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Let's start a thread of all the reg tweaks ppl have come up with. If they are saved as .reg files (to an SD), we can install them with a mere double-click by using TRE (options>associate), and anyone can contribute to this post WITHOUT having to build .cab files! Why is this kewl; cos when u hard reset it's a real ball-ache to go back into all the forums to find the tweaks u applied and to navigate thro TRE to re-apply them all. This applies particuarly to settings (Owner info etc). Over and above, we are no longer beholden to tweak shareware, but have full and instant control over our settings.
Each tweak should have 2 reg files; Apply the tweak, and remove the tweak (if possible). In this manner, we can have a directory of reg files, and can turn on and off tweaks with a simple d.click.
Attached is a basic set I've compiled. Please let everyone know if any are a problem (ie perhaps whole key gets replaced and overrides something u have already changed). Files described below:
[*]Reg Date_In_Titlebar ON.reg
Adds the date to the title bar, with format according to your short-date format under settiings>regional (or found manually changed in another Tweak I'll cover later). I do NOT have a .reg file that will undo (ie delete) this new key, but it's easy to see what key is being added so u can delete it. <Credit: Well known PPC tweak - I probably learnt from toenailed>
Can someone please find out where we can change the font for this - it's a horrible bold font that doesn't fit in the space available?
[*]Reg Font_Menu_+_Pop_700 ON.reg
Change menus and popups to a smaller font. Nice size, makes VGA look more VGA-like, yet not so small that it fails cleartype nor looks daft. Requires a reset. <Credit: Well known PPC tweak - I probably learnt from toenailed>
[*]Reg Font_Menu_+_Pop_900 DEFAULT.reg
Reset above change to default of 900
[*]Reg Font_System_700 ON.reg
Changes system font to 2 pts smaller. I find that dialog boxes with radio buttons got a bit wierd, and you don;t get much more screen estate height cos of icon sizes staying the same in file lists, so I don't bother with this tweak. Requires a reset. <Credit: Well known PPC tweak - I probably learnt from toenailed>
[*]Reg Font_System_900 DEFAULT.reg
Turn above off
[*]Reg GPRS_+_3G_Always _On DEFAULT.reg
Awesome tweak to make sure ur phone connects to GPRS/3G and stays there. However, you'll want to switch this off overnight etc, which is the main reason I created this post and these reg files. NOTE: you will absolutely HAVE to replace the "MTN SA Web" bit with the name of your connection which you will find in this key using TRE
<Credit: BrettS http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=30277>
[*]Reg GPRS_+_3G_Always _On ON.reg
Turn off the above. Remember to change connection name in file
[*]Reg PIE_Homepage_Default.reg
When u press the E (explorer) keyboard key u go to clubimate homepage - annoying. This resets that hard button to whatever u want (current reg file is windows\default.htm)
<Credit: I forget, someone on clubimate forums>
[*]Reg TerminalServices_Cache_Larger DEFAULT.reg
AWESOME improvement in Terminal Services client horrible black blocks. Increases cache sizez - I did not notice an increase in traffic/cost
<Credit: Carnivor from MS KB http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=29996>
[*]Reg TerminalServices_Cache_Larger ON.reg
Turns above off
More coming as I go thro the wiki and toenailed tweak posts and extract usefull ones for us lonely Universal users...
can you add the actual keys to here?
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Universal_Registry
cos of this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=30396
Doh! That post came up after I started this thread.
Still this thread is useful for the actual .reg files to same n00bies some time (and to save me time too). I'll make sure everything here is duplicated there tho.
Here are a few more .reg files:
Several versions of date_in_title_bar (covered above)
Hide_Screen_Rotation icon
Hide that icon that allows u to rotate screen - but JJ does it automatically so Icon is not so necessary
Regional_settings
These are for me - u should edit file in text editor to customise 4 yourself. Best part is my short date format that keeps date in title bar small and visible
Ringtone_settings
Customise as above
Screen_Speed_Glyph_Cache
Double your screen cache. COsts a LITTLE memory, and improves screen size
Screen_font_'smaller'
Set screen font size to "smaller". This can be changed in "settings"m and I only include it here in line with my suggestion that we have a collection of files to run quickly on reset. You may want to customise as above
SIP_Settings. Ditto
All in updated zip file.
I would really appreciate if anyone can find a way to get rid of the Last Call in the dialer screen... I know its somewhere hidden in Registry, but I dont seems to be finding a way to get tru it...
Having the Last Dialed No. showing rite up on the Dialer Screen is really bothering and if you happened to press the phone button by mistake twice there we go the last dialed no. has been dialed already for you....
