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Change X Button Icon

Hi,
it´s possible to change the X Button with ne other icon?
Maybe better for Finger?
Thanks
Bye

Which X button? Top right corner?
Changing the icon won't make it bigger. Do you want it bigger?
V

Yes i mean this X Button to close programms.
I would like to make it more wide for finger to klick better.
Like the iphone x button!

Changing Icons
I have changed several icons on my machine with Reshacker.

mrram said:
I have changed several icons on my machine with Reshacker.
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Thanks. I've been looking this for a long time.

But tell me, which file i have to change for x button ???

maybe OT, maybe not...
hihihi, i think you may have PROBLEM with that idea..., as you need to edit core dll's, and file may be broken anyway by reshacker/restorator...
i.e. - i am trying to change start menu m$ icon, although it seems to be possible, still no idea, what is wrong with file i am getting after resource exchange(menu(!) icons are changed, gfxes messed up despite of only 1 bitmap change)....
need help with it...
as far i remember file which is keeping many of sys gfx is coredll.dll.0409.mui, or coreres.dll.0409.mui.
"close image" may be there too.
every system image may be changed; although some dlls AREN'T accesible with restorator/reshacker.. ;/
i think you may try to use wisbar advance - it is HEAVY program ,but you may draw light wise skin for x-button(and other icons on taskbar) for it(button may be wider)...this is only thing i could recommend(...but not on omap cpu's lol)...
best effects on wm03 i had with icbar:
(sry i had gif for what i am talkin' about)
you rather cannot make taskbar taller, so wider buttons may be what you need...

djsven said:
Hi,
it´s possible to change the X Button with ne other icon?
Maybe better for Finger?
Thanks
Bye
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Hi,
You may want to look at BatteryStatus plugin as one of the feature is to change the X button size.
- added: DWORD CloseButtonWidth ( create this registry-value and set it to 60 will span the [x]-button over the clock for a finger friendly handling ) 2Pe_�a@Nw
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http://www.pxdxa.com/read.php?tid=49110
http://www.chi-tai.info/cs_BatteryStatus_XDA_Neo_WM5_iM_cs.htm
HTH.
Cheers,
Vibranze

BYe the way, can i only intecreat this dword in my registry to change the button??

djsven said:
BYe the way, can i only intecreat this dword in my registry to change the button??
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Hi,
I don't know, you may want to give a try
Cheers,
Vibranze

vibranze said:
Hi,
You may want to look at BatteryStatus plugin as one of the feature is to change the X button size.
http://www.pxdxa.com/read.php?tid=49110
http://www.chi-tai.info/cs_BatteryStatus_XDA_Neo_WM5_iM_cs.htm
HTH.
Cheers,
Vibranze
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This doesn´t work for me, dunno why Every other registry change works but this one not. I downloaded and installed the version from pxdxa.com and it should be build 0236, but when you install it, it shows build only 0235!
Full version name sounds: Ver. 1.04.203 beta4 Build 0235
Any suggestions?

robinhlozanka said:
This doesn´t work for me, dunno why Every other registry change works but this one not. I downloaded and installed the version from pxdxa.com and it should be build 0236, but when you install it, it shows build only 0235!
Full version name sounds: Ver. 1.04.203 beta4 Build 0235
Any suggestions?
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Sorry, no idea, can't help further as I use "Ok" button to close program so I don't use this plugin.
You may want to email the author on this, sure he/she more happy to help you
Cheers,
Vibranze

Enlarged start menu - tips and help!

Hi, I'm in need of a working "enlarged start menu"-application on my SE X1. The thing is that I really much need it to be freeware, and I suppose that "XDA-Team Enlarged Start Menu" isn't (correct?). I'm thinking about developing the application myself, but I would like to know if anyone here has any information about where to start? Is is just a matter of changing some registry keys? XML-files? Thankful for all the help i can get!

as far as i understand, the XDA Enlarged Start Menu is just taken from one of the other HTC devices and is not "payware" or anything like that.
if anyone was developing an enlarged Start Menu, i'd love to see a kinda fullscreen version, this would make it much easier to navigate. kinda in the style of iContact or the latest volume control taken from Diamond. i don't really se why the start menu needs to be only a percentage of the screen size anyway, just seems like bad design, they've made it look like the Start Menu on a Windows Desktop PC so that we all know it's Windows, but have not actually thought about the interface being user friendly for a handheld device. for drunk people with fat fingers. like me.

