i m using Visual studio 2015 and i need to install Windows Phone SDK 8 on Windows 7. I know that Windows Phone sdk 8
•Supported Operating System Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro
•Operating system type: Windows 8 64-bit (x64) client versions
•Hardware:
6.5 GB of free hard disk space 4 GB RAM 64-bit (x64) CPU
i try this but it does not work i think that this method is for Visual Studio 2012. So it's possible to install SDK8 on Windows 7 ? if yes How ?
Windows 8 SDK is not compatibile with windows 7
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I new to Windows 8 Mobile app development and my development laptop has 8 GB RAM and Windows 7 64-bit OS with VS 2012.
Now to develop Windows Phone 8 mobile app do i need to install windows 8 OS on my laptop or i can continue using the same OS.
I read somewhere that Windows 8 OS is must for Windows Phone 8 apps or is there any work-around to continue with same OS.
thanks,
The only "workaround" would be using Windows 8.1 in a virtual machine like.
I would like to install Visual Studio 2013 on Windows 7 64-bit.
For some reason, the installer says "Setup Blocked" with an error "This version of Visual Studio requires a computer with a newer version of Windows".
This error is not exactly descriptive of what's wrong. The least I could do was verify that I have the following installed :
Windows 7 Professional (64-bit) with Service Pack 1
Internet Explorer 10
Version: 10.0.9200.16750
Update Versions: 10.0.12 (KB2898785)
All Windows Updates that were available for installing on 11th of Dec. 2013.
Executed the installer with the /log winexp.log argument and got the following : winexp.log.
Any ideas of what else could be the problem ?
Thanks.
Edit : by looking at this question there was a crack that allowed installing Windows Phone's SDK on Windows 7 - does anyone know a similar solution for VS 2013 ?
The minimum requirements are based on the Express edition you're attempting to install:
Express for Web (Web sites and HTML5 applications) - Windows 7 SP1 (With IE 10)
Express for Windows (Windows 8 Apps) - Windows 8.1
Express for Windows Desktop (Windows Programs) - Windows 7 SP1 (With IE 10)
Express for Windows Phone (Windows Phone Apps) - Windows 8
It sounds like you're trying to install the "Express 2013 for Windows" edition, which is for developing Windows 8 "Modern UI" apps, or the Windows Phone edition.
The similarly named version that is compatible with Windows 7 SP1 is "Express 2013 for Windows Desktop"
Source
Visual Studio Express for Windows needs Windows 8.1. Having a look at the requirements page you might want to try the Web or Windows Desktop version which are able to run under Windows 7.
Visual Studio 2013 System Requirements
Supported Operating Systems:
Windows 8.1 (x86 and x64)
Windows 8 (x86 and x64)
Windows 7 SP1 (x86 and x64)
Windows Server 2012 R2 (x64)
Windows Server 2012 (x64)
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (x64)
Hardware requirements:
1.6 GHz or faster processor
1 GB of RAM (1.5 GB if running on a virtual machine)
20 GB of available hard disk space
5400 RPM hard disk drive
DirectX 9-capable video card that runs at 1024 x 768 or higher display resolution
Additional Requirements for the laptop:
Internet Explorer 10
KB2883200 (available through Windows Update) is required
And don't forget to reboot after updating your windows
Fake IE10 to install Visual Studio 2013
Visual Studio 2013 requires Internet Explorer 10. If you try to install it on Windows 7 with IE8 you get the following error This version of Visual Studio requires Internet Explorer 10”.
The value that the VS 2013 installer checks is svcVersion in the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorerkey on 32-bit Windows and
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer on 64-bit Windows. Any value >= 10.0.0.0 makes the installer happy.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer]
"svcVersion"="10.0.0.0"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer]
"svcVersion"="10.0.0.0"
your log files shows it is stopping on error "0x8004C000"
From MS Website (http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/15716.visual-studio-2012-and-the-error-code-2147205120.aspx):
Setup Status
Block
Restart not required
0x80044000 [-2147205120]
Restart required
0x8004C000 [-2147172352]
Description
If the only block to be reported is “Reboot Pending,” the returned value is the Incomplete-Reboot Required value (0x80048bc7).
Windows Phone 8 Emulator needs Windows 8 Pro edition or greater.
Can Windows Phone 8 Emulator runs on Windows 8 Single Language?Or do we need to upgrade Windows 8 Single language to Windows 8 Pro ?
Or is there any way to run Emulator on Windows 8 Single Language
64-bit of Windows 8 Pro edition is the requirement. You have to upgrade the Windows.
Reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/develop/ff626524(v=vs.105).aspx
I connected the windows phone 8 to windows 8 machine through usb via microsoft smart phone connectivity v4.0_11.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a dll. Its working fine.
but i tried the same with windows 7 machine its not working ( As there are no dlls on windwos 7) I copied the dll's from windows 8 machine to windows 7 machine but now its giving me the error for class ID is not registeerd. I tried to register the dll's but no lick.
I tried to use older version of connectivity dll ( v4.0_10.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a) then it detects only windows phone 7 so it is not detecting my windows phone 8 apps.
Please suggest.
This will probably never work as you're trying to install bits of the WP8 SDK piecemeal into Windows 7, which is not supported.
For WP8 apps you need Windows 8 OS.
Could you confirm whether Windows Phone 8 ISO or SDK is available to install with VS2012 Ultimate which I have installed on Windows 7 Home Basic.
Since unable to install Phone 8 environment as get message about Windows 8 needed, but have Windows 8 Preview running in VMWARE workstation.
Please suggest some workaround so that can dev with Windows Phone 8 with existing setup.
Thanks.
Maneesh
The Windows Phone 8 SDK requires Windows 8 as specified here. The Windows Phone 7.8 SDK supports Windows 7, but won't let you develop Windows Phone 8 apps just 7.5 and 7.8 apps.
The Windows Phone 8 SDK uses Hyper-V to run the emulator which is why you need Windows 8. This article claims to define how to use Hyper-V inside a VMware Workstation 8 VM. Following those steps it should be possible to install VS2012 and the Windows Phone 8 SDK inside the VM and get everything running.