Windows Embedded Compact 2013

Windows Embedded Compact 2013 is the last version of Windows Embedded Compact, released on 13 June 2013.

New features

 * Snapshot boot, a feature that works by saving the state of the device to persistent storage and then restoring that state from the snapshot when the device reboots.
 * Improved support for data binding.
 * HTML Help viewer, to turn on this feature, you have to enable a SYSGEN variable. The selected one in question is SYSGEN_HELP.

Features degraded/removed

 * Support for MIPS, SuperH, ARMv5 and ARMv6 has been dropped.
 * The Explorer shell as well as Internet Explorer have been removed.
 * The Remote Desktop Protocol client has been removed.
 * WordPad has been removed.

Tips

 * Although the OS utilizes the Windows Classic theme, the Luna theme is still available. You can enable it in Core OS\Windows Embedded Compact\Shell and User Interface\User Interface\Customizable UI\Windows XP-like Sample Skin.