ActiveSync 3.8 again

[Glyn Meek]

More follow up to my earlier question about ActiveSync 3.8...We were always
looking for the file \Program Files\Microsoft ActiveSync\wcescomm.exe to
determine if ActiveSync was present for ActiveSync 3.7.1. Now, it would
appear Microsoft have changed stuff for ActiveSync 3.8. Does anyone know
what you have to look for now to determine if ActiveSync is present on a PC?

Glyn Meek

 

[Peter Foot [MVP]]

It would be safer to check the registry settings on the PC e.g.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows CE Services

Contains a number of useful keys:-
MajorVersion
MinorVersion
InstalledDir

This will allow you to determine whether activesync is installed and what
version on non-english systems or if the user has installed to a custom
location.

Peter

 

[Glyn Meek]

Peter...thanks for tbis tip...I DID change the way we check for the prsence
of ActiveSync, but that's not the problem with 3.8.

Have you heard of any other issues?

Regards

Glyn

 

[Robert Levy [MS]]

Be careful with how you use InstalledDir. In the next version of
ActiveSync, it is changing to be a *relative* file path.

--
Robert Levy
Program Manager
Mobile Devices Product Group
http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile

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