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Hello:
Anyone know hoe to put application shortcuts straight onto the today screeen??
I already have claunch for myself, buy am setting up a simple system for mum on an older unit. I was hopinh to get a shortcut to the simpler apps like contacts straight on the today screen.
I know if you install tomtom you get an option in the today list to show tomtom on the list - This is similar to what I want (but not tomtom)
any ideas?
I use Pocket Plus from SPB. It's a great little app that also includes repeating alerts and an option to make the 'close' button really quit the app and not just hide it in background. All highly configureable. Check out Handango for a trial and purchase.
I use cLaunch. It works great and is VERY configurable! AND it's freeware!
I use the following group-settings to get four full sized icon on each "page":
Icon size =32
Icon name enabled
Icon width = 48
Icon name at bottom
Icon name height = 14
Icon margins = 1 hor. and vert.
Window margin = 0
I have enabled "Tap empty space to advance to next group" so that I can page through the icon groups easily.
(edit: didn't catch that you already tried this app! Anyway try my settings. I can't imagine a simpler way to launch from the today-screen. BTW I have turned of the menu bar also because I just use a few icon (four in each group) just like you seem to want too.)
Another option is PHM Pocket Power Tools (or is it Toys?). It has a TrayLaunch application, which allows shortcuts to be placed in it and it displays at the bottom of the Today screen - where the NEW menu item is located. It's freeware as well.
yep: your setting worked great, thanks for the help - I never though of configuring cLaunch like that.
I had a Universal until recently (too bulky, buggy, and Wizard is so much nicer!) so I now have the Wizard/O2 Xda Mini S.
On the Uni there was an icon on the Today page for changing orientation of the screen with 1-click. On the Wizard there is none, and I have to navigate through several menus in Settings to change it.
Any way to add the Universal's Today icon to the Wizard?
Or failing that, how can I add Start Menu shortcut to the 'Screen' option in Settings?
Check out phm tools keys. They have a screen rotation shortcut.
I think there are registry hacks to show the screen rotation UI icon though (WM2003 at least)
V
CJSnet said:
I had a Universal until recently (too bulky, buggy, and Wizard is so much nicer!) so I now have the Wizard/O2 Xda Mini S.
On the Uni there was an icon on the Today page for changing orientation of the screen with 1-click. On the Wizard there is none, and I have to navigate through several menus in Settings to change it.
Any way to add the Universal's Today icon to the Wizard?
Or failing that, how can I add Start Menu shortcut to the 'Screen' option in Settings?
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er...slide the keyboard out?
vijay555 said:
Check out phm tools keys. They have a screen rotation shortcut.
I think there are registry hacks to show the screen rotation UI icon though (WM2003 at least)
V
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Thanks, would really like that reg hack if anyone can find it?
EDIT: I found this for the Universal but it has no effect on my Wizard:
To change the display of the screen rotation icon in the system tray
The setting is at 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\GDI\ROTATION'
The 'HideOrientationUI' DWORD value can be set to '1' to hide the icon or '0' to show the icon
For example, to hide the screen rotation icon
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\GDI\ROTATION\HideOrientationUI = 1
wilesd said:
er...slide the keyboard out?
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CRAP! I opened this thread for the sole purpose of making that exact smart-ass response. You suck.
:? Just to clarify for those of you who don't credit me with a milligram of intellect, I wish to orientate the screen when not using the keyboard. This is a feature of WM5 and the Universal allows you to do it from the home screen, but not the Wizard.
I have however solved it by using Spb PocketPlus
CJSnet said:
:? Just to clarify for those of you who don't credit me with a milligram of intellect, I wish to orientate the screen when not using the keyboard. This is a feature of WM5 and the Universal allows you to do it from the home screen, but not the Wizard.
I have however solved it by using Spb PocketPlus
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Anyway to do it without installing pocket plus ?
Why not hook it up to one of the hardware buttons ? If you're worried about running out of buttons, you can probably install one of the button managers?