Bump: no-one contributing to this learning?
haven't found anything else worth posting yet m8, u got the best ones already :wink:
craigiecraigie4: Thanks for these - great idea!
I have a suggestion:
HKCU/ControlPanel/Backlight sets the backlight duration for the keyboard (in seconds). It's available through the control panel, but I like it set to more than the CP maximum of 10 seconds. Sorry - I don't know how to create a reg file.
To reset, choose another value in the backlight control panel applet.
Don't have any others to add though
Found another one:
Change the width of the vertical scroll bar and the height of the horizontal scroll bar so they take less room on the screen:
HKLM\System\GWE
Change cxVScr to (say) 10 to make vertical scrollbar narrower. Default value is 14
Change cyHScr to (say) 10 to make horizontal scrollbar narrower. Default value is 14
This change affects various scroll options in the system including the up/down arrows in selection boxes. 10 is a nice size.
This one is in this forum:
from davidberrysmith
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Any body remember these reg tweaks from himalaya? they still work
*** Speed Up Your Windows Mobile Pocket PC.
1. Open your registry editor o_n your Pocket PC
2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\GDI\GLYPHCACHE\
3. Change the value of 'limit' from 8192 to 32768
4. Close registry editor and soft reset.
*** disable start menu animation
Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\GWE\Menu\
Change the "AniType" value from 6 to 0.
_________________
i-mate jasjar
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SiliconS said:
Found another one:
Change the width of the vertical scroll bar and the height of the horizontal scroll bar so they take less room on the screen:
HKLM\System\GWE
Change cxVScr to (say) 10 to make vertical scrollbar narrower. Default value is 14
Change cyHScr to (say) 10 to make horizontal scrollbar narrower. Default value is 14
This change affects various scroll options in the system including the up/down arrows in selection boxes. 10 is a nice size.
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Nice one dude. I can't make the .reg file cos I can only create reg files of the entire key, and there are too many other things under GWE that users may have changed.
Internet Explorer
Somewhere in those forums I found the IE reg hack to make mine 5.5, this helps connecting to my bank account and viewing other secured sites.
read this somewhere
To change the ability to receive files via Bluetooth (OBEX)
The setting is at 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Obex'
The 'IsEnabled' DWORD value should be set to '1' to enable OBEX and '0' to disable OBEX.
For example, to enable the ability to receive fles via Bluetooth
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Obex\IsEnabled = 1
says receive so i dont know about send, try it!! might be it
But apparently now this is the same feature as the receive incoming beams setting in connections.
Yes, I know that's not free but 90% of all this hacks have been included in Tweaks2K2. And the other 10% are about to be included :twisted:
Yeah, true. Idea of this thread was to have a facility whereby a hard reset can be quickly restored to a working device - install a few basic apps, run the .reg files, and there u go. Takes me about half an hour from HR thro to up and running perfectly.
craigiecraigie4 said:
Yeah, true. Idea of this thread was to have a facility whereby a hard reset can be quickly restored to a working device - install a few basic apps, run the .reg files, and there u go. Takes me about half an hour from HR thro to up and running perfectly.
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With your .reg files as inspiration I'm just about getting there in the same way. I've written down all the steps and I just run through them. I've done this since I had my XDA2 and it makes a hard reset so much less traumatic:
Code:
Hard reset. Wait for Today screen then soft reset.
Connect cable to ActiveSync. Set up guest connection.
Turn off beams, error reporting
Set basic clock accuracy
Copy Step 1 files to root of PPC [These are the CABs for the programs I install]
Run CABs. Leave O2 Connections CAB. Put gps.CAB and PIMAddin onto storage card
Run TRE registry editor. Associate .reg files to TRE
Open the .reg file [This applies my registry settings. See below]
Run O2 connections CAB
Copy all Step 2 files to root of PPC [This adds shortcuts to StorageCard-installed programs to my Start Menu and gives me my freeware email client and PZP icons and profiles]
Run SDK Certs CAB
Run OzVGA. Change all fonts to same size as qVGA
PPC: edit registry: browse to HKLM\ControlPanel\GPS Settings. Delete the DWORD marked "hide"
CPL > Personal > Buttons: match Button 2 to [Task switcher], Button 4 to <Rotate Screen>; Set button lock
CPL > Personal > Menus: ActiveSync, File Explorer, Internet Explorer, nPOPw, Pocket Informant, Task Manager, TomTom Navigator
CPL > Personal > Owner: set owner information
CPL > Personal > Phone: change band to GSM
CPL > Personal > Today: set items to Date, PZP, PocketPlus, PocketBreeze, Messaging; set theme to Windows Default
CPL > System > Clock: Show time on all screens
CPL > System > Regional: Set locale to UK
CPL > Connections > GPS: set program port COM0
Soft reset
Set password for PPC
PC: backup previously sync'ed files folder
PC ActiveSync: delete previous partnership. Don't delete sync'ed files folder
CPL > System > About: Set DeviceID = XDAExec
Connect PPC and PC with cable
Sync only Contacts, Calendar (all), Tasks, Favourites
Sync files. Replace the items on the device
PocketBreeze: import settings
PocketPlus: import settings
PocketInformant: run and let it fanny about
PocketWeather (on PocketBreeze tab): import settings
Run ListPro. Enter registration code
Disconnect from PC
Set up phone speed dials
Set up voicedial tags
Set up ActiveSync via Bluetooth to Workstation
Set up bond to headset
Set up bond to GPS thingy. Choose Serial Port as profile
Start TomTom Navigator. Run through startup.
