Windows CE: SDK Doesn’t Show up in Visual Studio 2008

via Bruce Eitman

The actual instructions from Microsoft Support are:

1)      Make sure Visual Studio 2008 is not running. I also shut down the device emulator manager but you may not be using that.

2)      Open a “Visual Studio 2008 Command Prompt” as Administrator. On Windows 7 just right click the short cut and pick the “Run as administrator” option.

3)      Enter the following command: msiexec /log SDKInstallLog.txt /package <the path to your .msi file>

4)      When asked if you wish to do a custom or complete install pick custom

5)      Instruct the installer to omit the installation of the documentation. This was something I found about CE 6 SDK installation issue and may have no bearing upon your problem but I did it anyway.

6)      Install

via Bruce Eitman