####This page briefly descibes how to install the tools required to start developing applications on the Windows platform.
- Download/Buy a version of Visual Studio.
Use this link to download/buy Visual Studio. Download Visual Studio You should have Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows with Update 2 or later for windows phone tools to work (I have Visual Studio 2013 Professional and that will be used to demonstrate further steps.)
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Update Visual Studio to the latest version.
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Installing Windows Phone Tools.
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Download and install Windows Phone SDK 8.1 (or for your version of Windows Phone) from this link.
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Go to this link and check if you have all the Windows Phone development tools.
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Download the Windows Phone Emulators for the corresponding version of Windows Phone from the same link.
Emulator will only work if your Windows OS is professional or better. It wont work for Single Language Editions (mostly pre installed). If you cant run the emulators you will have to configure your phone as a developer phone to debug your applications.
- Finally Open Visual Studio and go to File > New Project > Templates > Visual C# > Store Apps > Windows Phone Apps.
If you dont see this, then your windows Phone tools are not properly configured. Unfortunately, I can't help you with this. There are too many versions and editions of Visual Studio and too many potential issues that arise during installation. If you need help, I would recommend that you visit the forums.
- Start building application!