You can do this by running their executable:
step 1 - Use Win + R
step 2 - "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft XDE\8.1\XDE.exe"
or "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft XDE\8.0\XDE.exe"
which emulator you want to run, just changed it to 8.0 / 8.1
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