visual studio 2015 - Unable to use Windows Phone 10 Emulator -


i have visual studio 2015 enterprise installed on window 10 development machine. can create new universal windows platform app , run both in simulator on local machine.

however, when select of 5 pre-installed mobile emulators , start debugging, see emulator app (xde.exe) being launched, error dialog following message:

the emulator unable set properties on virtual machine: couldn't change display controller settings of virtual machine: .... configuration version of mobile emulator 10.0.10240.0 wvga 4 inch ... virtual machine not support setting resolution type, horizontal resolution or vertical resolution.

when open hyper-v manager, can see 3 virtual machines installed. can start them , show windows phone 10 home screen in expected resolution , orientation.

this happens when running visual studio 2015 either regular user or administrator.

make sure computer has internet connection, and

if tools universal windows apps development still installed:

  • go programs , features, select visual studio 2015, click change.
  • in visual studio setup, click modify.
  • deselect feature tools universal windows app development.
  • select tools universal windows app development again, , click update.

if have uninstalled tools universal windows apps development: reinstall tools universal windows app development. or, take following steps reinstall javascript project system , language service:

  • download installer edition of visual studio, such as, vs_community.exe.
  • open command window, , run following command:
  • vs_community.exe /modify /installselectableitems javascript_hidden /passive
  • change directories c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 14.0\common7\ide
  • run following commands:

     devenv /updateconfiguration   devenv /clearcache 

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