Guides for Windows
Jan 28th, 2013, 3:50 pm
When you deploy and test an app on a physical Windows Phone OS 7.1 phone, you usually must have the Zune software running. However, you can’t test apps that interact with the photo chooser and camera launcher tasks while the Zune software is running, because it locks the local media database.
You can use the Windows Phone Connect Tool to establish serial or USB connectivity to the Windows Phone OS 7.1 phone without running the Zune software. Then you can test apps that interact with the photo chooser and camera launcher tasks.

Prerequisites
To complete this procedure, you must have the following:
-You must have the Windows Phone SDK installed. For more information, see Get the SDK ( http://dev.windowsphone.com/en-us/downloadsdk)
-The Zune client software must be installed on the host computer.
-Your Windows Phone device must be developer unlocked(officially or unofficially)

To use the Connect Tool

1. Connect your Windows Phone OS 7.1 phone to the computer.

2. Open a command prompt and navigate to the WPConnect folder at the following location:
Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows Phone\v7.1\Tools\WPConnect
Navigate to the x86 or x64 subfolder according to the version of your operating system.(The folder location may vary if you install the SDK into a different location)

3. At the command prompt, enter the command WPConnect.exe.
The message Connection established confirms that your device is now connected. You can now test or deploy your app without the Zune software running.

Alternative
1. Connect your Windows Phone OS 7.1 phone to the computer

2. Create a shortcut to desktop from C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows Phone\v7.0\Tools\WPConnect\WPConnect.exe (The folder location may vary if you install the SDK into a different location)

3. You can now double click the shortcut to run the connect tool without using command prompt! Saves time in the future!
Jan 28th, 2013, 3:50 pm