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for example: make thumbcal default calendar
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Menu-Extras-Setting-Standard for Calendar
if you want a application be the default one it must be in Settings of this application, so just look there a little bit, seems to make more sense than open such threads By the way:
1. Did you read first tread for such questions ?
2. why dont you ask that in the thumbCal thread ?
3. The default Calendar thing has been asked a hundred times there, so it seems you even dont searchor read there ?
if you mean the left softkey too, search for "changing softkeys"
thank you
unfortunately the default app setting for this change in thumbcal does not work, thats why i spent two hours looking in different threads for a solution, the one hack that did work for somebody i couldnt duplicate because i dont know how to edit a system file (and i tried several different ways)
i did ask in that thread, but thot asking here would catch somebodys eye who either had a solution or something positive to contribute
i thot this forum was about sharing knowledge
if this post is really that out of line please delete it
wayda said:
unfortunately the default app setting for this change in thumbcal does not work, thats why i spent two hours looking in different threads for a solution, the one hack that did work for somebody i couldnt duplicate because i dont know how to edit a system file (and i tried several different ways)
i did ask in that thread, but thot asking here would catch somebodys eye who either had a solution or something positive to contribute
i thot this forum was about sharing knowledge
if this post is really that out of line please delete it
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try using total commander, you may have to remove the readonly or system attributes to the file through total commander, edit it (which you can also use total commander for) and then change the attributes back
thank you for responding!
this was one of the first things that i tried but i wanted to try it again before i replied
i can uncheck attributes of calendar.exe ie: read only and system but i cant uncheck "inROM" its greyed out
so when i hit ok read only and system revert back to checked
thanks again for trying to help, i appreciate it
works with manilla2D, so guess with more apps?
wayda said:
for example: make thumbcal default calendar
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http://www.vijay555.com/?Releases:VJBrisk
- Download VJBrisk.cab
- Install it
- Copy vjbrisk.exe
- make a backup of calendar.exe
- Rename vjbrisk.exe to calendar.exe
- make a LNK (shortcut) to your application and name it vjtarget.lnk
Place both files in your Windows directory (yes, overwrite calendar.exe)
I found this somewhere in the Manilla2D threads (don't know wich one anymore).
Good luck
bigchrizzieboy said:
http://www.vijay555.com/?Releases:VJBrisk
- Download VJBrisk.cab
- Install it
- Copy vjbrisk.exe
- make a backup of calendar.exe
- Rename vjbrisk.exe to calendar.exe
- make a LNK (shortcut) to your application and name it vjtarget.lnk
Place both files in your Windows directory (yes, overwrite calendar.exe)
I found this somewhere in the Manilla2D threads (don't know wich one anymore).
Good luck
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ok, I might be retarded or severely slow, but I've tried this, and I can't even copy calendar.exe to somewhere else.. running stock htc WM 6.1 rom
wayda said:
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Can't you just open up thumbcal and go to its menu option and select "Extras" followed by "Settings", then scroll down and pick/check "Set as default calendar"?
EDIT: Sorry just read post 2 who practically tells you to do the same, must have ignored it as I feel the post was a bit out of line. On the same note though, that was all I did and it seemed to work, that may be because I am using an Omnia at present.
wayda said:
thank you for responding!
this was one of the first things that i tried but i wanted to try it again before i replied
i can uncheck attributes of calendar.exe ie: read only and system but i cant uncheck "inROM" its greyed out
so when i hit ok read only and system revert back to checked
thanks again for trying to help, i appreciate it
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Hopefully this will solve your query.
cheers,
Arefin
Hi guys, this is my first windows mobile ever, and i've come on here and looked at all these threads for around 2 weeks now and id really like to start doing things!
I've looked at the *Leo hints and tips* and downloaded Resco, so i now know how to edit values and things in the root folder, but what i'm unsure about, and i'm sure all the new people to windows phones are to, is where to start?
I mean the phone reads .cab files, but say I download a .cab file, do i download it on my pc and put it on the phone, if so where to? After that do i have to click it, run it, what? Do i download it off my hd2 and it'll run? which I have done, but after installation, where is it stored if i want to open the file? What happens if i install a .cab and don't like it? Where is it for me to delete and how do I go about this? how do I uninstall things i've installed?
