A drop-in, self-contained Windows CE 5.0 cross-development bundle. Builds CE5 PE binaries for ARM, MIPS, and SH targets on a modern Windows host without installing eMbedded Visual C++, Platform Builder, or Visual Studio.

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├── bin/I386/                    host x86 build tools (run on Windows host)
│   ├── ARM/                     cl.exe armasm.exe c1.dll c1xx.dll c2.dll
│   ├── MIPS/                    cl.exe mipsasm.exe ...
│   ├── SH/                      cl.exe shasm.exe ...
│   ├── link.exe lib.exe         universal linker / librarian
│   ├── rc.exe nmake.exe         resource compiler / make
│   └── dumpbin.exe editbin.exe cvtres.exe undname.exe bscmake.exe ...
├── Include/                     SDK headers
│   ├── Armv4i/  x86/  emulator/
│   └── MIPSII/  MIPSII_FP/  MIPSIV/  MIPSIV_FP/  SH4/
├── Lib/                         import libs (coredll, commctrl, commdlg,
│   ├── ARMV4I/  x86/  emulator/   aygshell, ws2, ndis, ceshell, ...)
│   └── MIPSII/  MIPSII_FP/  MIPSIV/  MIPSIV_FP/  SH4/
├── Mfc/                         MFC for Windows CE
├── Atl/                         ATL for Windows CE
├── Help/                        API documentation (CHM)
├── Emulation/                   CE x86 emulator runtime
└── MSManifest.txt  MSFT_SDK_EULA_1033.rtf  Properties.xml

From PowerShell, point $SDK at your clone of this repo and run:

$SDK = "C:\path\to\wince-sdk-5"
$env:PATH = "$SDK\bin\I386\ARM;$SDK\bin\I386;$env:PATH"

# compile
& "$SDK\bin\I386\ARM\cl.exe" /nologo /c /W3 /O2 `
    /DUNICODE /D_UNICODE /DUNDER_CE /DARM /D_ARM_ `
    /I "$SDK\Include\Armv4i" main.c

# link
& "$SDK\bin\I386\link.exe" /nologo `
    /subsystem:windowsce /entry:WinMain /machine:THUMB /nodefaultlib `
    /libpath:"$SDK\Lib\ARMV4I" /out:app.exe `
    main.obj coredll.lib commctrl.lib commdlg.lib

The output app.exe is a Windows CE PE that runs unmodified on any ARM-based Windows CE 5.0 / Windows Mobile 5 device — Pocket PC, Smartphone, Handheld PC, or industrial/embedded hardware.

Swap the arch tokens consistently across the compiler directory, include directory, and lib directory:

The exact /machine: switch for each target is the one accepted by the included link.exe. Run link.exe /? to list them. The cl.exe for ARM, MIPS, and SH lives in the matching bin\I386\<arch>\ subdir

The contents are a verbatim merge of two Microsoft installs:

• Build tools (bin/) — SDK\BIN\ from Windows CE 5.0 Platform Builder.
• SDK (Include/, Lib/, Mfc/, Atl/, Help/, Emulation/) — Standard SDK for Windows CE 5.0.

All binaries, headers, libraries, and documentation in this repository are Microsoft's intellectual property, redistributed verbatim. The Microsoft SDK End-User License Agreement in MSFT_SDK_EULA_1033.rtf governs use and redistribution. No additional license is granted by this repository beyond what Microsoft's EULA permits.