How to load any XAP file with the Windows Phone 7 emulator

Chris Ballard picture Chris Ballard · Mar 24, 2010 · Viewed 26.5k times · Source

Does anyone know if it is possible to load a windows phone 7 XAP file into the emulator without the solution or source files? In other words, can I send somebody just a XAP file so that they can test my app, without giving them the full source code?

Answer

George picture George · Dec 21, 2010

Run this:

D:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows Phone\v7.0\Tools\XAP Deployment\XapDeploy.exe