What im asking is, if there is a starting tutorial for these things, can it be a sticky because there are hundreds of threads on here and the search tool and my searching isn't finding what I really want...essentially...'HD2 for dummies...' guide.
sorry if this has been said before, or i'm expected to know these things, but if someone could point me and many others in a direction, or a sticky could be made, then id be one happy welsh man!
Cheers guys.
The simple answer to your question about cab files is that they're installers, just like you have on your PC. When it's installed, you can (if you wish) delete the cab file. (I keep all mine so if I upgrade my ROM then I can install things again without having to find the cab files all over again.) There's also "remove programs" in the windows settings folder, and you can uninstall apps from there.
Think of it more like a PC than a phone and you'll get on with it a lot easier.
Also, if it's windows you want help with then there's dedicated windows folders on this forum. Windows isn't specific to the HD2, so you will usually get better help in the more specific areas.
Other than that, just play with it and have fun.
Hope this helps
To install a cab you just need to copy or download it to your phone and then click on it. An installation wizard will then appear to take you through the installation process.
right okay, so the .cab i can delete as if it was a .exe file, but where do i save it on the phone for it to run, which folder?
When using file explorer and tweaking and installing .cabs, thats windows though i pressume? Not htc...
matt_attack_2k1 said:
right okay, so the .cab i can delete as if it was a .exe file, but where do i save it on the phone for it to run, which folder?
When using file explorer and tweaking and installing .cabs, thats windows though i pressume? Not htc...
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You can run the cab file from anywhere you like on the phone. If you're planning on deleting them after installing it really doesn't matter. Like I said, I keep my cabs (and would recommend it too!), so I have an "installers" folder, with sub-folders for different types of cab files.
Installers and tweaks are not specific to either windows or HTC - they could be either or both.
I personally keep all my cabs at Storage Card\Backup\CABs I transfer them to there from my PC, run them from there, save them there.
You can put them in any folder you like and run them from anywhere you like. There are no rules on where cab files need to be.
right okay, so i install a .cab file, say for example ive installed a new unlock slider, i change my mind and don't want that one anymore i would like the old one back, what do I do?
matt_attack_2k1 said:
right okay, so i install a .cab file, say for example ive installed a new unlock slider, i change my mind and don't want that one anymore i would like the old one back, what do I do?
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In that specific example, you'd have to check the thread where you got the new slider from. That's overwritten original files so obviously an uninstall doesn't recreate them. I tend not to install theme mods that can't be rolled back, purely because of this!
I've tried some alternative lockscreens before, and they definitely had the original files in a cab so you could undo it.
right okay. and for example if i was to install, i don't know, an additional button up onto the top bar by the start menu, how would I go about deleting?
Back to my OP, why is there no tutorial or hot-tips threads made as a sticky for people new to this stuff like I am?
I've been reading up on cooking ROM's and with the help of leeston i managed to create a basic ROM earlier in the week. After searching for guides / tutorials on this stuff im really not that much the wiser, i cant seem to find anything that explains it well enough, there always missing details. The actual cooking process seems fairly straightforward but its those extra bits im missing ie
how do i add my own packages - am i right in just copying them to the SYS folder or is there more to it ?
how do i edit the registry - I know how to edit the registry once the ROM is loaded onto my phone but how do i do it from the ROM without the phone ?
how do i add things to the start menu - When i add packages to the SYS folder and load the ROM into my phone the shortcuts dont seem to be in my start menu
how do i add sense - i've loaded the packages but it never starts and theres no sense option in today settings
im new to this so as you'd imagine the questions i have are endless ...
Im sure most of this info is on XDA already somewhere but i just cant find it, maybe im searching for the wrong term or something.
Any help from the chef's would be great, perhaps you could provide links to tutorials / info you've used when learning to cook. Im sure this stuff would be useful to everyone and may even encourage more to have a go at cooking .
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1.how do i add my own packages - am i right in just copying them to the SYS folder or is there more to it ?
2.how do i edit the registry - I know how to edit the registry once the ROM is loaded onto my phone but how do i do it from the ROM without the phone ?
3.how do i add things to the start menu - When i add packages to the SYS folder and load the ROM into my phone the shortcuts dont seem to be in my start menu
4.how do i add sense - i've loaded the packages but it never starts and theres no sense option in today settings
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I am still new to cooking but I'll tell you what i believe to be correct.
