The start tab page is your initial landing point to create a new or open an existing deployment package project. From this page you can either create a new Mobile Packager project or you can open an existing project. The start page also has an integrated help that will guide you through simple steps that will get you started to create your windows mobile installer packaging. This page will tell you if you are running the latest version of Mobile Packager.

Mobile Packager supports two types of projects; "Custom (Native EXE)" and "CAB" projects types. The "Custom (Native EXE)" project type selected by default and is the project type that is compatible with versions of Mobile Packager. The "CAB" installer project type is a new project type and produces cabinet(or CAB) files for deployment. Both the EXE and CAB installers have mobile and desktop installers. The CAB project will have a desktop installer that will install multiple CAB files using the CE Application Manager.

This tab page is where you define the files that you would like to add into your package. You can drag and drop or select the files you want to include in your package. You can specify the target platform where the files should be deployed and destination path. If the file that is included in your package is an executable or a CAB file you can specify an additional option to launch the executable or launch the installation of the CAB respectively.

For CAB projects, this tab page is where you define the files that you would like to add into your CAB package. You can drag and drop or select the files you want to include in your package. You can specify the source and target destination of each file that is included in the package.

This window is used to edit DWORD and REG_SZ registry values.

This window is used to edit binary registry values. It allows editing either the binary or the text value of the registry entry

This tab page is used for defining the shortcuts to your files and applications.

Mobile Packager allows you to customize the generated installer to your need. You can customize the installer to display end user license agreement(EULA), to wait for the user to tap the screen before starting installation, show installer window in full screen or launch an executable after installation is completed.

Mobile Packager allows you to set the visual appearance of your mobile installer using the Appearance tab. You can select multiple background images for your installer and the image that best fits the target device width and height will automatically be selected. You can also set the width and height of your background image container. You can also customize the location and size of the background image and the progress bar status display. In addition, you can also set the font size of the progress bar status text display.

Mobile Packager allows you to set the visual appearance of your mobile installer using the Appearance tab. You can select multiple background images for your installer and the image that best fits the target device width and height will automatically be selected. You can also set the width and height of your background image container. You can also customize the location and size of the background image and the progress bar status display. In addition, you can also set the font size of the progress bar status text display.

The desktop installer for CAB project uses the CE Application Manager to install one or more CAB files. In the desktop installer, Files (CAB) tab, you can specify additional CAB files that you would like to install when installing the desktop installer.

Mobile Packager displays status and percentage of compression for each build item during the build process. It also allows you to directly open the output folders or initiate the deployment process on a mobile device that is attached to your current development machine.

Mobile Packager generates a single executable installer that will hold all the files, shortcuts, appearance customizations and settings. Your end users can simply download or acquire the executable in some way and execute it on their mobile device.

If you have set EULA(End User License Agreement) settings in your installer, the installer will prompt for the EULA to be accepted or declined. The installer will complete the installation process only if the EULA is accepted.

Mobile Packager custom executable installer also works on Smart Phones.

CAB Project generates a regular CAB file that can be installed on a mobile device. CAB file installation will have the regular CAB installation screen, does not allow bundling of multiple CAB files and does not have some of the settings that the "Custom EXE" installer provides such as "Soft Reset", EULA etc ...

Both "Custom EXE" and CAB projects generate a desktop installer. The appearance of the desktop installer is the same for both projects. "Custom EXE" project desktop installer, upon installation, it will copy the mobile installer to a mobile device that is connected to the current computer via Active Sync. It will start the mobile installer on the device, and end users will have to follow the installation process on their mobile device.

In the desktop installer for CAB project, you can include additional CAB files for installation including the one that is generated by the current CAB project. Any of the CAB files that are included in the desktop installer will be registered for installation via the CE Application manager to be installed as soon as a mobile device is connected to the current computer. If the mobile device is connected at the time of installing using the desktop installer, the CAB file installation will begin immediately on the mobile device.