Loader (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)

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1/6/2010

The Windows Embedded CE loader loads modules, which are executables and DLLs, into virtual memory so that they can be executed by the OS.

Each module can have several flags associated with it in the Config.bib configuration file.

The following properties can be set for each module:

  • System file.
  • Hidden file.
  • Compress resources.
  • Compress everything.
  • Prevent a debugger from running.
  • Ignore the CPU type on a per-module basis.
  • Fix the DLL to run properly.
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The following additional properties can be set for each module in Windows Embedded CE:

  • Mark a module as untrusted.

The loader also handles multiple execute-in-place (XIP) regions so that individual modules can be updated after the initial OS image file has been written to the device.