InternetExplorer: sort out view settings. Set default page to about:blank
Choose Transcriber input method. Import settings file
This is my .reg file that does almost everything I need done in one step:
Code:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ControlPanel\GPS Settings]
"Group"=dword:00000002
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Backlight]
"QKeyLedTimeout"=dword:0000001e
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client]
"Keyboard Layout"="00000409"
"BitmapPersistCacheSize"=dword:00000001
"BitmapCacheSize"=dword:00000015
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\GDI\GLYPHCACHE]
"limit"=dword:00004000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\nls\overrides]
"SSDte"="d/M "
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\OEM\KEYBD]
"PieHomePage"="about:blank"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shell]
"TBOpt"=hex:\
13,00,00,00
It makes a massive difference using commercial software that has a reliable import/export process for the settings and this, IMHO, is usually the biggest difference between paid-for software and freeware alternatives.
Silicon, don't u want to re-post your post here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=31697
We need more of these 'standard' configs to help new users get up n running without giving up on their universal.
dude, your screen - how?
craigiecraigie4
how did you make htc look like that?
is it standard? emailable? I don't really want the merc style if it can be changed, but its a nice screen all the same
Re: dude, your screen - how?
simon_darley said:
craigiecraigie4
how did you make htc look like that?
is it standard? emailable? I don't really want the merc style if it can be changed, but its a nice screen all the same
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You don't want merc!! well u can just f off then! ;-)
It's WisbarAdvance2 with WAD - see another post I started in this forum. u can put in on any universal, with whatever walpaper u want, and there are plenty of free skins
Re: dude, your screen - how?
craigiecraigie4 said:
It's WisbarAdvance2 with WAD - see another post I started in this forum. u can put in on any universal, with whatever walpaper u want, and there are plenty of free skins
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Whatever it is, it's distracting to have such a big picture in your signature in such text-based forums.
Sorry craigiecraigie4. Don't mean to offend. Just MHO.
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...
OK I was working in the customization of the HTCHomeplug.
What is HTCHomeplug? If you own a HTC X7500 Advantage (the HTC make of Athena or Ameo) then in the Today screen you got a plugin that shows some icons like Battery, Rotation, Comm Manager, Screen Light, Quick GPS and TVOut. What I discovered is who to deal with this plugin in order to change the icons and applications associated there.
I used PHM Registry to edit entries at the PPC registry, but you can use the editor of your like.
First is access using the registry editor to this entry:
/HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/HTC/HTCHomeplug
There is the configuration of the plugin. There we will find two entries pointing to the first two icons (Battery and Rotation) that seems to be configured in a different way that the rest of the icons. Those are the two DWORD entries:
PowerIconSlot with value of 0 (this means the first position in the plugin)
RotateIconSlot with value of 1 (this means the second position)
The rest of the positions in the HTCHomeplug appears like KEY entries with names from 2 to 5 meaning positions 3 to 6 in the plugin bar.
Inside each key (2 to 5) we find 3 values (or entries):
1- iconindex DWORD type of Decimal which contains 103 in the case of entry KEY 2
2- LaunchApPath STRING contains the path to the executable file associated to the icon
3- ResPath STRING contais the path to the resource file which contais the icon image poited by iconindex entry. This path points to a DLL or EXE file containing the icon image.
So... since we want to add a icon/application we need to create the entry KEY 6 and we must create both STRING entries and DWORD one inside the KEY 6.
To add Tomtom Navigator in the HTCHomeplug (as an example) I added:
iconindex = 101
LaunchApPath = \Program files\Navigator\Tomtom Navigator.exe
ResPath = \Program files\Navigator\Tomtom Navigator.exe
So I'm using the icon storaged in the Tomtom Navigator executable file itself and my Tomtom is in the path I show in the entry. Off course this could not match your installation.
