1
Reputation:
Right Click on Computer --> Click Properties --> On Left Look for "Advanced System Properties" and Click on it Click "Advanced" tab --> Click the "Performance Setting" Button --> Click "Advanced" Tab --> In the "Virtual Memory" section Click "Change .." --> Unchecked Automatically manage paging file size for all drives --> Click Radio Custom size --> Set the values manually - Minimum [4096], Maximum [8192]
Upvotes: 0
Reputation:
After enabling support for VTx in your BIOS, you might want to check your system by running the Codeinfo tool.
Also, don't forget to enable "Hyper-V Management Tools" and "Hyper-V Platform" on "Control Panel->Programs and Features->Turn Windows Features on of off->Hyper-V":
I am running Windows 8 64 bit inside VMware player on top of a windows 7 machine. Also had problems running the emulator from windows phone 8, and solved them by following this guide: http://developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/Windows_Phone_8_SDK_on_a_Virtual_Machine_with_Working_Emulator
Hope it helps...
Upvotes: 1
Reputation: 2095
Ok, I've successfully fixed this issue. But I've my particular scenario, so I don't know if it can solve for you too. My scenario is as follow:
To fix the issue:
hypervisor.cpuid.v0 = "FALSE"
mce.enable = "TRUE"
vhv.enable = "TRUE"
I hope that it helps you too!
Upvotes: 3
Reputation: 11
Add these two lines to the end of the vmx-file:
hypervisor.cpuid.v0 = "FALSE" mce.enable = "TRUE"
Upvotes: 0
Reputation: 399
I had the same problem. This fixed it.
Shut down the VM, select option “Virtualize Intel VT-x/EPT or ARM-V/RVI” in the vm processor settings.
Then add these two lines to the end of the vmx-file:
hypervisor.cpuid.v0 = "FALSE"
mce.enable = "TRUE"
Start the VM, add the Hyper-V components and restart the vm. Next time you start the emulator, Visual Studio will configure Hyper-V and run the emulator
Upvotes: 20
Reputation: 1
Just open Hyper-V manager and delete all connections. Then try again. This solution worked on my PC.
Upvotes: 0
Reputation: 1
Make sure you select the option “Virtualize Intel VT-x/EPT or ARM-V/RVI”. This is required to be able to run HYPER-V on your virtual machine.
Upvotes: 0
Reputation: 31721
I had a situation where I had installed an azure component which preceded the current Visual Studio quarterly update and caused the emulator to die.
I recommend that you re-install/fix the current Visual Studio Update. Reboot and try again.
Upvotes: 0
Reputation: 51
Just copy your vhd and other files from the vhd location to another folder. Just create another a new VM with the VHD which you just copied. Now it will start.
Upvotes: 0
Reputation: 3979
Select the Emulator VM you are going to use in Windows 8 Phone development (default one is “Emulator WVGA 512MB”). Go to the Hyper-V VM settings and change the number of processors from 2 to 1. Press Apply and than OK in order to apply new settings.
If on a Mac or virtual machine ..
Or try to see the other solutions in this link:
Running Windows 8 Phone emulator in the Windows 8 virtual machine Problem
I really hope this link link can help you a less ;-)
Upvotes: 0