I've got '<Rotate Screen>' (built-in option in Buttons) under the 'voice call' button, and Magic ScreenShot under the same button+hold (normally 'voice memo'); I highly doubt I'll use either of those voice functions, so they fit nicely there
I just added it to mort button, but its still a key press and then a tap of the screen, would much prefer a today icon just to be tapped.
Well, maybe time for a developer to step in and make a tiny application that rotates the screen
http://www.devx.com/wireless/Article/21590/1954?pf=true
and
http://www.pocketpcdn.com/articles/rotatese.html
have code examples, but no compiles (boo, hiss - why is that?)
ZeBoxx: I've done it, but PHM tools already contains very effective screen rotation icons. Find PHM Keys... assign to hardware key or shortcut or whatever. Use his or my VJTrayLaunch and stick it in the tray as well if you want... oh, mort script does this as well I think.
V
Well, there we go
And for more light-weight (are they, really? I have no idea);
270-degrees (for Wizard):
http://www.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=15527
90-degrees (exact opposite side :x):
http://www.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=15011
180-degrees:
http://www.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=15332
PHM Keys seems to have some other neat things that I might download it for, but personally I'm happy with just having <Rotate Screen> under the 1 button (no special button managers)
off-topic: is the PHM website ever going to be back?
I have pocket plus 3 installed, so i just added 'Rotate screen left' onto the close button context menu.
Now its just a click-hold and click away - even from within a program (comes in handy when using internet explorer).
Hi,
I've looked, clicked and sworn at it, but I just don't know how to get rid of the small bar at the very bottom of the today screen, just above the softkey indicators. At the moment it just has the (standard t-mobile) mini battery icon and the mini connection icon.
I've got no idea where the controller for this part of the today screen is. I'd really love to get rid of it altogether and have a few extra pixels for pocketplus. It just seems to be totally wasted screen real estate for me. I see other people have got useful stuff in this area, if there's a personalisation programme out there for it, please hit me up.
Cheers,
Chris
If you just want to remove those icons - which removes the tray as well - see this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=40133
If you want to remove it altogether, try:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=27331
And if you want to customize the tray with icons to specific apps, try "PHM TrayLaunch" - it's part of the PHM PowerToys - can probably be ripped out somehow and made stand-alone.
Sorry guys, ToggleToday is still WM2003 only right now. I'll update as soon as I get a few minutes. It's complicated to write, since the tray gets refreshed on screen rotations etc. And I'm just too busy to deal with it properly right now Soon...
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Hey, thanks very much guys
PHM TrayLaunch looks like a very useful app, but I'm struggling to successfully add programs/icons. For example, if I want to have ActiveSync as one of the icons in the tray, does anyone know what should be entered as the "target"?
I'm afraid I don't have my phone in front of me, but trying navigating through your \windows\start menu and checking the properties for existing shortcuts.
Eg Find activesync, display properties, and it will display the target for the shortcut. That's your baby.
V
vijay555 said:
Sorry guys, ToggleToday is still WM2003 only right now.
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oops
Unfortunately I can't find a way to display properties for a shortcut - Explorer's "tap & hold" menu only allows you to cut/copy/paste etc - there's no "properties" window like there is on normal PC-Windows.
Fork, try gsfinder or another explorer replacement.
Also try having a read through this:
http://vijay555support.host4phpbb.com/viewtopic.php?t=30
V
Thanks Vijay, I've downloaded Resco Explorer 2005 but cannot find the ActiveSync shortcut anywhere on my device! Does anyone know what the shortcut is to start ActiveSync?
It's not obvious!
\windows\replog.exe
V
Thanks for the reply Vijay, but replog.exe doesn't exist anywhere on my device.
Sorry, missed one letter
"\windows\repllog.exe" on my Universal.
V
Thanks Vijay, bizarely repllog.exe doesn't show up in my Windows folder using Resco Explorer, but setting this as the path gives me an ActiveSync icon in the tray - so it's obviously finding it.
Unfortunately, clicking the icon doesn't launch ActiveSync. It briefly displays "Connect to" in the top title bar before disappearing, and the Today page remains onscreen all the time.
Any other suggestions you can think of?
