Greg - Yes, Windows 8 has the Hyper-V. But I know that a few people have used the WP8 SDK on Windows 7. I think a requirement is 64-bit Windows? But the VS2012 Express version is suitable. I found this a good jump-off point - Developing Apps for Windows 8 <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/ff402551(v=vs.105).aspx> - possibly the topic about requirements for the emulator <System%20requirements%20for%20the%20emulator%20for%20Windows%20Phone%208> is what you needed to see first, though. I do have a Windows Phone, and after a long delay it was updated to WP8.1 a few months ago (Australia followed later than many countries). A beginners tool is called Windows App Studio - I just found its tutorial location again, here <http://appstudio.windows.com/en-us> .
Ian Thomas Albert Park, Victoria -----Original Message----- From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 4:32 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: VS2013 Windows Phone project Hi Ian (and Stephen), No I was absentmindedly on Windows 7 where I do the bulk of my normal work. In a tiny hint in some web search I saw a comment about no support in Windows 7. I just went over to a VM running VS2013 retail and it has lots of phone templates, so there you go! I staggers me though, as I thought it was all simulated and I find it hard to believe a certain type of VS project needs Windows 8. That means that Windows 8 is actually useful for something!! (for the wrong reasons) -- *Greg* On 18 November 2014 14:42, ILT (O) <il.tho...@outlook.com> wrote: > Are you developing on Windows 8.1 with VS2013? > > > ------------------------------ > > Ian Thomas > Albert Park, Victoria > > > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Greg Keogh > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 18, 2014 2:22 PM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* VS2013 Windows Phone project > > > > Folks, I have been asked to write a demo Windows Phone app, which I've > never done before, but I'm keen to give it a bash. However, I'm off to a > bad start. VS2013 Update 4 has no New Project template for a phone app. I > have installed all VS2013 features. I can see the Windows Phone SDK v8.0 > and v8.1 folders under Program Files(x86). Web searches hint that I should > just be able to select New Project and off I go. What's missing? -- *Greg > K* >
