Image Build Modes

There are three main modes for building an image: Debug, Release, and Ship. In terms of build options, Debug and Release modes are mostly as you would expect for Visual Studio, but they also control some additional settings that are Windows CE specific. In the Visual Studio integrated environment, you can select a build mode in the Configuration Manager window that can be called from the Build menu by choosing the Configuration Manager submenu. You can also set Debug or Ship modes from a build window by setting the environment variables WINCEDEBUG or WINCESHIP, as described in more detail below.

In Debug mode, the Kernel Debugger and a Kernel Independent Transport Layer (KITL) transport mechanism are enabled by default. The debugger ...

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