Problem

It took me some time to find a solution for the following error message while starting the Windows Mobile Device emulator (the one supplied with Visual Studio 2005):



The problem probably is caused by the fact that I didn't properly shutdown the device emulator while it was saving the save-state file.

Resolution

The solution is to remove all save-state file. But where are they located? I used the FileMonitor application of SysInternals to find their location:





Simply delete all files in that directory and the problem will vanish. Just like all your save-state files