How I found the iconindex information that points to the icon in the Tomtom's EXE file??? Easy I used a program called RViewer (for PPC) develop by Vicott Wong. The program can by found in Google or in the web page shown in the About screen.... http://mobile-sg.com
Running that program and browsing the EXE file (or a DLL) we can see the index for each resource and if it's an image the image is display in the screen, so I found the 101 is the index for the Tomtom icon inside de EXE file.
Once the entries in the Registry are done the rest is easy. Just go into Start - Configuration - Personal - Today and int the Elements Tab. There unmark the HTCHomeplug and exit the configuration going into the Today screen to check that the plugin is not in the screen. Then we back to the Today configuration and select again the HTCHomeplug to mark it. Once we are back into the Today screen we will see the new icon.
(OK in the previous paragraph I'm translating the menu options and clicks from my spanish release of WM5 into english one so the names could not match... what you need to do is configure Today screen to remove the plugin and to configure again to insert the plugin, that way the plugin is reseted and the new icons loaded).
I did several tests and looks like the HTCHomeplug only supports 7 icons (0 to 6) but since many of the original icons are not use on daily bases we can setup up to 5 programs in that plugin leaving the Battery and Rotary icons in its place.
I hope this is useful... and I beg your pardon for my poor english.
Regards,
mahjong
P.S.: I posted this first at todopocketpc.com in spanish. If you know that language maybe you prefer read it in my mother language. For sure will be much better written.
mahjong said:
OK I was working in the customization of the HTCHomeplug.
What is HTCHomeplug? If you own a HTC X7500 Advantage (the HTC make of Athena or Ameo) then in the Today screen you got a plugin that shows some icons like Battery, Rotation, Comm Manager, Screen Light, Quick GPS and TVOut. What I discovered is who to deal with this plugin in order to change the icons and applications associated there.
I used PHM Registry to edit entries at the PPC registry, but you can use the editor of your like.
First is access using the registry editor to this entry:
/HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/HTC/HTCHomeplug
There is the configuration of the plugin. There we will find two entries pointing to the first two icons (Battery and Rotation) that seems to be configured in a different way that the rest of the icons. Those are the two DWORD entries:
PowerIconSlot with value of 0 (this means the first position in the plugin)
RotateIconSlot with value of 1 (this means the second position)
The rest of the positions in the HTCHomeplug appears like KEY entries with names from 2 to 5 meaning positions 3 to 6 in the plugin bar.
Inside each key (2 to 5) we find 3 values (or entries):
1- iconindex DWORD type of Decimal which contains 103 in the case of entry KEY 2
2- LaunchApPath STRING contains the path to the executable file associated to the icon
3- ResPath STRING contais the path to the resource file which contais the icon image poited by iconindex entry. This path points to a DLL or EXE file containing the icon image.
So... since we want to add a icon/application we need to create the entry KEY 6 and we must create both STRING entries and DWORD one inside the KEY 6.
To add Tomtom Navigator in the HTCHomeplug (as an example) I added:
iconindex = 101
LaunchApPath = \Program files\Navigator\Tomtom Navigator.exe
ResPath = \Program files\Navigator\Tomtom Navigator.exe
So I'm using the icon storaged in the Tomtom Navigator executable file itself and my Tomtom is in the path I show in the entry. Off course this could not match your installation.
How I found the iconindex information that points to the icon in the Tomtom's EXE file??? Easy I used a program called RViewer (for PPC) develop by Vicott Wong. The program can by found in Google or in the web page shown in the About screen.... http://mobile-sg.com
Running that program and browsing the EXE file (or a DLL) we can see the index for each resource and if it's an image the image is display in the screen, so I found the 101 is the index for the Tomtom icon inside de EXE file.
Once the entries in the Registry are done the rest is easy. Just go into Start - Configuration - Personal - Today and int the Elements Tab. There unmark the HTCHomeplug and exit the configuration going into the Today screen to check that the plugin is not in the screen. Then we back to the Today configuration and select again the HTCHomeplug to mark it. Once we are back into the Today screen we will see the new icon.
(OK in the previous paragraph I'm translating the menu options and clicks from my spanish release of WM5 into english one so the names could not match... what you need to do is configure Today screen to remove the plugin and to configure again to insert the plugin, that way the plugin is reseted and the new icons loaded).
I did several tests and looks like the HTCHomeplug only supports 7 icons (0 to 6) but since many of the original icons are not use on daily bases we can setup up to 5 programs in that plugin leaving the Battery and Rotary icons in its place.
I hope this is useful... and I beg your pardon for my poor english.
