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Switcherbar.exe for teh win!

I nicked the HTC 'switcherbar.exe' from my axim x50v and put it on my JasJar (i notice a collegue has it already on his k-jam as part of the default rom). It work, is only 43k and is perfectly stable and usable. No more pocket plus slowdowns! The only problem is that the icon is QVGA and sits in the middle of the menu bar! Still, much beter than anything else I've tried! Does anyone know how we might resource hack the .exe to use a VGA icon (or if this is even possible). I've attached the .exe for 'ahem' educational purposes.

when i try to copy it to JJ i get access denied using activesync, i have extracted the exe from the rar, the rar will copy to me jj no problem, the exe just wont do it, even renaming it to .exx.

i got it there, i put it on me server and wifi'd it using resco explorer to map to share,
is this an activesync block? dubious, it had same issue even if i renamed the exe to something like exx.
I like this app, small to the point and optimised. only crit is as you say it plonks the icon in a stupid place, is there another app maybe that can force it to the system tray?
Ohh, also the brightness and power options dont seem to work, if someone could reengineer this app to allow:
1, vga icons
2, appear in sys tray or atleast be more dynamic in its positioning
3, either remove or fix the backlight and power options.
Way over my head but im sure someone here would be able to fix it.

prehaps we could get the one off the k-jam? I presume the brightness & power shortcuts work on there...

Skins for signal, connection and speaker icons in taskbar

Hi
Does anybody know where the skins are for the signal strength button the connection state button and the volume button are.
As you can see in the image below im trying to set a green theme with the txt on my exec and these icons don't go as they are white.
Many thanks
Scott

There built into some of the ROM dlls I think. Most people skin the bar with WisBar or similar.
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I Suspected as much that these were related to dll's
Does anybody know which dll's they are.
I did use to use wisbar but i found that there was just to much lag with it.

I would like to know this to as i also think that wisbar lags up the device to mutch

Anybody got any ideas.
I think if we can crack this 1 it may also helps us understand how to remove the dam battery icon in the new imate rom and let us put the clock back.

shellres.96.dll
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Microsoft design guidelines demand that these symbols remain white... Not that this will stop you but I thought you should know.

lbendlin
Is there anything on this board that is within the Microsoft guidelines!?
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lbendlin
Is there anything on this board that is within the Microsoft guidelines!?
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This looks kick ass! When did you cook this one now???

San, that's a screenshot from VJSmallIcons II, which will turn your "programs" launcher fullscreen and permit changing the view style (look up VJSmallIcons to see what the original did). The new version, although looking simple, requires a lot of voodoo in the background, but it's a test platform for stuff I'm developing for VJToggleToday II.
VJSmallIcons II should be out quite soon, just one or two more tweaks to retain settings in the registry and it'll be out for test releases.
scotjen1: to come back On topic, I've never tried overriding that dll, but I presume you could try the same technique used by Azhad here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=34995&highlight=
to create a new resource dll to override the original icons etc. It'd be a nice hack to try.
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Great work with VJsmallicons II looking good.
Now back to the skinning. I have managed to copy the shellres.96.dll (great work for that V would have never known that) to my desktop and have used resource hacker to extract the ico files from it.
I then found a program called easy icon maker (good program works well) and have managed to change the colour of these icons.
When i then replace the resource with resource hacker it show as if it has been replaced i then load the DLL back in to the windows dir and get an error saying this file is in use and can't be overwritten but i use resco and it gave me an option to continue which i presume forces it to be over written. I then soft reset and bang the icons are exactly the same. Any idea's ?
Also just 1 other thing when changing the icons they were set to 16 x 16 and 2 colours so i had to change this to 16 x 16 and 16 colours would this have made a difference also.