Dr J said:
if anyone was developing an enlarged Start Menu, i'd love to see a kinda fullscreen version, this would make it much easier to navigate. kinda in the style of iContact or the latest volume control taken from Diamond. i don't really se why the start menu needs to be only a percentage of the screen size anyway, just seems like bad design, they've made it look like the Start Menu on a Windows Desktop PC so that we all know it's Windows, but have not actually thought about the interface being user friendly for a handheld device. for drunk people with fat fingers. like me.
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yes man, I absolutely agree !!! It´s funny, I never really thought about start menu, but now when I read your suggestion it just seems really crazy how much possibilities for improvement there are.
I thought about a completely customizable start menu, fullscreen.
Maybe with a kind of plugin system, volume / vib toggle, backlight strength slider, power off+soft-reset buttons....*sigh* THAT would be cool !
regards,
Martin

What about Touch Launcher http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=433862

It´s a normal app, but I was talking about a REAL replacement. It should hide when I tap "Start" again, and, as I said, it should be really customizable.
To all devs out there: Is anyone interested in coding such an app ? I think this is desperatly needed to make WM a bit more usable, although there are already tons of good software out there.
regards,
Martin

m.schmidler said:
It´s a normal app, but I was talking about a REAL replacement. It should hide when I tap "Start" again, and, as I said, it should be really customizable.
To all devs out there: Is anyone interested in coding such an app ? I think this is desperatly needed to make WM a bit more usable, although there are already tons of good software out there.
regards,
Martin
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Did u try Quickmenu 2.7?

Mikulec said:
Did u try Quickmenu 2.7?
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hmmm, main thing i want is fullscreen. that one seems nice feature-wise, but it's not what i'm after.
devs, do any of you know how they changed the size of the Start Menu from the old style to the new enlarged one?
if we know how to do this then maybe we can hack the existing app to at least lengthen right across the width of the screen... or if it was hacked with a config we could pick how many items we wanted...
this could be a great project for the coders!

Mikulec said:
Did u try Quickmenu 2.7?
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Well, quickmenu is _almost_ perfect. If it only was more finger-friendly. Being able to scroll trough menus like in icontact and all so many other apps would be great for it, but at least having twice as big menu entries would be enough in most cases. It has all the features needed, it just mimicks the original start menu a bit too much

Touch menu from touch commander suite is exactly what you want,and it has and application menu enlarged. Unfortunaly its not freeware.

Here is little something about system fonts:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms901091.aspx
By changing some registry values you can change size of start menu (including font size etc.) and popup menu as well.

Andreal said:
Here is little something about system fonts:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms901091.aspx
By changing some registry values you can change size of start menu (including font size etc.) and popup menu as well.
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Ohh thankyou! But, using PHM Regedit I've tried changing the Ht-value for BarFnt, which didn't do anything. Perhaps you have some pointers to what I should try?

nelshh said:
Ohh thankyou! But, using PHM Regedit I've tried changing the Ht-value for BarFnt, which didn't do anything. Perhaps you have some pointers to what I should try?
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BarFnt values are for menu bars (for example: bottom bar in total commander).
Code:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\GWE\Menu\PopFnt
is for popup menu (screen 1 shows Ht value of 1200)
Truly, I don't know how to change start menu font size via registry.
If you want to have full screen menu try mort buttons

can you launch mort buttons by tapping Start on the screen?

maybe by editing the registry ?

If anyone can duplicate the Touch Commander one it would be perfect. I have touchcommander but do not use it anymore, unfortunately you have to install the whole program to be able to use the Large menu option.
The great thing about it is it enlarges menus in all programs.

Sorry for bringing up an older thread, but I think this is still unsolved!
I also would like to have a fullscreen start menu. I tried quickmenu 2.8,but it just isnt what Im looking for. For me it would be fine if clicking on the start menu would bring up a dialog like when you click startmenu -- programs.
Hope that someone has an idea!

