Hi,
I have a problem with my magician.
Every time I power it on (warm-start) it tries to execute a program (skype) and gives error (because skype was deleted by hand).
I tried looking with a registry editor and could not find the place it's told to start it. No stuff in autorun under \windows too...
where do I look?
Answering my own question
I'll answer my own question as it could be usefull for others ;-)
There's a thing called "notification queue" which is basically a list of programs that need to be started in kernel when things happen.
Skype had installed itself with an APP_RUN_AFTER_RESUME and was starting after each power on. Since I deleted the prog by hand, the queue was left behind.
To delete, I used PocketMechanic (there's a trial version also).
I could not find the references in the registry.
Any body knows how to manage this queue and where it's kept?
I'm hoping someone can help me. I had smartskey installed in '\My Documents\smartskey\smartskey.exe', and now I've moved it to '\Program Files\smartskey\smartskey.exe'.
Whenever my phone wakes up from suspend, I get an error saying "Cannot execute "\My Documents\smartskey\smartskey.exe". I cannot figure out for the life of me where this is getting called from.
I need to change it to reflect the directory change that I moved the file to. I have been looking for some sort of grep-like tool for PPC to where i can possibly search where this is getting called from, but that's not working out either.
Thanks!
--upen
Funny - I came on here specifically to ask the same question. In my case I just upgraded Smartkey from 0.4 to 0.41 - I deleted the old directory and its contents that contained 0.4 and created a 0.41 directory. i deleted the old link to smartkey.exe and created a new one. I did get a duplicate lnk the first time (I assume smartkey created its own and I deleted one of these. Everything seems to work fine including the new features of 0.41 but after suspend I get the same message as above as it tries to start smartkey.exe in the OLD (0.40) program in the old directory. No problem on soft boots..
That's because Water adds a notification to the notification database to execute the smartskey app on a device wakeup.
You can use a tool like MemMaid to modifiy the particular notification and point to the new location of the smartskey app on your device.
Yep, Memmaid handled the issue. I didn't even think about looking in there.
Thanks!
upenox said:
Yep, Memmaid handled the issue. I didn't even think about looking in there.
Thanks!
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If you have orphan notification in the queue, you can copy smartskey.exe into the old directory and run twice. and select close the application in the second pass. The program will delete the notification automatically during close of application.
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I got a severe problem with the pimg.exe on my Wizard, WM5. It doesn't start at all anymore, same goes for the "Pictures & Videos"-link in my programs. It only shows "Pictures & Videos" in the topbar for a split second, then this text disappears again and nothing happened.
Okay, I can workaround with xnview, to view things. But I can't attach any personal photos anymore to a contact!
Is there a way out? I searched the board, but didn't find a thread with a solution
Solution
If you'd moved the file Mfc80u.dll out of \Windows in elsewhere folder then you need to add the new folder path to SystemPath in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Loader\ by adding a new line with its complete path.
I deleted the following shortcuts "Transformers", "MobiTV", "Market Place" and "YouTube" from Windows/Start Menu/Program, thinking they were redundant since they were already on the home screen. But while the icons are still on the home screen, I can't get to the four programs by tapping on the icons; instead, I got the error message about "Shortcut Target" saying "Error opening the shortcut or locating the target filename".
I was able to find the "MobiTV" and "Transformers" folders, but I could not create shortcuts from the .exe files since the "Create shortcut" was gray and did not respond to taps. My questions are: (1) How do I re-create those four shortcuts that would make the icons on the home screen work again? and more generally, (2) How do I create shortcuts (gray-colored) for any .exe files? Any suggestions and help will be much appreciated.
I know that the "Total Commander" app let's you create links where File Explorer doesn't, but I've never actually messed with that part of the app very often.
Tons of folks are complaining about the movie icon, as far as I know no one has found a way to fix it once you break it
You got it the wrong way round.
First, click on "Copy" option for the exe file that you wish to make a shortcut.
