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TIP : How to Open SD Card From Microsoft Voice Command

One MORE neat Trick, This will let you open your Storage Card (SD Card) and Storage (ROM STORAGE) and My Documents from Microsoft Voice Command.
If you have Resco File Explorer, its easy, just paste a shortcut for the folder or Storage card in \Windows\Start Menu\ and you are good to go. If you dont wanna buy Resco File Explorer for 24 dollars try this freeware method below. I have tried with another freeware File Explorer - GSFinder, but the same procedure which worked for Resco File Explorer did not work with GSFinder. So here it is........
For this you need to download this tiny 64 Kb file Launch_Storage.zip from here.
The zip file contains four files,
1.MortRunner-2.5.exe --- freeware
2.My Documents.mortrun
3.Storage Card.mortrun
4.Storage.mortrun
MortRunner is like a program which allows to create batch files for the Pocket PC. Yes, You guessed it right, the .mortrun files are batch files which are executed by MortRunner.exe.
What you have to do.........
Step 1:
Connect your JAM to Your PC via USB Cable, Start Activesync.
Step 2:
Run MortRunner-2.5.exe on your PC and when prompted, install it in the Storage of your JAM.
Then from your JAM,
START > PROGRAMS > FILE EXPLORER > MY DEVICE > STORAGE > MORT'S MORTRUNNER
....if you dont find it there then most probably it was installed in the Main Memory, in that case from your JAM,
START > PROGRAMS > FILE EXPLORER > MY DEVICE > PROGRAM FILES > MORT'S MORTRUNNER
Tap on the MortRunner file. A screen will pop up , Tap on OK.
This is done to enable MortRunner to add Registry Entries.
Step 3:
Copy all the rest of the .motrun files, that is, My Documents.mortrun, Storage Card.mortrun, Storage.mortrun from PC to Start Menu of your JAM.
Copy the files From your PC, then from your PC
ACTIVESYNC > EXPLORE > MY POCKET PC > WINDOWS > START MENU, right click > select paste.
STEP 4:
You can rename these files to suit your personalization, Then press the button to activate Microsoft Voice Command ( by default, the calendar button) and say START filename, in my case I didnt change the names of the files.....
.....so for me these commands work
START MY DOCUMENTS
START STORAGE
START STORAGE CARD
I know you will love this, do let me know your feedback,
regards
clueless

Change Installation Directory

Hi,
i want to install the programs to a directory on the mmc card.
But if i do so, it installs in the root.
Now, thats not looking nice, and its hard to find anything there then.
I want create a directory for games and programms on the card.
How can i do that?
I can only choose between, Memory Card, Storage and Main Memory.
And that sucks!

Maybe u can user WinCE CAB Manager and edit the *.cab installation directory to any directory u prefer.

You can use the freeware CabInstall and install program directly from the SD.

Yes, but on the on hand this would be a lot of work, changing every single files directory in the cab and on the other hand it wouldn´t work out with Progs, that have an exe intallation, like the game AoE.
Thos Progs, first install on the PC and then on the PPC, and there are no editable CABs at all.
I thougt about changing the installation interface inactive sync , but i´m not a coder.
But maybe, there is somebody out there, who had the same idea like me and realised it already.

The Best solution ever: have a look at the attached files, open the TXT file first (the instructions)
You will not need any additional Software (except e Regestry editor like PHM Regedit), just follow the instructions and use the attached files.
Workes great I am having this now for 4 months!

if you install the programmes to the SD/MMC card, and they make their own folder, put the SD/MM card into a card reader on the pc and select the entire folder as hidden. this means that the programme still works, but does not show up when you explore the card. this does not work if u are using your phone as a card reader.

Sorry DerliebeWolf, The BEST solution is the follow (Tested on WM2003Se):
- Download a registry editor 4 Ur PPC
- Open AskDir_ON.reg with the program
- Reset your PPC
manually:
- Go to \HKLM\SOFTWARE\Apps\Microsoft Application Installer\fAskDest
- Change DWORD value (dec) from 0 to 1
- Reset your PPC
If you install a cab file or an exe file from the pc (that copy the cab into your ppc and then execute it), Windows Mobile will ask you in wich folder you want to install the sw.
Note that you can have problems with some applications (because they're not installed in their own directory)

Check out Nonentity's File System Tweak http://forum.xda-developers.com/vie...order=asc&highlight=file+system+tweak&start=0

Cabinstaller is the best and easy software i could recommend for this. Run the cab installer software once and set it to run for all installations, the whenever u try to install a cab file, it will prompt you for the path of installation. It also has an option to disable deleting of cab file after installation. Do you want anything more than this? and to the max, it is free ware! Its easy to get, if you can't find,I have it in my site' software section. www.cartystudios.com

oh yes, i've forget that cabinstall associes .cab files to it (and then, when you execute an exe from the pc, in the ppc will be opened always with cabinstall in auto)
They're the 2 Best Solutions

successfully change your wm5 splash

Ok all thought id make this into a post all together. I have been reading through lots of forums looks like we can change our boot splash easily but no one has put a tutorial on how to change the windows mobile splash. Ive wanted this as well as some others that ive read well here it is.
Step 1. find an image you want any size
Step 2. convert it to 240x320 ( if you dont it will be cut to 240x320 and you wont see the whole image)
Step 3. connect your wizard through activesync and navigate to your /windows dir
Step 4. open your image in mspaint and save as png with the filename "welcomehead.96.png"
Step 5. copy that image you just renamed to your windows dir on your wizard and its gonna ask you to overwrite and click yes
Step 6. now soft reset and your image should be there.
its easy as that . Have fun

