After Windows 10 Creators Update can not connect my Windows CE device via Windows Mobile Device Center

Question

Hello

After I installed Windows 10 Creators Update I can not connect my Windows CE device via Windows Mobile Device Center(WMDC)

When I started Visual Studio 2008  and tried to open my project I am developing for my Windows CE device it first said that "Microsoft.CompactFramework.CSharp.targets"

is missing but after reinstalling the compact framework that was fixed.

But then i noticed that when I try to connect my Windows CE device nothing happens on the pc(WMDC does not start) and the device is not trying make a connection.

I can not start WMDC manualy and an hour before when the creators update was not installed everything was working fine.

Any Ideas how to fix this? 

In the Event Viewer is noticed these new errors:

Failed to start the Windows Mobile-2003-based device connectivity service due to CreateSemaphore(0x80070005) failure (see data for failure code).

and 

The server {373E19B5-76AA-46D5-93A9-2E39A99B39B2} did not register with DCOM within the required timeout.

I do not know what this means but those appeared after the update so hope they help.

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Answer 1

I still use a Pocket PC 2002 based device and ran into the same problem.

These are the steps I took to get WMDC to work again:

If Windows 10 is showing you the "This app isn't working correctly" notification when you try to start Windows Mobile Device center, first reinstall it as it suggests. I simply removed WMDC first and then used the 6.1 installation available from the Microsoft Download Center:

• 32-bit
• 64-bit

This should make the message go away, but WMDC still does not launch, either nothing happens or it will be stuck on the splash screen.

Now go to the Services applet, and look for the "Windows Mobile 2003-based device connectivity" service. Double-click it to view it's properties, choose the "Log On" tab and select "Local System account" as the log on mode.

You should now be able to start the service and WMDC will work as expected again.

Answer 2

Tried to set the Log On account for both Windows Mobile services, it allowed WMDC to open but not connect.

Answer 3

Getting the exact same error in event viewer after the update. Pretty bad for us since we sell and support Windows CE devices.

Answer 4

I have no idea, but we have the same problem.

Work around, i have a machine with Windows 7 on Vmware workstation on my pc (but all virtualizazion enviroment can do), i have connected with bypass usb and connect with windows 7.

Not useful but work's fine.

Answer 5

We are having this exact problem too. We don't have a solution yet either. We updated two workstations and  Windows Mobile Device Center no longer worked on both. We also have the same Event Log failure notices. This may not affect consumers too much but there is an entire industry using Windows Mobile based handheld devices that rely on Windows Mobile Device Center.