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Setting Registry for a Mobile Device
Setting Registry for a Mobile Device
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Professional and Enterprise Editions only.
1. Do one of the following to access the Registry dialog:
• Step through the Pocket PC or Smartphone wizard.
See Creating a Pocket PC or Smartphone Installation on page 239.
• Double-click a Mobile Device entry on the Mobile Device page and click the
Registry tab.
• Select this page in the Mobile Device Package Editor tool.
See About Mobile Device Package Editor on page 237.
The left list box shows keys and the right list box shows values.
2. To add a new key or value, click New Key.
The Registry Details dialog appears:
3. Complete the dialog:
• Root
Select the parent key under which the new key will reside.
•Key
Enter the name of the key to create or update. You can create multiple
hierarchical keys at once by separating them with backslashes, as in directory
path names. (Example: Protocol\StdFileEditing creates the StdFileEditing key
inside the Protocol key.) Any keys you specify that do not exist are created.
• Value Name
Enter the name of a new named value.
•Data Value
The data you enter should be valid data for the Data Type you select below.
Press Ctrl+Enter to insert a carriage return.
•Data Type
Select the type of data contained in the named value. Available types are:
# String
(REG_SZ prefix.) Identifies a value entry as an expandable string.
# Multiple Strings
(REG_MULTI_SZ prefix.) Identifies a value entry as a multiple string. These
are multiple pieces of text, separated by carriage returns.
# Binary/Hex
(REG_BINARY prefix.) List of numeric values separated by commas. Two
bytes per field. Do not use the “0x” hexadecimal prefix.
# Double Word
(REG_DWORD prefix.) Identifies a value entry as a 4 byte (DWORD) entry.
This must be a valid DWORD value.
• Don’t Overwrite if Key Already Exists
Clear this to have this registry value overwrite the existing key value on the
mobile device if it already exists. Mark this to prevent this registry setting from
overwriting the existing key value.