Anybody have any ideas why WP8 emulator crashes my computer every time I run it? 
What is the error message being displayed onscreen?
If I were to *guess*, it’s because your machine doesn’t have enough RAM. In order to run Windows 8, Visual Studio 2012/2013, and the WP8 emulator at the same time, Microsoft recommends that you have 4 GB of RAM. If you have less than this, then sometimes the WP8 emulator will fail to launch. Microsoft documents the min system requirements for their WP8 emulator here…
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/ff626524(v=vs.105).aspx
There is no error it just restarts my computer when it gets to the emulator screen that says the OS is starting. I have 4GB of RAM and just installed a fresh version of Win8.1 and Visual Studio Express 2013.
I don’t see anything in my BIOS about the three items that it requires so that maybe the issue which is a major bummer.
#1
I had a similar issue with Visual Studio 2013 but it was for anything I tried to do with it.
I did not spend the time trying to figure it out I just reinstalled from scratch.
I do know that earlier versions of Hyper-V ( used by the emulator for Phone 8 ) had an issue on one of my computers with USB 3. I disabled it and all was well on that computer. Not sure it this helps but i thought I would pass it along.
#2 I have another computer that had an issue with 4 gig of ram - and the emulator would stop running and I had to shut down a bunch of stuff to get it to work again. There is a work around by setting the something in the registry… I am not sure if I can recall what it was but I’ll try to find out. In my case i received a error code that goggled and found it.
FYI after setting that flag I have never had an issue on that computer again.
If i find the link i’ll post it.
Good Luck Larry
Found it.
Try doing this and see if this helps.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2911380/en-us
heck, it couldn’t hurt.
Larry
Thanks for the help but nothing fixed the crashing so I am giving up on the emulator and had to buy a phone for testing.
What is the error message being displayed onscreen?
If I were to *guess*, it’s because your machine doesn’t have enough RAM. In order to run Windows 8, Visual Studio 2012/2013, and the WP8 emulator at the same time, Microsoft recommends that you have 4 GB of RAM. If you have less than this, then sometimes the WP8 emulator will fail to launch. Microsoft documents the min system requirements for their WP8 emulator here…
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/ff626524(v=vs.105).aspx
There is no error it just restarts my computer when it gets to the emulator screen that says the OS is starting. I have 4GB of RAM and just installed a fresh version of Win8.1 and Visual Studio Express 2013.
I don’t see anything in my BIOS about the three items that it requires so that maybe the issue which is a major bummer.
#1
I had a similar issue with Visual Studio 2013 but it was for anything I tried to do with it.
I did not spend the time trying to figure it out I just reinstalled from scratch.
I do know that earlier versions of Hyper-V ( used by the emulator for Phone 8 ) had an issue on one of my computers with USB 3. I disabled it and all was well on that computer. Not sure it this helps but i thought I would pass it along.
#2 I have another computer that had an issue with 4 gig of ram - and the emulator would stop running and I had to shut down a bunch of stuff to get it to work again. There is a work around by setting the something in the registry… I am not sure if I can recall what it was but I’ll try to find out. In my case i received a error code that goggled and found it.
FYI after setting that flag I have never had an issue on that computer again.
If i find the link i’ll post it.
Good Luck Larry
Found it.
Try doing this and see if this helps.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2911380/en-us
heck, it couldn’t hurt.
Larry
Thanks for the help but nothing fixed the crashing so I am giving up on the emulator and had to buy a phone for testing.