Does anyone know a way to put the date on the taskbar with the start button and time etc? I want to do this so I can remove the date from the today screen, and also so I can see the date from any window, like the time.
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=WM5_Tweaks_Other
At section `Change the display of the clock in the taskbar`
Note: Once you've change the registry. Give it a good (say) 3-5 minutes for it to have it registered/stored before doing a soft reset. If the time/date doesn't change after soft reset, check the registry again, probably you didn't give it enough time to update. Although this reg edit is relatively harmless, back up your device before doing so.
hanmin said:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=WM5_Tweaks_Other
At section `Change the display of the clock in the taskbar`
Note: Once you've change the registry. Give it a good (say) 3-5 minutes for it to have it registered/stored before doing a soft reset. If the time/date doesn't change after soft reset, check the registry again, probably you didn't give it enough time to update. Although this reg edit is relatively harmless, back up your device before doing so.
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Thanks, this worked great, I have the date on my taskbar now, however when trying to alter the short date I have a problem. If I do this example given, "To change the Short Date Format to show "Mon/2" = ddd/d" then this works fine. What I actually want is to show the day and the month, i.e. for the 5th June, i'd like it to display 05/06. I've tried to do this but it displays as "05/m". Any ideas why this happens?
bumpety bump!
You need to use an uppercase M, not lowercase m.
m = minutes, which is invalid in the date field, so it just uses 'm'
M = month, which is valid in the date field, and so should show the date.
Note that if you want the leading zero, you'll need to use MM.
What device or ROM does the Tweaks thread cover?
My Cingular 8125 doesn't have the key described for changing the clock and/or date on the taskbar. :?
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Shell has no "TBOpt" key on my 8125.
Anyone know where the tweak can be made on the 8125?
Thanks.
ZeBoxx said:
You need to use an uppercase M, not lowercase m.
m = minutes, which is invalid in the date field, so it just uses 'm'
M = month, which is valid in the date field, and so should show the date.
Note that if you want the leading zero, you'll need to use MM.
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Result! Works a treat now, thanks
J-Mac said:
What device or ROM does the Tweaks thread cover?
My Cingular 8125 doesn't have the key described for changing the clock and/or date on the taskbar. :?
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Shell has no "TBOpt" key on my 8125.
Anyone know where the tweak can be made on the 8125?
Thanks.
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The key doesn't exist, you need to create it.
fuel925 said:
J-Mac said:
What device or ROM does the Tweaks thread cover?
My Cingular 8125 doesn't have the key described for changing the clock and/or date on the taskbar. :?
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Shell has no "TBOpt" key on my 8125.
Anyone know where the tweak can be made on the 8125?
Thanks.
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The key doesn't exist, you need to create it.
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Cool - Thanks.
I had considered it, but without knowing, I didn't want to add a key.
No problem! Just post again if you have any trouble
I tried to do this per instructions but the final 6 (5/5/06) cuts off. I tried to change it to short date but it didnt work. I had to add the SSDte key but it deletes everytime i restart the phone.
Anyone have any idea how to fix this issue? It appears the date is being cut off...
That's the space reserved for the X/OK button covering the 6.
I don't know how to change the date in the taskbar to the short date format. That would probably help.
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Anyone have any idea how to fix this issue? It appears the date is being cut off...
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how about changin the separator[/] to [.] in date settings
J-Mac said:
That's the space reserved for the X/OK button covering the 6.
I don't know how to change the date in the taskbar to the short date format. That would probably help.
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Ok.. now in short format with either M/d or M/dd I get some odd display. See attached.
Did you try leaving a pace or two after the date code?
J-Mac said:
Did you try leaving a space or two after the date code?
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You sir, are the winner. Thanks a ton. It makes me very very happy to see the date right where I want it.
FreakinSyco said:
J-Mac said:
Did you try leaving a space or two after the date code?
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You sir, are the winner. Thanks a ton. It makes me very very happy to see the date right where I want it.
