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Why my ringtones keep changing to "windows default&quot

I just wondering if you guys has the similar problems with me or not ....
I've done registry hack for changing the default storage of rings to \storage card\rings, occasionally the ringtones will automatically change back to "windows default". I've check that my O2 mini able to play the selected tones. After a while, when i suspend it or soft reset, it will change back to "windows default".
Does anyone has this problems ? Is this because of my SD card speed ? I got a 256mb Kingston SD which is included from the package.
Your help and comment are appreciated.
Thanks :wink:

Ringtone back to default
If you installed pocket player.. try to uninstall it...

Hi,
You dont need to uninstall pocket player. Just go to pocket player options and remove the file association. This should solve your problem.
Regards,
Vishal

hi... i dont have or ever installed pocket player but hansip's problem is happend to me aswell... anymore idea how to use our own ringtones without have to copy them to the windows folder?? thank you

I had the same problem...
and the solution was not to change the path to \storage card\rings...
instead.. you have to make it \storage\....\Rings and this will certainly work :wink: .....
I believe there is some sort of conflict when you choose Storage Card
I know you won't be able to use all of your music... but at least you'll free up some memory from the RAM..
and if you have the BigStorage trick.. you'll be just Fine..
I have three ring tones in my Rings folder.. and I think that's enough for me.... 8)
cheers

After coming out of suspend mode or after a soft reset, the Magician needs some time to initialize the SD card. Since the programs, including the phone settings, are run before the SD is initialized, the Magician cannot find the ringtone on the SD card and therefore resets it to windows default. It does not matter wether or not you have a fast SD card, it is a flaw in the operating system. That is also the reason why today plug-ins are better run from main mem or internal storage than from SD card. Try putting the ringtone in your internal storage, you'll see the difference.

erwinsie said:
anymore idea how to use our own ringtones without have to copy them to the windows folder?? thank you
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just hold the stylus on the music file you wish to make as a ringtone, until you get the pop-up menu, then choose Set as Ringtone
cheers

Not really. First of all you need a special .cab file for that, which you can find attached at the end of my post.
Second, that just copies the ringtone in Windows/rings, thereby taking up valuable RAM, which he wants to evade.

Koksie said:
Not really. First of all you need a special .cab file for that, which you can find attached at the end of my post.
Second, that just copies the ringtone in Windows/rings, thereby taking up valuable RAM, which he wants to evade.
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Thanks for the input guys .... I solved this problem by changing it into \storage\rings instead of put in on \storage card ..... Well I guess, the reasonable explanation for this is because when the phone rings, the device is trying to access the rings into the location that we specified in the registry and i guess the process get too fast .... So the device having a difficulty reading the \storage card ... and that's why it straight goes to "windows default" cause of course that's ring store in internal memory :wink:
By the way I'm just curious what's cab file does Koksie provide us ? Could you please explain more on this cab files ? What it actually does for our Mini ?
Thanks again guys for the input..... :wink:

I am having this problem after swtching directories too but it is not fixed after changing the registry to /storage/rings, /storage/.../rings or even windows/rings. They all go back to the default ring!!!
Please help !!
Thanks!

hansip said:
Koksie said:
Not really. First of all you need a special .cab file for that, which you can find attached at the end of my post.
Second, that just copies the ringtone in Windows/rings, thereby taking up valuable RAM, which he wants to evade.
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Thanks for the input guys .... I solved this problem by changing it into \storage\rings instead of put in on \storage card ..... Well I guess, the reasonable explanation for this is because when the phone rings, the device is trying to access the rings into the location that we specified in the registry and i guess the process get too fast .... So the device having a difficulty reading the \storage card ... and that's why it straight goes to "windows default" cause of course that's ring store in internal memory :wink:
By the way I'm just curious what's cab file does Koksie provide us ? Could you please explain more on this cab files ? What it actually does for our Mini ?
Thanks again guys for the input..... :wink:
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The cab file will enable you to set mp3 as ringtone when you hold to the file.