1.Yes. To add a package to a rom you put the package into the SYS folder.
However be aware that the kitchen used for the TG01 cannot handle EXT (visual) packages, only OEM (old) packages can be used. Use Totalfires package converter to convert between the 2 types.
The above info is not strictly true but is what you need to know when cooking for the TG and i don't have the time or knowledge to write a complete tutorial.
2. Editing the registry is all to do with .RGU files, you can create a package with a new one in or edit the existing ones within the packages in the SYS folder. You can edit them with notepad but i suggest using Notepad2.
Once you open an .RGU file you should recognize the reg key text in the file and edit it accordingly. As far as i am aware the file MUST have REGEDIT4 in the first line and an empty line at the bottom in order to work. Another way is to edit the regkey on your device then export the regkey using resco or something similar, then rename the resulting file from .reg to .rgu then open it in note pad and copy and paste it into another packages .rgu file, or create a custom package for that .rgu file.
The registry can also be modified using cab files during autorun, but this can be a little messy as the cab can be uninstalled by the end user causing problems.
3. To do this you need to edit the initflashs.txt file within the . This can be done manually or with one of the many package tools available on this site. The one i use is below, it does the hardwork for you, you click a few options and it edits the required files as needed.
4. Sense is a funny one. You should just need to add all the required packages to the SYS folder and away it goes. Unfortunately this is rarely the case. It should just a case of making sure all the sense packages are there, including its many dependencies. Sense is one of my weaker areas so maybe some one else has better advice.
Hope this is useful.
do you have a loooong far way, but read the forumposts an try, try and shortPin and try. that was my way, or is my way. i have don´t helping, all found with google and in xda forum.
unfortunately, my English knowledge is terrible. otherwise I would write more.
best to dump a officiels ROM or miROM5 , then you have an example
related post here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=750261
PC Software Reg-editor
http://ceregeditor.mdsoft.pl/index.php?id=1〈=en
CAB to OEM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3942000&postcount=1
EXT to OEM
http://www.ppckitchen.org/forums/re...e666.ppckitchen.org/Tools/EXT%20to%20PPCk.exe
All folder to cooking need a .dsm (and/or) .rgu file
RGU name Generator (such as Reg- file) , dsm become automatically
http://www.famkruithof.net/uuid/uuidgen (Fetch UUIDs of another type to Version 4)
do you have a loooong far way!
... Or make a good donation to nokser or ffboy, they teach you
Hi my friend, I have a problem to cook a ROM with cab which required a reboot or witch have a information message ( SWYPE or GPSMOdDriver for example)
Do you know a solution for this please?
Thanks in advance.
Thanks for the info leeston and miro ;-). I havent had time to try it yet but will be over weekend and im almost sure now i know where to find the registry files ill be able to cook something decent up since that was my main problem. Thanks again for the help.
EVEALEX62 said:
Hi my friend, I have a problem to cook a ROM with cab which required a reboot or witch have a information message ( SWYPE or GPSMOdDriver for example)
Do you know a solution for this please?
Thanks in advance.
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I may be wrong but when the cab files are first installed doesnt it automatically reboot ? If not you can always do a manual reboot ;-).
I've tried everything to get sense working but im just having no luck ... copied the packages to the sys folder, flashes fine, boots fine but no sense and now theres no setting shortcut in the start menu ?
Could i ask for the exact procedure for installing sense please ? Im getting my packages from here but replacing the 2017 home with 2016. Could i perhaps be missing something ?
Thanks again
drkdeath5000 said:
I may be wrong but when the cab files are first installed doesnt it automatically reboot ? If not you can always do a manual reboot ;-).
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I have try to delete the line "Reboot" after autocabinstall but nothing change the phone always reboot ... I think the only thing is to do OEM package...
I have test with many cabs but nothing works same as you with Sense ...
Have you found solutions ?
EVEALEX62 said:
Hi my friend, I have a problem to cook a ROM with cab which required a reboot or witch have a information message ( SWYPE or GPSMOdDriver for example)
Do you know a solution for this please?
Thanks in advance.
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The solutoin is to use autorun instead of cabinstl, you can then write a custom script to handle the input required by the cab.
However this is above my head, and i couldn't get autorun to work. FFBOY knows how but i doubt you will get his help as he doesn't seem to check any threads other than his own rom threads, and if he does his responces are few and far between.
drkdeath5000 said:
I've tried everything to get sense working but im just having no luck ... copied the packages to the sys folder, flashes fine, boots fine but no sense and now theres no setting shortcut in the start menu ?