Regards,
mahjong
P.S.: I posted this first at todopocketpc.com in spanish. If you know that language maybe you prefer read it in my mother language. For sure will be much better written.
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Excellent post and thanks for your efforts and sharing! I'll be trying this out later. Just what I was looking for.
I'll report my experiences later.
Excellent! I will try this!
When using TrueVGA, does anybody know a way of making the icons work? I see only 1/4th of an icon, and it's even the wrong icon. The only icon is the one for the Light Settings...
Anybody know the iconindex for Opera so i can have the Opera icon instead of Web&Walk icon!
Mahjong tells you how to find it...
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How I found the iconindex information that points to the icon in the Tomtom's EXE file??? Easy I used a program called RViewer (for PPC) develop by Vicott Wong. The program can by found in Google or in the web page shown in the About screen.... http://mobile-sg.com
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No Joy I'm afraid...
I'm afraid that it hasn't worked for me on the Ameo. Maybe it's due to how T-Mob have configured/altered things with their customisation of their ROM.
I reverted to using the TrayApplet in the same regedit folder that the HTCHompeplug resides in, but to no avail.
Quote "Just go into Start - Configuration - Personal - Today and int the Elements Tab. There unmark the HTCHomeplug and exit the configuration going into the Today screen to check that the plugin is not in the screen. Then we back to the Today configuration and select again the HTCHomeplug to mark it. Once we are back into the Today screen we will see the new icon.
(OK in the previous paragraph I'm translating the menu options and clicks from my spanish release of WM5 into english one so the names could not match... what you need to do is configure Today screen to remove the plugin and to configure again to insert the plugin, that way the plugin is reseted and the new icons loaded). " End Quote.
No HTC Plugin on the Ameo Today settings menu either, but visible in HLKM...software etc...as the HTCHomeplug.
I can get some of my choice of programs in the TrayApplet, but not the associated icons!!??!!
Same as before when I tried. Anyone else with an Ameo who has had success in getting it to work with the right icons?
Hi,
Thanks for the tip, it's really useful! I wanted to customize the plugin but didn't have the patience to go through all the registry.
Twp questions though:
- I made a shortcut for the calculator (calc.exe) but the icon is too big (both res. index 0 or 100 in calc.exe). Is there a way to scale it down, or a smaller calculator icon in another file? What's the "main" icon library for Windows Mobile (the equivalent of shell32.dll under Windows)
- I tried to make a shortcut to the phone application, but I can't find the exe file (the Start menu shortcut doesn't point to an exe file, but to :MSCProg?......). And I can't find the icon either...
Please help.
Regards,
Silviu
Hi silviu.h.
Which Athena device do you have, Advantage, Dopod or Ameo?
Hi, I have the HTC Advantage (not Ameo, not Dopod), and the vanilla french ROM.
silviu.h said:
Hi, I have the HTC Advantage (not Ameo, not Dopod), and the vanilla french ROM.
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Thanks for the reply. That would explain why to a large extent it works on your device.
P.S. try \Windows\HTCICON.dll (I think that is the equivalent to shell32.dll)
Let us know how you get on.
Thank you for your answer.
The hack from mahjong works OK, except for the quirks I have already posted above (the Calc.exe icon is too big and I can't find the main icon store). htcicon.dll doesn't exist
However it's OK for Tomtom.
I'll keep you posted on my findings (I'm not giving up, I just have to go to bed )
See you,
Silviu
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No HTC Plugin on the Ameo Today settings menu either, but visible in HLKM...software etc...as the HTCHomeplug.
I can get some of my choice of programs in the TrayApplet, but not the associated icons!!??!!
Same as before when I tried. Anyone else with an Ameo who has had success in getting it to work with the right icons?
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Yeah that was the reason for adding this to my note: "If you own a HTC X7500 Advantage (the HTC make of Athena or Ameo) then in the Today screen you got a plugin..."
Only for HTC users I'm afraid.
Best Regards,
mahjong
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Yeah that was the reason for adding this to my note: "If you own a HTC X7500 Advantage (the HTC make of Athena or Ameo) then in the Today screen you got a plugin..."
Only for HTC users I'm afraid.
Best Regards,
mahjong
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Well, you can simply enable it on the T-Mobile Ameo using the following Reg-Keys:
- Navigate to: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Today\Items
- Create a new Key named: HTC-Homeplug (or whatever you like)
- Navigate into that key
- Create the following items under that key:
String: DLL
Value: htchomeplug.dll
DWORD: Enabled
Value: 0 (or 1 if you want to enable it directly)
DWORD: Flags
Value: 0
DWORD: Options
Value: 0
DWORD: Order
Value: 0
DWORD: Type
Value: 5
After doing the above go to your today-screen settings and the Homeplug plugin is there...
