Comments on: A much better way to side deploy WM6.5 widgets http://www.christec.co.nz/blog/archives/762 Development for a mobile world - Making a quality platform one application at a time Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:38:21 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Nick http://www.christec.co.nz/blog/archives/762/comment-page-1#comment-34669 Nick Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:31:16 +0000 http://www.christec.co.nz/?p=762#comment-34669 I've been trying to get this to work but to no avail. Have you confirmed that this indeed does work on a non-hacked WM6.5 device? I’ve been trying to get this to work but to no avail. Have you confirmed that this indeed does work on a non-hacked WM6.5 device?

]]> By: Me http://www.christec.co.nz/blog/archives/762/comment-page-1#comment-32723 Me Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:50:33 +0000 http://www.christec.co.nz/?p=762#comment-32723 Hello, you cannot install Windows Mobile 6.5 Widgets on a physical device without executing wmwidgetinstaller.exe because the file extensions .wgt and .widget are not associated with the Widget Installer. It seems Microsoft wants to force developers to use their Marketplace. Therefore your first approach to execute wmwidgetinstaller.exe with the .wgt file as argument is necessary. A workaround which I found in a forum thread is to use a tool like Total Commander on the device and associate the .wgt file with wmwidgetinstaller.exe. The installation works perfectly then. Hello,

you cannot install Windows Mobile 6.5 Widgets on a physical device without executing wmwidgetinstaller.exe because the file extensions .wgt and .widget are not associated with the Widget Installer. It seems Microsoft wants to force developers to use their Marketplace.

Therefore your first approach to execute wmwidgetinstaller.exe with the .wgt file as argument is necessary. A workaround which I found in a forum thread is to use a tool like Total Commander on the device and associate the .wgt file with wmwidgetinstaller.exe. The installation works perfectly then.

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