scotjen1: it's likely to be more involved then that (as if that wasn't enough!).
You will have to have a read through Azhad's thread above, and the VGA files thread. What you need to do on WM5 is, I believe, although I have no direct experience in this area, is to create a resource only dll containing the icons you want to replace. 16 colours should make no difference. But I believe the resource ids need to match the original.
That needs to be signed (check the first few VGA files posts for info of how this was done originally, and find the signer, called SignIt, posted by BeyondTheTech I believe), and then save the file as an .mui file so that it gets loaded over the top of the original shell file. That shell file is unlikely to be replaceable whatever Resco thinks.
Have a read through Azhad's thread, decompile his .mui files and that should point you in the right direction.
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Wow that does sound quite a challenge still though im not going to let it beat me lol.
I have got Azhad's files at home (i presume you are talking about the power backlight and wifi files) i will have a go at trying to decompile them tonight see if it can shed some light on the situaion.
As for the signing wasn't there a cab flying around somewhere that disabled this or am i completly going off track here.

You still need to sign the dlls for WM5.
SignCode:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?p=191136#191136
I really can't say if any of this is correct, as I said, it's something I've thought about but never bothered with. I'm working on my own skinner for the bar, but this method should be effective + no overhead.
You don't need to decompile Azhad's stuff, just resource hack it to see what he's put in the dlls. In fact, use his dlls, empty it out, stuff it with your stuff and re-sign.
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Nice that sounds a little bit easier lol.
Will give it a try when the work day ends will keep you posted on the progress.

MaxHome (replacement of Today)

PROGRAM IS NOT WORKING AT 100%! AT THIS MOMENT ONLY FUCTIONS LISTED BELOW ARE WORKING. OTHER FUNCTIONS UNDER DEVELOPMENT.
Current Version
- [NEW] Birthdays button/indicator works
- [NEW] A little bit more comfortable clock setting
- [NEW] Fade-in effect now depends on your device speed
- Clock Settings
- Clocks, Indicators
- Balance update
- BlueTooth, GPRS/EDGE, WiFi, GSM on/off
- Support for all resolutions (hope so )
- Support for scale components of main window (may be useful for big resolutions)
Install: unpack to Program Files to your device.
Scale factor and balance setting are in HKCU\Software\MaxHome
Day's period to search birthdays in the same regestry.
To Do Next: sort birthdays in order of days, alarm settings, maybe screenlock

Hmmmm. so i'l be the first one
I'me more into icons and launchers but nice icons
I'm sure that a lot of people will like this

Very nice...can't wait to take it for a spin

It's amazing ! I really want this ! Good job !

Thos application seems to be verry good.

nice!!! quite tired of the normal todays screens..too much cluttered plugins...
hope you could share with us soon very much interested to try out...

nice work keep it up =) hope it is also support VGA..coz many developers develop QVGA soft huhu

looks good, keep it up!

I'm begginer in programming. So dont promise a VGA version. I wrote it with Windows Mobile 6 SDK. I think it will work with 5.0 and 6.0 of coarse.
Actually I doing it for my personal using (QTek S200, WM6).
Will be glad if some one else will can to use it

hi MaxKysh, im a beginner too. Is possible to use grafic libs like XFlib in your project?

Don't know I use only API functions.

Please, try it
Here it is if somebody want to try Please report of your try.
Tested on QTEK S200 - works well.
Tested on Asusu p525 - don't work BlueTooth swith (will try to fix it).
WiFi switch don't realised yet.
Place into Program Files on your device.
The balance USSD request message stored in HKCU\Software\MaxHome\Balance\Message.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=72766&stc=1&d=1204001375

I've got an normal htc elf p3450
And the program doesn't work correct, the background doesn't load therefore the transparant icons doesn't show.
I can enter the settings tab but i don't think any of the settings work.
I know you are a starting programmer (and i can't program anything so i have deep respect for you) but could you concider something like total customization
Greetz

Did you extract it to Program Files? (I meen Program Files\MaxHome\, and not to Storage Card (!)). Don't promise full customize but will work on it

MaxKysh said:
Did you extract it to Program Files? (I meen Program Files\MaxHome\, and not to Storage Card (!)). Don't promise full customize but will work on it
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As i have a dutch elf i don't have the program files folder but i made one by hand and copied the whole MaxHome folder to that directory but it still didn't work.
Greetz,

Hmm... That is my big mistake Will try to fix it

hi, just tried it, unzipped to device/Program Files/Max Home
tried running MaxHome01b.exe and comes up with error:
"the file 'MaxHome01b' cannot be opened. Either it is not signed with a trusted certificate, or one of its components cannot be found. You might need to reinstall or restore this file."
I clicked on accept when it said it wasnt signed...

