If you are using Windows Server 2008R2 to code, you may have had an error installing the Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools. Indeed, the installer only support Windows Vista or Windows 7. But, there is a solution:
- Download the setup file
- Extract the contents of the package by running vm_web.exe /x
- Go to the folder where you extracted the files and open the file baseline.dat
- Search section [gencomp7788]
- Change the value InstallOnLHSfrom1 to 0
- Change the value InstallOnWin7Serverfrom1 to 0
- Save changes
- Start setup.exe /web
I really do not understand why Microsoft chose not to support the installation on Windows Server by default.
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