DanielHochman said:
I am having this problem after swtching directories too but it is not fixed after changing the registry to /storage/rings, /storage/.../rings or even windows/rings. They all go back to the default ring!!!
Please help !!
Thanks!
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What software do you have eg.. phonealarm, spb, etc, it may cause the error

The .cab I posted enables an extra option in the pop-up menu when you tap-and-hold on a mp3 files. Use the build-in file explorer, go to the folder where your ringtones are stored, tap-and-hold on a ringtone and in the pop-up menu you will see an option "set as ringtone". tap on it and the ringtone will be copied to windows/rings and set as your default ringtone in the phone options. Only drawback: the ringtone will be copied into main mem, taking up a lot of space if you have a full sized mp3. If you shorten it to 10 seconds and decrease th quality, it should take up less space. I have no idea if hacking the registry to make storage/rings the default ringtone location will work with this .cab. Maybe the .cab only looks at the registry for the default location and copy it there, maybe it just always copy the file to windows/rings.

I have all the sbp software- pocket plus, weather, gprs moniter etc.. also all the PHM software- but this wasn't happening when I instaalled that stuff- it happened after I changed the ring directory-
I have tried chaging it to everything- and it still goes to the default ring!!
thanks,
Daniel

Not only that-
The defaultt ringtone seems to play thru the speaker regardless of whether or not the headphones are plugged in- please tell me I don't need to hard reset!!

Having the same problem here. I have changed the ringtone directory to be
"\My Documents\My Music\Poly" (the same registry hack).
Now, whenever I change the default ringtone to something else, it is done. But when an incoming call is received, the old windows default ringtone is assigned as the ringtone.
HEEELP...

I did a hard reset and it fixed the problem of switching back to the default- I recomend tht anyone who tries this registry hack make a register backup to revert to- soething went wrong-
anyway- I am still having the problem of the rington laying out load when I have the headphones plugged in- is this a standard flaw??
I don't remember having this issue when I first got my Magician...is there a setting to change???
Thanks,
Daniel

I'm also experiencing problems with this but was bale to move the things to the Storage. However, during my experimentation in Photo Contacts, when I do a preview, the default ring tone does not play.

not possible!
hi... according to some ppl that replied to my question (exatcly same with this tread), the answer is WE CAN NOT put ringtones files in SDcard and use them from there.. even we edit the registry.. it works when we preview them, yes.,
BUT
during standby mode, and some1 call us, the window cant find the ringtone fast enough (coz they are in SDcard, access is slow!) so they use the default one..
try to edit the registry to /storage (instead of storage card) then it works. but ofcoz, u must copy all ur ringtone to /storage, now u r using xda memori, not sdcard
dont try to buy faster sdcard, i dont think that will work.. the fastest sdcard is still far to slow for xda... but i any1 success, let me know like you, i have hundreds of ringtones and i dont want to put them in storage...

I found another solution for the problem
I haven't tested the suggested solution while i am writing thsi post (too excited)
check out here
http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?threadid=801978
Selecting Ring Tones from your Storage Card instead of \Windows\Rings\
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Moving Ring tones to your Storage Card.
Ring tones are choosen from \windows\Rings\.
However, you have to copy your ring tone files there and that takes up
valuable RAM Memory.
Wouldnt it be better to choose your ring tones from your Storage Card, better
still you can place hundreds of ring tones on your storage card without taking
any RAM at all.
Here is how you can do it.
You will need a good file explorer software like "Total Commander"
from http://www.ghisler.com/
1. Run Total commander
2. go to \\ (at the very top)
3. open \\\registry\HKCU\ControlPanel\SoundCategories\Ring \Directory
4. Change the content of this file from
\Windows\Rings to \Storage Card\Rings\
Note: \Storage Card\Rings\ is the directory I created on my storage Card to store my personal Ring Tones.
To select a new ringtone, Start->Settings->Phone.
The Ring tone are now selected from \Storage Card\Rings\
and Best of all, your ring tones doesnt take up any valuable RAM Space.
I hope this helps
Merry Xmas all,
InMind
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give me feedback if it works, (backup before testing)
CHEERS
mrtnsky (MARTIN)