Not working for Wizard
Date and time displayed correctly, the "Comm Manager" displays correctly but the Bluetooth button is the only one functioning, the rest do not have any effect.
Icons at the bottom do not work at all.
Anyhow, good idea, keep the good work!

Forget to say:
realized at this moment only:
- Clocks
- BlueToot, GSM, GRRS switch (WiFi - not yet)
- Balance Update
The bottom icons just for full view They are not working.

Please tell me, which Software to programm do you use??
Can you post the source code, so that we can help you to make a realy realy good home screen?
Thanks

[App] [Apr-26-09] WM6.5 Plug-in Installer

AppStar Titanium
Plug-in Installer
This program allows chome/titanium plug-in developers to create a cab file that will insert the plug-in's markup into the cpr files depending on the device's resolution and update the registry without overriding any of the user's existing chome/titanium configuration files or settings.
Device Requirements:
1. WM 6.5
2. .Net CF 2.0 or higher
Usage:
First things first, this is a developer only tool that has strict requirements to work properly. It requires a few files to be deployed and files like the plg files are case sensitive. ATPluginInstaller.exe and CESetupDLL.dll can be used for any free, not for profit, chome/Titanium plug-in.
Ok, now onto the fun stuff...
ATPluginInstaller.exe is the program where most of the magic happens. It does a few important things. First, it adds a plug-in name to the registry in "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\CHomelugins" and also inserts the plug-in into the specified location in "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\CHome:ExtensibilityXML" and "DefaultXML". Then it clears all VALUES in "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Security\CHome\DefaultSettings" to prevent chome from reverting to an old layout. Finally it injects the appropriate markup for the device resolution into each of the Titanium CPR files.
For ATPluginInstaller.exe to know what plug-in and markup to use, it needs a PLG file. A PLG file is basically a pre-defined XML file that includes the name, position, and markup for the plug-in you want to install.
Begining of a sample PLG file:
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<plugin>
<name>ATFavePeople</name>
<position>2</position>
<layouts>
<layout screenWidth="240" screenHeight="320">
<!-- ATFavePeople -->
<Layer ID="ATFavePeopleExpanded" Visible="False" Width="240" Height="82" Clip="False">
<Layer ID="Page" Clip="False">
<!-- Icon on upper right -->
<Image ID="Icon" Left="188" Top="-13" Width="43" Height="57" ScaleStyle="Stretch"/>
<!-- Large picture in Center -->
<Image ID="ContactPhoto" Left="10" Top="17" Width="43" Height="43" ScaleStyle="Fit" Clip="False">
<Layer ID="Border2" Color="#FFFFFFFF" Left="-2" Top="-2" Width="90" Height="90" Visible="True"/>
</Image>
(abbreviated to conserve space...)
The root node is "plugin". The three sub-nodes are "name", "position", and "layouts". All nodes must follow case to work with ATPluginInstaller.exe.
The "name" node contains the name of the plug-in you wish to install. It must match the name used in the plug-in markup.
The "position" node specifies where you want the plug-in to be displayed on chome. It is 0 based. Meaning the first spot is 0, the second spot is 1, and so on. If a number greater than the number of currently installed plug-ins is used, then the plug-in will be displayed at the bottom of chome.
The "layouts" node contains all the plug-in markup for the different device resolutions. Each resolution is defined by a "layout" sub-node with two attributes. The attributes are "screenWidth" and "screenHeight" which define what "layout" sub-node to use for each resolution. The "layout" sub-node contains the markup that will be injected into the CPR files. This markup is also case sensative and must follow the case that is used by Microsoft in the default CPR files or the sample attached PLG file.
To install a plug-in, simply call ATPluginInstaller.exe followed by the "-i" parameter and a space and then the PLG file name.
example: ATPluginInstaller.exe -i default.plg
ATPluginInstaller.exe is also uninstall friendly. Just replace "-i" with "-u".
example" ATPluginInstaller.exe -u default.plg
Well that's fine and dandy, but how the hell do I call ATPluginInstaller.exe from my CAB file? That's where a setup DLL comes into play. A setup DLL allows you to execute additional functions after a program is installed and before it is uninstalled. Working with setup DLLs are a pain in the butt because they don't support managed code, only C++. So I've attached CESetupDLL which is a setup dll that does two things:
1. It calls ATPluginInstaller.exe and installs, "-i", default.plg from the folder where the application is deployed to.
2. It calls CHomeRefresh.exe from the folder where the application is deployed to, to update Chome without performing a restart. (I didn't write CHomeRefresh and don't know who did but it works fairly well.)
CESetupDLL also works for CAB uninstall.
To include your CESetupDLL.dll in the INF file (file used to build installation CAB file) you have to add the following string to the [DefaultInstall] section:
CESetupDLL = "CESetupDLL.dll"
You can read more about setup.dlls here:
http://www.pocketpcdn.com/articles/setupdll.html
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa924308.aspx
That's pretty much it! Remember to pay attention to case, and if you use my CESetupDLL.dll include ATPluginInstaller.exe, default.plg, and CHomeRefresh.exe to your program folder in your CAB.
Feel free to use ATPluginInstaller.exe and CESetupDLL.dll for any free, not for profit, chome/Titanium plug-in. Giving me some credit would be nice too. ;-)