Then go to \Windows\Start Menu\Programs, click on "Menu", the option "Paste shortcut" should be available now.
Re-created shortcut for MobiTV, but not for the other three
After seeing your answer, I realized I should have performed them on my HD2, instead of on my synced desktop PC! As long it is a .exe file, a shortcut can always be created for it on Windows program page by using the method you described. Thanks Zentury!
However, I could only recover (re-create) the shortcut for MobiTV since it is a single .exe file. I could not even find where the .exe files are for YouTube and Market Place to re-create the shortcuts for them... As for Transformers, since it is a folder with two .exe files, I could only create shortcuts for each of the two separately on Windows program page, and the icon on the home screen still does not work. Any ideas?
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After seeing your answer, I realized I should have performed them on my HD2, instead of on my synced desktop PC! As long it is a .exe file, a shortcut can always be created for it on Windows program page by using the method you described. Thanks Zentury!
However, I could only recover (re-create) the shortcut for MobiTV since it is a single .exe file. I could not even find where the .exe files are for YouTube and Market Place to re-create the shortcuts for them... As for Transformers, since it is a folder with two .exe files, I could only create shortcuts for each of the two separately on Windows program page, and the icon on the home screen still does not work. Any ideas?
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As for the Transformer Shortcuts use the cab posted, The other exe your looking for are in the windows folder on the phone. You Could always reinstall marketplace, for that shortcut.
Thanks for the attached .cab file! I downloaded the .cab file for Transformers but am wondering where should I put it: in the Device or in the Storage Card, and in what folder?
I did find Market Place and YouTube folders only in the Device's Windows folder, but where are the .exe files for them?! In Market Place folder, there is only one tiny file called ClientLog0 (263B); and in YouTube folder, there are four folders and hundreds jpeg files.... I did the search on my desktop PC for files in HD2 and know there is one YouTube.exc but don't know which specific folder it is in... Without getting to these .exe files, I don't know how to restore/reinstall the shortcuts for them. Please kindly advise. Thanks.
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Thanks for the attached .cab file! I downloaded the .cab file for Transformers but am wondering where should I put it: in the Device or in the Storage Card, and in what folder?
I did find Market Place and YouTube folders only in the Device's Windows folder, but where are the .exe files for them?! In Market Place folder, there is only one tiny file called ClientLog0 (263B); and in YouTube folder, there are four folders and hundreds jpeg files.... I did the search on my desktop PC for files in HD2 and know there is one YouTube.exc but don't know which specific folder it is in... Without getting to these .exe files, I don't know how to restore/reinstall the shortcuts for them. Please kindly advise. Thanks.
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it doesnt matter where you copy the cab file do as long as you know where it is, once it is on the device use the file explorer to find it and run it. Try this cab for the other 2 link files
I tried the Transformers.cab on my Device but failed to install because of "not sufficient system permissions". Earlier, I found Transformers.lnk in Device Windows and paste it on Windows/Start Menu/Program. Tapping on the home screen Transformer button will take me to the two Transformers movies, but I lost the nice Transformers icon on the home screen; instead, I only got the boring old Windows icon in its place. How do I get the nice Transformers icon back on the home screen?
I got YouTube shortcut back to work OK now, but Marketplace shortcut still does not work. The .cab file for Marketplace installed without any error message ("successfully installed on your device") and the Marketplace icon stays on the home screen, but tapping on it does not take me to its web page. Can you suggest anything I can try? Thanks again.
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I tried the Transformers.cab on my Device but failed to install because of "not sufficient system permissions". Earlier, I found Transformers.lnk in Device Windows and paste it on Windows/Start Menu/Program. Tapping on the home screen Transformer button will take me to the two Transformers movies, but I lost the nice Transformers icon on the home screen; instead, I only got the boring old Windows icon in its place. How do I get the nice Transformers icon back on the home screen?
