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EIClabs

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Posted - 30 Jan 2014 : 11:58:26

I have a BitstXb running windows CE 5.0. We tried to install a program onto the flash memory, and the program is locking up the machine.

the issues:
The program is designed to autostart at boot up
It does not show up in the task manager
I can't delete it because it comes up as 'busy' whenever I try

Is there some way to boot up in safe mode to remove this program?

akidder

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Posted - 30 Jan 2014 : 12:46:33

There's no "safe" mode boot for CE, per se, but there are a number of things you could try:

- Easiest: Erase the flash disk.
Put a file named SYSLOAD.FMT in the root folder of a CF card and reboot the system (see topic 48). App (and any stored data) get wiped; the CE image starts clean.

- Write an app that does something with/to the misbehaving application. Name it SYSLOAD.EXE, put it in the root folder of a CF card, and restart.

- Use remote tools to analyze how the application is using resources. Kernel tracker is the tool of choice for that task (topic 2344).

Let us know what ends up working best for you!

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