VS2015 crash while deploy windows phone 8 app to emulator

Question

VS2015 crash, while Run app with Windows Phone emulator, I tried with Phone 8.1 and Windows 10 Mobile Emulator. Emulator launch successfully but VS can't deploy app, end crash.

Faulting application name: devenv.exe, version: 14.0.23107.0, time stamp: 0x559b7ead Faulting module name: SirepClient.dll, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x559f6024 Exception code: 0xc0000005 Fault offset: 0x0002c376 Faulting process id: 0x3770 Faulting application start time: 0x01d123ea21bcb890 Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe Faulting module path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Phone Sirep\8.1\SirepClient.dll Report Id: d583c604-2aed-41b5-ac84-8223f613cef0 Faulting package full name: Faulting package-relative application ID:

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Application: devenv.exe Framework Version: v4.0.30319 Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception. Exception Info: System.AccessViolationException at Microsoft.VisualStudio.DeviceConnectivity.Interop.ConManServerClass.ConnectDevice() at Microsoft.SmartDevice.Connectivity.Device.Connect() at Microsoft.SmartDevice.Connectivity.Wrapper.ConnectivityWrapper12.CreateConnectedDeviceInstance(Microsoft.SmartDevice.Connectivity.Device) at Microsoft.SmartDevice.MultiTargeting.Connectivity.ConnectableDevice.Connect(Boolean) at Microsoft.VisualStudio.CommonProject.SmartDevice.Deploy.DeployTask.Execute() at Microsoft.VisualStudio.SmartDevice.ProjectSystem.SilverlightMobileVSProjectFlavorCfg.Deploy(System.Object) at System.Threading.QueueUserWorkItemCallback.WaitCallback_Context(System.Object) at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(System.Threading.ExecutionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback, System.Object, Boolean) at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(System.Threading.ExecutionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback, System.Object, Boolean) at System.Threading.QueueUserWorkItemCallback.System.Threading.IThreadPoolWorkItem.ExecuteWorkItem() at System.Threading.ThreadPoolWorkQueue.Dispatch() at System.Threading._ThreadPoolWaitCallback.PerformWaitCallback()

Answer 1

This solved my Windows Phone 8.1 Deploy to Device Visual Studio 2015 crash issue:

1) Shut down Visual Studio.

2) After enabling/unlocking your device (WinPhone 8.)1 for development; https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/ff769508

Make sure you download and install the Windows Phone 8.1 SDK. https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/windows-8-1-sdk

3) After installing this SDK, try to connect to your WinPhone 8.1 through the SDK, which will trigger a "Special Update" for that device.

4) After installing the update on your device and it reboots, start Visual Studio and deploy/debug to your device.

Answer 2

This error occurred to me a few months ago and to resolved I have to install the Windows Phone 8 SDK, because the Visual Studio 2015 only installs the Windows Phone 8.1 SDK.

Answer 3

I cannot comment on the previous post to give the answer about the "SDK tool".

But the tool he means is actually the Windows Phone Developer Power Tools. If you connect, it will trigger an update installing the powertools runtime on the device.

Interestingly I ran into that problem after first being successful with deploying to the phone. But after I restarted Visual Studio, I got the deployment crash.

Unfortunately it did not resolve the problem for me.