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Hi all,
Havn't posted for a while but I am still here! My exec seems to be running pretty fast now, using ozVGA
Anyways, just installed 2 patched *.exe files into windows directory (Backlight.exe.0409.mui.exe and Power.exe.0409.mui.exe) but me being stupid, I forgot to make a back up of the ORIGINAL backlight.exe and power.exe (located in the Windows DIR on the phone)...
So could somebody PLEASE upload me them two files, as I really need to restore them because using ozvga is hurting my eyes at the moment!
Thank you!
Not sure if this is what you want, since they are ROM files.
They originally had Read-Only, Hidden & System attributes set, but don't know if those will survive being compressed with WinZIP.
HTH
Exactly what i needed.. but I have no such luck of getting them onto the exec! i remove the attributes and it still doesn't let me copy!! DOH! any ideas? and thank you for such a quick reply
peteypye said:
Exactly what i needed.. but I have no such luck of getting them onto the exec! i remove the attributes and it still doesn't let me copy!! DOH! any ideas? and thank you for such a quick reply
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Sorry, wait a minute... That's better just got my spare (hopefully working) brain cell out of cold storage. :roll:
Both files are shown as "ROM" files if I look at their properties in the \Windows\ folder using Resco Explorer, so, errr..... won't they already be there if you delete whatever you've currently replaced them with?
Unfortunately, neither ActiveSync Explore, nor the PDA's File Explorer appear to allow you to overwrite an existing system file on the PDA. Resco's Explorer does allow this, although you get a message saying that the world will probably end if you do. I just tried copying another program into Windows as Backlight.exe. Then deleted my program, and the original was available again. But as mentioned, not posible with File Explorer, nor ActiveSync Explore.
Ok, simply by deleting the two files restored the default versions and fixed my problem.
Thanks for your advice, astage.
peteypye said:
Thanks for your advice, astage.
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Nothing to thank me for ..... since I'm just another fish out of water...
astage said:
Not sure if this is what you want, since they are ROM files.
They originally had Read-Only, Hidden & System attributes set, but don't know if those will survive being compressed with WinZIP.
HTH
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link not working .
Newbie Question. Have downloaded this file in RAR form, extracted it and now dont know what to do with it. It has no .cab extension and i cant seem to install it in WM5.0. Im trying to get my gps to talk to tom tom 5 with no luck.
Thanks
try extracting it to the windows directory on you device, then soft reset and check for the bluetooth settings applet.
Rob
Im running wm5.0 and there is no windows file..do you mean applications or databases .
Thanks mark
Here is the cab file. Any help appreciated
shabba said:
Here is the cab file. Any help appreciated
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Copy it to your device. Open file explorer on your device and click on the cab file, and the istallation of the content of the cab file will start!
have tried that but when extracted there is no file with a .cab extension. Ive used file explorer and click on one of the 5 files and just get an error message.
Do not extract anything. Just copy the cab file you posted as is on to your device.
This is an installation file and is not meant to be extracted.
thanks , will give it a go now.
yep , that worked a treat..Now i just need to be able to get tom tom to see port 6 and my life will be ok!!
Hi All,
Wouldn't it be great to be able to control which applications ran on your PDA...Ensuring that your users could not run certain apps would be a real bonus.
So I came across a URL that explained just how to do this...
http://www.satter.org/2007/03/lets_shell_some.html#comment-74156022
Sadly, for me I am on WM6 but only have access to the WM5 SDK and when I tried to carry out the suggestions I failed with the SMS text error:
Change of Device Settings Unsuccessful
Your device settings cannot be changed by Test.cpf
So I am at a dead end. Can anyone else who has interest step in and assist this beginner to get this function working?
I ran the SDKCerts.Cab on my device and the SecurityOff.CPF file. They were successful and I got the SMS message telling me that the changes in SecurityOff.cpf were successful.
I am probably close to a solution but don't have the background to make the last few steps. Can anyone else assist me please?
Have I just a typo in my test.cpf file (on the URL there is a message about the script containing a typo error - I couldn't spot it though...was it fixed?)
All help is greatly appreciated and would deserve a beer or a cyber equivalent.
Many thanks,
PianoSam.
