Michael Bate wrote:

> We are attempting to migrate the XPE tools and database to a different PC. We are doing this mainly to prove to ourselves that it can be done, so that we will not be totally dependent on the PC that we have been using (the PC, of course, might have a hard disk or other failure).
>
> After installing the tools (SP 2) from the CDs, we then installed Feature Pack 2007.
>
> Then we downloaded that XPe Update Rollup 1.0 and tried to install it.
>
> We received the following error message:
>
> "A new platform object needs to be installed before this update can be
> installed. Please download the latest platform update from
> http://www.microsoft.com/embedded and install it before attempting to
> install this QFE. Setup cannot continue."
>
> Does anyone know what this "platform object" or "platform update" is?


I think this happens when you don't update all components. You may have
forgotten the update to to tools or database.

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- Mike