Its a knight rider gps and i would like to get it working again with possibly updating the maps.

Magellan units are known to run Windows CE, so naturally I had to purchase it and do what needed to be done: run Doom on it.

After shelling out 10 CAD for the receiver and its slightly-damaged car charging cord (no mounting bracket, though), it was time to take it home, clean it up, and send it to its Doom (heh, get it Ill see myself out.).

However, within seconds of me connecting the car charger to it, it powered on with the Magellan logo and a progress bar, before transitioning to the boot logo and the usual dont crash your car warnings that GPS units tend to display on power-up.

However, after some searching, I found out that plugging in the unit causes it to appear on a computer as a USB drive, with the navigation apps files all visible as a FAT32-formatted 2-gigabyte volume.

Rebooting the receiver didnt appear to change anything until I dismissed the initial legal warning.

Once I closed the notice, I was sent right into TotalCommanderCE, but with no taskbar in sight.

Scrolling through the Windows directory revealed some rather disappointing revelations: we have no command prompt, on-screen keyboard, or Explorer shell (therefore, no desktop, Start menu or taskbar).

Gps Igo Windows Ce 6.0 Mods Like MioPocket

Its instrumental in making GPS mods like MioPocket possible.

On that note, before this point I wasnt even aware that MioPocket even existed; I learned that it provides a lot of Windows CE functionality thats otherwise absent on GPS units like mine, but Ive come this far I was determined to forge my own path to Doom.).

After some tinkering with the configuration files stored in My Documents.chocolate-doomchocolate-doom.cfg, I changed the following settings.

Unfortunately, it seems that the receiver only supports USB drives, and refuses to work with USB input devices (like mice and keyboards); it doesnt even work with USB hubs Oh well, it was worth a try.

Just because a certain device runs Windows CE doesnt mean that all the of the expected components are actually available (after all, it is meant to be a highly modular embedded operating system).

However, with the right tools, it can be done and it keeps the adage of It Runs Doom alive.

I have a few old off brans ones like a RightWay RW200 and a PC Miler PCM430.

On the RightWay I go to poking around with MioPocket and GPSMenu PEZ and found an app that was in some Asian language, with two buttons.

I poked the wrong button and deleted the onboard maps and Co-Pilot software.

Gps Igo Windows Ce 6.0 Install IGo 8

Fortunately I was able to install iGo 8 and compatible maps into the vacated space.

But theres still something hidden, I cant see where the media player, photo viewer, and text file reader are stashed.

Like with the RightWay the built in shell allows redirecting the navigation app launch to any WinCE executable.

Like regular Windows the stupid thing hugs and protects corrupted folders and files instead of offering to get rid of them.

If there was a program like Unlocker for WinCE they could be deleted.

It would just stop upon hitting the corrupt folder and leave the volume marked dirty so itd want to scan again the next boot.

Since the owners of the PC Miler name no longer sell GPS devices, theyre no help.