1) In Visual Studio, click on “Tools.” Then click on “Connect to device.”

In the “Connect to device” window, select the emulator desired, such as Pocket PC 2003 SE Emulator. Click on the “Connect” button. 

You will see the “Connecting …” window. If everything is OK, you will see the message “Connection succeeded.” Click on the “Close” button.

 
2) In Visual Studio, click on the “Tools” button. Then click on “Device Emulator Manager.” In the “Device Emulator Manager” window, you will see the Datastore tree with the emulator selected. The selection is marked with the green arrow:

4) After this, the ActiveSync will run and allow you to set up a partnership. If you do not have the program, you can download ActiveSync. Select “Guest partnership” to avoid synchronizing with Outlook. Click on “Next.”

After this, ActiveSync gets connected to the emulator:

5) Go to Windows Explorer, copy the your_application_title.cab file and paste it in My Windows Mobile-Based Device.

You will see the ActiveSync message:

Click on OK to copy the cab file onto the emulator.

6) On the emulator, go to “Start,” then “File Explorer.” In the “My Device” folder, you will see the your_application_title.cab file. Click on it to install the application in the “Program Files/Your_application_title” folder.

7) On the emulator, go to the “Program Files/Your_application_title” folder and click on the application icon.

The application is running.