Download internet browser for windows ce

Rakesh picture Rakesh · Jul 25, 2012 · Viewed 15.1k times · Source

I have a Motorola MC2180 device running CE6 and for some reason it did not come with Internet Explorer. Where can I download a version of an internet browser that runs on CE. Please, if possible direct me to the download rather than just suggesting a browser that may work. I've been trying different browsers for a while, but none of them have a .cab file installer that I can run on CE.

Thank you.

Answer

ctacke picture ctacke · Jul 26, 2012

You'll not find a download for IE because Windows CE is a modular OS. Simply providing the IE is not enough, as it requires a lot of other OS-level dependencies that may or may not be there. There's no way to provide a new coredll.dll that contains those required pieces in a download, it has to be built and fixed up for your target. IE also changes the license SKU from Core to Pro in 6.0, so it would be a licensing problem as well.

If you want IE, you'll have to ask Motorola for a new OS image that creates it. If you don't care exactly which browser you have, then follow @yms's advice and look at Opera Mobile, MiniMo, or one of the other browsers with CE support.