Unable to load DLL 'sqlceme35.dll' on a clean XP PC

[Hunt]

If you get the message Unable to load DLL 'sqlceme35.dll' after installing Plan-G it may be because the PC is so clean it has not yet got net3.5 installed.

The setup of Plan-G has a nice touch of installing Net4 but net for does not include Net3.5.
It seems that net3.5 installs the compact sql stuff.

Installing net3.5 worked for me hope it does for you.

[tim arnot]

Hmm. Not sure why that should be. SQLCE is a component within the Plan-G install, and is installed by the Plan-G installer. There is no dependency within SqlServerCE  on .Net3.5, but there may be some other dependency that the MS installer doesn't install correctly if you are on .Net4 only (C++2005 runtimes maybe?)

[Hunt]

>C++2005 runtimes maybe

Yes; that was mentioned when I trawled the net for what may be missing in net4.