RE: Deployment / Debugging Problem

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From: Darren Shaffer (DarrenShaffer_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/27/04 

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 12:41:03 -0700

Peter,

This happens occasionally on all of my development PCs when I attempt to
deploy to device from VS.NET 2003 using Activesynch 3.71. There is no
permanent fix - it is an Activesynch problem. On different occasions, one of
the following fixes the problem for me for a period of time:

1) import the proxy ports registry entry on your PC running ActiveSynch.
the registry entry to import is located at:

\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\CompactFrameworkSDK\WinCE
Utilities\WinCE Proxy Ports Reg

2) try deploying a second time
3) disconnect the device, wait 5 seconds, reconnect and wait for a
partnership to be established. redeploy.
4) power off the device. connect it while powered off and the device wakes
up, Activesynch establishes a partnership, and redeploy
5) soft reset the device, partnership, redeploy
6) restart VS.NET 2003
7) restart the PC running Activesynch

Yes, this is just no fun. I've been experiencing this for 2+ years now and
have never seen a permanent solution to it. At various times, all of the
things above have fixed it (for a while).

-Darren

"Peter Kemp" wrote:

> Hi All
>
> I am having a problem deploying and debugging a pocket pc application.
> Problem is when I try to deploy to the device I get this error:
> 'Cannot establish a connection. Be sure the device is physically connected
> to the development computer.'
> The result is that i can no longer debug applications. The device is
> connected properly and ActiveSync (3.7.1) works fine. I have heard this
> version can cause problems but it is the version I have always used.
>
> This only started occurring recently after working fine for months. I have
> tried all suggested solutions in this discussion group with no success. The
> only thing I haven't done and don't want to do, is rebuild my PC from scratch.
>
> I know there are others out there with this problem so any help would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
> Regards
> Peter