Thanks,
Fork, it depends on what state the activesync app is in at the time. It doesn't always like to show itself in my experience as well. Not entirely sure why. Sometimes when you're disconnected it will show, sometimes when you're connected it'll show?
In resco, ensure you're displaying hidden files, system files and rom files.
V
Thanks Vijay, I hadn't spotted that option in Resco Explorer - it shows up now.
Dear Friends,
As an one month owner of Htc Universal, i searched the internet a lot and found lots of information. Also this great forum is really helpfull for me to do the rom updates or hacks provided by the experienced members... But i am thinking to open a topic to share what i found with all description... So i want to upload all the cabs and hacks i found, in an ordinary way... Probably most of the hacks which i uploaded here may be given a time ago in these forum or somewhere else... So this topic is aimed to be a collection pool of all the hacks for newbies like me and i will try to update the topic frequently... Any help to me is really great and for any mistake of mine, please forgive me...
Regards and thanks...
HTC UNIVERSAL HACK COLLECTION POOL!
**** NONE OF THE HACKS, UPLOADED IN THIS TOPIC, BELONG TO ME...I HAVE COLLECTED ALL OF THEM FROM THE INTERNET... THANKS GO TO THEIR PROGRAMMERS AND FOUNDERS....
*** AFTER APPLYING HACKS, PLEASE POWER OFF THE PHONE AND WAIT FOR 5 SECONDS AND THEN SOFT RESET...
HARD RESET:
PLEASE DONT FORGET TO BACKUP YOUR IMPORTANT DATA.
PRESS BOTH SOFT KEYS ON THE KEYBOARD AND RESET HOLE WITH STYLUS AT THE SAME TIME TO DO A HARD RESET...
BOOT LOADER MODE(USB/SERIAL):
FIRST DEATTACH SIM AND SD/MMC MEMORY CARD.
DISCONNECT USB CABLE.
PRESS BACKLIGHT BUTTON + POWER BUTTON + RESET HOLE AT THE SAME TIME.
YOU WILL SEE " SERIAL " ON THE SCREEN.
NOW CONNECT USB CABLE TO ENTER " USB " MODE.
PHONE KEYS VIBRATION EFFECT:
With this hack, you can feel the vibrate effect while pressing phone keys...
PHONE KEYS SOUND EFFECT:
With this hack, you can go back to default settings after phone keys vibration effect hack...
SHOW CONTACTS FIRST NAME SURNAME ORDER:
With this hack, you can change the view style of contacts to first name surname. After installation, tap and hold any contact and slect the file as option from the menu...
CHANGE BACKLIGHT KEY COMMAND:
With this hack, you can change the command of back light button to any program other than backlight function...
CLEARTYPE ON FOR PORTRAIT AND LANDSCAPE MODES:
With this hack, you can activate clear type both for portrait and landscape modes...
ACTIVATE PHONE SKIN WITH 3D BUTTONS:
With this hack, you can activate phone skin with 3d buttons in the expense of some memory and speed..
BLUETOOTH VOICE DIAL COMMAND OFF:
With this hack, you can deactivate the launching of voice command program and get opportunity to transfer the playing music directly to bluetooth headset by pressing the voice call button on the bluetooth headset (must be supported by bluetooth headset)...
BLUETOOTH VOICE DIAL COMMAND ON:
With this hack, you can reactivate voice call function over bluetooth headset...
DISABLE SECURITY:
With this hack, you can disable security procedures just after a clean hard reset without extented rom installations...
PERFORMANCE TWEAK HIGH RESOURCES:
With this hack, you will change the all storage caches,audio prioty,soft keyboard sensivity,font cache,glyph cache,deactivate start menu and windows animations with high amount of memory allocations...
PERFORMANCE TWEAK LOW RESOURCES:
With this hack, you will change the all storage caches,audio prioty,soft keyboard sensivity,font cache,glyph cache,deactivate start menu and windows animations with low amount of memory allocations...
WIFI G MODE ON:
With this hack, you can activate the mode for connecting wifi networks only for g protocol but be advised that there is no significant speed improvement over b mode...
