title: Visual Studio 2008 c++ Smart Device Platforms
body: <p>Well i wrote a c++ app for a Windows CE device and selected the platform (from the sdk that came with the CD) for it, if i open the project file it says <strong>Platform Name="IEI_PXA270_E205 (ARMV4I)"</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?&gt;
  &lt;VisualStudioProject
      ProjectType="Visual C++"
      Version="9,00"
      Name="BootInstall"
      ProjectGUID="{EBCFC92F-CD0C-4451-8FD0-4C422C5DA8C2}"
      RootNamespace="BootInstall"
      Keyword="Win32Proj"
      TargetFrameworkVersion="196613"
      &gt;
      &lt;Platforms&gt;
          &lt;Platform
              Name="IEI_PXA270_E205 (ARMV4I)"
          /&gt;........
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>now i reinstalled my windows and installed the same sdk but i can't load the project it just says 
  "The project consists entirely of configurations that require support for platforms which are not installed on this machine. The project cannot be loaded."</p>
  
  <p>and if i try to create a new project the sdk is not there..</p>
  
  <p>so what am i missing i know where the sdk is located on my local hard drive... is there any way to add a "platform" manualy or some thing... the only thing that has changed that i can think of is that i have visual studio 2010 installed..</p>