Running a CE program on Windows 8.1

[LockBoy]

Hopefully I'm in the right place, I need help. I am trying to update some of the working methods my company use and drag them into the modern age. We currently use a "Service Terminal" for uploading firmware and programming to some of our products, the service terminal is running Windows CE 4.0. I am trying to get the software to fully function on a Windows 7 laptop and a Windows 8.1 tablet. The CE emulator on Microsoft's website does not install correctly and I haven't found an alternative. Has anyone done this previously or can point me in the right direction.

 

[DSummZZZ]

I fought this same scenario on a Windows 7 machine for a couple weeks and gave up. It seems there are too many permissions restrictions, or pathing differences (virtual or physical), or device driver incompatibilities, or whatever, in W7 that make it so that the emulator was totally useless. Not to mention running the CE development environment under Visual Studio didn't work either.

So I guess what I'm saying is no, I can't help. I just wanted to let you know that you may have to come up with an XP machine and try it there because Microsoft got rid of ActiveSynch after XP and started using the 'new and improved' synch manager junk. That made things tougher to work with on CE devices.


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