WIFI SCAN INTERVAL LOW:
With this hack, you can consume some battery power while wifi is on by lowering the scan interval of wifi networks...
POCKET IE TWEAKS:
With this hack, you can change the parameters of pocket ie.the changes are make fit,zoom to small,search page as google,max request and max connections,cleartype on for ie,pocket ie as msie6.0 ...
ENHANCED FILE DIALOG:
With this Hack, you can enhance the builtin file dialog applet to browse whole the phone easily in the dalog window.just copy all the files in the archive to windows dir and soft reset.After run the file dialog applet from control panel and check the option Exchange standart File Dialog.
SOFT KEY APPLET:
With this hack, you can change the soft key commands.Just copy the file in the archive to windows dir and soft reset.After run the applet from control panel...
DSP ENHANCER -BASS&TREBLE SETTINGS:
With this hack, you can set the level of bass and treble easily via applet in the control panel. Especially you can feel the basss and treble changes by headset... ( Removed! Reported to be not working with Htc Universal )
UNLOCK EXTENDED ROM:
With this hack, you can get extra 10 mb free space in the new mounted storage area called ExtendedROM...Simply after installing cab, just run the ExtROMUNLOCKER from start menu - programs and soft reset.After you can add or delete any file in this new storage space or organize it with the cabs which you want to automatically be installed after hard reset...
HIDE ROTATE ICON FROM TRAY BAR:
With this hack, you can hide rotate icon from tray bar...
SHOW ROTATE ICON ON TRAY BAR:
With this hack, you can show rotate icon on tray bar...
HIDE WIRELESS MANAGER ICON FROM TRAY BAR:
With this hack, you can hide wireless manager icon from tray bar...
SHOW WIRELESS MANAGER ICON ON TRAY BAR:
With this hack, you can show wireless manager icon on tray bar...
HIDE BATTERY ICON FROM TRAY BAR BATTERY:
With this hack, you can hide the battery icon from tray bar...
SHOW BATTERY ICON ON TRAY BAR:
With this hack, you can show the battery icon on the tray bar...
ACTIVATE TRUE VGA MODE:
With this hack, you can activate true vga mode (96 dpi instead of 192 dpi). Installation information included.
WM5 NEW MENU
With this hack, you can change one of the soft keys as a new menu like in windows mobile 2003...
DISABLE GPRS AUTO CONNECT
With this hack, you can disable gprs autoconnect and then connect manually whenever you want...
BLUETOOTH ICON ON TRAY BAR
With this hack, you can see and change the status of bluetooth from tray icon.
***UPDATE: 03.03.2006***
TUNE CLEAR TYPE LEVEL:
With this hack, you can tune the level of clear type from high to low or from low to high. Very usefull when using true vga mode. Install and run the program from start menu...
POCKETIE BLANK HOME PAGE
With this hack, pocketie will start with a blank home page...
DATE+TIME ON TITLE BAR
With this hack, date and time is available on the title bar...
Nice post ¡¡
Hey man....Good Efforts.keep it up..
tweaks
awesome work mate cheers
oh man!!! I tried the Vibrating Keypad function, was cool,,,, but I wanted to revert back and boom; it messed up completely,,, i cant even dial fast now; your soundkeypad file seems to be problematic...
any solutions?!!??!?!?
hmm ok... fixed it by goind through the registry and deleting the SOUND as string and creating new SOUND as dword... that worked... :roll: oh man, what a hassle.
on the other hand::: your tweaks seem to be very interesting :wink: good work, keep it up!
Dear matt_x,
After your experience i have rechecked the hacks for phone keys and there is no problem in my device... Let me advise you;first install this hacks and then a soft reset should be a good way...
Regards and thanks...
How do view/install?
Hi,
Very interested in the hacks, but how do you install them? I can't open them or view them, can anyone point me in the right direction.
Cheers
Yohanson
Re: How do view/install?
yohanson said:
Hi,
Very interested in the hacks, but how do you install them? I can't open them or view them, can anyone point me in the right direction.
Cheers
Yohanson
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You should put them in the memory cord of your phone, then click them from there.
