Windows Phone emulator not starting (couldn`t setup the UDP port)

Question

After updating Windows 10 to build 10061 windows phone emulators (all 8.1 and 10) stopped starting. I get the following error: \"Windows Phone Emulator is unable to connect

Answer 1

If for some reason you are unable to delete internal switches in Hyper-V UI:

1. go to regedit HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\vmsmp\Parameters\SwitchList

2. delete Windows Phone entry (or all)

3. reboot computer
4. start VS and run emulator which will set everything up