How can I add a binary device driver in Platform Builder for Windows CE 6.0?

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Published on 2009-08-14T11:46:58Z Indexed on 2010/05/05 2:08 UTC
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I need to add a device driver to a Windows CE image, I have the driver in .dll and .reg files and in a .cab package. I'm using Visual Studio 2005 with Platform Builder for Windows CE 6.0.

How can I do that?

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