Cool, thanks for this.
Let me make sure of the default.plg file, if I want to include cpr installs for different resolutions, I just add all of them to that one file, correct? Just change the layout screenwidth,screenheight for each new cpr I need to write, for both portrait and landscape. So for vga only, I would have two layout sections, one with screenwidth=480, screenheight=640 and then another layout with screenwidth=640, screenheight=480? If a cpr doesn't exist on device, then it just skips that one and goes to next?
Just wanted to make sure I understood it correctly as I plan on updating titaniumweather this week and wanted to use this.

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Cool, thanks for this.
Let me make sure of the default.plg file, if I want to include cpr installs for different resolutions, I just add all of them to that one file, correct? Just change the layout screenwidth,screenheight for each new cpr I need to write, for both portrait and landscape. So for vga only, I would have two layout sections, one with screenwidth=480, screenheight=640 and then another layout with screenwidth=640, screenheight=480? If a cpr doesn't exist on device, then it just skips that one and goes to next?
Just wanted to make sure I understood it correctly as I plan on updating titaniumweather this week and wanted to use this.
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Yeah, that's pretty much it. All the different resolutions in one file. In your case you would just need two layout nodes for VGA, one for portrait and one for landscape.

I'm working on getting next version of titaniumweather finished up and had a question/request. I noticed that your atplugin installer must be reading the defaultxml for plugin info before inserting and rewriting the default and extensibilityxml values. Is it possible to have it read the extensibilityxml for the info instead? A lot of people only update the extensibiliyxml when adding new panels since thats all that is necessary to show panels and with your current version all those panels are removed from extensibilityxml when atplugin installer runs. I can change it in chome editor to write to both locations, but still doesn't help out with someone that has made there own panels independently.
I've added option in weather to switch layouts using your atplugin app to change layouts for different style of weather icons, works very well to switch them out.

I just double checked and atplugininstaller reads from ExtensibilityXML first. It then injects the plugin name and updates ExtensibililtyXML and DefaultXML to the new value. I don't bother to read DefaultXML, I just override it since they both should be the same anyhow. I can change it to not override DefaultXML if users are having issues with it.
BTW, I'm glad to hear you got it working with additional layouts. I have the same feature in my latest Fave Contacts release. I was worried developers might have trouble because of case sensitivity. I use an XPath query and I'm not quite sure why the powers that be(W3C) decided XPath needs to be forced to case sensitive.

