Hi all,
I've been trying to debug a Windows CE 5.0 based device with VS 2005. Since this device doesn't have a full serial port or USB client port available, I've turned to debugging without ActiveSync (I did try merging in some AS partnership information from another device into the registry, but haven't quite gotten AS to connect.)
I've used the instructions pointed to elsewhere, e.g.
http://blogs.msdn.com/vsdteam/archive/2005/04/28/413304.aspx
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms228708.aspx
However, there appears to be no manual startup server option -- VS 2005 seems to insist that ActiveSync be used as the Startup Server/Bootstrapper. When I try to connect after following the above instructions, it always tells me "ActiveSync is not installed" (or something like "could not connect with ActiveSync" when I do have AS installed). It appears that this bootstrap info is configured in some XSL files for CoreCon 1.0 (I tried manually manipulating the bootstrap settings in the files, to no avail).
I did verify that it works fine with VS 2003 using the Smart Device Authentication Utility. I'm suspecting that it would work fine with VS 2005 as well if it would get past trying to use ActiveSync as the startup server.
Has anyone else encountered this problem I've found only one other mention of it, with no resolution.
Thanks,
Adam