Cheers
I seem to have BOTH HTCHomeplug and Trayapplet on my Ameo
It seems that there is a today item [email protected] or something I can turn on/off that doesnt appear to do anything, I beleive this is turning on/off the HTCHomeplug.
Because Trayapp is already on, and overwriting the HTChomeplug you only see its icons, therefor the homeplug is hidden.
I will experiment with turning off trayapp then turning on the @home today item and see what happens, but it looks like a lot of the confusion for Ameo users is the fact both are installed.
I did a hard reset, and didnt fiddle with the home/tray stuff, so this is how the rom set it up!
HKLM/software/htc/HTCHomeplug
HKLM/software/htc/TrayApplet
Both have keys of (and ONLY of),
PowerIconSlot=0
RotateIconSlot=1
In them.
Under HKLM/software/microsoft/today/items/[email protected]
DLL=hztdplug.dll
enabled=0
flags=0
options=0
order=1
type=5
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I seem to have BOTH HTCHomeplug and Trayapplet on my Ameo
It seems that there is a today item [email protected] or something I can turn on/off that doesnt appear to do anything, I beleive this is turning on/off the HTCHomeplug.
Because Trayapp is already on, and overwriting the HTChomeplug you only see its icons, therefor the homeplug is hidden.
I will experiment with turning off trayapp then turning on the @home today item and see what happens, but it looks like a lot of the confusion for Ameo users is the fact both are installed.
I did a hard reset, and didnt fiddle with the home/tray stuff, so this is how the rom set it up!
HKLM/software/htc/HTCHomeplug
HKLM/software/htc/TrayApplet
Both have keys of (and ONLY of),
PowerIconSlot=0
RotateIconSlot=1
In them.
Under HKLM/software/microsoft/today/items/[email protected]
DLL=hztdplug.dll
enabled=0
flags=0
options=0
order=1
type=5
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The T-Mobile plugin has nothing to do with the HTC-Homeplug. HTC-Homeplug provides the sam functionality as the TrayApp.
The [email protected] Today Plugin is only useful for T-Mobile customers as it provides functions for HomeZone users.
The dll name hztdplug.dll means HomeZoneTodayPlugin...
If you want to use the HTC-HomePLug plugin you have to create the registry key I've posted above.
Cheers
Ok, I dont want the homezone rubbish.
But im still stuck with both HTCHomeplug and Trayapp
How do I enable/disable the trayapp? That doesnt seem to have any today element to it. I cant get icons working at all in trayapp and wanted to try the HTCHomeplug as that looks a much more userfriendly app.
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How do I enable/disable the trayapp?
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Go to HKLM\init
Delete the Launcher for TrayAp.exe. On mine it is Launch92...
Make a Softreset after you changed this setting and the TrayAp is gone.
Cheers
Thanks!
I now have the HTC Homeplug working, and the trayapp gone! W00t!
I like the bigger icons, and now I can edit them better im happy. Much nicer.
Anyone thought about coding a contol panel applet for this homescreen plugin??
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Excellent! I will try this!
When using TrueVGA, does anybody know a way of making the icons work? I see only 1/4th of an icon, and it's even the wrong icon. The only icon is the one for the Light Settings...
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If you use combination of Spb pocket plus and Commmgrpro, you don't need to deal with these problems of wrong size icons in the comm manager and home plug. Both of these need not be used at all.
I'm yet to find a replacement for Spb GPRS monitor though. SPb GPRS monitor also have problem displaying in true VGA. There are some but they do not show the kbps figure - only the downloaded volume.
Hi all since I'm using WM6 I like the HTC Home Plugin but it drain a lof of resources so I draw a simple rlToday skin wich is like first one
- This skin do not need mortscript
- You need only rToday plugin and a font to be installed
(also you can update skin.xml to use system fonts)
How to install:
1) unzip the skin and copy the folder under \Program Files\rlToday
2) copy *.ttf to \Windows\Fonts
3) enable this skin in rlToday plugin via Setting\Today from start menu
Note:
* If you like to change the clock font remember to adjust XY coord
* You can choose to show current operator or cell broadcast message by updating the XML with these registry paths:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\State\Phone\Current Operator Name
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\State\Phone\Cell Broadcast
Change log:
20070805
- Fixed hour digit X coord
- Added the current CELL Broadcast message
Thanks you all forum.xda
Cell Broadcast Messages?
Thanks.. I have modified the applications since most of them are different on my 6828. + added Last Incoming Call line as well. Do you have any idea whether rlToday supports Cell Broadcast Messages?
whawhawha...héhé...nice job
I go to try !
is there a formula to make this 240x240 compatible? or it's just trial and error?
