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Reputation: 1402

Windows SDK installation Visual Studio Community 2015

When I try to install the Windows Phone Template Pack on Visual Studio Community 2015, the following error is obtained.

Exception from HRESULT:0x80070057

What is the reason? Where can I check the error log from?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 15877

Answers (2)

Steve Valliere
Steve Valliere

Reputation: 1207

Found this answer today, but it no longer works, or doesn't work if the host OS is Windows 7 Pro. I just installed Windows 7 Pro (plus all updates) and then VS2015 (plus all of ITS updates) on an otherwise CLEAN computer. NO SDK was installed. My options for modify look like this:

Visual Studio 2015 Mofiy Options

The Windows 8.1...Tools option is TOTALLY MISSING. The Windows 10.0 SDK is offered under the Universal Windows...Tools option, but that doesn't help me with Windows 7 targeted development.

Also, FWIW, the Windows 8.1 install tool that Microsoft is offering for download just gets an APPCRASH every time I try to use it (and yes, I've downloaded it several times, even to different machines, but always with the same result.)

So for me, I can either stick with Visual Studio 2010 or suffer the user interface abomination that is/was Visual Studio 2012 (not gonna happen). Sigh.

Upvotes: 0

Paul Chapman
Paul Chapman

Reputation: 260

Couple of issues:

  1. The Windows SDK link you provided (http://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=8442) is for Windows 7. It is not compatible with Visual Studio 2015 for Windows Phone development.

  2. I think this error you're seeing with the Windows Phone Template Pack (HRESULT: 0x80070057) is because the Windows and Windows Phone 8.1 Tools are not installed on your computer along with Visual Studio Community 2015.

I am able to reproduce this only when the Windows and Windows Phone 8.1 Tools are not installed.

error dialog

If I click skip, then I see the error dialog you included above.

To resolve this issue,

  • Go into the Control Panel
  • Open up Add/Remove Programs (or Programs & Features depending on your OS version)
  • Select Visual Studio Community 2015, then click Change
  • In VS setup, click Modify
  • Make sure that the "Tools and Windows SDKs" feature under "Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.0/8.1 Tools" is checked.

If you're running Windows 8.0/8.1/10 x64 Professional or higher with a Hyper-V capable computer and then you should also be able to install the Windows Phone 8.1 emulators.

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-Paul Chapman [MSFT]

Upvotes: 6

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