Run windows phone emulator 8 or 8.1 without using Hyper-v

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peyman gilmour picture peyman gilmour · Jun 5, 2014 · Viewed 10.2k times · Source

As you know , for running wp8.X emulator , hyper-v is necessary and this feature is on windows 8.X pro version . so now i have windows 8.1 standard . i wanna know is there any solution for that , without buying windows 8.X pro version . for example is it possible to use virtualbox instead of using hyper-v or ... ???

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Answer

Amit Bhatiya picture Amit Bhatiya · Jun 5, 2014

The Windows Phone 8 emulator is a special Hyper-V image.

you can use a virtual machine to deploy windows phone 8 OS. My laptop processor does not support hyper-v so, I've installed win phone 8 on a virtual machine. I found this link helpful.. check it out: How to use Windows Phone 8 Emulator without Hyper-V

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