New users of Mini

Hi. I recently got my mini and have lotsa queries.
1) Cant play any other audio file as ringtone other than the default tones even though i copied the files to the windows/rings folder.
2) O2 connect will not connect to the server even though it syncs without a problem and I have 24 hrs internet on my comp.
3) After I uninstall a program, the icon still remains under the 'programs' menu. How do i remove that.
Any insight on the above mentioned queries would be really helpful. any of you can also email me at: [email protected]
Really apreciate it...
Cheers

1) if you are using mp3s for ringtones, guess you'll have to use a third party software to do that... other than that, midi files works for me...
2)you have to register your username, password and your mini in o2 website in order to connect... after that remember to go to the settings and enter your username and password...
3)either you can use memaid (a 3rd party software) to maintain your system or just use file explorer at (Start menu>Programs), at there, go to (windows>start menu) and delete your invalid shortcuts...
cheers...

mp3 ringtones shouldn't be a problem, there's even a small cab file to pick them from within the file explorer (it 'repaired' the bug). Putting them in the rings folder should do the trick, don't make them to large though. Maybe you're using a third party app which removed the wmp mp3 link.
M

thanks guys.... i tried putting in my user name and password under settings of O2 connect but am still not able to connect to the net on the mini when my phone is connected via sync cable. It says...
Connection fail
Disconnected from O2 connect server
Also, Can u gimme the link or the exe file for making MP3 my ringtones....
u guys are simply great
Cheers

Got the mp3.cab at home, can attach it this evening.
M

If I put my ringtones in windows/rings, my device "forgets" what ringtone is for who...But if I put them directly in windows/ it works just fine, Midi, mp3 and wave....no program used, just copy/paste...BTW I have renamed some of them, to match the default-ones (and deleted the def-ones) ...

Didn't manage to get the cab attached, so uploaded it to the ftp at cab installs
ftp://xdaupload:[email protected]

can you surf the net with your mini? if can't, the means it is your connectivity problem... go to your Activesync, under files select connection settings... under (this computer is connected to select automatic or the internet...

Hey oltp, thanks for d cab. now i get an option when i click on an mp3 whether i want to set this as ringtone but it says you gotta check the memory. i have close to 16 mb of mem free n it still does not happen. please please please help me out.
Hey nonentity.... i tried doin wat u said but i do not get the option at all. i 've attached the screenshot of the screen that i see under connection settings. me using activesync 3.8 if that helps... really need a solution the these probs man... :wink:
Cheers...

Hi biswadeepb,
Tried it myself with a 5Mb mp3 & worked fine, must say I've got over 30Mb free main memory due to BIG Storage. A ringtone doesn't have to be large, or do you need three minutes to find your magician?
You can also experiment with making the mp3 mono, shrinks a lot. Don't forget to code it to stereo before using as ringtone, cause wmp doesn't play mono mp3 somehow. At least i had probs with it.
As I'm probably one of the oldies around here I've got the OldPhone as ringtype.
Regards, M

Hey Oltp... the mp3 ringtone used to work earlier. then i installed some program called EasyTweak and since then it has not been working. is there a way to find out what path the ringtones have to be stored in. Maybe the path for the ringtones has changed by mistake. i have uninstalled EasyTweak but it still does not work........

Hi biswadeepb,
Welcome to the club (there is endless amounts of gear and addons for this little beauty)
As for using the O2 connect, I've never been able to connect to it using my mini either (I get the same message). Just ring them to get o2 plus emailed to you otherwise its somewhere on this site.
Have fun :lol:

I've tried easytweak too & found out that other programs do approx. the same, so after last weeks hard-reset I didn't reinstalled it. Must have 'messed up' your registry.
The rings folder can be found in the registry, search for 'rings', the patch you've installed uses this value. Thus you can find the current location also with your explorer.
For the mp3's I found this list, maybe it helps:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\MLS\Extensions]
"wmx"="playlist"
"wvx"="playlist"
"wax"="playlist"
"asx"="playlist"
"wm"="audio"
"wmp"="audio"
"wsx"="playlist"
"wmv"="video"
"asf"="audio"
"wma"="audio"
"mp3"="audio"
Cheers, M

Check here:
http://discussion.brighthand.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=119475
Use myextensions.
V

Hey Oltp... thanx a lot dude. i did a hard reset n everythin works just fine. u r the best guess there was some error in the registry.
O2 connect also working now but still unable to connect to the net.
Really Wish someone would heklp me out with that.
Cheers 2 u all..........

