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Asked: June 16, 20262026-06-16T08:52:03+00:00 2026-06-16T08:52:03+00:00

Why is trying to use the Windows Phone SDK (Any version) so problematic? I

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Why is trying to use the Windows Phone SDK (Any version) so problematic? I have tried to install WP8 on my Windows 8 machine with Visual Studio 2012 Ultimate and despite a month of troubleshooting and searching, not a single thing has fixed the issue. First of all, the WP8 installer tells me that my OS is not Windows 8 – then it tells me that my version of the .NET Framework is not supported (I have every version from 3.0 up to 4.5). As a last resort, I tried running the installer in compatibility mode but that option is not even available for the installer.

And then I looked in my Start menu and found a folder named Visual Studio 2010 Express. I expanded this folder and to my surprise, it had Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone.Ink (WP7.0 and WP7.1) in there – so I opened it. Everything seemed to be going just fine. I created a new project “PhoneApp1” and without writing any code or making any changes, I hit the debug button – and this is what I get:

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It says “Run the program without getting help”. So I clicked it. And then this happens:

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Click OK…

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Click NO…

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Connection failed because of invalid command line arguments.

Now we get the error message. Not very helpful, but I went searching online and I dug as deep as I could in Google results and I think I’ve tried atleast 20 different sites and even more “solutions” but not a single one of the solutions even worked.

Hass anybody had this exact same issue? How did you fix it?

Please don’t tell me to install WP8 SDK unless you also have a solution that works for that.

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    2026-06-16T08:52:05+00:00Added an answer on June 16, 2026 at 8:52 am

    try to install win8 ultimate,because i think wp8 is just compatible with win 8 RTM.
    about wp7,i have no idea, but win 8 is compatible with those wp7 and wp8

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