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This is something I am dealing with (and struggling with) right now and the Windows Mobile Team says:

Susan Loh posted a FAQ on Windows CE databases to her blog.  I want to emphasize one of the things she said:

Q: When I use ADO .NET to build database applications for CE 4.x / PocketPC 2003, how do I create a CEDB database?  It only seems to let me use SQL-CE.

A: You can't.  They (ADO) dropped support for CEDB.  :-(  This means, your only choice for developing ADO applications that use CEDB is to develop using the CE 3.0 / PocketPC / PocketPC 2002 tools (eg. eVC 3.0) with ADOCE.  Your application should work on newer OS versions but you have to use the old tools.  Probably you are just best off switching to SQL-CE.