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Install apps to Universal (WM6) using Linux host?

Hi Folks.
Many programs for PocketPC are wrapped in MS-Windows .msi installers.
I will never understand why, I don't see any benefits coming with it and you always need a USB connection (not seldomly involving administrative privileges to get the device registered in Windows), active sync and so on, just to install some lousy program
I don't like MS Windows (the desktop versions) and therefore I don't have it and I don't use it. I have access to Windows computers at work, but not enough system rights on the machines to get a usb connection.
Is there a way to
either:
install programs on the Universal using alternative helper applications (GNU/Multisync etc.), preferably open source and running natively on linux machines?
or even better:
extract the .cab archive from an .msi or .exe installer file so it can be directly copied to the PDA and executed there?
I've played with Multisync a little, but it only seems to support contact synchronization, no software installation...

Well if you have a windows pc you can start the installation process,
then when it tells you to install the program on the universal,
don't click on install, but use total commander or a similar program
to search for *.cab files. You will find the cab somewhere.
Copy it to your sd card or wherever because after the installation completes
the cab will be deleted.
Another way would be to install Virtual box on your Linux machine and
install Windows on that. Then you can have the virtual machine use your
usb port.
You'd have to search on google to find information on how to do that.

I'm in the same situation: no windows machine to run installers from.
I've had some luck using cabextract ( http://www.cabextract.org.uk/ )
When that fails (quite often it does) I've usually been able to get the .CABs by running the installer under Wine.*
To do this, I had to install activesync under Wine. It's a while since I did this, but apparently I downloaded the file activesync_4.2.setup.exe from microsoft.com and ran that with Wine.
When you run an installer for a WM app, it won't actually install onto your device (that would be too easy!) and in fact I don't even bother connecting my uni to my linux box during this stage. The aim is simply to get the .CAB files extracted.
The app installer usually craps out at the stage when it would transfer the files to my uni, but it's already extracted the .CABs. I generally find these in
Code:
/my/wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/ActiveSync/
or
Code:
/my/wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Name_of_Application/
or sometimes in
Code:
/my/wine/drive_c/windows/temp/
Hope this info is some use to you!
*Full disclosure: actually, I use the version of wine that comes with Google's picasa 2.2, wrapped in a little script to set up the environment variables. That script, which I call picasawine goes as follows:
Code:
#!/bin/bash
mydir=/opt/picasa
export PATH=$mydir/../wine/bin:$mydir:$PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$mydir/../wine/lib:$mydir/../lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export WINEDLLPATH=$mydir/../wine/lib/wine
export WINELOADER=$mydir/../wine/bin/wine
export WINESERVER=$mydir/../wine/bin/wineserver
export WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.picasa
exec /opt/picasa/wine/bin/wine [email protected]
so I run as (eg)
Code:
picasawine SETUP.EXE

Windows 3.1 on HTC Niki!! Check this out!

Hi everyone,
I've just booted Windows 3.11 on my niki. Sometimes someone could have a problem with running it, so I'll write the instructions.
Make some space on Hard Drive, and Storage Card.
Download the latest DOSBox for PPC from here (ARM build)
Download the latest DOSBox for Desktop PC from here
Get a Windows 3.11 setup files (buy floppies or download form torrents, I'm not responsible from where You'd get it)
Create a "dos" folder on your drive C:
Create a "win311" folder on your drive C:
Create a "dos" folder on your Storage Card
Unpack Desktop DOSBox to your desktop
Unpack Pocket DOSBox to "/Storage Card/DOSBox/"
Put from all Win311 disks, all files into one folder "C:\win311"
Edit dosbox.conf on your desktop using Notepad:
Change [autoexec] with
Code:
mount c C:\dos
mount d C:\win311
D:
Run Desktop DOSBox
type setup
Install Win311
After installation configure it for yourself
Close DOSBox
Copy "C:\dos" folder into "/Storage Card/dos"
Edit Desktop dosbox.conf
Change this:
Code:
...
memsize=2
...
[autoexec]
mount c "/Storage Card/dos"
C:
win.com
Replace "/Storage Card/DOSBox/dosbox.conf" with desktop dosbox.conf
You're done! It should work!
How To get the keyboard: Just touch the most left-top corner of the screen (landscape -> this next to call button) and the watermark keyboard should apperar.
How-To make "touch screen 3.11": Move the mouce cursor until the right corner of the screen and then release when it's blocked. Then drag form right side wherever ya want to!

Just One Question.
I must know.
Why?

Why?
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Why What???

Because we can-can-can?

czesioxda said:
Why What???
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Why windows 3.11 when Mac System 7 is so much better?
Honesty, what is the benefit of installing windows 3.11 on a phone, or is it just to show off. if so, to who?

