How To Install your Game on WP7 Emulator

If you have created a Windows Phone Game and cant see it on the Applications,then listen to my advice.

Open your WMAppManifest.xml file which is in your Properties folder in your project.


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<Deployment xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windowsphone/2009/deployment" AppPlatformVersion="7.0">
<App xmlns="" ProductID="{e60970f4-5a31-4de3-ad91-73e43e9637ff}" Title="WindowsPhoneGame1" RuntimeType="XNA" Version="1.0.0.0" Genre="App.Games" Author="" Description="" Publisher="">
<IconPath IsRelative="true" IsResource="false"></IconPath>
<Capabilities>
<Capability Name="ID_CAP_NETWORKING" />
<Capability Name="ID_CAP_LOCATION" />
<Capability Name="ID_CAP_SENSORS" />
<Capability Name="ID_CAP_MICROPHONE" />
<Capability Name="ID_CAP_MEDIALIB" />
<Capability Name="ID_CAP_GAMERSERVICES" />
<Capability Name="ID_CAP_PHONEDIALER" />
<Capability Name="ID_CAP_PUSH_NOTIFICATION" />
<Capability Name="ID_CAP_WEBBROWSERCOMPONENT" />
</Capabilities>
<Tasks>
<DefaultTask Name="_default"/>
</Tasks>
<Tokens>
<PrimaryToken TokenID="WindowsPhoneGame1Token" TaskName="_default">
<TemplateType5>
<BackgroundImageURI IsRelative="true" IsResource="false"></BackgroundImageURI>
<Count>0</Count>
<Title></Title>
</TemplateType5>
</PrimaryToken>
</Tokens>
</App>
</Deployment>

you will see similar xml structure.Just change;

Genre="App.Games" in your App Element
 
TO:


Genre="EmptyScreen"

or anything you want to name Genre as.

Then Deploy your solution and you will see your WP7 Game listed in the Applications Section.

Well Done!