How to: Start the Device Emulator Manager
The Device Emulator Manager (DEM) provides a user interface for starting, connecting to, and managing instances of the Device Emulator on the development computer. It provides the same logical functionality as a physical device cradle. For more information, see Device Emulator Manager.
When you click Exit on the DEM File menu, you disconnect any cradled emulator image. If you just want to remove the DEM window from the screen, close its window. The DEM continues to run in the background, and is available from the notification area.
Note
Your computer might show different names or locations for some of the Visual Studio user interface elements in the following instructions. The Visual Studio edition that you have and the settings that you use determine these elements. For more information, see Visual Studio Settings.
Launching With a Datastore Present
If the development computer has a datastore where emulator images are kept, for example, when Visual Studio 2008 is installed, you can open the DEM in any one of the following ways.
To start the Device Emulator Manager from Visual Studio
- On the Tools menu, click Device Emulator Manager.
To start the Device Emulator Manager from Windows Explorer
Navigate to Program Files\Microsoft Device Emulator\1.0.
Open dvcemumanager.exe.
To start the Device Emulator Manager from the command line
Navigate to Program Files\Microsoft Device Emulator\1.0.
Type dvcemumanager.
Launching When No Datastore is Present
If the development computer contains no datastore, for example, in a stand-alone installation of the Device Emulator and DEM, you must start an instance of the Device Emulator before you can open the DEM.
To start the Device Emulator Manager when no datastore is present
Launch an instance of the Device Emulator.
For more information, see How to: Start the Device Emulator.
Launch the Device Emulator Manager in any one of the ways listed earlier for starting with a datastore present.
On the Device Emulator Manager Actions menu, click Refresh.