Windows Mobile 6.5 Dev Box Setup

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UPDATE: If you want the Cellular Emulator (not same as Device Emulator), you have to build this on x86 (32bit).

Preparing for Windows Mobile 6.5 coming soon, I have to build a demo machine for development demos, so I’m installing another “boot from VHD” x64 Windows 7 image on my Lenovo W500.

Windows 7 x64

Windows Updates – ALL

User Account Control – OFF (for installation process)

Visual Studio 2008 Team Suite (MSDN DVD), removing C++ etc. to shorten installation time.

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Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (MSDN DVD) touches rather a lot of items:

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I tried to install SQL Server 2005 Management Studio Express, but got this error basically saying it doesn’t like Windows 7. Not sure if it is a 64bit issue or a Windows 7 issue, so went for 2008 instead.

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SQL Server 2008 Express Edition + Management Studio Express (230MB Download, but SSMSE is what I was really after) threw a couple of different errors, most of which were resolved by restarting to complete past installations – oops – and eventually got here:

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But still no joy:

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And it gets worse:

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If you think that log file was helpful, every error line states “See Below” and we run into ^Z well before a meaningful explanation. So at that point, when all else fails: restart & Windows Update. Hopefully that’ll help:

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Yes, you’re seeing that right: 130MB security update. After all that, success!

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Testing Visual Studio:

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I’ll get to the actual Windows Mobile bits tomorrow – sleep first.

LESSON LEARNED:

Restart after at least each SP install, even if not prompted.