Unable to locate the resource in Windows Phone SDK

Question

I am trying to do the setup for Windows Phone development in my System.I have updated my system with Windows 8 64 bit.Installed Visual Studio 2010.After that i have downloaded the Windows Phone SDK .Now when i am trying to install that in my system it is showing me the error that

Unable to locate package source

This is the screen shot of the error

So please help me and suggest me what is the problem in my system .how could i resolve this issue .Thanks for the help

Answer 1

It's ok that you have 2010 installed. From the SDK download page, "The Windows Phone SDK provides a stand-alone Visual Studio Express 2012 edition for Windows Phone"

The bug you are running into is a known issue for x64 systems and one I ran into myself even with VS 2012 installed. I wrote about it in a [blog post a few days ago] and the solution is described in KB2897627.

Note: they've actually updated the KB in recent days; the solution used to be a bit more involved.

Answer 2

I was facing the same problem so i just checked for the updates of my OS, and updated the OS(windows 8) and the problem was solved.

Answer 3

Regarding the comments: Try the Express versions (at the bottom of the page)

They don't support ALL features like the Ultimate does, but it gives you the opportunity to program for WP7.x and 8 for free.

Answer 4

i alway download my installation, i am actualy curious as to what this problem is , i had the same error this morning, so i uninstalled everything and reinstalled everything and it seemed to work!

EDIT : CHANGING MY ANSWER :

Very sorry to say, but the SDK only works with VS 2012 not vs 2010 SEE HERE