Did you know ? Windows 8.1 Emulator is a real host

The Windows 8.1 Emulator that is part of the Windows 8.1 SDK lets you to simulate the real device to test and deploy your app.

Infact it simulates most of the things that you see in the host computer . These includes the user account , files etc.

If you make any changes inside the Windows 8.1 simulator , this will affect the same on your host computer as well.