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Great!
Where was the registry key for changing the date, BTW? (Never get used to this WM5!!)
Never mind - add it, right?
I'm looking for keys that ain't there again!
Does this work on the AKU2 roms?
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FreakinSyco said:
J-Mac said:
Did you try leaving a space or two after the date code?
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You sir, are the winner. Thanks a ton. It makes me very very happy to see the date right where I want it.
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Great!
Where was the registry key for changing the date, BTW? (Never get used to this WM5!!)
Never mind - add it, right?
I'm looking for keys that ain't there again!
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I used RegistryWizard to get the date onto the taskbar. It does not have any formating options for the date... thus why im in this thread.
See here for RegistryWizard:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=39725
Some people are having issues with the latest version (including me) but the second most recent works fine to add the date.
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Hi. Quick question. Per
http://www.phm.lu/PocketPC/RegTweaks/Tweak.asp?ref=52
it is possible to display date above time on top of the screen but this hack results in date displayed in DD/MM/YY format on my XDA2.
Does anyone know of a different value for this registry key that will display date in DD/MM format along with the time?
Thanks in advance & best regards
In our case, the XDA II registry does not have any entries for HLM\nls\overrides so you will have to create the same.
SSDte -- the short date style d M yy
change to dd/MM
Thanks for your reply but I am a little confused. Sorry.
Are you saying I should change the system wide short date format from dd/mm/yy to dd/mm to achieve my goal? If yes any ideas how I can do this without using Control Panel / Regional Settings applet? The Date tab there has preset formats in the drop down and does not allow me to enter dd/mm as a format.
Is I totally misread it can you kindly re-iterate? Thanks a lot!!!
What you have todo is:
1st set the desired format in control panel
2nd apply the registry tweak
The date displayed after the soft reset is in the format you've set in the control panel regional settings
Success
Right. I got it so far. Now the question is how can I se tthe short date format to be DD/MM then. The control panel does not have this as an entry in the selection drop down and does not allow free form entry.
Thanks for your help. Regards
In registry go to
HKLM\nls\overrides
Create a new string key which is named SSDte and give is the value dd-MM
it works like a charm
greets
Thanks a lot! That worked great!!!! The key was there actually in my case and was set to d/M/Y. Changing it to dd/MM was simple enough. I tried changing the setting through the Control Panel applet and I observe that whatever setting I change it to gets to be stored in HKLM\nls\overrides under SSDte and once I change it to anything but dd/MM this option is no longer in the drop down. Thanks for the pointer.
Would you also happen to know where I need to go for changing the time format from 12H to 24H? My Today screen shows 4:56 right now and I would like to show 16:56 if possible. Your help is most appreciated.
Time Format
Let me first clearify that what I told you is the same as told by zabes64.
The time format is done in the same registry part
If there is a key STFmt then change this if it is not then create it (string type)
The time format is as follows:
H 24 hours no leading zero
HH 24 hours with leading zero
m minutes no leading zero
mm minutes with leading zero
s seconds no leaing zero
ss seconds with leading zero
Think you would enter something like HH:mm:ss of HH:mm etc.
Choice is yours
markutah, thank you sooo much!!! this worked great! Now I know one more way to make my XDA look & work just the way I like it. Thank you very much!
Re: Time Format
markutah said:
Let me first clearify that what I told you is the same as told by zabes64.
The time format is done in the same registry part
If there is a key STFmt then change this if it is not then create it (string type)
The time format is as follows:
H 24 hours no leading zero
HH 24 hours with leading zero
m minutes no leading zero
mm minutes with leading zero
s seconds no leaing zero
ss seconds with leading zero
Think you would enter something like HH:mm:ss of HH:mm etc.
Choice is yours
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markutah or anyone else, I have followed these instructions perfectly and I get the date in the correct format and the time in 24 hour format but no matter what I do it will not show me the seconds....I am missing something or is this not possible.
a small digital clock glued to your chosen place on the screen would be ideal, no impact on ram or storage either.
cruisin-thru said:
a small digital clock glued to your chosen place on the screen would be ideal, no impact on ram or storage either.