Could i ask for the exact procedure for installing sense please ? Im getting my packages from here but replacing the 2017 home with 2016. Could i perhaps be missing something ?
Thanks again
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Those are the packages i used and they work so it's not the packages, but i cheated and dumped a sense rom then modified it. I don't have time to try and work out how to do it properly unfortunatley.
leeston2379 said:
Those are the packages i used and they work so it's not the packages, but i cheated and dumped a sense rom then modified it. I don't have time to try and work out how to do it properly unfortunatley.
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Well atleast i know the packages are fine, i was starting to wonder if that was the problem . Theres some satisfaction in doing it yourself but like miro said i think its just too much for me, ill give it another go later in the week and if that fails ill just dump a sense rom like you did ... if there was just a tutorial on installing sense packages etc id be fine, with sense being so popular you'd think there to be loads of tuts.
Ok, so currently, my ROM has 1 theme purposefully cooked in (HTC Black). And I know where it is and everything in my kitchen.
However, there is another theme that shows up in today settings, that I didn't cook in, it's titled "htc black" no capitals.
It is the same, except it has different photo backgrounds.
I've searched my entire kitchen for .tsk files and disassembled any I've found with WinCE Cab manager trying to find one with those background images, and can't find a single one.
I have no idea what else to do lol. For now, I would be happy with simply removing it as an option from the registy, if no one has any other ideas.
Thanks a lot guys, much appreciated.
Regards
Smith
I thought it was in OEM-operator or 0409 lang. Anyway, does it appear in the dump? If you're using OSBuilder, put it on the dsm exclude list.
Farmer Ted said:
I thought it was in OEM-operator or 0409 lang. Anyway, does it appear in the dump? If you're using OSBuilder, put it on the dsm exclude list.
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I can't find it in either folder.
Dump, as in build log??
The weird part is, it was a theme from another ROM that I played with for a while, then deleted (or thought I did) can't figure out where it would be :/
Last time I could not find something in my kitchen that was turning up on my device it was lurking in my XDA-UC folder on the storage card. Spent ages searching the kitchen as well.....
crazyC said:
Last time I could not find something in my kitchen that was turning up on my device it was lurking in my XDA-UC folder on the storage card. Spent ages searching the kitchen as well.....
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That's not what's up :/ I checked and it's not there. I have no ideas.
Would it be like a .reg by chance? Or anything but a .tsk?
EDIT: It WAS on my storage card!
Does the .tsk load if you click on it in settings?
Check the value for HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Today\Skin. Maybe a provxml is setting it to htc_black, and that's why you're seeing the ghost setting. Delete or edit the stupid provxml and move on.
I searched through my storage card and it was hiding in some obscure temp folder lol
Thanks for the help guys, much appreciated.
Regards
Smith
Guys,
Some tips regarding customizing start menu items are solved in this thread. Here you can find the links to them.
Great tutorials pointed by AndrewSH:
Made by bikeandestroyx for a Rom cooking newbies in customizing the start menu items:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=664109;
Also for persons who can read in russian:
http://asusmobile.ru/board/viewtopic.php?p=282833#282833;
Also you can check alternative raving_nanza way - put all icons into one DLL.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14665599#post14665599;
The problem in changing bluetooth icon when the link to it is moved from settings to connection menu is solved by AndrewSH :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14769622&postcount=32
Thanks everybody in helping hand!
Skyguar, if you're going to customize the ready rom - you should also modify HKLM/Security/Shell/StartInfo/Start to define the new folders and items of your future StartMenu. All shortcuts made by cplmain.cpl and other cpls should be redefined to MyCpl.cpl to enable custom position (like for example moving Bluetooth to Connections instead of Settings)....
But you should remember that any hardreset will destroy your customization - so better save your registry edits and custom png files into one cab.
If you're going to cook the new rom with your own custom StartMenu order - the story is a bit more sophisticated.
But normally - you should read this before ...
AndrewSh said:
If you're going to cook the new rom with your own custom StartMenu order - the story is a bit more sophisticated.
