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Tips: Change your shortcut icons!

I'll start with how I have mine setup right now.
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Just thought I would enlighten others on how to accomplish this!
I used three files from my XP system: moricons.dll, pifmgr.dll, and shell32.dll. All these files can be found under c:\windows\system32. Basically, just copy these files to your device's \windows directory. Then, use the icon shortcut file in the Games folder and edit them as you would like.
Here's how I have mine setup:
Applications: 1#shell32.dll,-278
GPS: 1#pifmgr.dll,-35
Internet: 1#shell32.dll,-14
Multimedia: 1#shell32.dll,-41
References: 1#moricons.dll,-108
Utilities: 1#shell32.dll,-274
Edit the icon files as shown and place them in respective folders. That is it! I left the Games and Office folders as they were.
Note: shell32.dll is pretty big (around 8.5MB). In case you already did not know this, enjoy this tip.

sherpa said:
I'll start with how I have mine setup right now.
Just thought I would enlighten others on how to accomplish this!
I used three files from my XP system: moricons.dll, pifmgr.dll, and shell32.dll. All these files can be found under c:\windows\system32. Basically, just copy these files to your device's \windows directory. Then, use the icon shortcut file in the Games folder and edit them as you would like.
Here's how I have mine setup:
Applications: 1#shell32.dll,-278
GPS: 1#pifmgr.dll,-35
Internet: 1#shell32.dll,-14
Multimedia: 1#shell32.dll,-41
References: 1#moricons.dll,-108
Utilities: 1#shell32.dll,-274
Edit the icon files as shown and place them in respective folders. That is it! I left the Games and Office folders as they were.
Note: shell32.dll is pretty big (around 8.5MB). In case you already did not know this, enjoy this tip.
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And how do you read the icons from the DLL file?
You can't guess that you have to use -14 for an internet icon. Do you read the DLL's on your pc, or can you do that from your PPC?

sherpa said:
Note: shell32.dll is pretty big (around 8.5MB). In case you already did not know this, enjoy this tip.
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Isn't this like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut? 8.5 MB just for a few icons. I'm sure a smaller solution is possible.

wizzzard said:
Isn't this like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut? 8.5 MB just for a few icons. I'm sure a smaller solution is possible.
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Haha...of course! I just tried it at work this morning. I will definitely be looking into smaller dll files for this once I get off work.

Looks good, but no need for me

Just a quick thanks to sherpa, wizzzard, and vijay555 for the info on how to change icons...works great on AT&T Tilt, and in QuickMenu 2.7!

Glossy bars...

Does anyone have a CAB to make WM5 have the glossy bars (top and bottom) like WM6?
Thanx.

not that i know off only way is to install wisbar or someother whole gui change program

So, the only "OS" way around it would be to move to a WM6 flavor?
Thanx.

Here it is, but it was super easy to find in a search.

Well, yes, I located that with the "super easy search" as well. However, it is not working on WM5.
Thanx.

Oh Okay. Did you put the uzipped .exe file in your Windows/startup folder, then soft reset?
What happens when you do that?

Yes.
I copied the "Glossy Black Bars.exe" to my "\Windows\Startup" folder.
Unfortunately, as you'll see by the screen shot below, I only have dark grey bars and without the "3-D" look of WM6.
Thanx.
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The glossy look is a feature built in on WM6, it has nothing to do with .tsk theme files.
You can get here a program that emulates it, but it only works right if you have cleartype disabled...
http://mobile-comm.blogspot.com/2007/11/change-wm5-bar-to-wm6-glossy-bar.html

Cool...I'll try it and let ya know.
Thanx.

Well, we're definitely 50% closer with this one. It is only working on the top bar though.
Thanx.

Here is a file if just want to remove your contacts bar. Just put the .exe file in your Windows/startup folder.

dferreira said:
The glossy look is a feature built in on WM6, it has nothing to do with .tsk theme files.
You can get here a program that emulates it, but it only works right if you have cleartype disabled...
http://mobile-comm.blogspot.com/2007/11/change-wm5-bar-to-wm6-glossy-bar.html
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i used this application... works well, screwed up the text as seen in the screenshot though... any workaround for this?

That's the cleartype that active/not active, change it.

thanks
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That's the cleartype that active/not active, change it.
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hey thnx for the tip bro.... works lika charm on my htc gene... had to deactivate the cleartype.. looking fwd for updates like if anyone can make a cab out of it n also change the menu language to english
you can also start and keep the application hidden from task managers (screen shot attached showing the settings.ini)

Kaiser/Tilt Font problem

Hey guys,
I deleted a font or something went wrong with a font of mine when I was trying to edit SPB Mobile Shell a long time ago. I have had to put up with these problems for a while, and am wondering if anyone knows of a fix for these things:
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Only in landscape mode do these problems exist.

On your device check windows\fonts directory and windows directory for TTF files.
First, if there is something in \fonts just delete and soft reset.
Look what happens.
You may Verdana or Arial in the fonts directory and soft reset again.
You can use the TTF from your desktop W2K or XP PC under "Windows" or "WINNT\fonts" (actually a cool idea from MS to use the same fonts).
You may also look in the SPB dir's if there are any TTFs lingering around.
Grüsse nach Schwalbach (my guess is that you're from there or you like Schwälbchen Yogurt that much - hahaha).

