Windows Mobile Installers and Vista/WMDC
Just a heads up to all of you Windows Mobile application developers -
If you build an installer for your application, be sure that you do *not* hard code your path to ceappmgr.exe in order to copy and install your CAB files. Instead, you should be looking at the registry for the location of ceappmgr.exe first. The registry key is the same as it has been in the past -
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\CEAPPMGR.EXE
The location of ceappmgr.exe has changed, and (always a possibility) could change again.
I have noticed that some application installs are failing under the new Windows Mobile Device Center ("WMDC"), while others are succeeding. Having used the registry key technique for all of my CAB installs, Imy applications are not experiencing any issues.