Hi guys,
I haven installed a new rom in my phone and I discovered some programs is still on my memory and it can run.
I'd like to add a link in the program section(here i can see only installaed programs so if other programs are already inside my system i cant see them)
How can I do? Thanks
in file explorer you should be able to long tap on the .exe then tap create shortcut, youve then got to move this shortcut to device/windows/start menu/programs
(i have made a copy of all the links and put it in internal storage so when i flash a rom i can just copy all the links at once)
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hi,
I am having problem deleting an icon from the promgrams section of o2 XDA2.
I downloaded one program and later deleted the program through romeove program. The actual program has been deleted but has left behind an icon on the programs list. I cannot figure out a way how to delete it. Can anyone help
Manoj
Deleting items in program list
Look in "\Windows\Start Menu\Programs" - they are all there.
use explore or what ever file browsing tool that you use to get your kicks
go into the dir called windows
go into the dir called start menu
go into the dir called programs or something like that
it's just like on a pc
Use File Explorer. Go to \Windows then \Start Menu. Open \Programs and do whatever you want.
I noticed that whenever I install stuff to the SD card or the main memory, the application file is placed under the Start/Programs Folder. Now I am pretty sure it is a pain to browse the entire Programs folder if for example we need to use the Zip utility application which is found at the very end.
Now my question is: "Can we create a classification sub-folder to sort things out in the "Start/Program Folder" and not worry about messing some functionality of the application?
Is it OK to just cut and paste, for example the Zip application file under Start/Programs folder and paste it inside the newly created Start/Programs/Utilities sub-folder?
Any other ideas as to how to sort applications in the Programs Folder?
Hi cktlcmd,
You can manipulate you 'Start/Programs' by browsing to Windows/startmenu/programs with File Explorer (or Total Commander or Resco, etc.). You can create new subfolders there and cut (or copy) and paste the links to each program to whichever folder you desire. BTW, these are links (.lnk files) not the applications (.exe files). For example, you cold put the Zip utility .lnk file under Windows/startmenu/programs/Utilities.
Also, sometimes you need to make your own links for programs that don't generate their own. You can't do it in file explorer on your PDA. The easiest way is to use your PC through ActiveSync to create shortcuts just like you would in PC Windows. (Resco also works, Total Commander?)
Another idea, though, (which I use) is to invest in a launcher program for your Today screen such as iLauncher by SBSH or Spb Pocket plus. Much more convenient IMHO.
Boinger
Hi Boinger,
Thanks for the reply. I am afraid that a launcher would just slow this lovely puppy down. Right now, these are installed in my internal memory: Pocket Mechanic, MemMaid, and Handy Menu. So far, no slow downs, and I like the way they interact. Most of my programs are installed in my card.
I'll try it right now. Thanks again.
hi Guys.
i have a problem here with the herald and the quick App select in the HTC HOME.
i can only select apps that are on the programlist. But i have apps on the storage card. i want the exe files to appear in the programlist so i can select them in the quick app menü in HTC HOME.
i tried to make a shortcut from the apps exe an paste it in windows... in windows/programs but it doesnt work.
do i have to edit the registry ? i dont know what i have to add in there.
please help
You need to paste the shortcuts in windows/Start Menu/Prorgrams and whichever folder you want to drop it in or just drop it in that folder and it will work ^_^.
It worked !
THANK YOU !
Hi - I've recently installed some programs on my Diamond, some of which were not compatible, so I deleted the files for these from my Program Files folder in Internal Storage.
However, the icons for these deleted programs are still in the programs menu - how do I get rid of these icons?
Any help would be much appreciated!
Delete the shortcuts in the Windows\Start Menu\Programs folder.
With File Explorer go to the "Windows" Folder on the Main Storage (Not Internal Storage), then go to the "Start Menu" Folder and then the "Programs" Folder. The icons should be somewhere in there.
A very overdue THANKS to you two - I somehow managed to lose the link to this thread and couldn't find my post again. n00b uselessness, I'm afraid.
well if your dealing with just a shortcut, you could use a program called SK tools, under a category there is a function there on removing BAD Shortcuts...
or option two, you could do it manually, install a resco file explorer got to Windows/Start Menu/ Programs and choose the applicatiion shortcut you want to delete then tap it then delete...
Hope that helped you...
You can also remove it with ActiveSync,after your connected go to mobile device-windows mobile based device-windows-startmenu-programs.Here you can select the shortcut you want to delete.
I love this app and have intalled it onto my storage card in a folder where i keep all my .cab files, my only prblem is that i cant see it when i look for it in my programs, i,m wanting to put it as a quick link but cant? The only way i can run it is by going into file explorer and then storage card and then i the app folder i created and running it from there, where am i going wrong guys? help needed cheers
simple
go in file explorer to the file on sd card. tap and hold. click copy from the menu that appears.
open device\windows\start menu\programs and select there
(bottom screen) menu > edit > paste shortcut
rename the shortcut if you like
now you can select the file from start programs or assign it to a quick-link button.
BRILLIANT!!!