The .CAB files should be installed FROM THE PHONE.
goodluck
Hey great work with the hacks
Thanx for sharing
Used the Soft Key app & it works great. cheers.
Problem sorted
Or some reason when I was downloading the files they were changing to .php not .cab. So with a quick change of name all working fine.
Anyone know how to change internet explorer reg back to original settings?
cheers
Dear yohanson,
Most of the tweaks for pocket ie can be easily changable within pocket ie by options menu...
Regards and thanks...
protochip,
great works !!! thanks for the "compilation"
Manage to installed :
DSP ENCHANCER -BASS&TREBLE SETTINGS
* Works very well.
SHOW CONTACTS FIRST NAME SURNAME ORDER
* Works very well.
POCKET IE TWEAKS
* Can't find where to do the changes. Unable to find the new setting in IE menu.
cheers,
Simon
brilliant
Dear simontee,
After applying pocket ie hacks there will be no new menu.I meant that if you want to go back,you can change some of the tweaks within pocket ie.For example you can change the zoom setting to larger or make fit to desktop from the menu of pocket ie.But other tweaks are directly written to registry ( cleartype, pocket ie as msie6.0, ... )
Regards and thanks...
Nice work will give them a try on my BA...
protochip...
thks for replying.... great works !!! keep it up !!!
cheers,
Simon
HI.
HI. PROTOCHIP.
I KNOW YOU FROM SX1 FORUMS.
I THING YOU CHANGE YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM.
ANYMORE YOU WILL USE WINDOWS MOBILE.
ONCE UPON A TIME YOU PREFERED SYMBIAN.
WELCOME TO WINDOWS MOBILE.
GREAT WORKS.
Dear wildwind,
As you know, technology is improving very fast... As an ex-owner of Siemens Sx1 i am proud of it. Now it is time for windows mobile and time for Htc Universal... Who knows what will become popular next year, be sure i will be so close to it...
Regards and thanks...
Hey guys,
I just got my HD and have really no clue how to get the gsen to work so i can write sms and emails in landscape. Also I would like a few other applications to be in landscape too.
Can anyone help me??? It would be greatly appreciated.
Can someone please help me? or give me website that gives instructions? I really need help for this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
gsen should by default enable landscape for almost any app (with some exceptions like tf3d and so on). after installed you should run gsen manually and then notice if the screen rotation is working. then if you like etc you can run gsen cfg and set it to autostart via left soft key.
crashDebug said:
gsen should by default enable landscape for almost any app (with some exceptions like tf3d and so on). after installed you should run gsen manually and then notice if the screen rotation is working. then if you like etc you can run gsen cfg and set it to autostart via left soft key.
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Is it the best software for the HD to use for auto-rotation? Also how do i install it on the phone? thats my main problem. It seems to have come already pre-installed but cant figure out how to work it....
simply download the cab trasfer to phone and tap on it from the phone
OmZ said:
Is it the best software for the HD to use for auto-rotation? Also how do i install it on the phone? thats my main problem. It seems to have come already pre-installed but cant figure out how to work it....
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Pre-installed?..... GSen doesn't come pre-installed.
Where did you get it from?
He's probably just talking about the original rotator that excludes most everything, aside from the media/internet based programs.
Works??
Hi again.
I installed the prog right now, started and open the settings. Screw the phone -< works fine. close settings, open programs, tur the phone again -> nothing happens. Like in nearly) every other program. Opening the settings again, nothing happens too.
So i turned the GSEN off an on again sometime, settings work but nothing else.
WHAT'S THE PROBLEM???
Thx for reply
Did you read the readme.txt file that came with gsen?
Works fine on my HD
Here is a part of the file:
1. Description
Auto-rotate screen on SOME devices with g-sensor.
Install GSen and run it.
If you run it again, program will ask you "Unload program?".
If you answer yes - program will be unloaded.
This also possible without question with parameter #unload.
You can use configuration shortcut for edit configuration file.
This file can include this command:
#window(text or class name) - add window description
#timeout(value) - default value 1000 ms
#onlyfor(0|1) - if 0 auto rotate work for all programm except defined by #window, otherwise ONLY for this program.