My last name is Schwalbach, obviously German heritage, but unfortunately not anywhere near me. All American here.
So I checked my Fonts folder, nothing there.
I went in to my windows(Vista), copied the files to the device. Soft reset, checked the folder to make sure they were there, and then checked. Same thing as before. No menu items showing up, no word suggestions showing up(except the jumbled together words I had before), etc.

i dont think this will work, but do you have cleartype enabled?

Cleartyype would have been my next question. Answering here from the Tilt so not that easy to check. Look everywhere for TTF files and copy/move them to a different location. Did you play with D3D drivers or Omnia stuff. Messed up my Tilt once though all works with WM 6.1.
Did you also check with adv. config that nothing is messy there?

IT WASS CLEARTYPE!!!!
Thanks guys, you are saviors!

I have had this problem on my Kaizer, and now it's ok when i uncheck cleartype.
So i suppose cleartype is the problem !
Sory for my bad english !

New HTC Home Icons, Clock and TSK

Hi All,
Been kinda scarce around here lately, since I was checking in today to see what's happening i thought I would share some stuff I put together. The tsk is based off a wallpaper I found at deviant art I think it was from Ken Saunders from mouserunner, The images in the icons i just picked up off the web and tweaked them to suit my needs.
I know everybody is going to manilla 2d but personally I'm going to wait till all the bugs are worked out by the genius's around here before i switch.
Enjoy
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What's the name of the program that's at the very bottom of your phone. I like it. It looks like a continuation of the HTC home plugin.
Do you know if you can customize those shortcuts or anything of the sort?

its battery status (now home screen plus plus ), and yes you can pretty much do anything with it if you can set up an xml file.

can these be loaded with HHC (HTC Home Customizer)?

sure, just drop the file in the correct folders in program files, htc home customizer, and then choose whatever you would like.

OK, thanks.
btw i get an app execution error about a missing file from HHV V1.0Final so I will have to revert to 0.8 i guess

hmmm, I have v1.0 and it seems to work just fine on my device, I actually copied the files right off my phone , zipped em up and posted , let me know if there is anymore trouble.

great stuff, thanks
could you remind me of the name of the lower icon bar today plugin ?
thanks,

battery status/ homee screen plus plus, your welcome im glad you like it

call me an idiot but how do i install these...i found the current files and tried to copy paste and overwrite them but obviously they're currently in use so it says access denied

jay487 said:
call me an idiot but how do i install these...i found the current files and tried to copy paste and overwrite them but obviously they're currently in use so it says access denied
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use htc home customizer, I tried to upload it but somethings not working, you'll find it if you do a search.Install it then find the files folder in the program and drop the icons in the icon folder, you can then open up hhc and choose the icons. Hope that helps

[Q] My diamond has extra "+" icons in "Programs" tab.

First, I would like to begin by saying I have tried searching on both Google, and using the forum search provided here. If I missed something, please lead me in the right direction.
I have an HTC Touch Diamond in Canada from Telus. I have had it for about a month, and I must admit, it's beautiful! Anyways, I was flipping over to my Programs tab, and decided I was going to add a program to one of the tabs. I flicked up, and up came the next 9 "+" icons. (total of 18 icons, correct?). So I add the application to the icon, and it returns me to the programs tab. I scroll down, and what's this? I have an extra "+" tab (Total of 19 now). Each time after adding an application, another appears. Now, you might think this could be cool, and useful, but first off, you can't add any program shortcuts to these extra "+" icons... if you click on them, it comes up with the Add Program thing, and if you click on it, it returns to the program's tab, without the program. Secondly, they cannot be removed. If you delete one of the Program shortcuts that you added, the extra one does not be removed. It just stays there, and its quite annoying.
After playing around with the TouchFlo 3d for some time, it seemed to fix itself for a little bit, but as soon as I tried to add a shortcut, they added themselves again. A soft reset does not solve, and I really don't want to do a hard reset. I have .NET framework 3.5 installed, and I have installed a few applications (only after reading reviews, mostly coming from these forums, other than google maps). I have ROM version: 1.06.661.1.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Hind1
This is the Programs tab that i'm talking about
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Easy fix. You need to delete a few registry keys.
Goto HKLM-->software-->HTC-->Manilla-->ProgramLauncher
You should only have number 0-17 (total 18). Delete anything greater than that e.g. 18, 19 etc.

Thanks for the quick reply!!
Worked perfectly. Awesome.
Thanks,
Hind1

Glad that's sorted my friend.
What a lot of people would want to know though, is there a way to actually add the extra icons and use them? It seems by editing the registry you can add as many as you want, but it seems to be impossible to use them. Being able to have more programs on this tab would be very useful!

Hmm... I never thought of that!
I'm sure it wouldn't be all that hard... I am not really a wiz with windows mobile, as I just picked this phone up about a month ago (my first windows mobile device owned), so I probably won't be able to figure it out, but if there's anybody who wants to try, that would be awesome!