Hi Guys,
I'm new with my HD mini, got tons of experience with other HTC devices.
I ran into a problem. How do I close an program?
Like, when I use file explorer, and I want to close it.
There is no exit in the Menu of file explorer.
And the Home, Windows and arrow button won't close it.
When I look into Task Manager, everything is still running.
Is there a way? or do I need to map the close application option to a button?
Sharky
Some apps can be closed by the "back" button.
Others have a close-button inside the app itself or must be closed with task manager.
Did not found another solution for this.
Thanks codiak, but no real help there.
I tried to use AE Button Plus to map the BACK button (arrow button) to the CLOSE command, but it can't be done. Does someone have an other option to assign close to a button?
i haven't found a solution so far, but i use spb mobile shell so there's a shortcut to the task manager on my home screen
it's not THE solution either but i close thanks to 'ArkSwitch'
just have to touch the top bar and then i close programs
If you've got a faster solution, i'm interrested in.
Not realy related to this post, but anyway:
On my old HTC Elf it was also possible to close the services via task manager. On the mini you can only view them.
Did someone found a solution for that?
You can have the missing X button back if you do what i've written here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6740128&postcount=9 After that you can use ameba (or any other) in order to make the X button really close the running apps. Hope i helped
Use the stock Task Manager to close apps. You can assign it to the long-press end button. So that you can bring it up from anywhere anytime. Or click the task bar, then Task Manager. You can also find it in the Start menu.
From the Task Manager list, click on the app you want to close, then click End Task softkey. Alternatively, you can click and hold the app in the Task Manager list, a shortcut menu will pop up, then click End Task.
Hi,
with AEbutton plus a Taskmanager is included. I have connected this with the longpress Windows button. there you can close via touching the red cross. Not very comfortable but it works if you have AEB anyway.
Regards,
83schneider
Zalaros, I think you have the winning answer (for me).
There is my lovely X button again. Although it doesn't close yet. I will look into ameba.
Please post your ameba alternatives here, since I don't know any.
Funny how please "solve" this problem for their own. Thnx everyone
ZapIt
I installed ZapIt (found here) and then copied \Windows\Start Menu\Zap IT!.exe to \Windows\EndKey.exe
It closes any program by longpressing the End key.
I Installed AMeBa and the Settings app by Scarecrow420 and I must say I'm a happy camper
Now I'm at the point of removing my task manager shortcut from my today screen, cause I don't need it anymore.
Thanks for the comment wensing, but I won't be needing it. Ameba give me more options for more buttons.
Related
When closing programs why do they still run i n the background. any way to properly close them ...
Whenever possible I try to "exit" through its menu (usuallybottom left in most programs). When you close just by hitting the X in the top right corner thats when it stays running in the background
I'm only a newbie mind you and there might be other solutions out there
marto
Most programs made for pocket pc do not close by pushing any of the top buttons (ie ok & X). Instead they just move behind other window so you cant see them. This is supposed to be the ppc equivelant of minimizing. The idea is strongly pushed by microsoft, and has some merit. Personally I like to have at least an option to "really" exit a program, but in most cases the only way to truly exit is via the memory manager in the settings or some third party task manager.
To really CLOSE a program install SPB Pocket Plus or Wisbar Advance. More people like SPB Pocket Plus.
Those programs add an option then really close a program when you hit ok and/or close button
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/pocketplus/?en
aebuttonplus & vjokbutt
All of the tools in previous post are ok. Though I use ae button plus to remap tge hardware buttons, it allows separate commands for double- & triple click as well. & for really closing apps I use VJOkButt assigned to one of the double clicks. Works like a treat. Btw VJ has lots more tiny very usefull magician extensions. Just visit www.vijay555.com
Cheers, M
Btw the OS is designed to send apps to the background instead of closing them. That way the reopen much quicker, counterpart is that a magician has limited ram & it's souped up rapidly.
thanks guys, will look into all that was suggested.
Vbar
http://www.vieka.com/vbar.htm
Try tapping and holding the X or OK button. Not sure if its a feature of Battery Pack but if I tap, it minimises and when I tap and hold it closes the program. Cheers Paul
frigit said:
Try tapping and holding the X or OK button.
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Nope - doesn't work.
frigit said:
Try tapping and holding the X or OK button. Not sure if its a feature of Battery Pack but if I tap, it minimises and when I tap and hold it closes the program. Cheers Paul
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That's a Battery Pack feature.
I like HTC Task Manager's feature, that enables the Quick Menu when pressing the X-button. But I would like to acces the Quick Menu with a hardkey.
Does anybody know how that can be done?
Give SPB Pocket Plus a try.
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Give SPB Pocket Plus a try.
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Yes, SPB Pocket Plus has the taskmanager like the Quick Menu. But the reason why I like the one from HTC - is because it is finger friendly.
