listen i know u might be annoyed by now and might have broke ur head against wall many times but i will surely help u ... 1.download microsoft active sync 4.0 or 4.5 2.install it in your pc. 3.now why u need active sync so that ur pc can detect emulator ok and synchronize the data. 4.now start visual studio go to tools and select tools from menu bar. 5.under tools select connect to device. 6.you will get emulators option, select particular emulator (i chose pocket pc 5.0). 7.on selected emulator right click and select connect. 8.after emulator is started , see in the emulator options menu that the emulator u selected gets green showing connected. 9.right click on connected one and cradle it it will ask/show for some options just click yes yes . 10.it will automatically be compeleted ,now right click on ur smart device project run ,deploy , it will be running fine. regards kanishka dubey CDAC-ACTS,Pune,M.H.,India