Windows SDK installation Visual Studio Community 2015

Question

When I try to install the Windows Phone Template Pack on Visual Studio Community 2015, the following error is obtained.

What is the reason? Where can I check the error log from?

Solution

Couple of issues:

1. The Windows SDK link you provided (http://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=8442) is for Windows 7. It is not compatible with Visual Studio 2015 for Windows Phone development.

2. I think this error you're seeing with the Windows Phone Template Pack (HRESULT: 0x80070057) is because the Windows and Windows Phone 8.1 Tools are not installed on your computer along with Visual Studio Community 2015.

I am able to reproduce this only when the Windows and Windows Phone 8.1 Tools are not installed.

If I click skip, then I see the error dialog you included above.

To resolve this issue,

• Go into the Control Panel
• Open up Add/Remove Programs (or Programs & Features depending on your OS version)
• Select Visual Studio Community 2015, then click Change
• In VS setup, click Modify
• Make sure that the "Tools and Windows SDKs" feature under "Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.0/8.1 Tools" is checked.

If you're running Windows 8.0/8.1/10 x64 Professional or higher with a Hyper-V capable computer and then you should also be able to install the Windows Phone 8.1 emulators.

-Paul Chapman [MSFT]

Comments

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thanks, could you also possibly help me with this question