I'm using The Claunch free shell on my Kaiser and want to be able to put shortcuts to the Backlight, memory, remove programs etc, in fact most of the items in the settings. Does anyone know the names and locations of the programs/links to these operations.
topic discussed before. try to do a search, here and the google.
Thanks, I guess I was being Lazy
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Simple question, I hope. How do I add to or delete apps from the list on the Items tab (Start / Settings / Today)?
I currently have a list of 9 items, 2 of which are ticked but I can't see how to add or delete from the list.
Not checked items is NOT loaded in memory!
Items can be deleted from registry - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Today\Items. Every key under key Items represents settings for one today item - delete it and it disappears from the list in the Today applet.
Thanks. Can you point me to a suitable registry editor?
I guess I'm confused. If the app you're looking for isn't listed in the Items tab for today settings, it's 99.9% likely not to be a today plug-in, so adding it to the list won't help. Even if you did, it wouldn't run properly.
What specifically are you trying to add to Today? If it's an application (like Agenda One) that doesn't have a corresponding Today plug-in (like Pocket Plus or the HTC Home do) then you'll be adding it without much point.
Total Commander CE has good integrated registry editor. Another free PHM registry editor - http://www.phm.lu/Products/PocketPC/RegEdit/.
But - every good today plugin has uninstaller and typically there is no need to manually delete items. Be careful and good luck ...
When I installed TomTom it created an entry in the Items list. This was simply a shortcut to itself which appeared at the bottom of my Today screen.
I assumed that you could add any old app to this list and that would make it appear on the Today screen in the same way.
From what you are saying this would appear to not be the case?
PerfAlbion said:
I guess I'm confused. If the app you're looking for isn't listed in the Items tab for today settings, it's 99.9% likely not to be a today plug-in, so adding it to the list won't help. Even if you did, it wouldn't run properly.
What specifically are you trying to add to Today? If it's an application (like Agenda One) that doesn't have a corresponding Today plug-in (like Pocket Plus or the HTC Home do) then you'll be adding it without much point.
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On Today screen appear only very special programs ("dlls") with two exported functions. TomTom delivered mentioned special dll.
For other program You want to run from today screen make a link in some "host" Today plugin (Try Great SPB Pocket Plus - http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/pocketplus/?en)
RStein said:
On Today screen appear only very special programs ("dlls") with two exported functions. TomTom delivered mentioned special dll.
For other program You want to run from today screen make a link in some "host" Today plugin (Try Great SPB Pocket Plus - http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/pocketplus/?en)
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I too have that TomTom shortcut at the bottom right corner of my Today screen. I do see a TomTom registry folder under today items for Today, but under Settings --> Today --> Items, TomTom is unchecked.
So, the question is: how specifically do I remove that shortcut, and how do I add others/another in its place (if I decide to).
FYI, I am using Pocket Plus, Mobile Shell and Phone Suite.
Thx
Update: Sorry for my ignorance. I am still learning WM6. This icon shows that TT is still active and disappears when the program is closed. Palm never had this issue since it can't multi-task.
Hi folks,
A few administrative tasks that will hopefully prevent me from getting flamed:
This is not about Pocket IE scrolling at all, this pertains to clicking Start > Programs and scrolling through that list
I did search for existing topics about this, which can be proven here and here, but the search results were about Pocket IE slow scrolling and not about the Programs list.
This post is about an observation of mine, not a fix. Hopefully someone more knowledgeable than me can find out why the following occurs and can possibly use this to our advantage
So, the issue is that when you go to Start > Programs and try to scroll through that list, the items in the list are drawn very slowly making the device feel sluggish. The cause of this has been attributed to the lack of drivers for the Kaiser.
You need HTC Home to be installed to try this:
Ensure that you have the "Launch Programs Folder" shortcut on the programs tab.
If not, click the red x, delete an existing shortcut and add it by clicking on the green plus.
Now launch the programs folder and try scroll.
Close it and compare the scrolling when launching the programs folder by going to Start > Programs.
Both methods give the exact same display of the programs folder, except that launching it from HTC Home draws the list MUCH faster when scrolling.
Why is this so? Is the programs folder launched in a different 'mode' from HTC Home? Most importantly, can this be used to our advantage for fixing other sluggishness on the device given the lack of drivers?
Now thats strange. I've noticed the difference in drawing speeds before but i'd never realised its because i'd launched it in different ways.
This is indeed an interesting observation. Also true in my case. The plugin scrolling is much faster.
Another thing I notice is that HTC plugin programmes list is slightly different from the Start>Programs list in as much as Total Commander is not listed on my HTC plugin list. So, are thes ways of listing programs looking at different shortcut listings? Or, is there something unusual about Total Commander?
Mike
This has been asked/noticed before :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=371608
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=353861
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=347268 <-- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1692911&postcount=10
Htc home launches another program called folderview.exe.
