Please delete the corrupted saved state file and then retry.? I think I can reproduce circumstances, can you?

Question

I'm getting the above message on my Mango Emulator.

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Windows Phone Emulator

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Error: The saved-state file (C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\XDE\{7E642E7C-1154-47CE-841B-54D78363563D}.dess) is corrupt. Please delete the corrupted saved state file and then retry.

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OK

If I follow the advice above, I then get the problem with the emulator doing a complete boot every time.

So, I did a repair on my install, and within 5 minutes the problem had returned.

I found a reference to this elsewhere (http://blog.marktharris.com/2011/06/windows-phone-7-emulator-saved-state.html)
which suggested deleting both files (I renamed mine), then restoring them one at a time (dess first, then ss)

This made the problem go away (which is much faster than the reinstall).

I think I've narrowed down how to reproduce the problem though:
If you close the emulator while stopped at a breakpoint, the problem reappears.

Can anyone else reproduce this?

Answer 1

Stopping the debug session using "Stop Debuging (Shift-F5)" in Visual Studio eliminates the need for a complete boot everytime. Only stop the emulator when you don't need it anymore (for the day)

Answer 2

Often this message is bogus. What it really means is that the emulator could not allocate a PILE of memory in one contiguous block (eg a gigabyte) which it needs for the VM to run. I usually exit all apps, fire up XDE on its own (then it is happy), then run VS. Very occasionally I need to reboot to ensure a suitably large block of unallocated memory.

The system reqs for the 7.1 toolkit now specify 3GB of RAM total, which I'm sure is related.

Answer 3

Hi All,

"C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\XDE". I am unable to find this folder.
The error once reported that I don't have the appropriate access privilege to the drive.
Does this error frequent if I do not possess the admin rights of my system.
Can anyone help?

Regards,
Richard.

Answer 4

It is a hidden folder. Either enable the folder options to view hidden folders or just type C:\ProgramData at the run prompt