How to: Simulate a Warm or Cold Boot
You can use the emulator to simulate either a warm boot or a cold boot of your mobile device.
To simulate a warm boot
On the Device Emulator File menu, click Reset, and then click Soft.
A soft restSoft Reset restarts the device while leaving the current file store and registry information intact.
To simulate a warm boot using Platform Builder
- On the Target menu item in Platform Builder, click Reset Device.
To simulate a cold boot
On the Device Emulator File menu, click Reset, and then click Hard.
A hard reset reloads the factory defaults, including the OS image, discarding any user changes.
See Also
Tasks
How to: Start the Device Emulator