There is a complete documentation for rlToday here
Worth reading it
The front of the phone has a beautiful high quality metal finish, at the bottom we have the phone end and send buttons, the end button also doubles up as the home button, a Windows key which is a requirement for future devices that will support Windows Mobile 6.5 and a back button. Above the keys you can see the zoom slider, this is a touch sensitive panel that you slide your finger along to zoom in and out of pictures and web pages.
Links to control panel items on the HTC Leo HD2. Some of these will work on different platforms, some won't. This article relates to my HD2 Leo running wm 6.5.x build 28232, but it should be common across all hd2 roms.
Control panel items are generally not files in their own right, rather they are bundled together into .cpl files.
To create a link directly to a particular control panel item is easy. (we will use the USB to PC Activesync screen as our example)
Open a new notepad document on your pc, paste in the command
23#ctlpnl.exe mycpl.cpl,34
save the text file, (example usb2pc.txt) and then rename the extension from .txt to .lnk (LNK for 'link')
Move the file usb2pc.lnk to the phone, and move it to the windows\start menu folder.
Now when you click an empty quicklink space you will find that usb2pc is now available to set as a quicklink.
The command explained.
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23#ctlpnl.exe mycpl.cpl,34
23 == tells the system how many characters are in the command. (Seems not to matter too much whether this is correct or not, at least on the HD2)
# == is the delimiter to signify the begining of the command.
ctlpnl.exe == is the control panel program that opens and executes the .cpl file.
mycpl.cpl == specifies the .cpl file to use.
,34 == is the index of the command within the cpl file. Not every index is used.
You can further specify the exact tab to open for items held in the cplmain.cpl file by specifying the tab number at the end.
For example
24#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,2 calls up the owner info ident tab
whilst
24#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,2,1 calls up owner info, but on the notes tab.
Looking for this info online turned up the fact that it doesn't stay quite the same from one version of windows mobile to the next, and manufactures can add their own .cpl files too, so I decided to manually try the variants and compile a list specific to the hd2
The one exception to the cpl method is for the power settings, which have now been moved to powerexe.exe
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22#ctlpnl.exe mycpl.cpl,1 - advanced network settings (hsdpa enable)
22#ctlpnl.exe mycpl.cpl,2 - clear all data! (hard reset screen)
22#ctlpnl.exe mycpl.cpl,3 - phone info
22#ctlpnl.exe mycpl.cpl,4 - battery & backlight (To open on a specific page, see the powerexe.exe links)
22#ctlpnl.exe mycpl.cpl,7 - wifi settings
23#ctlpnl.exe mycpl.cpl,34 - USB to PC
23#ctlpnl.exe mycpl.cpl,35 - G-Sensor Calibrate
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12#Powerexe.exe - power and backlight
12#Powerexe.exe 1 - battery tab
12#Powerexe.exe 2 - backlight tab
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24#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,1 - phone password settings
24#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,2 - owner info - ident
24#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,2,1 owner info - notes tab
24#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,3 - battery & backlight
24#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,4 - memory - main
24#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,4,1 memory - storage card tab
24#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,5 - about - version
24#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,5,1 about - device id tab
24#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,5,2 about - copyrights tab
24#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,6 - fails to open 'backlight.exe' (use powerexe.exe instead)
24#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,7 - screen align
24#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,7,1 screen clear type
24#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,7,2 screen text size
24#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,8 - input method
24#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,8,1 input options
24#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,9 - sounds & notif - sounds
24#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,9,1 sounds & notif - notifications
25#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,10 - remove programs
25#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,12 - program h/ware buttons
25#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,12,1 program h/ware buttons up/down
25#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,13 - home - appearance settings
25#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,13,1 home - items
25#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,14 - domain enroll
25#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,16 - clock&alarms - Time
-----------------------------cant specify alarms tab?
25#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,17 - wifi - wireless networks tab
-----------------------------cant specify network adapters tab?
