Installing and running Windows Mobile Virtual Emulators

Installing Windows Mobile 5 + MSFP:

In order to install the WM5+MSFP standalone emulator pack (efp.msi) you need to install Virtual PC 2007 or Virtual Server 2005 R2, since the stand-alone Virtual Machine Network Driver has been removed from Microsoft.com, and efp.msi requires it:
Virtual PC 2007: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=04d26402-3199-48a3-afa2-2dc0b40a73b6&DisplayLang=en#filelist
Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/eval/virtualserver/default.mspx
Download efp.msi & V1Emulator.zip files from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C62D54A5-183A-4A1E-A7E2-CC500ED1F19A&displaylang=en#filelist
Install the standalone emulator by running standalone_emulator_V1.exe from V1Emulator.zip.
Install the WM5+MSFP Emulators by running efp.msi.

Installing Windows Mobile 6 images:

Make sure you’ve run through the steps for “Windows Mobile 5+MSFP” above.
Download your desired type & language/localization version of the Windows Mobile 6 Emulator Images from: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=38c46aa8-1dd7-426f-a913-4f370a65a582&DisplayLang=en
Note: Professional = PocketPC format (touch screen) / Standard = SmartPhone format (no touch screen)

Run the downloaded MSI file(s) from above.  Note: you may receive an error regarding not having Visual Studio 2005 installed.  This error can be safely ignored per my tests.
You now have a directory called “Windows Mobile 6 SDK” off your Start Menu > All Programs folder.  Under that directory is a “Standalone Emulator Images” folder with “US English” underneath (your localized version may be different).  In that folder are your emulator images just like the WM5+MSFP install above.  You can modify these shortcuts if you like, but I recommend copying them to another folder before modifying.

Upgrade Device Emulator to 2.0

Note: Though this section is technically optional, you must do this in order to run under Windows Vista.

Run the standalone release of Microsoft Device Emulator 2.0:

Follow the instructions and run vs_emulator.exe (plus vs_emulator-x64Addon.exe for 64 bit machines) from this link:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=dd567053-f231-4a64-a648-fea5e7061303&displaylang=en
Tips to optimize your emulators

A document containing tweaks to help speed the VM up.