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AndrewSh,
Thank you for the answer, yes that what I want - cook it. I know everything about already cooked rom and changing the registry, but I can't find the information on how to cook it
Skyguar
I'm busy now to write detailed howto, but hopefully you still able to read in Russian - it's not so far from my land to your - only 170 km between our cities
So read here and further on in the topic - maybe this helps
http://asusmobile.ru/board/viewtopic.php?p=282833#282833
Yeah, that's fine , this is what I needed but I couldn't find. Thank you very much!
you could just create a .dll with your icons inside and then link your custom .lnk with the icon inside the .dll?
*if you want me to teach you how, just private message me, ill teach you how to do it this way.
eg inside the .lnk would be this:
#\windows\XXXX.exe ?\windows\XXXX.dll,-X
(-X is the number position of the icon inside the .dll)
or
change the icon inside the XXXX.exe (some .exe do not like their icons being changed, eg they stop working )
tbh it is a lot better than the way your trying to do it, it is a lot more "cleaner" to do it this way, you do not need to add registrys or clog up the windows folder with image after image when you can have one single .dll
thanks
Rn
Good thread. I am new to this new icon concept and I liked both the way
The AndrewSh way: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=664109
And raving_nanza way: DLL to have all images .
Thanks.
if you want ill write a tutorial for the way i do my icons and post it here later, ill also write the tutorial step by step so even a noob cant go wrong
ill also attatch any downloads you will need.
Rn
raving_nanza said:
if you want ill write a tutorial for the way i do my icons and post it here later, ill also write the tutorial step by step so even a noob cant go wrong
ill also attatch any downloads you will need.
Rn
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That will be great . Looking forward to see that soon .
Thanks.
starting the tutorial now
icon tutorial and tools here
thanks
Rn
Well
Ohhh.. lots of information, only two problems left and I can't find the information...
Like AndrewSH mentioned, moving Bluetooth to Connections instead of Settings and hide Settings (I have two now ) icon, which point to manila settings menu... .
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ControlPanel\Bluetooth]
"hide"=dword:00000001
not sure if this is what you will need but if you have two icons maybe you need to make one hide...
Rn
raving_nanza said:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ControlPanel\Bluetooth]
"hide"=dword:00000001
not sure if this is what you will need but if you have two icons maybe you need to make one hide...
Rn
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Hello raving_nanza,
This is a bit not what I needed. I need to move:
1) Bluetooth to Connections and
2) hide Settings icon, which point to manila settings menu..
Should I edit cpl files? Don't know any editor..
np dude
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ControlPanel\Bluetooth]
"group"=dword:00000002
*that will put bluetooth into connections
what do you meen = hide Settings icon, which point to manila settings menu..?
*if you go to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ControlPanel\" you should see the one for manila settings.
*it might be listed under "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ControlPanel\mycpl"
*if it is it will be listed as a number, for example "\mycpl\000"
*search all the strings inside and one should launch the manila settings
when you find it just add
"hide"=dword:00000001
and it should dissapear
Rn
btw i dont know how to edit .cpl files, i dont even know if there is an editor but you wont need to.
check in your windows folders if there is a .cpl file that launches the manila settings
Rn
raving_nanza said:
np dude
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ControlPanel\Bluetooth]
"group"=dword:00000002
*that will put bluetooth into connections
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Thanks mate very much, that registry trick helped, I will just have to cook in that registry key . Will try the same with the settings The problem is that I have two settings icons on start menu: one points to all settings (system, connections, personal). The other points to manila settings menu(that is by default) and that one I need to remove
Sorryzzz for my english, it is not native
lol no problem dude
now i think i undersatnd what you meen about the settings now, correct me if i am wrong:
when you click the start menu and it drops down you have:
programs
settings
settings
and one of these is manila settings?
Rn
BTW what kitchen are you using (fingers crossed for evk )
raving_nanza said:
lol no problem dude
now i think i undersatnd what you meen about the settings now, correct me if i am wrong:
when you click the start menu and it drops down you have:
programs
settings
settings
and one of these is manila settings?
Rn
BTW what kitchen are you using (fingers crossed for evk )
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Yea, you are right Please see the picture attached. So my aim is to remove the one which point to picture 3
raving_nanza said:
btw i dont know how to edit .cpl files, i dont even know if there is an editor but you wont need to.
check in your windows folders if there is a .cpl file that launches the manila settings
Rn
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*.cpl is just a renamed *.dll.