I have tried the Touch Commander Suite - it has a great task manager (quick menu). But it is not that consistent in its performance - and it keeps closing down - and the only way to get it back is with soft reset. :-(
I thought he meant how to assign a hardware button ... use the button feature from Pocket Plus was my suggestion NOT the task mgr.
actually just coming in my head... do you mean HTC Action Screen. This works perfect with Pocket plus (I have it on long press PTT on my AT&T Tilt).
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actually just coming in my head... do you mean HTC Action Screen. This works perfect with Pocket plus (I have it on long press PTT on my AT&T Tilt).
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No, I mean the Quick Menu that you can see on the attachment.
Yes, I'm thinking about this too considering that HTC Task Manager is only available on the Today Screen. It would be nice to be able to access it while in other applications. So, I guess a hardware key mapping is the best solution. Anybody?
Pocket Plus has an "Alt-Tab" function which can be mapped to a hardware key. It'll open a window and either with the stylus or scroll wheel you select the task, press OK (or press the scroll wheel) and you are there.
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No, I mean the Quick Menu that you can see on the attachment.
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If you only want to access that from today screen, HButton does a good job for that. I add the "OK/Close" function to one of the HButtons, and assign that to the "OK" button in the settings->buttons. This way I can use the "OK" button to close most of the running programs, and while in today screen, one hit on the "OK" button will bring up the list of programs in the picture you attached.
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Pocket Plus has an "Alt-Tab" function which can be mapped to a hardware key. It'll open a window and either with the stylus or scroll wheel you select the task, press OK (or press the scroll wheel) and you are there.
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The problem with the Alt-Tab function is, that you are not able to close one (or all) of the programs - like you can with the Quick menu
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If you only want to access that from today screen, HButton does a good job for that. I add the "OK/Close" function to one of the HButtons, and assign that to the "OK" button in the settings->buttons. This way I can use the "OK" button to close most of the running programs, and while in today screen, one hit on the "OK" button will bring up the list of programs in the picture you attached.
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Please explain. When I go under settings->buttons, I can only ad the "ok/close" function. Are you saying, that you also have an "ok" function, and when you map the ok function to a hardkey, then you have the list of the programs pop up on the today screen??
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Please explain. When I go under settings->buttons, I can only ad the "ok/close" function. Are you saying, that you also have an "ok" function, and when you map the ok function to a hardkey, then you have the list of the programs pop up on the today screen??
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You have to install HButton.
I use Handy Menu, not free though. 4.99 I think. It also gives you some other functions, and it is configurable. I have it mapped to long press camera button.
Quick Menu 2.7 does exactly that. All you have to do is tap the start menu. a list of programs running and an X to kill them.
Much quicker than looking for a way to edit taksmanager/Xbutton3(?)
Highly recomend it. I don't use anything else.
Also, you can cook it too:
Install the app; set up your options; export the registries; make a package from the cab (for dsm/rgu ); copy the contents of the reg export to the rgu using text editor. Package complete! now you can cook it and have your options be like you need them.... and there are so many!
PPCBANDIT said:
I like HTC Task Manager's feature, that enables the Quick Menu when pressing the X-button. But I would like to acces the Quick Menu with a hardkey.
Does anybody know how that can be done?
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found the solution already? i would also like the htc task popup into a HW button
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found the solution already? i would also like the htc task popup into a HW button
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I did, thanks wearefree for the tip. Use HButton, its OK/Close button handling is different from OS, so it makes exactly what we need. I mapped HW button 2 on my Wizard to HButton and it simulates OK/Close. When any app is in front it minimizes it and when I'm on today it shows HTC Quick Menu.
It's kind of frustrated for me.
When I have two applications running, for example, GPS and Email reading. In order to switch to GPS from Reading, I have to click Start->Home, where I have shortcut for Task Manager. Open Task Manager, from there, I can switch to GPS application.
Any other faster ways? Really miss that TAB switching in regular Windows OS....
I personally use LMT with task fascade. They work very well with each other.
try WkTASK.
or arkswitch...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=266378&d=1263219301
You just extract alttab.exe and copy it to your Program Files and assign a button (I assign Windows button) to it with e.g. AEBplus:
http://ae.inc.ru/aebplus.php
Then this works just like Windows Alt+Tab by pressing just one button - you switch between your opened apps (home panel included though)
Also, you (just like me can assing a wonderful task manager
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=655853&highlight=mm+task+manager
to the green button, using same AEBplus (I use green button for calling a phone maybe only twice a day). Then you have two very quick ways to see/switch your running programs
Just for info: Windows button is the very center hard button, Green button is the very left button on HD2.
I mean that I never use the green button - I just use soft button (quick link on the home) to open the Phone, so using the green button to open MM Task manager is extremely convenient.
Thanks a lot, I will try tonight.
Dutty's task manager, MMTaskManager, Showcase, XTask just to name a few of the top of my head
duttys task manager is the simplest and best
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or arkswitch...
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If you are using WM 6.5.x Arkswitch is the best taskmanager imo.
