I was about to migrate to Windows 10 when I got a message saying that Windows Mobile Device Center app would be removed. This got me cancelling the whole thing, as I still need it (or at least I think I do need it) to debug / deploy an application on Motorola MC90XX devices, running Windows CE 5.2.
The app is written in vb.net for .NET CF 3.5.
I'm contemplating migrating to Windows 10 anyway and install Windows 8.1 as a virtual machine, on which I could install both WMDC and Visual Studio 2008.
Before I go ahead and take the time to do all this, I would like to know: has anybody successfully managed to setup such a working environment for development? Any caveats I should be aware of?
So after a few months working with VS2008 in Windows 10 I can safely say that it is possible to develop for Windows CE 6 and prior with this setup. I haven't met any serious issues preventing me to work efficiently.