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Now was this suppose to be helpful????
TaskBarDate
The registry-editing-nerds like myself, can also use a nice freeware called TaskBarDate with the same results.
Regards
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markutah or anyone else, I have followed these instructions perfectly and I get the date in the correct format and the time in 24 hour format but no matter what I do it will not show me the seconds....I am missing something or is this not possible.
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Have the same issue here. Haven't found a solution yet.
Regards.
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markutah said:
markutah or anyone else, I have followed these instructions perfectly and I get the date in the correct format and the time in 24 hour format but no matter what I do it will not show me the seconds....I am missing something or is this not possible.
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Have the same issue here. Haven't found a solution yet.
Regards.
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Thanks, very curious. Just tried to do this again (ROM reinstalled). Date & time great except for seconds. Rebooted, and now my PocketBreeze does not display on the Today screen. Go to settings and it is still checked off, tried rebooting still nothing.
I have only 7 items in my settings and 6 are checked.
Removed these settings and rebooted, PB is back.
I'm sure i saw a thread with this on, i cant find it for the life of me though..
Can anyone assist ?
Here it is:
http://wiki.howardforums.com/pocketpc/index.php/Remap_Left_Today_Screen_Softkey_(Calendar)_(WM5.0)
Or here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=33242
Thanks guys
EDIT - however, when i make the change using PHM Regedit.. it changes the label of the soft key but not the functionality.
...and after a soft reboot it changes the label back too :S
Any ideas?
just tried it, it's great!
don't do a soft reset, switch the phone off with the power button.
some reg changes only work on a re-start.
also changed right key as well
thanks for sharing
aliendad said:
don't do a soft reset, switch the phone off with the power button.
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Disco!
That's the ticket. Thanks all
Dont for get if your using a Vario it has an option in the control pannel...
Terran
Thats correct, but you can't point that to specific exe's though. There's only a list of apps to choose from.
gazzrenn said:
Thats correct, but you can't point that to specific exe's though. There's only a list of apps to choose from.
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True...
Terran
i have used the "lnk" for tomtom & tcpmp by putting the full path "windows\start menu\\programs\tcpmp.lnk"
and they both work fine
going to be a pain when i do my next soft-reset
Hi all,
It's freezing in London, UK! Anyways...
I hate the o2 phone skin I am stuck with, I noticed once before after a hard reset there was a much nicer skin - im guessing it was the default WM5 skin...I know it was blue... Well - I want it back ..
So today's question from me..
How do I change my phone skin.. WITHOUT HARD RESET..
Ta
lol..its bloody freezin!..
here u go...speeded up my exec..and actually prefer the simple default skin anyway..use resco or any other registry editor
To set or remove the operator phone skin
The setting is at 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Security\Phone\Skin'
The 'Enabled' DWORD value can be set to '1' to show the operator skin or '0' to show the default skin
wow that is so much faster! Thanks!
Although - I was talking about a completely different skin? Unusual!
Ahh well this one is just what I need - a phone.
Ta!
The problem with method is that you lose the button for video calls. Is there a way around it?
Thanks
redjupiter said:
The problem with method is that you lose the button for video calls. Is there a way around it?
Thanks
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the button on the keyboard? Does that work?
look for the post called "a collection of hacks" or something on those lines. I remember seeing a cab to change the phone skin...
cheerio
San
Riceburner said:
redjupiter said:
The problem with method is that you lose the button for video calls. Is there a way around it?
Thanks
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the button on the keyboard? Does that work?
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HI,
I tried the buttons and I cannot get video calls with the default phone skin (as explained above).
Thanks.
the most interesting about it actually is that it will give you 10 Megs of RAM...if you can live without the videocalling.
My videocalling button appears to work. :?
