I was just wondering how I can replace this file with my custom image again. I have done it before and I don't recall getting denied access to it. I am doing it again on the same ROM i did it on before, just after a hard reset. Can anyone help with how to overwrite/delete/rename this file?
Thanx; Lew
P.S. I tried Resco, it changes the check boxes but when I got back into properties they are re-checked (still cant move the file).
use Total Commander to overwrite it
Thnk you. It worked just fine. I had to se the Copy to command, then put in "\windows" and it overwrote just fine. It wouldent let me delete the old one though... kinda strange. Ah well.
Thanx again; Lew
thanks a lot, i have been looking everywhere for a cure, Total Commander let my bypass it, thanks again
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Hi all,
Havn't posted for a while but I am still here! My exec seems to be running pretty fast now, using ozVGA
Anyways, just installed 2 patched *.exe files into windows directory (Backlight.exe.0409.mui.exe and Power.exe.0409.mui.exe) but me being stupid, I forgot to make a back up of the ORIGINAL backlight.exe and power.exe (located in the Windows DIR on the phone)...
So could somebody PLEASE upload me them two files, as I really need to restore them because using ozvga is hurting my eyes at the moment!
Thank you!
Not sure if this is what you want, since they are ROM files.
They originally had Read-Only, Hidden & System attributes set, but don't know if those will survive being compressed with WinZIP.
HTH
Exactly what i needed.. but I have no such luck of getting them onto the exec! i remove the attributes and it still doesn't let me copy!! DOH! any ideas? and thank you for such a quick reply
peteypye said:
Exactly what i needed.. but I have no such luck of getting them onto the exec! i remove the attributes and it still doesn't let me copy!! DOH! any ideas? and thank you for such a quick reply
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Sorry, wait a minute... That's better just got my spare (hopefully working) brain cell out of cold storage. :roll:
Both files are shown as "ROM" files if I look at their properties in the \Windows\ folder using Resco Explorer, so, errr..... won't they already be there if you delete whatever you've currently replaced them with?
Unfortunately, neither ActiveSync Explore, nor the PDA's File Explorer appear to allow you to overwrite an existing system file on the PDA. Resco's Explorer does allow this, although you get a message saying that the world will probably end if you do. I just tried copying another program into Windows as Backlight.exe. Then deleted my program, and the original was available again. But as mentioned, not posible with File Explorer, nor ActiveSync Explore.
Ok, simply by deleting the two files restored the default versions and fixed my problem.
Thanks for your advice, astage.
peteypye said:
Thanks for your advice, astage.
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Nothing to thank me for ..... since I'm just another fish out of water...
astage said:
Not sure if this is what you want, since they are ROM files.
They originally had Read-Only, Hidden & System attributes set, but don't know if those will survive being compressed with WinZIP.
HTH
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Hi everybody,
I just noticed that on the universal /windos directory there is a file called autocorrect.txt, that contains the text replacement when you mispell something. I am not sure it is the one used by the system, but I tried to modify it to add my own words.
The problem is that this file is in rom, and I cannot edit or delete the file (I tried with total commander)
Any idea?
Copy to PC
Edit
Copy back, with overwrite..
Might have to use Resco..
Anyway, probably same procedure as with sym.txt
Yesterday I tried something like 20 times without success... With Total Commander was not able to clear the rom and system flags... I also tried disabling the autocorrect and soft rebooting, just in case the file was in use...
Today I tried - overwritten without any problem!
Thank you!
I dumped tapres.dll to my PC, modified some of the phone dialogues using Resource Builder 2, now how do I replace tapres.dll on my HTC Apache?
I can't copy it into the PPC's windows directory where the original is, because the original is locked.
Any help with this?
Try total commander. It worked for me in a similar situation.
Can i ask you what you have changed?
Copy the file to the windows directory using total commander, it will overwrite. It still doesnt seam to let you delete the "system" file, but you can overwrite (at least it worked for me)
Later; Lew
Hey Lew,
TC seemed to do it for me first time, wrote over the system file. Decided I needed more work on my edited version, did so...second time around, it wouldn't overwrite my updated tapres.dll on the device.
So, decided to restore the original backed up copy. It let me rename my updated version which DID work, though visually unappealing (Ugly). Copied the original over, reset, no phone. Ugh.
Renamed the ugly version back, and was able to overwrite it with the original backed up tapres.dll. Reset..and again no phone. I have a nice PDA now, without the use of the phone. Grrrr.
Brick anyone?