HTC Home use different application to show Programs Shortcuts
RacerII said:
This has been asked/noticed before :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=371608
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=353861
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=347268 <-- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1692911&postcount=10
Htc home launches another program called folderview.exe.
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Sigh...
Well, I guess I didn't use the correct search terms then.
Thanks for pointing out the posts. I renamed my posting.
I was browsing a thread on Modaco (probably this one, maybe this one) and there was an application to remove entries from the today screen item list and it mentions that this could save memory or something (not really why I want to do it - it's mostly because there are piles on my machine and I will never use most of them and I can't uninstall them (some are plugins for an app I use, others I just can't uninstall)).
I don't really want to permanantly remove these items and would want to back them up, but it would be nice if there was a program which was able to relocate the registry keys somewhere else.
If not, I don't mind doing it manually. I assume that I shall need to mess with
HKLM > Software > Microsoft > Today > Items
but if someone can post the details of anything else I need to remember it would be appreciated.
I think that is the only way to do it. Maybe you could make a shortcut directly to "Today" applet so it is a quicker to access?
What you were reading may have been about UltimateLauncher.
It allows you to scroll through multiple tabs of desktops, each one customized with their own Today plugins. What it can do is "Deactivate" whatever plugin is not active. This causes a slight delay when moving between tabs as the plugin is reloaded. However I tried with and without this feature and it only seemed to save 2-3% of my RAM (w/ HTC Home, SPB Weather, MS Live, and one or two smaller ones).
The plugins are disabled on the today screen and I do not often use them. I therefore want to remove their listings as they mostly just get in the way.
The plugins installed include....
Stuff I actually use
SPB Phone Suite
SPB Weather
Pocket Plus
Battery Status
GPRS Monitor
Calendar +
Stuff I might conceivably use
Windows Live
Skype
The following just get in the way on the Pocket Plus "Add to tab" option and on the today item list. I just don't need them there but might eventually need to put them back if a related program complains they are missing.
Standard WM6 I don't use and probably won't ever use
Date
Calendar
Messaging
Tasks
Owner Info
Device Lock
Mobile shell plugins I don't use
SPB Mobile Shell
Home Tab (Mobile Shell)
Time Tab (Mobile Shell)
Weather Tab (Mobile Shell)
Dial Tab (Mobile Shell)
Dial Tab 2 (Mobile Shell)
Dial Tab 3 (Mobile Shell)
Other items which just came installed and I can't de-install
Shortcuts
Running Apps
Meters
Last Call
Windows Live Search
Hence the problem, and I don't think it was related to Ultimate Launcher as the program looked older than that.
So, I'm not sure where the Today applet gets its list...but it is either looking in a folder or in the registry. (I'm sure someone can chime in with the appropriate location)
So, if it is looking in a folder, simply move the items you don't want to a subfolder so it doesn't populate them in the list.
If they are in a reg entry, export the reg entry and then delete the keys. That way you can import the reg entry if you need them again.
As far as I know i have not seen any program that will remove them from showing up as choices.
Also, as far as uninstalling programs that you don't want. Sometimes, though not always you can find a cab of the application you want to remove. Then, install the cab on top of the existing one, so it shows up in add/remove programs and then remove it, thus removing the application. This trick worked on removing some apps from my PPC6700 before I knew how to unlock the ROM.
Alternatively you can open up the cab and find what files and reg entries are used and manually delete them.
I'd recommend using dot fred task manager or CeRegistryEditor to backup \HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Today\Items and go ahead and delete whatever you don't like.
If you want to go the extra step, you can also delete the .DLL file as specified in each key. -- Don't delete the DLLs used for the Mobile Shell today plug-ins, as they may be shared with other SPB applications.
FWIW, this isn't temporarily disabling your today plug-ins. It's as close as you can get to deleting them, without deleting the whole application.
Hope this helps.
You might want to give this a try too... (Just found it while answering another thread)
http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-today-plugin-uninstaller-freeware-1-0.html
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,
I have two questions:
1. How can I organize my programs in the "Programs" window in the way I want them to be organized? I mean, which folder determines look of this window? I guess that it's somewhere in /windows/, but I have no idead where exactly. I don't have any /windows/start/programs/ folder or sth like that - any guess, how can I create some folders in the "Program" window and move the links to the programs there?
2. Sometimes, with no reason, connection to GPRS starts. Only NoData which I have turned on prevents me from paying far too much for the GPRS connection I don't want. Why is that so? I have e-mail checking set to "manually" and the option of auto-retrieving weather info unchecked. So why does the phone try to connect using EDGE almost every five minutes?
Thanks in advance for any replies.
1. \windows\start menu\programs\ Have a look at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=428064
But, as I've written above, i don't have "start menu" folder in /windows/. Am I supposed to create it?