a specified communication resource(port) is already in use by another application

Question

I have a WP8 project in WP8 emulator, then I run it using visual studio 2012, and launch the WVGA emulator; But pop up a message "a specified communication resource(port) is already in use by another application", does anybody know what's cause this problem ?

Answer 1

Wp8 emulator? So cool, does it used for windows mobile 6.5?

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Answer 2

Hi,

Welcome here.

According to your description, you issue has not a solid answer; I think it should be better if we change the thread type to General Discussion.

Thanks for your understanding and active participation in the MSDN Forum.

Regards,

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Answer 3

I have the exact same problem.

When Visual Studio is trying to connect to the emulator to run a Windows Phone app in debug it displays the error message: "A specified communication resource (port) is already in use by another application.". The emulator is launched but Visual Studio isn't able to connect to it.

Anyone found a solution yet?
Running Win8x64 with only Visual Studio 2012 Express for Windows Phone installed.

*Edit*

Solved it.

Had to first deploy the app on the emulator before debug mode can be ran.
"Right click on project > Deploy"
After this it ran in debug mode and worked fine for me.

Answer 4

I have the exact same problem.

When Visual Studio is trying to connect to the emulator to run a Windows Phone app in debug it displays the error message: "A specified communication resource (port) is already in use by another application.". The emulator is launched but Visual Studio isn't able to connect to it.

Anyone found a solution yet?
Running Win8x64 with only Visual Studio 2012 Express for Windows Phone installed.

*Edit*

Solved it.

Had to first deploy the app on the emulator before debug mode can be ran.
"Right click on project > Deploy"
After this it ran in debug mode and worked fine for me.

Doesn't work for me...

Answer 5

I have the exact same problem.

When Visual Studio is trying to connect to the emulator to run a Windows Phone app in debug it displays the error message: "A specified communication resource (port) is already in use by another application.". The emulator is launched but Visual Studio isn't able to connect to it.

Anyone found a solution yet?
Running Win8x64 with only Visual Studio 2012 Express for Windows Phone installed.

*Edit*

Solved it.

Had to first deploy the app on the emulator before debug mode can be ran.
"Right click on project > Deploy"
After this it ran in debug mode and worked fine for me.

Worked like a Charm.. no pun intended, ;)  Thanks

Answer 6

Had to first deploy the app on the emulator before debug mode can be ran.
"Right click on project > Deploy"
After this it ran in debug mode and worked fine for me.

This Works for me. Thanks

Answer 7

I had this issue as well and the "deploy" didn't help. What I did to fix this was I changed by compile to target "Any CPU" and it started working. I had it targeted for "Windows Phone" previously to get around an issue with Blend and its inability to display the viewer when compiling for "Arm or 64bit" CPU's.... Lot's of little gotcha's when working between those two programs.