I got YouTube shortcut back to work OK now, but Marketplace shortcut still does not work. The .cab file for Marketplace installed without any error message ("successfully installed on your device") and the Marketplace icon stays on the home screen, but tapping on it does not take me to its web page. Can you suggest anything I can try? Thanks again.
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I would just reinstall the marketplace cab and that should fix it. Not real sure on the icon.
I reinstalled the Marketplace.cab file a few times on my Device, still no luck - tapping on its icon on the home screen won't point to the right web page, only the same error message... The strange thing to me is there seems no .exe file for Marketplace on the device, so ... how did it ever get started?
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I reinstalled the Marketplace.cab file a few times on my Device, still no luck - tapping on its icon on the home screen won't point to the right web page, only the same error message... The strange thing to me is there seems no .exe file for Marketplace on the device, so ... how did it ever get started?
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Hi, just catching up with the latest on your problem resolution. (Note: I'm on the other side of the ocean.)
I took a look at the contents of Marketplace.lnk on my HD2 and the file location is "\Windows\WMMarketplace.exe".
Thank for taking the time to look it up - now I know why I couldn't find its .exe file on the device: it's WMMarketplace.exe, not just Marketplace.exe! Next time when I do the "search", I will use the wild card symbol * in the search string. Some valuable lesson learned!
Anyway, the shortcut problem for Marketplace was solved last night after I found another Marketplace.cab (116kB) provide by zelendel in another earlier xda forum thread. The youtube & marketplace.cab file I've been using and did not work is only about 2kB in size so apparently was not a good .cab file.
The only remaining "missing shortcut" problem I have is now changed to "missing icon" for Transformers on the home screen. The two Transformers.cab files I got from the xda forum all have the error message "not sufficient system permissions" when I tried to install them. Since the installations were "unsuccessful", the ugly blank-look icon in place for Transformers on the home screen still keeps staring back at me ...
Anyone got a Transformers.cab to share that would not cause the "unsuccessful" verdict and would restore the nifty Transformers icon on the home screen? Thanks!
Ive just downloaded that Transformers cab thinking it was going to the movie file or some funky robotic program and all i got was a shortcut leading to nothing??
Hmm, now how the hell do i remove it? Ive deleted the cab file but the shortcut is still visible on the start menu.
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Ive just downloaded that Transformers cab thinking it was going to the movie file or some funky robotic program and all i got was a shortcut leading to nothing??
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Hmm, now how the hell do i remove it? Ive deleted the cab file but the shortcut is still visible on the start menu.
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You probably aren't running the Tmo ROM, right? The transformers link only opens up the player for the movies that are provided to tmo owners on the included 16GB SD card...so all you did was indeed install a "link to nowhere".
You'll need to navigate to /windows/start menu on the phone, and delete the "transformers.lnk" file there.
there is an app on freewarepocketpc.net called "LnkMgr", that you can use to create shortcuts ...
works ok ..
So I have been around here for a small bit of time leeching and I just thought I should share this registry tweak I found.
I tried the various available apps for changing the location where files received by bluetooth are saved but none of them seemed to work with my phone(mogul WM 6.1),
googling around there seemed to be consensus that there was really no solution or fix for this(more so for WM 6.1 phones)
The trick
It's quite simple actually:
-With a registry editor(am personally using total commander) go to:
\HKLM\System\Explorer\Shell Folders\
-Once there,Navigate down to the 'My Documents' key
-Double click on it and edit the string as follows:
\SD Card\My Documents\
i.e add the name of your memory card(mine is 'SD Card') before the \My Documents\.Do not forget about the \
that comes before the memory card name( i.e \SD Card).
-Exit the registry and with whatever file explorer you have,rename the default 'My Documents' folder on your phone to something else like 'Dox'
-Restart the phone.
If all goes well,when you receive files via bluetooth,they should be found in the root directory of the memory card.
Hope those developers who have been working on this,use this info to develop an app that will actually work on all WM 6.1 phones.
Thanks for this tip. What else changes, though?