title: Windows (phone) emulator 8.1/10 stuck at loading the OS
body: <p>I've been trying to get the emulator to work for days. Previously I tried the Windows Phone 8.1 Emulator as well as the Windows 8.1 Simulator and both were stuck at loading the OS.</p>
  
  <p>Earlier today I installed the new Windows 10 Tools and thought I should give it another try with the new Windows 10 Emulator... And no, still the same result.</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/cYMDe.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
  
  <p>What's strange is that, the Hyper-V Manager seems to be doing OK. I can see the app displays correctly on the little <em>Preview</em> window (see the box on the left side of the picture below).</p>
  
  <p>Also, <em>breakpoints</em> are hit, the project seems to be running OK.</p>
  
  <p>As many <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19180397/windows-8-emulator-stuck-at-the-windows-phone-is-starting">answers</a> have already suggested, I tried letting it running for an hour, but still nothing came up.</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/UUGh2.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
  
  <p>Things that I've also tried include uninstalling all the Virtual Machines as well as repairing the WP 8.1 Emulator, nothing has worked so far.</p>
  
  <p>Please help, this has driven me completely insane. :(</p>
  
  <p><strong>Update</strong></p>
  
  <p>Not sure if this would help, but if I change the <em>Windows Phone Emulator Internal Switch</em> to use <strong>Private</strong> network instead of <strong>Internal</strong>, I will get a couple of warnings saying <em>Unable to determine the Host IP address</em> and then the Emulator will show up with the Emergency Call screen. Not much I can do from there as the three buttons on the bottom are not functioning at all.</p>
  
  <p>I understand that changing the connection type is not the right way to do it, but this at least tells me that the Emulator can work, it's just a matter of how.</p>