Device Emulator Manager

I'm probably just not following instructions correctly...

WinXP Pro SP2
ActiveSync 3.8

Downloaded standalone DeviceEmulator050419.msi. Following the Installation and General Usage Instructions. Step 1, Install Emulator, done and no error messages.
Step 2, Register Device Emulator, done and no error messages. Step 3, Select Device Image. Done, either Cold Boot image seems to work just fine. Unit shows up and OS launches. No apparent problems.
Step 4. Choose Options. Appears to be fine. No current reason to change options, so nothing done with this step.
Step 5. Here's where I hang. I click on Device Emulator Manager. "When Device Emulator Manager appears..." never occurs. I have done this launching ActiveSync 3.8 first. I have done this NOT launching ActiveSync first. The Device Emulator Manager never appears to permit me to "right-click on the GUID and select Cradle."

I tend to disable services which I'm not aware I need. I have not had any complaints about "Services not running" for several months. However, if there is a particular service required by the Device Emulator [Manager] which is not used elsewhere, I suppose that could be a factor. Also, is ActiveSync 3.8 OK since it says I "should use ActiveSync 3.7.x or higher?" Or should I be using ActiveSync 3.7.x?

dwightklettke@juno.com

[1336 byte] By [klettke] at [2008-2-10]
# 1
what does the firsy sytem call want
what ever the last sytem cal is and what changed..but the change is dun on fly........so u know its correct cos it wouldnt of got an answer that could be fit in a 30 bit number......which is just a couple short of th compluter a - z 1 - 6 algorythm
so we use 32 bits to record this 1 bit number
but i was thinking of sticking 1bit in chunks of 1024 and adding each chunk to it self in binary but it wont need to now wat it was doing to just opt a 1 or a 0 at the right place
just long as it did it with no questions....and u could reverse it by running code backwards
so if u turn everythink to machiner code and read backwards and going backwards mean numbers will be to big for the first base use so u using same amounth of number but increast the bit
so 1 terabyte data file can be reduced to a 30 input 8 output terabyte result
8 and 30 do the samethink..just one does it with asking questions
12power4is1leftover at 2007-9-9 > top of Msdn Tech,Smart Device Development,Device Emulator General...
# 2
I could be wrong; but I suspect this answer went to the wrong thread. In any event, I can make neither heads nor tails of it.
klettke at 2007-9-9 > top of Msdn Tech,Smart Device Development,Device Emulator General...
# 3
ok i have this number 1234523451234120000 in base length of number
now u do it to binary....oh u dont need to cos it is in binary just a factor of 2 a few times.......so it easy to switch to base 10 in 1 go if u obey doubling rules in that above number
all the information is need to recreate the binary representation of Funny Man with Christopher lee ...with dvd extras and subtitles and various sound choises to
all inthat number thats in that base
12power4is1leftover at 2007-9-9 > top of Msdn Tech,Smart Device Development,Device Emulator General...
# 4
I suspect that there is a component that is not registered on your machine. Can you try registering serdmaasplugin.dll using the following command:
regsvr32 SERDMAAsPlugin.dll

ActiveSync 3.8 is fine if you are not using Visual Studio 2005. However, ActiveSync 4.0 is required when using VS2005. You can get it from:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/mobility/windowsmobile/downloads/default.aspx

CarlBrochu at 2007-9-9 > top of Msdn Tech,Smart Device Development,Device Emulator General...
# 5
Yes, you are absolutely correct, that was the problem. Thank you very much. However, let's flesh out your answer a bit, in case there are others in a similar situation. Simply putting regsvr32 SERDMAAsPlugin.dll into Start...Run... didn't work, giving a "specified module could not be found" error. If Start...Run... is to be used, the entire path needs to be put after the regsvr32 command. In my particular situation, the path is E:\Program Files\Microsoft\Device Emulator Preview\SERDMAAsPlugin.dll. This must be further corrected for Start...Run... to the entry regsvr32 E:\Progra~1\Micros~4\Device~1\SERDMAAsPlugin.dll to avoid long file names. (I have 3 prior Microsoft... folders, so this of course would vary.) Also, my programs are on my E partition, so that obviously will vary on other folk's systems, too. It's interesting to me that even though register.bat has the correct "Start In..." location in the Properties on my system, the .dll in question did not register. Anyway, doing it all manually worked just fine. Thanks again.
klettke at 2007-9-9 > top of Msdn Tech,Smart Device Development,Device Emulator General...
# 6
I'll add to this thread that I had the same problem and had to register DeviceEmulatorProxy.dll as well as SERDMAAsPlugin.dll before it worked.
TimLB at 2007-9-9 > top of Msdn Tech,Smart Device Development,Device Emulator General...