QUICKMENU 2.8 for me too... ^_^
I'd only add that scroll movement and ability to customize the start icon (it already does this, but only with one icon).

Menu Font Size changeable?

Hi - just have my HD for one day now and already get SOOOOO annoyed by the ridiculously large MENUE FONTS... you even have to scroll vertically sometimes to see all entries - WHY do fonts have to be 24pt on a mobile device? Perhaps this is only with the GERman ROM...?
Does some kind soul know if the HD's registry has entries for downsizinbg the fonts?
THX, LeDuc

Yes you can with Advanced_Configuration_Tool_v3.3.

You can use Schap's Advanced Configuration Tools (Search) or you can go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\system\gwe\menu\popfnt
and change the value for the "Ht" entry to "1000" decimal (from 1200).
Works for me anyway...

sk806 said:
You can use Schap's Advanced Configuration Tools (Search) or you can go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\system\gwe\menu\popfnt
and change the value for the "Ht" entry to "1000" decimal (from 1200).
Works for me anyway...
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If I'm not mistaken, this value is usually set to 800.
Anyway,play around with 800, 900, and 1000 and see which suits your personal preference. It may depend on the size of your fingers and application. Only some applications's menu are long enough to require scrolling which I too found annoying.

menu fonts
THX to all - problem solved!

I changed them from 1200 to 900 but it seems nothing has changed (also after a softreset). Could you exactly explain which fonts should be affected by this modification?
Thanks!
Ascenca

what I did
...don't know who is meant by 'you exactly', but what I did was change this popfnt's Ht=800 and Wt=500, softreset ... and BEAUTIFUL small and thin menu fonts! Now..if someone could point me to an entry where I could read a bit more about all these GWE settings ?!? THX

Ok figured it out by myself Didnt look close enough
Thanks for the hint, now the menu is really tiny.
Ascenca

Big Menus

Is there a chance to turn off these big thumb-friendly context menus? Id rather have more items on the screen...
Thanks

lilithpro said:
Is there a chance to turn off these big thumb-friendly context menus? Id rather have more items on the screen...
Thanks
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Disable TouchFlo 2D under Settings Today Items.

That didnt change anything. i also would like to keep the TF2D Today Plugin

Maybe there is a TF2D theme with smaller items.

Im not talking about touchflo (but maybe theres a connection) but about all the standard windows menus. they used to be much smaller on my previous winmo device.
Its the scroll buttons which are bugging me when menus get long...

I found a solution in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=398265 htc diamond tweaks
32. Change system and context menu font size:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\system\gwe\menu\popfnt
and change the value for the "Ht" entry to "1000" decimal (from 1200)
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The original value for the touch 3g is 1050, i changed it to 700, which was a little too small, and now i have 800, which is about perfect

lilithpro said:
I found a solution in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=398265 htc diamond tweaks
The original value for the touch 3g is 1050, i changed it to 700, which was a little too small, and now i have 800, which is about perfect
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Could you please to clarify which is bigger font size "1050" or "700"

1050 is the original value, which is pretty big. 700 is really small and imho 800 is a great value, you can go higher for better thumb-ability

ConsultantR said:
Could you please to clarify which is bigger font size "1050" or "700"
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Sorry, I have got the point after soft reset

Way to alter menu sizes...?

Hi all,
I'm not sure what its called, but you know the context menus that come up basically whenever you hold your pointer over something for a while? It annoys me with the size they are in wm6.5. I love the speed of wm6.5 (tried both xplode's r7 (about to install 7.1...) and swampy's rls) but it really annoys me that they've made everything so big. Seems to take twice as long to do simple things now because now you have to scroll down menus to find what you're looking for. Is there anyway to bring this back to the good old "classic" sizes? I can't seem to find an option anywhere... and I realise loading a skinning app is just going to slow the OS down making the whole upgrade to 6.5 kinda pointless.
Also, does anyone know a way to speed up the actual time taken to register a tap and hold command? So that we don't have to spend as long to bring up the context menus?
Thanks in advance~
-kdp

