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Asked: 2026-06-15T22:33:11+00:00

I’m about to start working on a Windows Phone project which targets Windows Phone

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I’m about to start working on a Windows Phone project which targets Windows Phone 7.5.

For other projects, I use Visual Studio 11, but when I try to load the WP 7 projects, they show up as unavailable. Apparently, they are “…incompatible with the current edition of Visual Studio” (the message I get when hovering over the project nodes in the solution explorer).

I am able to open the projects in Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone (available from this page along with the 7.1 SDK package), but I would really prefer to work in VS11. I find it hard to believe that there is no way to do this, yet I have not been able to find any clear answers;

Any pointers or ideas on how to make VS11 support WP 7 projects in Windows 7 (if it is at all possible) would be appreciated.

Update: I forgot to mention one critical detail: I am using Windows 7, which prohibits me from using the Windows 8 SDK (which requires Windows 8).

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  1. Editorial Team

    Yes, you can develop Windows Phone 7.5 and 8 applications in same IDE — Visual Studio 2012. Just download and install SDK 8.0.

    UPDATE: On Windows 7 please try this solution:

    1. Download all files of this folder on git-hub
    2. Drag WPexpress_full.exe and drop it on wp8sdk_installer.exe
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    3. Follow the White Rabbit

    But be prepare for some bad news:

    • Windows Phone 8 emulator doesn’t work
    • Blend for Windows Phone 8 doesn’t work
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