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This is the v2 release of the Device Emulator, that updates the V1 emulator that released in conjunction with Visual Studio 2005.

• Microsoft Device Emulator 2.0 is the second publicly released version of the Device Emulator for ARM-based Devices. This emulator is also being released with the Windows Mobile 6 SDK and the Adaptation Kit (AK) releases of Windows Mobile 6 and Windows Embedded CE 6.0.
  
  Device Emulator 2.0 release contains the same executables and DLLs as the 1.0 release that came with Visual Studio 2005. This version of the Emulator has upgraded performance and some new features. This install will replace the emulator installed with Visual Studio 2005.

Files

Status: Deleted This download is no longer available on microsoft.com. The downloads below are archives provided by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine from the Microsoft Download Center prior to August 2020.

File	Size
vs_emulator-X64Addon.exe SHA1: 7a271b6e0406fa7193caef027eaf8761c2883ae5	404 KB
vs_emulator.exe SHA1: 3b95d69ea6c6021cdf7c87891a0c28e66f8532f9	876 KB

• Windows 2000, Windows XP SP2 or Windows 2003 Server SP1, Windows Vista

• Note: Device Emulator V2.0 is required for application development targeting Windows Mobile 6 and Windows Embedded CE 6.0 from Visual Studio 2005. This emulator is also required if your system is running Windows Vista.
  
  Note on Windows Vista:DeviceEmulator 2.0 has taken a few design changes to work with the Windows Vista operating system that enables the emulator to be cradled using the Windows Mobile Device Center. You will need to install the Windows Mobile Device Center application to successfully cradle the device emulator, setup partnerships, synchronize content, etc.
  
  Windows Vista running on x64: We have also released a patch for x64 systems. This patch (found below) updates the SerDMAASPlugin.dll, which was originally compiled to 32-bit, to its x64 version.
  
  To install the emulator, run the executable that is provided with this download. If you are installing the emulator for the first time and intend to use it as a standalone product for running your applications, then you will have to register the binaries that come with this release. When installing on Windows Vista, you will need to run the installation as an administrator.