How to Use Skins in Windows CE

Windows is an operating system developed by the Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft has created various versions of Windows for use on different types of systems. Windows CE is a pared down system for use on smaller devices that have less hard drive space and less processing power, such as a phone or a PalmPilot. Microsoft licenses Windows CE to these device makers as the base software to power their devices. Windows CE is only compatible with certain processors.

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  Choose between the Windows 95 or the Windows XP skins available from Microsoft for your Windows CE system. Open a project you're working on in Windows CE.

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  Press the "Start" button in the bottom left-hand corner. Then select "Run."

• 3

  Navigate to the following folder by entering this string in the run line:

  Core O/S/Display Based Devices/Shell and User Interface/User Interface/Customizable UI/

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  You will see the two skins in the folder. Drag the skin from the catalog onto the project you're working on. That skin will be applied to your Windows CE interface for that project.