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I just double checked and atplugininstaller reads from ExtensibilityXML first. It then injects the plugin name and updates ExtensibililtyXML and DefaultXML to the new value. I don't bother to read DefaultXML, I just override it since they both should be the same anyhow. I can change it to not override DefaultXML if users are having issues with it.
BTW, I'm glad to hear you got it working with additional layouts. I have the same feature in my latest Fave Contacts release. I was worried developers might have trouble because of case sensitivity. I use an XPath query and I'm not quite sure why the powers that be(W3C) decided XPath needs to be forced to case sensitive.
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huh, maybe just some weird issue I had going on then. After that first change up, everything after that didn't change my layout anymore. But I also updated chome editor to write to defaultxml too and reset my custom panels in after first change up, so maybe that fixed issue for me.
Yeah, got 4 or 5 different icon sets now, with different .plg files for each since most have different size icons and that was easiest way to have for future icon packs to be added without having to release new weather versions. Working on cab now, had trouble with install at first 'cause I was saving your ATPluginInstaller.exe to a subfolder under installation path, which is location I needed to work with my future addons. Got it sorted now(I think).

Is there a way to specify the CPR's to modify in the .plg file? I have made completely new CPR's for NeoTitanium. Instead of being Titanium_(Resolution).cpr, they are Neo_(Resolution).cpr, M2DNeo_(Resolution).cpr, & BWNeo_(Resolution).cpr. for the different themes. I did this so the user can swtich back and forth from NeoTitanium to Titanium (or the different themes) without uninstalling it.

Thank you soooo much. I am going to try this out.

drkfngthdragnlrd said:
Is there a way to specify the CPR's to modify in the .plg file? I have made completely new CPR's for NeoTitanium. Instead of being Titanium_(Resolution).cpr, they are Neo_(Resolution).cpr, M2DNeo_(Resolution).cpr, & BWNeo_(Resolution).cpr. for the different themes. I did this so the user can swtich back and forth from NeoTitanium to Titanium (or the different themes) without uninstalling it.
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Hmmm... I was going to pull the CPR file name out of the registry, but decided against it because I didn't have any way of knowing that the PLG file was indeed targeted to that CPR anyhow. Adding a node to the PLG is a good idea. But we need to be very careful with distribution. If users got a hold of your PLGs and tried to use them with a Titanium layout they would not work.

Nice!
Very cool indeed.
Just the thing I'm looking for .
Was currently busy with pre-define cpr file to append at the titanium_(resolution_here).cpr, this surely helps a lot in making that happened.
Thanks!!!!!

I have a BIG question. In your ATFavePeople Cab you have a Setup.dll in the Main root of the cab but you don't talk about that. What is that Setup.dll for? I added the AtpluginInstaller, CESetupdll.dll, default.plg, and CHomeRefresh in the cab. Someone told the cab is unsuccessful when its installed and I can't quite figure out why.

JukEboXAuDiO said:
I have a BIG question. In your ATFavePeople Cab you have a Setup.dll in the Main root of the cab but you don't talk about that. What is that Setup.dll for? I added the AtpluginInstaller, CESetupdll.dll, default.plg, and CHomeRefresh in the cab. Someone told the cab is unsuccessful when its installed and I can't quite figure out why.
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I replied to your private message but i'll repost here incase others need the info.
Hmmm.. There are a couple things you need to check. Make sure the have the CESetupdll.dll configured properly in your INF file.
To include your CESetupDLL.dll in the INF file (file used to build installation CAB file) you have to add the following string to the [DefaultInstall] section:
CESetupDLL = "CESetupDLL.dll"
Also make sure your cab file is extracting all the files to the same folder.

Just a heads up... I'll be leaving for a business trip tomorrow and won't be back till Monday. I'll get to any questions and/or fixes when I get back. Thanks guys!

SO what do I do about creating a setup.dll file when I don't have a program that can create .dll files.

Can someone tell me where the [Default Install] section is in CE Cab Manager.

