Windows phone 7 developers tools windows xp

You know that you are way at the bottom of list when it comes to mobile. So rather than releasing these beta tools which may or may not work, why don't you show us the stuff including developer tools when they ready. This way you'll build confidence and win back support of developers who are running away to other platforms. If you think that by releasing beta of Windows Phone 7 developer tools you are building excitement then I'm sorry to say that you are completely wrong. While you were trying to work out what to do with Windows Mobile unfortunately the game and it's rules changed.

Let's play the new game by new rules :. Great news, I have been waiting for a while. Why only Windows 7 support? Please add Windows at least. Please offer an offline installation option. Due to bandwidth contraints, it's far better for me to download once and install from some form of portable media portable hard drives, dvds, etc.

The web install is also failing on Windows Server R2 x MOre and more i'm tempted to give up my Android phone for a W7 phone Great stuff I just can't get enough they say you learn something new every day the day you stop is the beginning of the end for those of us who develop on the Microsoft stack we're sure to live to be a with endless opportunity Great stuff team Microsoft keep it comming the rest of the world can just catch up. Great tools, just one remark: tt would be very nice if the tools were an actual download, not a web installer.

Now I have to download them for every machine I upgrade. Not very convinient. Correct - although I think they look the same. I just re-used an old screen-shot I used from a previous post :- Good catch, Scott. One of the things my team has been working on has been optimizing the first-time load time of the emulator.

It is now much faster than before. Unfortunately the VB runtime library isn't supported on Windows Phone 7 just yet. We are planning to enable it in the future though. Sorry about that, Scott. Unfortunately I don't believe it works with XP.

The emulator uses some of the newer graphics capabilities in Windows which I believe is the reason this isn't supported. Hi Scott, You mentioned that you can't develop on XP machines due to the emulator using the new graphics capabilities of the newer Windows OS. Does this mean that Windows Server R2 will continue to be un supported as well?

I can't be the only one running R2 and want to look at Mobile dev. As its a very new OS surely it has the graphics capabilities? Cheers, A. SecurityException at System. New tool work great can't wait to get my hands on a real device. Can this run inside a virtual machine? The first release could but was slow and bombed out when running xna apps. Shane: I think that is exactly the case. The XNA 4. Scott, You guys really need to re-evaluate your installer strategy.

When you release an update you put a line in release notes about uninstalling the previous version, but there's no way to do that with one installer like a normal program, instead I have to guess which packages I'm supposed to uninstall.

Until today this was annoying but I went through it anyway but with this WP7 deb tools beta, when I uninstalled the CTP refresh, I uninstalled the emulator and VS plug in and then saw the tools and when I tried uninstalling that, the next screen asks to install those two packages back, which fails for some reason. Is there a date for this? I'm very excited to test this new release from Microsoft!

Its been too long since the last release! Installed the beta tools on top of an existing VS Ultimate installation. Don't do that. First a bluescreen during setup don't know during which step exactly. But afterwards I could continue the installation and everything installed fine, but now when opening VS and creating new projects you can't select anything. All project templates are gone. It would be much simpler and practical.

Scott the toolkit seems to require windows vista or 7. We use windows server and vs Anyway to install it on this config? It is not clear - I am worried by previous comment about thiss install removing. NET 4! What is the approach for developers like me. Installing the tools beta didn't make VS pack up and leave town, and I'm pretty sure that Expression won't take a hike on your machine.

Why not offer the actual Windows phone 7 complete run time environment as a package we can download and install on a phone to check how it works? This seems to work well for hackers and other OS users I am excited about developing for Mobile 7, but I was disappointed to learn about the lack of standard ux functionality So although I will be developing, I don't think I will be purchasing until that is resolved.

Just noticed the re-release that includes a downloadable iso. Back Next. Microsoft recommends you install a download manager.

Microsoft Download Manager. Manage all your internet downloads with this easy-to-use manager. It features a simple interface with many customizable options:. Download multiple files at one time Download large files quickly and reliably Suspend active downloads and resume downloads that have failed. Yes, install Microsoft Download Manager recommended No, thanks.

What happens if I don't install a download manager? Why should I install the Microsoft Download Manager? In this case, you will have to download the files individually. You would have the opportunity to download individual files on the "Thank you for downloading" page after completing your download.

Files larger than 1 GB may take much longer to download and might not download correctly. You might not be able to pause the active downloads or resume downloads that have failed. Details Note: There are multiple files available for this download. Once you click on the "Download" button, you will be prompted to select the files you need. File Name:. Date Published:. File Size:. System Requirements Supported Operating System. Note: This update configures a MB emulator and a MB emulator as part of the installation, and so might take longer to install than a typical SDK.