Hey Oltp... thanx a lot dude. i did a hard reset n everythin works just fine. u r the best guess there was some error in the registry.
O2 connect also working now but still unable to connect to the net.
Really Wish someone would heklp me out with that.
Cheers 2 u all..........

Qtek Problem and a noob question!

Hi guys! I have recently bought a Qtek S200 device. When i wanna register on Qtek website for updates and etc. it says ur IMEI is wrong! I noticed that the code I get from mobile has an extra "00" in the end while the one printed on the box is a normal IMEI. does anybody have a clue?!
And i also wanted to know how can i personalize my SMS Alert tone?
tnx!

Q2) Settings -> Personal -> Sounds and Notifications -> Notifications -> Select text messaging in drop down list and change tune.

U see ... I wanna use my own tones. But i don't know where to copy them in order to appear in sound and notifications.

nobody to help?

you have to put the file in mydevice/windows folder in WAV format. and in notification apear the tone

Newbie
Hi Guys,
I'm new at this. I bought a QTEK S200 and as far as i read this foruns is the same as HTC Prophet.
Basically my problem is that i've got a 4GB SDHC but when i go to the storage she doesn't detect it. Is there any capacity limitation?
The reader is working because when is on stand-by and i put the SD it turns on the light, i think this means she's detecting something.
Thanks in advance for any info about it.

As far as i know the Prophet doesn't have the drivers for a SDHC. Only a regular SD card will work.

hi guys!
is there no way to use a .mp3 or .mid file as SMS notification? [i mean anything except .wav]

Some roms do, some dont. Youll have to look into it. Its not too difficult to convert an mp3 to wav though.
Windows - http://www.dirfile.com/wav_to_mp3_encoder.htm
Mac - use Toast or VLC player

cymru thanks man! I have another dumb question to ask!
It's that I've already unistalled a game but it is still in my Programs list. How can I remove it?! It bothers me so much!!!

nobody?!!!!

u go to windows folder, then start_menu folder, then programs (i guess) or games folder and there u delete the link.
wow i am so proud of myslef.... i answered someone elses question

u r amazing gdevil thanks! I searched all registry last night but i couldn't find anything!

MP3 Ringtones in your SDCard!

This may just be the greatest find ever !
Please excuse me if Im the only one who does'nt know.....
Place you MP3 ringtones or music in SDCard/My Documents folder and then select them in Sounds and Notifications! no tweaks, no third party apps!
After yrs I just discovered this!

homer285 said:
This may just be the greatest find ever !
Please excuse me if Im the only one who does'nt know.....
Place you MP3 ringtones or music in SDCard/My Documents folder and then select them in Sounds and Notifications! no tweaks, no third party apps!
After yrs I just discovered this!
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It works...
Wow, thanks for the sharing bro..
Well you are the first for sure... congratulate..

i have been doing this since i upgraded my devices to wm6

lukeap69 said:
i have been doing this since i upgraded my devices to wm6
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So? You not share the information..
Homer is the first one who post this information here..
And for me that's what I call fantastic and I must say thanks for his sharing..
No hurt feeling dude..

Yup, so simple.
On my previous handset (iPAQ 6365), i have to put mp3 ringtone files in Storage Card \Rings then change the string value in HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ControlPanel \SoundCategories \Rings to \Storage Card\Rings\
On atom it's so easy, just put mp3 files in the ROOT of Memory Card (you don't have to create My Documents folder if you don't want to), and voila! The files are automatically shown in sound setting.

