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Have been trying to launch the Visual Studio Emulator for Android for quite some time with the continued end result of an error code from the log of either [Critical] XDE Exit Code: 16, [Critical] XDE Exit Code: 3 or an infinite "Preparing Virtual Machine" status. I've tried numerous troubleshooting guides and different device profiles but haven't had any success, nor in reproducing what has worked for others.

Running Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit

Things I have tried:

  • Both Repairing and Reinstalling the Program
  • Reinstalling Android Studio and SDK (along with the above in various orders)
  • Changing Administrative Permission through Microsoft Management Console
  • Running XdeCleanup.exe
  • Creating an internal switch in Hyper-V Manager (removing in between attempts)
  • All of the above by "Run as Administrator"

I have been able to create a virtual machine using the Internal Switch(s) I've created in Hyper-V Manager (albeit there is nothing to boot from) and can run Virtual Box successfully so I do not believe it is a question of my BIOS setup. I would greatly appreciate any insight you could offer or a possible solution that has worked for you with this emulator. Thanks for your help.

*Note that there is no instance of Visual Studio installed on this PC (the documentation suggests that it is not required).

Screens:

Emulator Log Microsoft Management Console

Austin
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You need to be a member of the Hyper-V Administrators group. Go to Control Panel and then Local Users and Groups. Add your username to the "Hyper-V Administrators" group. If no group exists, create it.

John Engel-Kemnetz
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    After doing this, and rebooting, my problem was solved. The app told me to log out and in again, but that didn't solve it. Rebooting did solve it. I was using Windows 10 though not 8.1 – Warren P Nov 23 '15 at 18:53