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How to make Windows CE 5.0 apps work on CE6.0?

Tekka Page Icon Posted 2010-06-12 3:10 AM
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Hi, i just bought the A81 MID which has Windows CE 6.0 on it. The problem is all the software I come across are made for Windows Mobile or older version of Windows CE.

I REALLY would like to use Microsoft's Sideshow for Windows CE 5.0 on this device

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=72090fde-a...

Whenever I try to install the cab file it says

" This is not a valid Windows CE Setup file"

does anyone know how to get Windows mobile and older CE Cab files to install on CE 6.0?
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CE Geek Page Icon Posted 2010-06-12 8:00 AM
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This has been covered in several threads. Use MSCEInf to extract the CAB on the PC, and then copy the resulting folders onto the CE device.
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Tekka Page Icon Posted 2010-06-12 11:43 AM
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The SideShow cab file won't open correctly in MSCEInfen. It tells me Plusieurs Fichiers XML (Several Files XML)and won't let me extract. I tried using CabExtract and all it gives me are files with .lib .pdb. and weird names in a single folder.

I tested this with the Skyfire 1.5 Cab and it gave me the correct folder structure but an .inf file and a .dll are not in the " Program Files" or "Windows" folder so where should these 2 files go?

Many of the programs I used had no problem under CE 5.0 but fail to open under 6.0. They don't give me any error message or anything but simply nothing happens when I double click the exe file. I tried testing them under my other 5.0 device and there was no problem.
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