Works only with total commander !

alex16s said:
Works only with total commander !
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I've just done it thru "My Computer" on my PC after connecting for ActiveSync, just as gizm0 described.
I'm pretty sure that if I had copied welcomehead.96.png to somewhere else on my PDA (eg storage card) and then used either File Explorer or Resco Explorer to overwrite the one in \windows that it would have worked.
Anyway, thanks for the info gizm0

welcomehead.96.png seems to be read-only and when i try to uncheck the read only property, it does not save the changes and stays read-only so i cant delete it neither from the phone nor activesync

ok, was able to c/p it to /windows on the wizard directly. issue resolved.

It's that i say. On the wizard directly, it does not work with file explorer...
Excuse my english.

ok fyi i dont use the original file explorer i used resco file explorer and the attributes set to that file is . hidden, system, read only
and in resco you are able to uncheck those and overwrite

That's not your splash screen. That's your windows logo. Your splash screen(s) (there are 2 in some roms) is the first image you see when you turn your device on (soft reset)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=52564&start=50
^and there is a tutorial on that page on how to change it.
Later; Lew

ok well i know there was quite a bit of people wanting to change that and thx to lewcamino for the boot splash screen changes it works very well

I'm not sure about you guys, but it seems that I tend to be shown the WM5 splash/logo screen more than the ROM (very first one) splash screen.

ELF Dead from Sim Unlocking???

After following this steps
Originally Posted by maseo View Post
A quick How-do-i-do-this-even-easier-then-it-is-explain guide:
Download the file package which i included.
The content is self explained.
1. Establish activesync connection.
2. Copy and Run the contents of the "Copy and Install these 2 CAB files on your Touch" folder on your Touch
3. Copy the file inside the "Put the file thats inside this folder in your Windows Mobile folder" folder to your Windows folder on your Touch
4. Copy the folder "Unlocker" to your pc. PREFERABLE your c:\ drive.
5. Go to the location where you copied the "Unlocker" folder to. I.e "c:\unlocker" if that's where you placed it, if you put it on your desktop it ofcourse isn't in c:\unlocker.
6. Run/Execute 'Elf_unlocker.exe'.
7. You would get the unlock code in the notepad file....congrats !!
8. Remove your simcard insert any other SIM and enter this unlock code...
you just unlocked your Touch in 8 SIMPLE steps ;-)
(thread; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1496995&highlight=simple#post1496995 post #26)
my device doesn’t power up???
It just doesn't show any sign of life.......HELP somebody pleaseeee!!!!! Am quite desperate
Any suggestions would be appreciated.

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Custom bootsplash screen

hey there, this post's for anyone out there who's really into messing with their phone and wants to set up a personalized bootsplash screen (i.e. the first image on the screen when you boot the phone)
you'll probably be familiar with the start-up images that you see on powering on your phone...from what i've found, there are 3 different screens that are displayed before you reach you today screen-
1-the manufacturer's boot image (the one with the htc logo)
2-the operator's splash screen (if present, i've found some phones do not necessarily include this or leave it empty r black)
3-the gif animation
images 2 and 3 can be changed from the advanced config tool or adding files in '/windows' folder
but for those who really want their phone to be unique the boot splash image, no. 1 above, is really hard to get on (took me three days of searching trial and error to finally get it done)
so here's a simple walkthrough for anyone else like me who want to do it too...
first you need to get the right tools...
a) go to forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=351136 and get the flashbootsplash.zip
b) next go to forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=375980 and download the splashtool.zip
both threads have given their own methods but i couldn't get them to work on my (old) gene even after numerous tries and my poor gene was down with the horrid green bars of failed attempts
now to get our hands dirty...
0. extract the contents of the zips into their respective folders
1. find an image file that you want as your boot screen and get it into .bmp format with resolution of 240X320 and bit depth of 24 (you can open your .jpeg in paint and use the 'save as' function to do this)
2. now run nb_image_converter.exe from the flashbootsplash folder extracted from zip file from first link (link a) and load your edited .bmp file, and then save it as splash.nb
3. now run GeneBootSplash.exe, then open your splash.nb that was created in the previous step, a gene_splash.nb will be created in the folder
4. copy this gene_splash.nb file into the splashtool folder which was extracted from the zip file from the second link (link b)
5. now run htcrt.exe, click on build, select your device from device list, in the firmware section go to splash option (click on the '...' next to 'Splash') and select the gene_splash.nb file copied in step 4 and then click on build
save file as RUU_signed.nbh
6. lastly, copy this .nbh file into your ROMUpdateUtility folder and run ROMUpdateUtility.exe to flash the .nbh file and you're done!!
that's all there is to it...
special mentions to- Vukile and M-Amine whose threads helped me get the job done and to the site for being as amazing as it is!!
*this is my first thread here so pardon it if it sounded too tacky*