I'm new to this site and the ways of fooling with the details of this phone. I have an HTC Mogul 6800, WM 6.1, through Sprint. I am trying to install some "iPhone" type software and am stuck almost at the starting point. I'm trying to copy this file
welcomehead.96.png
into the /windows directory on the phone. Since that file already exists on the phone, it would appear that it needs to be overwritten. It won't overwrite as that file on the phone is marked as "read-only". How can I edit that file to remove the "read-only"
thanks
Why not just move the old file to another directory?
I believe you're trying to change the splash screen? Apparantly that file is locked as ROM file and so overwriting may not be possible. Why don;t you change the registry value to point to a different file? Refer this Splash Screen changing guide.
Preffered Registry editior: Free PHM Registry editor
Regards,
Carty..
The file is Read-only, so I can't move it. I tried installing the PHM Registry editor, it thinks it's a Microsoft Daylight savings time update.
glk21c said:
The file is Read-only, so I can't move it. I tried installing the PHM Registry editor, it thinks it's a Microsoft Daylight savings time update.
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Use this......It's a file explorer that will overwrite most system files.
To unlock the registry which you really don't need to do for this simple file overwrite. Do a search for CERegEditor. It's a pc app that will sync to your phone and view aswell as edit your registry. There is a command within the program to unlock with.
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Use this......It's a file explorer that will overwrite most system files.
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Definitely, I confirm this will overwrite that file.
lllboredlll said:
Use this......It's a file explorer that will overwrite most system files.
To unlock the registry which you really don't need to do for this simple file overwrite. Do a search for CERegEditor. It's a pc app that will sync to your phone and view aswell as edit your registry. There is a command within the program to unlock with.
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I've actually had bad luck with Total Commander. I've successfully overwritten the file once out of a dozen tries. I've tried the Copy command as well as Move.
Anyone having better luck that can chime in? I'm wondering if I'm just missing a setting in Total Commander.
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I've actually had bad luck with Total Commander. I've successfully overwritten the file once out of a dozen tries. I've tried the Copy command as well as Move.
Anyone having better luck that can chime in? I'm wondering if I'm just missing a setting in Total Commander.
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Have you tried copy to clipboard?
You can also rename the file and then put the new one in there with the good one.
the 0ne said:
I've actually had bad luck with Total Commander. I've successfully overwritten the file once out of a dozen tries. I've tried the Copy command as well as Move.
Anyone having better luck that can chime in? I'm wondering if I'm just missing a setting in Total Commander.
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Well I can overwrite with TC and GSFinder. I change my splash screen often due to boredom and I can't remember the last time I had an issue. Your ROM stock or Custom?
My ROM is stock. I guess I'll try this softwre listed above, hopefully I can change the value of this file as it can't be moved, overwritten or re-named right now.
Hi all,
I just upgraded a couple of days ago to Dutty's latest ROM. Thanks to Dutty for the ROM its great stuff and thanks to CrackWhore for writing the dummies guide to installing it. I had it all messed up until I found that.
Anyway I renamed a copy of of the MSVC exe (voicecmd.exe) to REDIAL.EXE and then copied it into the Windows directory and overwrote the original using Total Commander. I tested it and my double tap on the answer button of my headset was working as expected and starting MSVC - all was good.
Then I soft reset my phone and the next day I went to double tap for voice command and instead it did a redial. Weird right. Anyway I tried copying the file over again using Total Commander it prompted to replace the smaller file "Redial.exe" I confirmed and then got an error stating "Cannot copy or move file!". So I look in the windows directory to see what's there and to my suprise there are two files "REDIAL.EXE" and "Redial.exe"! WTF! When did Windows become case sensitive?
I tried deleting the uppercase version using Total Commander and got "Could no delete 1 files(s)!". Same happens if I try and delete Redial.exe.
Any suggestions on how I might fix this?
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Then I soft reset my phone and the next day I went to double tap for voice command and instead it did a redial. Weird right.
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What's weird about it? There's a file in ROM called redial.exe, and it does exactly this - redial the last dialed number, it's weird to expect a file with such a name to do something else if you ask me.
If you do want to overwrite this file with something else though, try to copy the file you want to rename for somewhere else, not \Windows, rename it there and then copy to \Windows using TC or Resco Explorer - this should work. It doesn't matter what case you use, I think.
Hi vangried, thanks for the reply but I think you missed a bit of my message.
I did exactly as you suggest to replace the file with a copy of voicecmd.exe renamed redial.exe in the first place. Then after a soft reset I've wound up with two copies in the windows folder - one uppercase and one title case. A soft rest shouldn't change any files let alone put two files with the same name but different case in the same folder.
I was trying the process you suggest and getting the error described in my first post.
Worked for me
I replaced Redial.exe using the same case and it worked for me.
I'm using HTC diamond, WM6, ROM 2.0.X
I used this to get rid of annoying redial when I accidentally puch the button of my BT headset.