What I do is create folder \My Ringtones and put every mp3 that I what to set to ring tones and works like wonder =)
No third party apps or tweaks needed aswell...

adinda said:
Yup, so simple.
On my previous handset (iPAQ 6365), i have to put mp3 ringtone files in Storage Card \Rings then change the string value in HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ControlPanel \SoundCategories \Rings to \Storage Card\Rings\
On atom it's so easy, just put mp3 files in the ROOT of Memory Card (you don't have to create My Documents folder if you don't want to), and voila! The files are automatically shown in sound setting.
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kok ga bisa mba kalo langsung????
I have to create My documents folder first, I try just put it on memory card/storage card but it won't work. (btw I am using atom black)
So simple I just used as Homer suggest..

hiro77 said:
kok ga bisa mba kalo langsung????
I have to create My documents folder first, I try just put it on memory card/storage card but it won't work. (btw I am using atom black)
So simple I just used as Homer suggest..
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Are we allowed to use Bahasa here?
I'm using Atom Black too, and put all my ringtones on root.
Maybe it's because mine still use the official WM5 ROM from seeO2
*just had it for a week, haven't tried to flash yet*

hiro77 said:
kok ga bisa mba kalo langsung????
I have to create My documents folder first, I try just put it on memory card/storage card but it won't work. (btw I am using atom black)
So simple I just used as Homer suggest..
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it should work as well. I just put \my Ringtones so that mp3 files for ringtone are not scattered in the storage card and be organized.

Are we allowed to use Bahasa here?
Sometimes maybe but don't say to much..
I'm using Atom Black too, and put all my ringtones on root.
Maybe it's because mine still use the official WM5 ROM from seeO2
*just had it for a week, haven't tried to flash yet*
Welcome to comunity..

brian_2cool4u said:
it should work as well. I just put \my Ringtones so that mp3 files for ringtone are not scattered in the storage card and be organized.
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It works if I create a folder first, but it not work if I put it directly in to storage card.
Anyway thanks for the info dude.

adinda said:
Are we allowed to use Bahasa here?
I'm using Atom Black too, and put all my ringtones on root.
Maybe it's because mine still use the official WM5 ROM from seeO2
*just had it for a week, haven't tried to flash yet*
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well, after a week with WM5. You should try one of the ROM's for WM6 and try the difference =) (sorry OT)

brian_2cool4u said:
well, after a week with WM5. You should try one of the ROM's for WM6 and try the difference =) (sorry OT)
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Well, a week is too soon for me, I'm thinking of a month, hahaha...
Still adjusting myself, cause I'm used to WM2003 on large screen. I even have to install 3rd party keyboard software to cope with unfamiliar (and such small buttons ) keyboard.
Anyway, back to topic, does anyone ever have problem with delayed reaction? On my previous PPC, sometimes the memory card is too slow to load. When that happens, on incoming call instead of custom mp3 ringtone (which I put on memory card), sometimes the ringtone is back to Windows Default

adinda said:
Well, a week is too soon for me, I'm thinking of a month, hahaha...
Still adjusting myself, cause I'm used to WM2003 on large screen. I even have to install 3rd party keyboard software to cope with unfamiliar (and such small buttons ) keyboard.
Anyway, back to topic, does anyone ever have problem with delayed reaction? On my previous PPC, sometimes the memory card is too slow to load. When that happens, on incoming call instead of custom mp3 ringtone (which I put on memory card), sometimes the ringtone is back to Windows Default
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hehehehehe same here.... after using WM2003 for almost 6 months in my xda mini (which is sooo sad no updates for WM5!) I upgraded to atom.... it's impresive! have just used it for a week then upgrade to WM6. I can say it's much better than WM5. (Sorry OT again)
Anyweiz, I would encounter delay(slugish) in opening memory card contents in my mini before when there are too many apps loaded. In Atom (using WM5 1G miniSD) I never encountered that prob same goes now, wherein im using WM6 AKU 0.7a 6PP @ 2Gb mini sd. free storage is only 600MB left, RAM is around 20-25 free.
Regarding change in ringtone, yes I did encountered that when I tried installing 3rd party apps like phone alarm. It messed up all my configuration when I uninstall it. I need to make a hard reset coz tones(ringtone/sms/alarms et. al) where greyed out is unchangeable.

