How to run Windows Phone 10 emulator?

Question

I was lost while searching how to start the Windows Phone 10 emulator.

What I have already done:
I downloaded the emulator image and installed it (I know the location of the flash.vhd file)

I am running Windows 8.1 x64 Professional. The Hyper-V service seems to be working. If I run coreinfo -v , I get this output:

 Coreinfo v3.31 - Dump information on system CPU and memory topology Copyright (C) 2008-2014 Mark Russinovich Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com Note: Coreinfo must be executed on a system without a hypervisor running for accurate results. Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40GHz Intel64 Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3, GenuineIntel Microcode signature: 0000001A HYPERVISOR * Hypervisor is present VMX - Supports Intel hardware-assisted virtualization EPT - Supports Intel extended page tables (SLAT) 

Here is my output from MachineSLATStatusCheck :

 You have a SLAT capable machine. 

I assume that my computer meets the hardware requirements, but how do I start the emulator?

By the way, I only have VS 2012 installed, but I do not want to update it. I just need an emulator.

Answer 1

The emulator executable file is \ Program Files (x86) \ Microsoft XDE \ xde.exe

Run it with /? for help on the arguments.

Here's how (slightly outdated) VS 2015 launches it for me (gleaned from procexp). Update this in your folders and options and it should start the emulator from the command line:

"C: \ Program Files (x86) \ Microsoft XDE \ 10.0.1.0 \ XDE.exe" / name "Emulator 10.0.1.0 WVGA 4-inch 512MB.rob" / displayName "emulator 10.0.1.0 WVGA 4-inch 512 MB" / vhd "C: \ Program Files (x86) \ Windows Kits \ 10 \ Emulation \ Mobile \ 10.0.1.0 \ Flash.vhd" / video "480x854" / memsize 512 / diagonalSize 4 / language 409 / creatediffdisk "C: \ Users \ Rob \ AppData \ Local \ Microsoft \ XDE \ 10.0.1.0 \ dd.480x854.512.vhd "/ snapshot / fastShutdown