How to install the Windows Phone SDK 7.1.1 on W8CP (WPDev)

This week Microsoft released the Windows Phone SDK 7.1.1 to us developers. If you are on Windows 7, you can hit the download button and install the SDK, everything will go fine.

If you have used my tutorial on how to install the SDK on W8CP, things are a little different. You might face the following error message:

The error says that the update is not applicable or is blocked by another condition on your computer (you can read more about that here). The Link to the KB-site does not offer anything helpful, so I played around to find a workaround.

Here is a my tutorial for installing the SDK in this case:

• perform a “repair install” of the Windows Phone SDK 7.1.1
• download the update
• install the update, if no error shows up, everything will go fine
• if you face the message again, abort the installation
• download the update again
• after second download, everything should go fine

I know this is a little bit confusing. In fact it was the only way for me to get the update installed. I tried several ways, and if a way did not work I restored the point before the repair install to get this tutorial done.

After the installation I also tried to open up my blog app on the 256 MB emulator. Of course I was curios whether my will start or not, luckily it did:

So I hope with my little tutorial I was able to help you to get developing started with Windows 8 again. For my part I am happy, as I often code while I am at train, and in battery mode debugging on device does not work on W8CP.

Happy coding everyone!