Lets be honest here, half of what we have installed is for show-off.
A quarter of my daily battery is to show my colleagues how cool PPC's are... LOL

twolf said:
Lets be honest here, half of what we have installed is for show-off.
A quarter of my daily battery is to show my colleagues how cool PPC's are... LOL
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very very very nice replay ( you say what we all do )

Mac OS and HD2

Hi to everyone. I’m trying to upgrade my ROM but the file I’m downloading (Greek 1.48.482.4) is .exe and doesn’t work on my MacBook. (As most other .exe files that I've tried so far). Any suggestions? Thank you in advance!!

Forget it on a Mac. You have to install VMWare, Parallels or Bootcamp to install a Windows version on a Mac. Or use someone else's PC.

use emulation or boot camp
Hi there,
No exe file will ever launch on mac OS.
Many emulators allow mapping of USB ports, but i'd say you are likely to fail or get corrupted sooner or later (i.e brick your device because of some VM/ emulator failure).
The best way would be to use bootcamp and install XP on a small partition.
You may also try a live CD like BartXP (google is your friend)

Well, I may use a friend' s PC. Thank u for the immediate answers.

christav said:
Well, I may use a friend' s PC. Thank u for the immediate answers.
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I like your wise alternative solution. Sometime things are not as complicated as they seem. Thank you for showing us the way.

I would reccomend against using emulation software for such an important task. For me I have a bootcamp partition of 7. I'm sure you can find a cheap copy of XP somewhere and install that (but i think 7 takes up less space!)

You will need to to the goldcard method I think and therefore install from your sd card.
You'll need a pc to extract the .nbh

If you have an Intel Mac, you might have luck with this.
I just checked, and the one ROM updater I tested (TUR_1.61.468.1) seemed to work fine running through Wine on my machine (iMac7,1 running Snow Leopard). I didn't flash over USB, but directly from MicroSD-card.
Here's what I did:
1) Download and Install Wine. I used this, which includes WineBottler.
2) After installing, run Wine.app.
3) You will get the opportunity to add a Prefix. This is the location on your drive that your virtual Windows system will be placed. Create it in any location you like, I create mine as 'WineDefault' in my user folder, so /Users/meptik/WineDefault/. This might take a minute.
4) Now find the ROM Updater you downloaded and right-click (or ctrl-click) on it, and Open With -> Wine.app.
5) When prompted, select 'Run directly in <prefix you just created>' and click Go. Installshield Wizard should run, click 'Next' and it should start extracting files.
6) Now, when the ROM Update Utility window appears, don't do anything.
7) Instead, head over to the Wine prefix you created earlier, and look in drive_c/windows/temp/. There should be some temporary folder here. Inside should be the files extracted by the ROM Updater, including RUU_signed.nbh.
This file, once renamed to LEOIMG.nbh, can be used to update your HD2 directly from your MicroSD-card. Follow this tutorial from step 6c.

so, in essence, using my Macbook and my HD2 means I'm a bit stuck for changing the ROM on the phone

SDK WP7 for windows xp!

On MS site there isn't an sdk for xp but only for vista o 7! I found this...download the iso file and burn it on the cd o dvd! Then make this u read in this post!
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=201927
http://www.ms-windows.info/Help/wp7-dev-tools-sdk-win-xp-15535.aspx

Anyone confirm this working?

I followed the instructions on the link. However 2 of the files are not able to install because I am missing windows developers tool or visual studio. Thought I was just installing those programms.
Still, anyone succeeded in installing sdk for xp.

yeah i couldnt download the two files either. seemed kind of contradicting.

Installing Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools on XP
1. Download the Windows Phone Developer Tools SDK 7.1 from Microsoft Download Center
2. Extract the downloaded package by running vm_web2.exe /x
3. Go to the folder of the extracted package & open the file baseline.dat in any text editor
4. Look for the ‘gencomp7788’ section and change this two entries from 1 to 0:
* InstallOnLHS=0
* InstallOnWinXP=0
5. Save the file baseline.dat
6. Run setup.exe /web
7. All ok installing :good:

supercommanderz said:
1. Download the Windows Phone Developer Tools SDK 7.1 from Microsoft Download Center
2. Extract the downloaded package by running vm_web2.exe /x
3. Go to the folder of the extracted package & open the file baseline.dat in any text editor
4. Look for the ‘gencomp7788’ section and change this two entries from 1 to 0:
* InstallOnLHS=0
* InstallOnWinXP=0
5. Save the file baseline.dat
6. Run setup.exe /web
7. All ok installing :good:
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I got another error, .NET Framework 4.0 GDR -could not install, and that abort proccess.
I have .NET Framework 4.0 installed, but not GDR version.
Best regards!

How to run Windows 10 PC Apps(APPX) that are already deployed?

Dear All
Can I run Windows 10 PC Apps that are already deployed in Program Files\WindowsApps\? I can't find any exe file. I wonder which one is executable file?

Yes you can run, Right-click the app you want and click Properties. Click the Compatibility tab. Check the Run this program in compatibility mode option.

Rexkh said:
Dear All
Can I run Windows 10 PC Apps that are already deployed in Program Files\WindowsApps\? I can't find any exe file. I wonder which one is executable file?
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You can use DISM tool from Windows to do that, just Google a bit to know how!