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In our team we use Visual Studio 2010 for development and we've inherited a Visual Studio 2008 mobile project which requires the following

  • Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC SDK.msi
  • Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone SDK.msi

We do have a laptop running Windows Vista and has Visual Studio 2008 installed. Whenever we try to install the above SDKs we are getting the following error message

Software development tools required to use this SDK for application development are not installed on this workstation. Before trying to run the Setup Wizard again, verify that the required software is installed. To determine which software development tools are required, see the Microsoft Web site at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=21615&clcid=0x409, which you can open in an external browser window by clicking the Open Browser button.

Unfortunately, the link just redirects to http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/vstudio/

Searching for Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC SDK requirements brings up

  • Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, Windows XP
  • Visual Studio 2005 Standard, Professional, and Team Suite Editions
  • Active Sync 4.0 Developer Preview (build 4343)

Is there anything we can do to open this project?

Sean Dooley
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  • Did you downloaded the WM5 SDK recently or used a already, possibly outdated, installer? Maybe running the install as Administrator will help (right click and select "run as admin"). Windows XP did not have this security option. – josef Jan 24 '14 at 08:13
  • I've downloaded WM5 SDK recently from Microsoft's website. When right clicking the install file, there is no option for "run as administrator". Not sure what else to check. – Sean Dooley Jan 27 '14 at 09:06

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If you're running Windows Vista, then you actually need Windows Mobile Device Center, not ActiveSync. There are two versions of WMDC one for x64 and x86 processors. Be sure to get the correct one.

PaulH
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