Anyone knows how to change Notes SAVE PATH in WM6??

Hi,
I already did my research on this topic using the search function provided.
However, I can't get anyone giving the correct solution.
So,
Did anyone here knows how to change Notes SAVE PATH ??
I tried to change the registry in :
(HKLM/Sotfware/Microsoft/Notes) from \Storage Card into \Storage Card\Notes
HOWEVER,
everytime I saved the new registry, and DO a soft reset, it always revert back to the original condition, and sometimes, the registry value is "\Storage Card\Notes" BUT when I save new notes, it was saved in the root of storage card (as usual).
Please help me to find solution for this one
Im using HTC Touch Diamond on WM6.1
Thanks so much guys...

go in to notes... do not create a new one. you should be in view all folders.... press menue then option it should give you the option to save to the storagecard. i am using the herald wm6

denis_sianto said:
Hi,
I already did my research on this topic using the search function provided.
However, I can't get anyone giving the correct solution.
So,
Did anyone here knows how to change Notes SAVE PATH ??
I tried to change the registry in :
(HKLM/Sotfware/Microsoft/Notes) from \Storage Card into \Storage Card\Notes
HOWEVER,
everytime I saved the new registry, and DO a soft reset, it always revert back to the original condition, and sometimes, the registry value is "\Storage Card\Notes" BUT when I save new notes, it was saved in the root of storage card (as usual).
Please help me to find solution for this one
Im using HTC Touch Diamond on WM6.1
Thanks so much guys...
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Don't wanna say you r supid but did u create the notes file on the storage card before that instead of relying on windows mo to create it?

cabayboy831 said:
go in to notes... do not create a new one. you should be in view all folders.... press menue then option it should give you the option to save to the storagecard. i am using the herald wm6
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what i meant wasn't to change from 'Main Memory' to 'Storage Card', but to change from 'Storage Card\' to 'Storage Card\Notes'
anyone could help?

no one knows ?

Notes and Notes sync
here is a scenario
I have HTC Diamond
I created a folder name My Documents on the storage card.
in that folder i had the following subfolders
my pictures
my music
word
excel
NOTES
in notes folder i keep many notes ... like my bank account No. phone bank pass and user name and password for internet banking and many many things.
how do I keep them synced and when I create a new note I want it to go there NOT to the root folder of the storage card.
plz advise
Regards

jmohik said:
here is a scenario
I have HTC Diamond
I created a folder name My Documents on the storage card.
in that folder i had the following subfolders
my pictures
my music
word
excel
NOTES
in notes folder i keep many notes ... like my bank account No. phone bank pass and user name and password for internet banking and many many things.
how do I keep them synced and when I create a new note I want it to go there NOT to the root folder of the storage card.
plz advise
Regards
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I'm watching this myself.. I just wind up moving the damn things. Once they're moved, they stay where you put them, but anything new winds up in the root again.
I really should look into a better notes program anyway. I have yet to find one that operates in a sane fashion for WM.

Hello every one!
I'm facing the same problem.
Jmohik
Did you solve the problem? can you share the solution?.
I'd been trying to acomplish exactly the same, with no luck. I'd changed the reg keys to target "my" new paths, but the sys just ignore them.
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks

Estuardo said:
Hello every one!
I'm facing the same problem.
Jmohik
Did you solve the problem? can you share the solution?.
I'd been trying to acomplish exactly the same, with no luck. I'd changed the reg keys to target "my" new paths, but the sys just ignore them.
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks
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For myself, I solved this issue the following way:
When you open the Notes program, in the upper left corner you'll see a drop-down menu to select different folders. Choose the folder you want (I chose /My Documents/Notes), and that's it! After choosing it, all the new notes that you make are saved in that folder.