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How to make .cab file self-deleting on windows mobile app

I have my first Windows Mobile app ready for deployment (Windows Mobile 6). I have made my CABProject and made a .cab file that will install successfully. How can the .cab be made to delete itself after installation? Some things I read seem to indicate that this should be the default behavior.

Thanks

Solution

  • CAB files are installed using the wceload utility as kgiannakakis says, but the default behavior for what happens when you run the CAB either through explorer or through actiesync install varies from device to device. Typically I've seen SmartPhone devices default to deleting the cab file. On Pocket PC's I mostly seen the CAB not being deleted.

    So what I've saying is that you can't guarantee that the CAB file is deleted after install unless you arrange for your code to be calling the "wceload" utility and therefore have control over it's parameters.