AndyME said:
the most interesting about it actually is that it will give you 10 Megs of RAM...if you can live without the videocalling.
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How exactly do you get that extra space?? Does it require a hard reset or can you delete the extra files? If the latter which are the correct files to delete?
Hi,
it´s possible to change the X Button with ne other icon?
Maybe better for Finger?
Thanks
Bye
Which X button? Top right corner?
Changing the icon won't make it bigger. Do you want it bigger?
V
Yes i mean this X Button to close programms.
I would like to make it more wide for finger to klick better.
Like the iphone x button!
Changing Icons
I have changed several icons on my machine with Reshacker.
mrram said:
I have changed several icons on my machine with Reshacker.
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Thanks. I've been looking this for a long time.
But tell me, which file i have to change for x button ???
maybe OT, maybe not...
hihihi, i think you may have PROBLEM with that idea..., as you need to edit core dll's, and file may be broken anyway by reshacker/restorator...
i.e. - i am trying to change start menu m$ icon, although it seems to be possible, still no idea, what is wrong with file i am getting after resource exchange(menu(!) icons are changed, gfxes messed up despite of only 1 bitmap change)....
need help with it...
as far i remember file which is keeping many of sys gfx is coredll.dll.0409.mui, or coreres.dll.0409.mui.
"close image" may be there too.
every system image may be changed; although some dlls AREN'T accesible with restorator/reshacker.. ;/
i think you may try to use wisbar advance - it is HEAVY program ,but you may draw light wise skin for x-button(and other icons on taskbar) for it(button may be wider)...this is only thing i could recommend(...but not on omap cpu's lol)...
best effects on wm03 i had with icbar:
(sry i had gif for what i am talkin' about)
you rather cannot make taskbar taller, so wider buttons may be what you need...
djsven said:
Hi,
it´s possible to change the X Button with ne other icon?
Maybe better for Finger?
Thanks
Bye
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Hi,
You may want to look at BatteryStatus plugin as one of the feature is to change the X button size.
- added: DWORD CloseButtonWidth ( create this registry-value and set it to 60 will span the [x]-button over the clock for a finger friendly handling ) 2Pe_�a@Nw
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http://www.pxdxa.com/read.php?tid=49110
http://www.chi-tai.info/cs_BatteryStatus_XDA_Neo_WM5_iM_cs.htm
HTH.
Cheers,
Vibranze
BYe the way, can i only intecreat this dword in my registry to change the button??
djsven said:
BYe the way, can i only intecreat this dword in my registry to change the button??
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Hi,
I don't know, you may want to give a try
Cheers,
Vibranze
vibranze said:
Hi,
You may want to look at BatteryStatus plugin as one of the feature is to change the X button size.
http://www.pxdxa.com/read.php?tid=49110
http://www.chi-tai.info/cs_BatteryStatus_XDA_Neo_WM5_iM_cs.htm
HTH.
Cheers,
Vibranze
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This doesn´t work for me, dunno why Every other registry change works but this one not. I downloaded and installed the version from pxdxa.com and it should be build 0236, but when you install it, it shows build only 0235!
Full version name sounds: Ver. 1.04.203 beta4 Build 0235
Any suggestions?
robinhlozanka said:
This doesn´t work for me, dunno why Every other registry change works but this one not. I downloaded and installed the version from pxdxa.com and it should be build 0236, but when you install it, it shows build only 0235!
Full version name sounds: Ver. 1.04.203 beta4 Build 0235
Any suggestions?
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Sorry, no idea, can't help further as I use "Ok" button to close program so I don't use this plugin.
You may want to email the author on this, sure he/she more happy to help you
Cheers,
Vibranze
Hi all,
In the program tab, there are few items were locked, can not be removed. Anybody can enlight us how to unlock these items, I don't use that few items often, I'd rather change something using more often. Please refer to the screen captured. Thanks!
Second Part of my first post.... ahem.... only post..... ahem....
