8/28/2008 In addition to the tools that make up the build system, Platform Builder includes a set of utilities that you can use for a variety of purposes.

For All Platforms
The following table shows the utilities and their functions.
| Tool | Description |
| BinCompress Tool (BinCompress.exe) | Compresses or decompresses .bin run-time images for use with the x86 basic input/output system (BIOS) boot loader (BIOSloader). |
| CAB Wizard (Cabwiz.exe) | Creates cabinet (.cab) files to facilitate installation of drivers or applications on a target device. |
| CeBackup Tool (Cebackup.exe) | Creates backup copies of Windows Embedded CE–based libraries. |
| Createmui Tool (Createmui.bat) | Creates resource files for the Multilingual User Interface. |
| Cvrtbin Tool (Cvrtbin.exe) | Converts read-only memory (ROM) files from binary (.bin) format to SRE or NBX (.nb0) format. |
| DUMPBIN Tool | Displays information about 32-bit Common Object File Format (COFF) object files and their libraries, executable (.exe), and dynamic-link library (.dll) files. |
| Guidgen Tool (Guidgen.exe) | Creates a globally unique identifier (GUID). |
| Keyboard Layout Generator Tool(Kbdgen.exe) | Produces Windows Embedded CE Input Language and Device Layout source files from a Windows XP keyboard layout dynamic-link library (.dll) file. |
| Readlog Tool (Readlog.exe) | Converts CeLog (.clg) files into text (.txt) format. |
| Viewbin Tool (Viewbin.exe) | Displays information about the contents of a run-time image. |

For Windows Embedded CE
The following table shows the Windows Embedded CE utilities and their functions.
| Tool | Description |
| BinMod Tool (BinMod.exe) | Extracts files from a run-time image, and replaces files in a run-time image. |
| CECImport Tool | Converts Windows CE 5.0 Catalog item (.cec) files to Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Catalog item (.pbcxml) files from the command-line. For information about the recommended method of performing this conversion in the IDE, see Catalog Editor. |
| Load CEPC Tool (Loadcepc.exe) | Loads a run-time image onto an x86-based target device; such as a Windows Embedded CE PC-based hardware platform (CEPC). |
| C/C++ Code Analysis | Static analysis tool that identifies defects in C/C++ programs. |
| Wceload Tool (Visual Studio) | Installs a cabinet (.cab) file on a target device. |

For Windows Mobile
| Tool | Description |
| Makecab Tool (Makecab.exe) | This documentation is still under development. For the most up-to-date information, see the SDK documentation for Windows Mobile Version 5.0. |
| RapiConfig Tool (Rapiconfig.exe) | This documentation is still under development. For the most up-to-date information, see the SDK documentation for Windows Mobile Version 5.0. |
| CabSignTool.exe | Signs a .cab file and related .exe and .dll files with specified certificates to help you prepare an application for distribution. Default Location: <SYSTEM DRIVE:>\Program Files\Windows Mobile 6 SDK\Tools\Security\CabSignTool |
| Wceload Tool | Installs a cabinet (.cab) file on a target device. |

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