1. Is there a way to remove the demo bloatware that AT&T packages with the phone (I am waaay past my Ms. Pac-man jones)
2. I notice that, when I do install the games I want, they don't show up in either the Programs or Games folders - though I can search them out through the File Explorer and run them. I'll end up placing a shortcut in iLauncher, but it would be nice to have them show up in the right folder.
dgduris said:
1. Is there a way to remove the demo bloatware that AT&T packages with the phone (I am waaay past my Ms. Pac-man jones)
2. I notice that, when I do install the games I want, they don't show up in either the Programs or Games folders - though I can search them out through the File Explorer and run them. I'll end up placing a shortcut in iLauncher, but it would be nice to have them show up in the right folder.
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Create shortcuts and place them in Windows>Start menu>Programs folder and Games folder
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dgduris said:
1. Is there a way to remove the demo bloatware that AT&T packages with the phone (I am waaay past my Ms. Pac-man jones)
2. I notice that, when I do install the games I want, they don't show up in either the Programs or Games folders - though I can search them out through the File Explorer and run them. I'll end up placing a shortcut in iLauncher, but it would be nice to have them show up in the right folder.
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Copy and paste a shortcut (.lnk) into the appropriate/desired folder in the \Windows\Start Menu folder on your phone. E.g. drop a shortcut into \Windows\Start Menu\Games if you want it to be there.
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Okay, after doing a hard reset, and restoring from sprite- I now have 2 calculators under programs. calulator, and calculator (1). how do i get rid of the second one- they both work btw.
I have the same issue. I took care of it before by navigating to a folder \windows but I cant seem to remember the folder.
If you find it, you will simply see 2 icons, delete the one with the (1) attached to it.
Let me know the directory please, I cant find it and my windows load time is long.
Should be windows\start menu\
I don't have any calculators in the Programs folder - where in the \Windows directory does the shortcut point to?
Just subtract
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hicks said:
Should be windows\start menu\
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yeah, it was there, it makes it easier to find, if you change the sort paramater to type.
I had this problem after doing a sprite back up as well, only my tilt changed the file explorer into the second calculator link. I had no way of getting in to try to fix it because I couldn't access file explorer to change it. I ended up doing a hard reset back to stock settings to get my file explorer back.
does anyone know a program so you can place all your apps and so on in differnt folders then the are installed in? like i would like to have one note in the office folder instead of the program folder and so on.
citizennn said:
does anyone know a program so you can place all your apps and so on in differnt folders then the are installed in? like i would like to have one note in the office folder instead of the program folder and so on.
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you can just copy the shorcut icon that is in Windows\Start Menu\Programs to any other folder that you would like that is in Programs. Or create the folder that you would like the program to be in, under the same path that i listed above. hope that helps
I've installed 50+ applications on my new HTC kaiser (which runs WM6.1 OS), its getting a little bit embarrassed because its very hard to pick a program up from the sea of icons.
Is there any way could possibly sort applications into different folders? (e.g. all gps applications go to a "gps" folder, all instant msg applications into a "IM" folder?)
btw, Is it possible to create a shortcut for the "green" application in the "programs" page(no installation needed, just run it in the file explorer) ?
thanks in advance!
jldiablo said:
I've installed 50+ applications on my new HTC kaiser (which runs WM6.1 OS), its getting a little bit embarrassed because its very hard to pick a program up from the sea of icons.
Is there any way could possibly sort applications into different folders? (e.g. all gps applications go to a "gps" folder, all instant msg applications into a "IM" folder?)
btw, Is it possible to create a shortcut for the "green" application in the "programs" page(no installation needed, just run it in the file explorer) ?
thanks in advance!
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You can add as many folders as you want. Just use a decent file explore & create as many new folders as you want in \windows\start menu\programs
Then cut & paste the shortcuts located in \windows\start menu\programs into the new folders...
I have many programs & my programs page has about 7 folders. You can even add custom folders & Icons by adding a resource file & a ?xxxxxx location direction command to the end of links....
For instance I have in my start menu a Phone & Messaging folder with all my phone & mressaging apps. Another for Multimedia.
got it!!!!!
Big thanks to *legendary* GSLEON3!
Legendary??? Well, ok, I guess in my own mind at least...