that's a lot of questions. let me start with saying that i can not guarantee you, that the reg tweaks work. i found them for different devices and checked both my devices and didn't have the reg keys in there. so i don't knoiw if it helps you. Maybe, if i find out more, i'll post it later:
1. The size of the context and softkey menus:
a. the easiest way to influence the size and look of those menus would be, installing another theme. not just the color will change, but also the entire looks, so if you have a .tsk theme, copy it to the device and activate it, you will see it changed.
b. regitry tweak:
HKLM\System\GWE\Menu\Popfnt\
there should be two dword values that you can change to whatever you like.
ht=height is default set to 1000
wt=width is default set to 700
2. a skinning app is gonna slow down the os
- true, with wm6.5 there is really no need for anything else to make the graphics any nicer
3. tap and hold time:
HKCU\ControlPanel\Desktop\MenuShowDelay
right-click, select properties, and enter a value from zero to 999 milliseconds
if that value, does not exist, create it (string value)
if those values didn't work, you should try out advanced config, which can be downloaded here: http://www.pocketpc.ch/news/42529-freeware-advanced-config-3-0-a.html
there you have more than 200 tweaks for the os and don't need to search the registry for any values.

first off, a big thank you for the speediness of your reply.
i tried out the other tsk files i have... but unfortunately i don't have any older ones from wm5/6, only the newer 6.5 ones. they didn't seem to make much difference in size of anything... only the actual colour/font schemes. if you have any older tsk files that you wouldn't mind uploading, that'd be much appreciated as something to try.
the softkeys aren't so much an issue - i've got wisbar to disable them (yes yes, i know wisbar is a skinning app... but i prefer a nice cascading start menu to something i need to fumble through to find stuff any day) - its more the context menus that are annoying me.
the registry edit is interesting. changing the height and width actually also changes the zoom on the font size... i'm not sure how this is being calculated, but the font is clearly getting smaller the smaller you set the dimensions. it seems like its taking a predefined box with the text designed to take up a predefined percentage of it and then letting you put in the dimensions of the box... basically so that no matter what numbers you plug in, you'll always have the rather annoying amount of space being wasted between items in the context menus. though all that said and done, 750 for height and 350 for width are far more workable than the previous settings. more than legible too imo~
the tap and hold time tweak worked wonderfully
thanks again~

Tap and Hold time delay Setting
I found your post ref to Tap and Hold delays. I tried this Tap and Hold setting you said worked on your phone (see below) I tried it as shown below on a HTC wm 6.5 HTC pure(diamond2), and did not see a change, were you able to shorten the delay? Is that done with a String? or Dword?
3. tap and hold time:
HKCU\ControlPanel\Desktop\MenuShowDelay
right-click, select properties, and enter a value from zero to 999 milliseconds
if that value, does not exist, create it (string value).
I have spent hours searching the registry for a solution

it was a dword iirc... tbh, this hasn't been so much of an issue for me with the newer releases so i haven't bothered so much.

koi_desi_pagal said:
first off, a big thank you for the speediness of your reply.
i tried out the other tsk files i have... but unfortunately i don't have any older ones from wm5/6, only the newer 6.5 ones. they didn't seem to make much difference in size of anything... only the actual colour/font schemes. if you have any older tsk files that you wouldn't mind uploading, that'd be much appreciated as something to try.
the softkeys aren't so much an issue - i've got wisbar to disable them (yes yes, i know wisbar is a skinning app... but i prefer a nice cascading start menu to something i need to fumble through to find stuff any day) - its more the context menus that are annoying me.
the registry edit is interesting. changing the height and width actually also changes the zoom on the font size... i'm not sure how this is being calculated, but the font is clearly getting smaller the smaller you set the dimensions. it seems like its taking a predefined box with the text designed to take up a predefined percentage of it and then letting you put in the dimensions of the box... basically so that no matter what numbers you plug in, you'll always have the rather annoying amount of space being wasted between items in the context menus. though all that said and done, 750 for height and 350 for width are far more workable than the previous settings. more than legible too imo~
the tap and hold time tweak worked wonderfully
thanks again~
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If you still need themes for wm6.1, try http://www.wm6themes.com/
I use one from that site on my BA, but since i don't have wm6.5 installed right now, i can't tell you whether it'll help in your situation or not.