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Windows Embedded is a family of operating systems from Microsoft designed for use in embedded systems.

Microsoft makes available four different categories of operating systems for embedded devices targeting a wide market, ranging from small-footprint, real-time devices to point of sale (POS) devices like kiosks. Windows Embedded operating systems are available to OEM system builders, who make it available to end users preloaded with the hardware.

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DriverUnload not called on Windows restart/shutdown

I'm debugging a driver with WinDbg. In the DriverUnload function, there's a call to KdBreakPoint(). When I disable the device from device manager, WinDbg breaks into the DriverUnload function. But when I shutdown or restart Windows (through Start >…
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WES7 has no 'CHOICE' . What are my options?

I made and tested simple batch script to launch one of two applications in windows 10 using the CHOICE attribute with a 30 second timeout and one START function set as the default. I moved my batch file over to my target thin client running windows…
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Moving objects from code in Silverlight for Windows Embedded 7 (SWE)

I am desperately looking for a code sample which would allow me to dynamically create and move graphic objects in Silverlight for Windows Embedded 7 (SWE). I have found several examples of application where a pre-defined storyboard is compiled into…
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need to close Modal Dialog Box on Windows 10 IoT Embedded system

On an embedded system, some software that we want to run will have a 'modal Dialog box' pop up informing of an error, and the software waits for the user to press [OK] (it was originally designed to not be used on an embedded system). We want a…
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What are some techniques to monitor multiple instances of a piece of software?

I have a piece of self-serve kiosk software that will be running at multiple sites. I'd like to monitor their status remotely. The kiosk application itself is pretty much finished. I am now in the process of creating a piece of software that will…
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Video capture dialog keeps popping up with embedded PC webcam delphi app

I have a delphi app that takes snapshots from a webcam at 1 sec intervals. On the development PC it goes fine, but on the target platform (Atom-based tablet PC running embedded Windows 7 with a different camera) it is extremely flaky. After a…
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Best practices remote debugging using VS2010 under VS2013

I'm looking for tips for those who to develop for Windows XP embedded in Visual Studio2013, then debug in Visual Studio 2010. The reasons for this are discussed in this Stack Overflow Link on the topic. Essentially the remote debug protocol…
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Is it possible to write an application that runs on Windows Mobile 6.5 as well as Windows Embedded 8.1/10 Handheld?

A customer needs an application running on an industry handheld device with barcode scanner. Unfortunately, Windows 8.1 Embedded Handheld devices are rare, and Windows 10 Embedded devices are non-existent. Almost all devices currently available use…
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How to disable the touch "diamond" symbol in Windows for a C++ application?

Windows shows an own kind of "mouse cursor" when using a touch screen: This is a small diamond-like icon which only shows up when using touch, not when using the mouse. I would like to disable this icon for my C++ application, so I can give this…
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OnActivated during constructor

When during the constructor of a Form I touch specific properties (ie. the Width property), it immediately invokes OnActivated(). I only notice this behavior on my device running Windows Embedded 7 and the .NET 3.5 that comes with it. Here's the…
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ActiveX control not accessible via JavaScript

Please look at this simple sample code to embed the VLC web plugin in IE and access a property of the plugin:
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Automatically logon user when another user logs out using PowerShell

I am building a Windows embedded kiosk application that automatically logs in a default user on boot and launches the kiosk application. Once this occurs, the user cannot interact with any windows features, only the kiosk application. However, when…
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how to work around memory leak from webbrowser controls?

I use the iwebbrowser2 navigate to navigate over some local html files. At each navigate, memory gets allocated and not released until I close my app! My win32 (no .net, no MFC) app is running on a Windows embedded compatct 7 module. Is there any…
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Starting an app in snapped view on an embedded system

A colleague recently asked a similar question ( How to start a MetroApp directly in Snapped mode? ), but this question is not a duplicate... Programmatically forcing a Windows Store app to open in snapped view does not seem to be possible – by…
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How to position a Rectangle in Embedded Silverlight?

I'm trying to position a Rectangle on a Canvas but can't figure out what the correct syntax is to do this. In C# I would write rect = new Rectangle(); rect.Width = 100D; rect.Height = 50D; rect.Fill = new…
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