If you do not have the Desktop Experience feature installed yet, follow this procedure. It cannot be installed until Desktop Experience has been installed. Synchronization support for Windows Server 2008 is provided by Microsoft Windows Mobile Device Center 6. This topic does not discuss using emulators in this manner.
When used as a virtual machine, the synchronization software is not needed. Some emulators can also be used as virtual machines with virtualization software products such as Microsoft Virtual PC. Select the link below that is appropriate for your computer:įor Windows XP and Earlier Operating Systems The synchronization application that you need is determined by the version of Windows on your computer. You do not actually synchronize the emulator with the computer, but the synchronization software enables the emulators to use the existing network and Internet connections of the computer.
You must install synchronization support for device emulators exactly as you would for physical devices that you want to synchronize with applications on your computer, such as e-mail applications.
For instructions about how to install Windows Mobile 6.1, see Installing Windows Mobile 6 Emulators.
(Most of these are installed automatically when you install Visual Studio with support for Smart Devices, so if you will be using many these emulators, simply installing Visual Studio on the computer may be easier than installing each emulator image separately.)įollow the instructions on the download pages of the images that you need to download and install the images.
Go to the Microsoft Download Center and search for "emulator images." Downloadable images are available for a several versions of Smartphones, Pocket PCs, and Windows Mobile. folder.) Name the shortcut Microsoft Device Emulator 3.0. (On a 64-bit computer, it will be located in the Program Files (x86)\. The installation wizard will guide you through the installation.Ĭreate a desktop shortcut to the executable at %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Device Emulator\1.0\dvcemumanager.exe. On other computers, double-click the executable. The 64-bit file may have "Vista" in its name, but it applies to any 64-bit version of Windows.Īfter downloading, on Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 computers, right-click the executable and select Run as Administrator. There are different executables for 64-bit and 32-bit computers. Go to the Microsoft Download Center and search for "Microsoft Device Emulator." Navigate to the download page for Microsoft Device Emulator 3.0 and download the executable. If Visual Studio is not installed on the computer (or it is installed in an edition that does not support Smart Device development), and you do not want to install it, you can install Microsoft Device Emulator Manager as a stand-alone application and install specific device emulators (images) as shown in the following two procedures.
This process will install the Emulator Manager and several device emulators, which are known as "images." Then follow the prompts of the wizard until it finishes. On the tree of features that you are presented with, make sure that you enable support for Smart Devices in the branches for all the programming languages that you use. When the wizard prompts you to choose between a standard installation (it may be called "express") and an advanced (or custom) installation, select advanced/custom. You may be prompted again by an installation wizard to select whether to remove or repair the installation. However, the essentials are the same: Highlight Visual Studio on the list of installed applications and select the Repair option (it may be called Change). The exact steps vary with the version of Visual Studio, the version of Windows, and whether you are using the Classic View of Control Panel.
If it is not there, the best way to install the Device Emulator Manager is to perform a "repair" of the Visual Studio installation. If they are installed, you will see Device Emulator Manager on the Tools menu of Visual Studio.
If Visual Studio Professional or Team System edition is installed on the computer, Microsoft Device Emulator Manager, and several emulators, may already be installed. Ensure that Microsoft Device Emulator Manager and Emulators are Installed You must be logged in as a member of the computer’s Administrators group before you perform any of the actions described in this topic.