this is how you create xml file in win CE.
Dim _writer As New XmlTextWriter(<pre lang="cs">System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().CodeBase)& "\Settings.xml", System.Text.Encoding.UTF8)
_writer.WriteStartDocument(True)
_writer.Formatting = Formatting.Indented
_writer.Indentation = 2
_writer.WriteStartElement("CONTENTS")
_writer.WriteStartElement("SERVER")
_writer.WriteString("abc")
_writer.WriteEndElement()
_writer.WriteEndElement()
_writer.WriteEndDocument()
_writer.Close()</pre>