By default program not rotate screen if Manila or Teeter is foreground application, but you can edit this list.
#fdscreenoff(0|1|2) - if 1, program will switch off screen if you put device with screen on bottom, if 2 device will suspend.
#lockscreen(0|1) - if not present = 1, can prevent, if enabled, rotation with locked device
#poweroff180(0|1) - if not present = 0, determine interpretation of rotation to 180, 0 - rotate screen, 1 - power off.
GSen can indicate self state,
you can setup it with this commands:
#show(0|1) - if 1 GSen will show one pixel (by default) indicator on top bar.
#x(X),
#y(Y) coordinates of this indicator, default X=240,Y=1
#clr(R,G,B) - color, default white (255,255,255)
you also can setup width and height (#width(W), #height(H))
Commandline parameters:
#load - load app, if loaded already - exit without questions
#unload - unload app
#toggle - if loaded will unload, otherwise will load, usable with one shortcut
#about - show about window
if you start without parameters - program will ask "Unload?" if already exist one instance, or simple run if not exist.
NOTE: some programs, like Teeter game, cannot start in landscape mode, so switch to standard display orientation before.
Cheers
Yep
... I did.
First time I installed it I changed someting in the configfile as advised. But it doesn't work so in uninstalled and reinstalled it. Then started the prog.
SOMETIMES the picture turnes but not everytime.
I've got a HTC Touch Diamond :-o Shouldn't be the problem i guess...
Okay...
I just changed timeout to 5 and it works just fine on HTC touch HD
Guess it shoudn't be a problem on Diamond.
What is the Contacts program name?
In the GSen Configuration file, I want to be able to tell the program to leave the Contacts screen alone (to not rotate). The only problem I have is that I don't know the actual program name for Contacts, and where is it located?
Thanks,
Peter
Got it ...
I figured it out. When I entered the following command into the GSen configuration file:
#windows(Contacts)
It didn't work because I didn't first save it. Now that I've entered it again, and then saved the file, it works.
Peter
Is there any way to set it to rotate the Today screen? I'm using the default config and all programs rotate apart from Today.
Steeph said:
Did you read the readme.txt file that came with gsen?
Works fine on my HD
Here is a part of the file:
1. Description
Auto-rotate screen on SOME devices with g-sensor.
Install GSen and run it.
If you run it again, program will ask you "Unload program?".
If you answer yes - program will be unloaded.
This also possible without question with parameter #unload.
You can use configuration shortcut for edit configuration file.
This file can include this command:
#window(text or class name) - add window description
#timeout(value) - default value 1000 ms
#onlyfor(0|1) - if 0 auto rotate work for all programm except defined by #window, otherwise ONLY for this program.
By default program not rotate screen if Manila or Teeter is foreground application, but you can edit this list.
#fdscreenoff(0|1|2) - if 1, program will switch off screen if you put device with screen on bottom, if 2 device will suspend.
#lockscreen(0|1) - if not present = 1, can prevent, if enabled, rotation with locked device
#poweroff180(0|1) - if not present = 0, determine interpretation of rotation to 180, 0 - rotate screen, 1 - power off.
GSen can indicate self state,
you can setup it with this commands:
#show(0|1) - if 1 GSen will show one pixel (by default) indicator on top bar.
#x(X),
#y(Y) coordinates of this indicator, default X=240,Y=1
#clr(R,G,B) - color, default white (255,255,255)
you also can setup width and height (#width(W), #height(H))
Commandline parameters:
#load - load app, if loaded already - exit without questions
#unload - unload app
#toggle - if loaded will unload, otherwise will load, usable with one shortcut
#about - show about window
if you start without parameters - program will ask "Unload?" if already exist one instance, or simple run if not exist.
NOTE: some programs, like Teeter game, cannot start in landscape mode, so switch to standard display orientation before.
Cheers
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i dont understand any of this talk.. if you go into the gsen edit screen, are those what will not rotate? eg, i would like to see the settings screen rotate, how do i add that? would it be something like #window(settings.exe)