Hope this helps. I would backup the Registry/or those keys first incase you want to get them back if you delete them.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=517546
What is IDEAS BTW?
It's a bit of registry editing I'm afraid..... also have a look here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=500381
M.
Also, can i just ask what battery icon is that? Does it work well on the D2?
Thanks
I just did this today.
HKLM/Software/HTC/Manila/ProgramLauncher/
The Reg Folders correspond to the shortcut location. 0 = first (Home) and so on.
Change "IsReadOnly" from 1 to 0
Hi,
and nobody knows how to go further then 19 applications?
i would had appreciated that HTC implemented , a customizable
multi-pages/tabs programs list, sliding from page 1 to 2 etc with a finger gesture.
19 is not enough for me and pi8 installation created at least 8 entries(task, calendar...) in the "standard" programs list , making me scrolling uselessly down
thanks
regards
craiglay said:
Also, can i just ask what battery icon is that? Does it work well on the D2?
Thanks
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its the _FInixNOver(BatteryIconsOnly) cab.`
it works oke, but check this:
restart you phone put in your code-- look at the size of the pads of the numbers.
install the cab. restart then look again.
its a minor glitch !
HTC Touch Freak said:
Second Part of my first post.... ahem.... only post..... ahem....
Hope this helps. I would backup the Registry/or those keys first incase you want to get them back if you delete them.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=517546
What is IDEAS BTW?
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THanks!
IDEAS is the program by Singapore Singtel's internet program in the SIM's card. Stupid program.
Sorry to be off topic but I did not understand:
its the _FInixNOver(BatteryIconsOnly) cab.`
it works oke, but check this:
restart you phone put in your code-- look at the size of the pads of the numbers.
install the cab. restart then look again
a] what code and what pads of the numbers.
I installed the cab then restarted ...not there
reinstalled [it deleted previous] restarted ...still not there.
Again many thanks
Haha.. Singtel sells HTC? I thought only starhub has the contract to sell it.... I bought mine from starhub
how to activate the Programs tab?
please, let me know how to activate the Programs tab? I don't have one, and there is no option to activate it in the Settings/Customize Tabs.
thank you
elmalote said:
I just did this today.
HKLM/Software/HTC/Manila/ProgramLauncher/
The Reg Folders correspond to the shortcut location. 0 = first (Home) and so on.
Change "IsReadOnly" from 1 to 0
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Works
Change 0 1 2 3 perform a soft reset and you can re-arrange the start menu
Thanks Elmalote
What a great forum!
Hi Guys,
That's a great solution to ged rid of the useless tabs. Thanks a lot!
Is there a chance to put Folders/Directories in the Start Menu? This would be even better.
Before on my Kaiser I had MortButtons and for example a tab for Internet applications, one for games, one for tools, etc.
I miss this...
Regards,
JTGBDR
Alfredos said:
Works
Change 0 1 2 3 perform a soft reset and you can re-arrange the start menu
Thanks Elmalote
What a great forum!
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UW glad to help
receand said:
please, let me know how to activate the Programs tab? I don't have one, and there is no option to activate it in the Settings/Customize Tabs.
thank you
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Does Clicking on the Start button pull up the programs? That would be the programs tab. If you are looking for the programs tab on the bottom of TF3D well it is not there. You can do a reg edit to enable it down in the tabs but it does nothing. You cannot add, edit, or launch an app from it. Sorry.
In ProgramLauncher entry, you don't forget to add a dword totalItemCount and put the max value you want (for example 30 in decimal, for 30 icons on ProgramLauncher).
If you create 31 folders in the registry,the icon appears but you can't add the program, you need to increase the totalItemCount , 35 for example.
elmalote said:
I just did this today.
HKLM/Software/HTC/Manila/ProgramLauncher/
The Reg Folders correspond to the shortcut location. 0 = first (Home) and so on.
Change "IsReadOnly" from 1 to 0
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Thanks pal! It works on my HTC D2 WM6.5!!