I'm nobody, Just a guy that can read & has been around long enough to know that you will learn more reading old Blue Angel & Hermes threads than you will anywhere else. Sure, most of the stuff won't work on Kaiser, but all of our tools & methods are adopted from there. The theory behind everything lies in those old threads.
hi all
just installed a game but the shortcut is in my programs list. its called hexavirus its pretty fun, and free too just use the all knowing google.
how on earth do i move the sucker to the games folder?
i tried to do a right click by holding stylus down but that didnt work
and i cant find the folder list anywhere when i plug the diamond into my pc (maybe its just a database file?)
Go to \Windows\Start Menu\Programs, and move the *.lnk file into the Games folder.
GeckoDev said:
Go to \Windows\Start Menu\Programs, and move the *.lnk file into the Games folder.
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thanks mate
When I click Programs on my start menu, the device just returns to the TouchFlo home screen. The settings link works fine.
Any idea what has gone wrong and how to fix it?
Programs menu...
Has the 'Programs' shortcut menu ever worked?
If so, it sounds like the folder may have been deleted or moved. Use a file explorer application and browse to 'Windows\Start Menu' - does this folder contain a 'Programs' folder?
grahamkdt said:
Has the 'Programs' shortcut menu ever worked?
If so, it sounds like the folder may have been deleted or moved. Use a file explorer application and browse to 'Windows\Start Menu' - does this folder contain a 'Programs' folder?
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It used to work fine and yes, Windows\Start Menu container a Programs folder.
When I double-tap it to open it in Total Commander, it opens in Total Commander absolutely fine and all my shortcuts are in there as expected.
One thing I notice though it may mean nothing is that unlike my Games sub-folder it has no icon.lnk file. As I say, that could mean nothing!
It appears that Programs in the start menu is a kind of default thing in Windows mobile, is there a reg setting that may have got screwed?
Thanks for the help. Anything else to suggest?
Rename the troublesome Programs folder in start menu to something else like Programs2. Next make a new folder and cut and paste all the shortcuts in the Programs2 folder into the new folder. Finally delete the original Programs2 folder. So you have made a new Programs folder. Let me know if that works.
tboy2000 said:
Rename the troublesome Programs folder in start menu to something else like Programs2. Next make a new folder and cut and paste all the shortcuts in the Programs2 folder into the new folder. Finally delete the original Programs2 folder. So you have made a new Programs folder. Let me know if that works.
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Thanks for the idea. I have tried that but get exactly the same result.
One discovery I made is that if I disable the enlarged start menu, the Programs link works fine!
Anyway, if there are no more ideas from anyone, I fear a hard reset could be in order.
Thanks
Ahh shucks! Sorry it didn't work. I suggested it because I had the sae problem. I made a new folder in Start Menu called Phone and it stopped opening after a while. I did the trick above and it works fine now.
See I have unchecked favourite apps from showing in start menu by unchecking them in the Menu option in Settings. Instead, I created folders in the Start Menu folder, such as Internet, Media, Travel, Office, Games, System, Audio etc and copied the relevant shortcuts from progam folder to the new folders. So when I hit start menu from my home page, I get a drop down list of folders only. Much better in my opinion.
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Ahh shucks! Sorry it didn't work. I suggested it because I had the sae problem. I made a new folder in Start Menu called Phone and it stopped opening after a while. I did the trick above and it works fine now.
See I have unchecked favourite apps from showing in start menu by unchecking them in the Menu option in Settings. Instead, I created folders in the Start Menu folder, such as Internet, Media, Travel, Office, Games, System, Audio etc and copied the relevant shortcuts from progam folder to the new folders. So when I hit start menu from my home page, I get a drop down list of folders only. Much better in my opinion.
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Interesting way of organising your Start Menu.
However, I would probably forget in which folders I put the apps! I quite like the Programs list - it does exactly what I want - so thats why I will just stick with that. I was actually wondering if there was a way of making that Programs folder look better - for instance removing the scrollbars or something. Just a nicer looking program launcher really, but as I say, I like the way it works for me.
Anyway, thanks very much for the help. The programs link is a special link of some sort I reckon, hence your fix didnt work. I think I will upgrade my ROM and do a hard reset!