25#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,18 - regional settings - region
25#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,18,1 regional settings - number
25#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,18,2 regional settings - currency
25#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,18,3 regional settings - time
25#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,18,4 regional settings - date
25#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,19 - connections - tasks
25#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,19,1 connections - advanced
25#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,20 - phone - sounds
25#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,20,1 phone - network
25#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,20,2 phone - gsm/umts services
25#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,20,3 phone - more
25#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,20,4 phone - advanced
25#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,22 - certificates - personal
25#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,22,1 certificates - intermediate
25#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,22,2 certificates - root
25#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,24 - error reporting
25#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,25 - gps settings - programs(port)
25#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,25,1 gps settings - hardware
25#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,25,2 gps settings - access
25#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,26 - comm manager
25#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,27 - encryption
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25#ctlpnl.exe BTConfigCE.cpl - brings up bluetooth
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25#ctlpnl.exe CarKitMode.cpl - brings up navipanel settings
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30#ctlpnl.exe AGPSSettingsCPL.cpl - location services settings
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35#ctlpnl.exe HTCAccountManagerCPL.cpl - account manager - log in/out
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26#ctlpnl.exe UploaderCPL.cpl - uploader status
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I can't believe no-one's commented on this in nearly 2 weeks! Brilliant job mate. BIG kudos to you for doing this.
Thanks
great job
Wow.
thats great job m8.I'm sure so many people will like this
heh thanks. I got tired of giving out links info that ended up being wrong.
Well I've bookmarked this little gem and have already given it out to one person asking for advice
Also bookmarked, very useful. Thanks for taking the time to put this together!
Great post. Book marked.
Sometimes the simplest explanations are the best ... what a great post ... Thanks!!
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I've been looking at changing the default link icon when you create the link, cos its rubbish, , ,
The icon address is appended to the end of the shortcut, pointing to a dll file and a code position within that file.
I've been browsing through the shellres.192.dll file and it seems lots of the control panel icons (or similar) are held there.
I'm not sure if there are different versions of this file, but it matches on two roms I tried. (a 1.66 and a 2.10)
so, the command for, say, cleartype.
24#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,7,1
the icon path goes after a ? to give
50#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,7,1?shellres.192.dll,-13906
These are just some of the default icons, i'm still looking for the extras in other files. (oh and i can't find what theyre actually called individually, so i described some of them )
replace the number at the end with the corresponding number below.
13840 clock full face
13841 user
13888 phone broadcast wireless
13895 power
13899 about
13900 memory
13901 earth symbol
13902 phone broadcast blue lines
13905 contrast
13906 screen
13909 BT icon
13910 IR icon
13911 phone to pc connection
13924 sounds
13927 plain file icon
13936 keyboard icon
13937 menu icon
13941 certificates
13942 key symbol
13943 files with down arrow
13944 phone with play icon
13952 clock and house
13953 phone
13954 phone and wifi
13961 connections
13969 radio button pressed
13970 radio button not pressed
13996 error symbol
13997 blue globe icon
13998 sd card encryption
13999 wifi round
14000 multiple tick select
14001 task manager
14002 mobile and office block?
Incredible job mate!!
Sooooo Happy
What a gracfully given gift, that even a techtard such as my self can grasp and use. Congradulations on your fatherhood.
Very good work
Thanks for this.
Another way to optimise our shortcuts.
Any solution to assign to shortcuts some icons of my choice?
Thanks in advance
Franky
This is a very useful post. Thank you.
I am just wondering if there is an actual link for the Task Manager? (The one that has the Running Programs List etc.)
Embed Within Settings?
Any way to embed the icon within the Settings folder?
great job Samsamuel! just made a link to remove programs and it works as it should. thanks.
pierre duras said:
Any solution to assign to shortcuts some icons of my choice?
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a_ok2me said:
Any way to embed the icon within the Settings folder?
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see post 9. there are loads of dll files, and lots of them have icons in them. you can reference any file at the end of the command to give the icon
Get a resource editor (i use xn resource editor, but only cos thats the first one i came across) and you can browse the dll, make a note of the number associated with the icon and put that as the extension on teh command.
essequamvideri7 said:
This is a very useful post. Thank you.
I am just wondering if there is an actual link for the Task Manager? (The one that has the Running Programs List etc.)
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browse to your windows folder on teh phone, find taskmgr.exe, press and hold it, choose copy, go to windows\start menu\programs press and hold choose paste as shortcut.
Links to Slider Icons?
samsamuel: Have you been able to create shortcut to slider icons, specifically the HTC email and Settings apps? I've been able to create a link to settings but the icon is incorrect.
dipaolnv said:
samsamuel: Have you been able to create shortcut to slider icons, specifically the HTC email and Settings apps? I've been able to create a link to settings but the icon is incorrect.
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if you mean the big icon that comes up mid screen when you slide, i think they are held in the manila files. (Look in windows\ there are loads of files called xxxx_manila, all those files are what makes up manila, code, graphics, everything.)
Very good work.
All links in cab file would be great !.
KelArth said:
Very good work.
All links in cab file would be great !.
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hehe, it would, but the missus is upstairs on the sofa, 12 hours into labour, so if you dont mind i'll maybe leave that for a while.