My new Windows Phone Emulator theme–simple and sleek
December 12, 2011
Back in April I shared my custom Windows Phone Emulator theme/skin files that made the emulator look like an AT&T phone, the Samsung Focus. I recently realized that the newer Windows Phone Marketing resources on the MSDN site include a much nicer looking chassis mock-up, without branding, and thought I would move to start using something based on it for my development work & presentations that I give.
I’m sharing this with the community, I hope you enjoy! It makes the emulator look great I must say.
Download and install the theme
- Download a zip file of these these resources (158 KB)
- Ensure the emulator is closed
- Locate the emulator directory – usually something like C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft XDE\1.0\
- Backup the existing WM7_Skin.xml file if you may want to go back
- Extract the files into the emulator directory – note that you will need administrative permissions to overwrite the files
- Start up the emulator!
Enjoy!