How to switch btw running apps quickly? For example, if I am listening to slacker while browsing the web and want to switch back quickly to change the song. I am new to winmo and I am trying to learn the ropes. I currently use the stock task manager to switch, but that is kind of a pain. Is the a mod or app that allows this. Please refrain from raging on the newb.
Arkswitch
I use Arkswitch, which is quite a handy tool and can be accessed easily by assigning a area on the screen, which upon tapping, brings up arkswitch task manager. Just search for it on XDA and you should find it or i guess you can also google for it.
good topic. i was wondering about this too but i would prefer to long-press the home key & have task manager or another app switching app come up... I'm still looking into it.
@rlee
that would be amazing
rlee008 said:
good topic. i was wondering about this too but i would prefer to long-press the home key & have task manager or another app switching app come up... I'm still looking into it.
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coming from Andriod?
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coming from Andriod?
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Lmao YUP! something's should be easy, even already thought of while they're compiling the Win Mobile software together. Why there is no native option to just remap a button to open something baffles me these days. I’ve searched much and all I can come up with is "try AEButton Plus or HButton" but they don’t seem to map the "home key" or some people have issues.... anyways, I don’t want to have an app running in my memory to just get this function to work. still searching...
rlee
rlee008 said:
Lmao YUP! something's should be easy, even already thought of while they're compiling the Win Mobile software together. Why there is no native option to just remap a button to open something baffles me these days. I’ve searched much and all I can come up with is "try AEButton Plus or HButton" but they don’t seem to map the "home key" or some people have issues.... anyways, I don’t want to have an app running in my memory to just get this function to work. still searching...
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I had a G1 before this.... I still sometimes long press the home button on my HD2.... only to get to the home page....
Here is a Registry hack for the send key to bring up the task manager: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=612530
To use your "send" key to bring up Task Manager:
Settings > All settings > Personal > Buttons > Select Task Manager from "Assign a Program" drop-down menu (there's a scroll bar on the right, kind of hard to see at first)
Now when you hold your green button, the task manager will be brought up.
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To use your "send" key to bring up Task Manager:
Settings > All settings > Personal > Buttons > Select Task Manager from "Assign a Program" drop-down menu (there's a scroll bar on the right, kind of hard to see at first)
Now when you hold your green button, the task manager will be brought up.
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No, that's to bring up the task manager. They're looking for an easy way to bring up the, um...task manager. LOL yeah I think it's stupid someone didn't come up with a different name for one of them
The cab below will bring up the ArkSwitch task manager (usually accessed by clicking the menu icon just to the right of the clock in the taskbar) when you long-press the send key.
It's from THIS list of great cabs/tweaks, which is also found in the sticky at the top of this forum section. There's also similar cabs there that will perform the same fuction, but with alternative task manager apps.
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No, that's to bring up the task manager. They're looking for an easy way to bring up the, um...task manager. LOL yeah I think it's stupid someone didn't come up with a different name for one of them
The cab below will bring up the ArkSwitch task manager (usually accessed by clicking the menu icon just to the right of the clock in the taskbar) when you long-press the send key.
It's from THIS list of great cabs/tweaks, which is also found in the sticky at the top of this forum section. There's also similar cabs there that will perform the same fuction, but with alternative task manager apps.
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Actually, with the task manager you can both close apps (by selecting it and hitting "Close") AND switch apps (by double-tapping on the app), so that would work perfectly.
Me, I usually just hit "Home" and most of the time the other app I want to load is on my quick list, if not, I'll just hit "Windows" instead.
dutty's task manager should do the trick.
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Actually, with the task manager you can both close apps (by selecting it and hitting "Close") AND switch apps (by double-tapping on the app), so that would work perfectly.
Me, I usually just hit "Home" and most of the time the other app I want to load is on my quick list, if not, I'll just hit "Windows" instead.
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+1, you can indeed switch between apps on the default Task Manager by double tapping on the program.
hi, i almost never multitask on my hd2 exept MSN. is there a way to quit a program instead of mimimizing it? f. ex long press the back button? how do you guys multitask on your phones?
Weencent said:
hi, i almost never multitask on my hd2 exept MSN. is there a way to quit a program instead of mimimizing it? f. ex long press the back button? how do you guys multitask on your phones?
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most apps will have a "menu>exit" option this would close the app totaly (9/10) if you just press the back button this minimizes it.
Get Touch X Taskmanager from this thread...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=584415
Once installed, on the home tab you can open a list of running apps and close or activate them from there, or you can go into the settings (wrench icon) and tell it to close apps when you click the X.
duttys
i have duttys task manager in the upper right corner bit my ROM (artrus) overlaps it with a drop- down menu.i wish there was a simple way to multitask with the option to quit. currenty now i have to minimize a program and tjenester launch a taskmanager to quit it. this becomes very frustrating at times
U can combine any Taskmanager with Ameba 0.8. Its very light and lets you decide wether you tap or hold x for closing/minimizing an app. Dont forget to also install scarecrows ameba settings 0.3 to setup ameba easier.
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