AppStar said:
Hmmm... I was going to pull the CPR file name out of the registry, but decided against it because I didn't have any way of knowing that the PLG file was indeed targeted to that CPR anyhow. Adding a node to the PLG is a good idea. But we need to be very careful with distribution. If users got a hold of your PLGs and tried to use them with a Titanium layout they would not work.
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This is why I was wondering if there was a way to call out a specific cpr file name. That way if the cpr doesn't exist on the "machine", the plg does nothing. Also, in the future on release you'll see a lot more custom named cprs. HTC I know uses their own naming. My smart phone has like 5 different sets of cprs on it.

Do you think there's a way to also include multiple plugins in the default.plg file?
I'm looking for a way to use the PluginInstaller to update existing .cpr default (Clock, Music, Photos, etc.) without messing up any additional/custom plugins people have put in.

Very nice. Thanks

Finally was able to install a plugin made by this installer...
Almost all my *.cpr files were read-only, so the plugin wasnt able to save them and kept giving me the "AtpluginInstaller.exe" error.
Changed them to non read-only with Resco Explorer and all worked fine.

Hi There.
don't know if I'm in the right topic if not I apologize.
I would like to know iif there is way to change the GUID of a "personnale" plugin. It seems that non standard plugin got the same guid, and on some case it makes trouble (I would like to put one of my personnal plugins by default when I press "hang" button).
Thanks

[SOLVED] Programs "Start Menu" from imported ROM

I hate to ask on here because I feel like the answer should be obvious but it hasnt been.
I imported the latest AT&T ROM for the Tilt 2 in to OSKitchen and have been customizing/modding the heck out of it. Added my own software, removed most of the AT&T crap. Changed SYS to 21916 and even 2019 Manila without difficulty.
What is stumping me? The stupid default shortcuts for things like ActiveSync or email setup , remote destop Windows Live etc...
Most apps I have changed the app.dat to modify location for most things that I kept. However I have searched in both sys and EXT for prov.xml files, reg files basically ALL file contents looking for the likes of the apps above and just CANT find reference to them.
Is there some default behavior that says if a .lnk file exists in windows make a shortcut in the root of "Programs" ? or what am I missing. (Even that doesnt hold water though because activesync is actually async.lnk.
I know I can use something like mortscript to just move them around but this is more about wanting to know what the heck I seem to be missing. Thanks in advance and hopefully this isnt a stupid question.

hx4700 Killer said:
I hate to ask on here because I feel like the answer should be obvious but it hasnt been.
I imported the latest AT&T ROM for the Tilt 2 in to OSKitchen and have been customizing/modding the heck out of it. Added my own software, removed most of the AT&T crap. Changed SYS to 21916 and even 2019 Manila without difficulty.
What is stumping me? The stupid default shortcuts for things like ActiveSync or email setup , remote destop Windows Live etc...
Most apps I have changed the app.dat to modify location for most things that I kept. However I have searched in both sys and EXT for prov.xml files, reg files basically ALL file contents looking for the likes of the apps above and just CANT find reference to them.
Is there some default behavior that says if a .lnk file exists in windows make a shortcut in the root of "Programs" ? or what am I missing. (Even that doesnt hold water though because activesync is actually async.lnk.
I know I can use something like mortscript to just move them around but this is more about wanting to know what the heck I seem to be missing. Thanks in advance and hopefully this isnt a stupid question.
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Try look in the initflashfiles.dat file.

Lol sure enough. More proof positive that Win7 search is garbage. I had it search file contents but for whatever reason it didnt find those shortcuts because it didnt search that file and it is indexed.

You can change the name of the actual .lnk then using an app.dat rename it and place it in where you'd like. I was having this problem with WM Live so I renamed the actual "WLMLauncher.lnk" to "_WLMLauncher.lnk" and then added this line:
Code:
Directory("\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Internet"):-File("Windows Live.lnk","\Windows\_WLMLauncher.lnk")
to an app.dat in the Start Menu section of my kitchen.
This way whatever is natively calling that link won't be able to recognize it anymore.
If you're simply having trouble finding all the .lnks, just search your SYS XXXXX directory for ".lnk" and that should pull up all the async and email links that you're having trouble with.