Re: Install application non-Windows Folder

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Best I can tell, you'd only be able to do that by 1) actually *having*
another filesystem, mounted where you want it and populated in some way with
the files you want (for example, if you mounted a flash-based filesystem to
\flash and put the files you wanted there, either by preprogramming the
flash chips or in some configuration process), 2) actually having more than
one ROM filesystem; I don't know how to do this, but reading the source for
filesys.exe implies that this is possible, although they would appear to all
be placed under the \windows folder, \windows\romfilesys1,
\windows\romfilesys2, etc; and I could be wrong about that, 3) use DAT file
entries to copy the files where you want them to go.

Perhaps 2) above is the thing that KMOS was talking about. However, Windows
Mobile OS development is under NDA and you should not be talking in public
about such things. If you think that this might be the right thing to do
and you are a Windows Mobile OEM, you have a technical contact at Microsoft;
ask that person.

Paul T.

"Krish" <mohanakrishnan.giridharan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:45920f6c-41e9-4221-934c-f3ac9f867768@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Paul,

Sorry for the confusion

I need ROM filesystem built into nk.bin to appear somewhere other than
\Windows when the OS image boots?

Thanks,
Krish


On Jan 7, 4:00 pm, "Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <p space tobey no spam AT no
instrument no spam DOT com> wrote:
Clear up your terminology! What do you mean by "install"?! You're using
ActiveSync to install a new application on a Windows Mobile device and you
want the default location for such installs to be something other than
\Windows, or you want files in the ROM filesystem built into nk.bin to
appear somewhere other than \Windows when the OS image boots?

Paul T.

"Krish" <mohanakrishnan.giridha...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

news:7e01917e-d064-4ef7-9cb0-87c9dc41e80b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi,

Can you please share some more information on "Disk Image".

So you mean to say we can configure application to install on non
windows folder using Disk Image?

Thanks,
Krish

On Jan 7, 2:37 pm, "KMOS" <kmos_AT_rocketmail_DOT_com> wrote:



For Windows Mobile 5 or later, it is possible to pre-populated files
into
other than \Windows folder (that is something about Disk Image) but
still
no
way for Windows CE.

"Bruce Eitman [eMVP]" <bruce.eitman.nos...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
messagenews:uV022FNcJHA.1528@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

You are correct, although you may have missed my note about shortcut
files.

--
Bruce Eitman (eMVP)
Senior Engineer
Bruce.Eitman AT EuroTech DOT com
My BLOGhttp://geekswithblogs.net/bruceeitman

EuroTech Inc.
www.EuroTech.com

"Krish" <mohanakrishnan.giridha...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,

As per my understanding from the above replies...

There is no way we can configure application to install on non-windows
folder while building the ROM image for Windows Mobile.

With the help of .dat file we can move the application, but in that
case we will maintain two copy of the binaries( one in windows and one
in a diff directory).

Is my understanding correct.

Thanks,
Krish

On Jan 6, 7:14 pm, "KMOS" <kmos_AT_rocketmail_DOT_com> wrote:
If you are doing Windows Mobile 5 and later, it is possible to
pre-populated
files into external storage (and the storage is mounted to your root
or
other location but either case they could have files in other than
\Windows)
But it is for Windows CE only, even with BinFS, it always goes into
\Windows
folder as Dean said and using .DAT to accomplish the goal could be
costly.

"Bruce Eitman [eMVP]" <bruce.eitman.nos...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
in
messagenews:eN32cZEcJHA.1704@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Keep in mind that Dean wrote *COPY* the file, which means it will
use
more
storage space. Make sure that this is absolutly required if the
files
are
large. One way to minimize the problem is to use shortcuts to the
exe
files.

--
Bruce Eitman (eMVP)
Senior Engineer
Bruce.Eitman AT EuroTech DOT com
My BLOGhttp://geekswithblogs.net/bruceeitman

EuroTech Inc.
www.EuroTech.com

"Dean Ramsier" <ramsiernos...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Everything goes into the \Windows folder - there is nothing you
can
do
about that. However, you can use the .DAT file to copy
files/folders
to
the RAM object store at run time so they appear where you want
them.

--
Dean Ramsier - eMVP
BSQUARE Corporation

"Krish" <mohanakrishnan.giridha...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,

Is it possible to Configure Application Install to non-Windows
Folder
while building the ROM image.

I read BINFS and NANDIMAGE will allow us to do the configuration
(http://www.eggheadcafe.com/forumarchives/windowsceplatbuilder/Jun2005/
post23166450.asp)

One More Article says its not for Windows Mobile

Can Someone shed some light on the issue

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