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You can use the Windows CE Remote File Viewer or folder sharing to manually download a PDA application to an x86 Pocket PC emulator.

When to Use Windows CE Remote File Viewer versus Folder Sharing

If you are downloading PDA applications only, you can use either the Windows CE Remote File Viewer or folder sharing.

Folder sharing cannot detect DLLs, so if the PDA application calls DLLs that are not already on the x86 Pocket PC emulator, you must use the Windows CE Remote File Viewer to download the DLL.

Using the Windows CE Remote File Viewer

Complete the following steps to download a PDA application using an x86 Pocket PC emulator and the Windows CE Remote File Viewer.

1. Shut down the x86 Pocket PC emulator if the emulator is running.
2. Navigate to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows CE Tools\Platman\bin and run cefilevw.exe, which opens the Select a Windows CE Device dialog box and the Windows CE Remote File Viewer window.
3. Double-click Pocket PC 2003 Emulator under Pocket PC 2003 in the Select a Windows CE Device dialog box to launch the x86 Pocket PC 2003 emulator. The file system of the x86 Pocket PC emulator appears in the Windows CE Remote File Viewer window.

Note  If you do not shut down the x86 Pocket PC emulator before you run cefilevw.exe, Pocket PC opens another instance of the x86 Pocket PC emulator because the Windows CE Remote File Viewer cannot connect to an already running emulator.

4. Click the Export button, which is the yellow up arrow button, in the Windows CE Remote File Viewer window.
5. Navigate to the PDA application on the host computer.
6. Select the PDA application you want to download and click the Open button to download the PDA application to the x86 Pocket PC emulator.

Using Folder Sharing

Complete the following steps to download a PDA application using an x86 Pocket PC emulator and folder sharing.

1. Select Start»All Programs»Microsoft Pocket PC 2003 SDK»Pocket PC 2003 Emulator to start the emulator. Wait until the emulator start screen appears.
2. Select Emulator»Folder Sharing in the x86 Pocket PC emulator to open the Folder Sharing dialog box.
3. Navigate to and select the directory on the host computer you want to share.
4. Click the OK button. The x86 Pocket PC emulator adds the directory you selected as a storage card.

Finding the Directory You Shared

Complete the following steps to find the directory you shared using folder sharing.

1. On the x86 Pocket PC emulator, select Start»Programs.
2. Select the File Explorer icon. My Documents appears in the Pocket PC toolbar on the x86 emulator screen.
3. Select My Documents, which changes to Show.
4. Select My Device. Click the Storage Card folder to access the folder you shared.

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