Could you post the wap-provisioning source you used? So I could check for a typo or sumthin.. I've done the same thing as the blogg describes, and it works fine with me..
I on the other hand, wanted to restrict wceload being loaded via Activesync->Add/Remove programs.. but it seems like RAPI doesn't use the same disallowrun settings etc..
But post you cpf file or you code.. and i'll take a look at it.
Hi,
Thanks for the assistance. I have attached a small zip with the various bits and pieces that I have.
My file is the test.cpf file. What I actually wish to do is to prevent Pocket IE from loading...although my test tried to control the clock.exe file.
all assistance is greatly appreciated and you have already renewed my hope that I might be able to do what is needed...
Thanks,
PianoSam
I'll have a look at it.. but it seems that the Test.cpf is just a doc or a rtf file you've renamed? You know this isn't a "cpf" file that wceload.exe can recognize?
I'll have a look at the registry settings within the file and build a cab/cpf file .. so i can test it... i'll let you know how this goes.. unfortunately, i can't reply before tomorrow.
I didn't realise...
Thanks for your help. I just created my test.cpf in word by cutting and pasting the xml script from the url.
I saved as utf-8 and thought job done. Sadly not.
So what should I do instead? forgive me but I don't know the steps to make a suitable cpf/cab file.
Once again THANK YOU for your kindness,
Sam.
Does anyone know how I can convert png or ico files to dll files so that it can be used with SK Shortcut Manager or PocketTweak to create shortcut icons?
I have been searching online for a method for a long time and it appears that the only way to do so is by using Visual FoxPro. However, I don't have this program and there isn't a trial version i can download. (I don't want to spend money buying a program just to make a few dll files for my shortcuts)
I have also tried some other freewares and trial softwares online but none of them are successful.
Any help with this is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Attached here are the 3 icons i would like to turn into dll files. If anyone know where to get them as dll files, that would be great too.
Loook for ResHacher, it is free!
http://rpi.net.au/~ajohnson/resourcehacker
Bulldog said:
Loook for ResHacher, it is free!
http://rpi.net.au/~ajohnson/resourcehacker
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just see the link doesn't function.
Nevermind zip file attached. enjoy
Still not working...
i downloaded the program and used the IconDLL.dll file i got from PHM Tools then i changed the icons inside to the one i want. However, I still can't get it to work despit doing that.
What I did after getting the new .dll file with my icon in is use the shortcut creator program I found here. I tried to read other .dll files and i could see the icon but as soon as I use my own .dll file I made (which I put in the /Windows), it crashes the program. I then tried another program, the Strat Menu programs manager and I still could not read my icon.
I even went through all the post in this forum about shortcuts and tried some of the tricks there. I downloaded Microangelo Librarian and attempted to use IconDLL.dll by adding in my own icons (as vijay suggested in an earlier post), however, according to the advice he gave, that should be it and it should've been easy. This wasn't the case because I couldn't save the file as a .dll file since it said that the file is a read only file or is locked. I then tried save as but that only save it as a lib file.
I have been at this for a whole day now. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
** oh and I even tried using SK Shortcut Manager and I still couldn't read the .dll file I made :..(
Hi teresa611
I also use Microangelo Librarian.
what we have to do is just open the program.
1. Drag any icons into blank librarian.
2. Save as *.icl
3. Just rename those *.icl to be *.dll
4. Copy to PPC
5. Enjoy
Hope this help
tried and failed
even tho i changed the name to .dll, when i dragged it into my pda, it's still a librarian file and i was unable to read it. perhaps, i'm doing something wrong if it works for other people.
i'm starting to feel this is more trouble than it's worth. Thanks for the advice tho. If anyone else has any other ideas, please let me know.
teresa611 said:
tried and failed
even tho i changed the name to .dll, when i dragged it into my pda, it's still a librarian file and i was unable to read it. perhaps, i'm doing something wrong if it works for other people.
i'm starting to feel this is more trouble than it's worth. Thanks for the advice tho. If anyone else has any other ideas, please let me know.
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For me, I have to put .dll into \Windows; otherwise, it is not work.
In addition, you may try using icon_viewer utility to view those dll in order to ensure it is a work dll.
The attach is icon_viewer. Copy to PPC and run.
