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Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3 delivers innovative new technologies to the proven and highly reliable componentized, hard real-time operating system for small footprint devices.

With Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3, device manufacturers can create consumer and enterprise devices that are differentiated by an immersive user interface, a rich browsing experience, and a unique connection to Windows PCs, servers, services, and devices.

By building on the high performance and highly reliable Windows Embedded CE platform, device makers can bring their devices to market quickly and efficiently.


Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3 includes the following new features:


• Silverlight for Windows Embedded
The power of Silverlight brought to Windows Embedded CE to create rich applications and user interfaces

• Internet Explorer Embedded
Internet Explorer with panning and zooming capabilities and a customizable interface to optimize the browsing experience on devices

• Adobe Flash Lite
Browser plug-in to render rich media Web sites

• Touch and Gesture
Plug-in engine to enable natural input capabilities and gesture animations

• Connection Manager
Infrastructure technology to manage multiple network interfaces on the device

• Microsoft Office and PDF Viewers
Applications to render Microsoft Office Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Adobe PDF content on the device

• QQ Messenger
Device-side client to connect to popular Instant Messaging service

Files

Status: Deleted This download is no longer available on microsoft.com. The downloads below are archives provided by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine from the Microsoft Download Center prior to April 2023.

Files
CE6R3.iso SHA1: 69a456b4d3f26fa7fab40711756e90b4108940fd Size: 1.14 GB
setup.exe SHA1: 1e7ab10125f72cc1c2a144566cfd80e10f9a59fb Size: 24 KB
Updates installed by Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3.htm
Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3 Install Guide.htm
Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3 License.rtf SHA1: 4c51ecf891cc1e2de3f1c3b45f6e633f31fe7c08 Size: 27 KB
Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3 Release Notes.htm SHA1: dc664f6e836825f70e1a00e432b331d2a56bd0fa Size: 17 KB

File sizes and hashes are retrieved from the Wayback Machine’s indexes. They may not match the latest versions of files hosted on Microsoft servers.

Windows Vista, Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, Windows XP Service Pack 3


• Hardware requirements:

o PC with 933 MHz or faster processor. 2 GHz recommended
o 512 MB of RAM; 1GB recommended
o 18 GB of available space on installation drive
o 1 GB of available space on system drive
o DVD-ROM drive
o Monitor that supports 1024 x 768 screen resolution with 16-bit color


• Required Software:

o Windows Embedded CE 6.0
o Visual Studio 2005 (except Express)
o Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1
o Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for Windows Vista (if applicable)
o Windows Embedded CE 6.0 SP1 (required if PB 6.0 Tools have been installed)
o Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2


NOTE:

Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3 installs all updates released up through August 31st, 2009.
Do not install updates currently available for Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2.

CEUpdateCheck tool will now work for Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3 environment.

This incremental release contains

Click the file you want to download and then do one of the following:

1. To start the installation immediately, click Open or Run now.
2. To save the download to your computer for installation at a later time, click Save or Save this program to disk.

Important:

To uninstall Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3, you must completely uninstall Windows Embedded CE 6.0. Before you install this release, you must back up any important data.