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Windows Phone Developer Tools Beta

Brief Description
The same powerful and easy to use Visual Studio integrated developer environment (IDE) handles design and testing of Windows Phone 7 phone applications.

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Quick Details
Version:1.0
Date Published:7/26/2010
Language:English
Download Size:69 KB - 769.3 MB*
*Download size depends on selected download components.

Overview

The Windows Phone Developer Tools Beta includes the following
  • Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone Beta
  • Windows Phone Emulator Beta
  • Silverlight for Windows Phone Beta
  • Microsoft Expression Blend for Windows Phone Beta
  • XNA Game Studio 4.0 Beta

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System Requirements

  • Supported Operating Systems: Windows 7; Windows Vista
  • Windows® Vista® (x86 and x64) ENU with Service Pack 2 – all editions except Starter Edition
  • Windows 7 (x86 and x64) ENU – all editions except Starter Edition


  • Installation requires 3 GB of free disk space on the system drive.
  • 2 GB RAM
  • DirectX 10 capable graphics card with a WDDM 1.1 driver

This Beta of the Windows Phone Developer Tools is compatible with the final version of Visual Studio 2010.

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Instructions

Click on the vm_web.exe from the Files in the download section. This will start the installation of Windows Phone Developer Tools Beta and install the necessary components on your machine.

For an offline installation, download WPDTBeta_en.iso and create your media and run setup.exe to install Windows Phone Developer Tools Beta.

Note: There are known issues during the uninstallation of the CTP version of the Windows Phone Developer Tools. Please read this blog article for more information and steps to resolution.

Please review the Release Notes for additional details before running setup.

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Files in This Download

The links in this section correspond to separate files available in this download. Download the files most appropriate for you.
File Name:File Size

Release Notes - WPDT Beta.htm

69 KB

vm_web.exe

3.2 MB

WPDTBeta_en.iso

429.5 MB

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