Thanks. I'll try it later when I get off work. I really hope it works, cause I'm running out of forums to search
problem solved!!
just to refresh this thread and to give others some info if they're stuck with what I was stuck with. I finallt managed to create .dll files and use them in my pda as shorcut icons.
Instead of using Michelangelo Libarian which I am still confused about, I found this great freeware called "BeCyIconGrabber". It allows you to extract icons from .dll and .exe files and you can also load multiple icons there as save it as .dll.
Thanks again to everyone who tried to help
Hope someone can help.
As usual i am putting new cabs into my documents on the pc and syncing. But when i open file explorer, these new cabs are now showing as windows files that cannot be open as oppossed to cabs as they used to be.
I'm a bit of a noob ,so i'm not sure i have explained this very well but hopefully someone can help.
Thanks in advance.....
sounds like you are extracting the cabs to me, i just have a folder on my sd card i call general crap, and i copy all my cabs in there, go to file explorer sd card then general crap then click on what i want to install
Thanks very much for the swift response. Its very odd that this has started happening all of a sudden. Some cabs ie wallpapers, are going into my documents, but others as i said seem to now be windows files and not cabs, once they are in my documents and cannot be opened, very very frustrating !! I'll try what you said this evening and see if it works, but i cannot understand why it would all of a sudden be extracted when thats never been the case before ?
I'm sure i must have changed something, but i wish i new what
Cheers again for your help. I would be lost without this site, and my HD2 would be no-where near as much fun.
Thanks for the help, but it didn't work. Files still appear as window type files that i cannot open instead of the usual cabs. Wish i new whats changed, but unless anyone has a suggestion, i can feel a dreaded hard reset coming on !!!
Can you not just explore your device with activesync and copy the files manually, rather than using some method of synching? Or, connect as a USB drive and copy the files to your memory card. Either they're not actually cab installers, or the sync process is doing something to them.
Just tried both your suggestions, but with no luck. But thanks anyway for the reply. Wish i new what has changed but something has .
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Just tried both your suggestions, but with no luck. But thanks anyway for the reply. Wish i new what has changed but something has .
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What actually happens then when you click a cab file? Do any old cab files work, or is it now all cab files that won't work?
It says " The file ????? cannot be opened. Either it is not signed with a trusted certificate, or one of its components cannot be found. If the problem persists, try reinstalling or restoring this file "
You can see before you try to open it that its not right, as i say , it appears to be a window file not a cab, once it goes on my device, though judging by the size of the file it is all there !!!
Wallpaper cabs seem to be working for some reason though.
Using your PC, browse to the folder on your phone and see what the file is called. If it doesn't look like a cab file should, then it probably won't have a .cab extension. (I only say this because the file explorer on the phone does not show file extensions. Your PC may not be set up to do so either though. The alternative is to use Total Commander or Resco to see what the file extension is.)
Can you give me a link to a cab file that doesn't work for you?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=576232
Shortcuts to start menu folders is one of the cabs. As above .
I'll have a play with the other things youv'e said.
Thanks again for you help.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=576232
Shortcuts to start menu folders is one of the cabs. As above .
I'll have a play with the other things youv'e said.
Thanks again for you help.
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Did you first unzip the file in that linked thread?
No, i'm putting it on unzipped as i normally do.
Looking at them on the pc, they appear as normal .
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No, i'm putting it on unzipped as i normally do.
Looking at them on the pc, they appear as normal .
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Well the link you gave me is a zip file with a cab file in it, so you would need to unzip it first. Cab files are actually a format of compression, so it's likely that a cab file and a zip file would have the same icon on your PC. It's for reasons like that that I always make sure to have file extensions switched on on my PC.
Try unzipping it and copying the contents to your phone and see how you get on with that.
You are a life saver. Now I can say thank-you very much, that worked perfectly. This website is brilliant for those of you who know what your doing and for those like me who just like to play with their device and make use of the knowledge on this site.
Thanks again.
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You are a life saver. Now I can say thank-you very much, that worked perfectly. This website is brilliant for those of you who know what your doing and for those like me who just like to play with their device and make use of the knowledge on this site.
Thanks again.
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You're welcome mate. Glad you got it sorted.