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Song Recognition

Hi,
my brother in law recently got a sony 850i, this phone has the ability to tell you the name of a track and artist that you play into its mic. it does a search against an online database and then returns you infomation about the song (presumably with options to buy the ring tone...)
it works in a similar way to shazam, but it's free (not 50pence per tack like shazam!)
does any one know of ANY windows, or windows mobile software than can do this kind of audio fingerprint and search features? I would love to be able to tag music from the radio with my PPC whilst im out and about!

yeah I would be interested tooo

there is a cab with this feature search for cingular customization cab

fallenczar said:
there is a cab with this feature search for cingular customization cab or if you want this thing only then pm me with your email id
it is a trial ware but then looking at the registery or using mort script can save us some money!!!
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OMG WOWOWOWOWOW thanks ill invstigate this cab!

<oops> Didn't read the thread properly!

fallenczar said:
there is a cab with this feature search for cingular customization cab or if you want this thing only then pm me with your email id
it is a trial ware but then looking at the registery or using mort script can save us some money!!!
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fallenczar
I have found what i assume is the correct application you are talking about
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=305897
and have downloaded the app.
installing the app on my spare hermes broke te programs menu!!! had to hard reset it! (thank god i put it on my spare not my main unit
extracted the files with CabWUZ and found the musicID executable, put that onto both my spare and my main hermes and when i run it, it loads the splash screen followed by the main screen and then promptly crashses locking the phone up completly.
have you had this application working? can you offer any advice?
am i useing the same Cingular app you were talkking about?
I've PM'd you my email could you still send me your working cingular app?
MANY thanks!
A

fallenczar
IT WORKS!
put the exe on the SD card and it runs.. successfully tagged gwen steffani (on the radio at the time honest!!!!)
so how is the billing SUPPOSED to work on this... can't see how they can charge me, but i dont want the app to stop working next week...
i can post just the musicID app if anyone wants it!

Acuum2 said:
fallenczar
IT WORKS!
put the exe on the SD card and it runs.. successfully tagged gwen steffani (on the radio at the time honest!!!!)
so how is the billing SUPPOSED to work on this... can't see how they can charge me, but i dont want the app to stop working next week...
i can post just the musicID app if anyone wants it!
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never mind my pm
glad to hear that it work
i must admit that i have not tried it for a week but it should not stop working...
were you able to locate the reg entries..
just remove them
that should help
keep us updated
P.S
just for added secruity i hope you are not on at&t and if you are really paranoid then try removing your sim card and see if it still works (should work)

Found the Registry settings which holds the Data about the trial!
HKLM\software\MusicID
so far a delete of this resets the trial period to 3 days!
what more as your privously tagged data is stored a dir on the root of the device under \app data\musicID
this data is left alone and so you can see what previous songs you have tagged!!!
i'll start working on a script to automate the process of editing the registry now....

can someone post the exe thanks

Here you go
MusicID - PPC executable
extract the zip file, you will find the native PPC application.
dump to phone (i found it more stable on SD card) and run.
(trial reset key to come, when i work out mortscript...)

thanks again

i feel that this question is dumb but need to confirm does it have to go to the internet with a media net plan or can it work with having any internet connection?

never mind got it to work. good luck with the script

Acuum2 said:
MusicID - PPC executable
extract the zip file, you will find the native PPC application.
dump to phone (i found it more stable on SD card) and run.
(trial reset key to come, when i work out mortscript...)
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http://www.sto-helit.de/downloads/mortscript/MortScript-Manual.pdf
page 46
i would advise you against releasing the script here...it might be taken as an attempt to hack the app... and posting of warez is banned in this forum
P.S just in case you did not notice there is a new real player in that cab (in case you need to stream or play rm file)

Right... SO....
this is my first script so bare with me if it doesn't work for everyone!!!
Don't shout at me ;op !!
Complete setup Instructions.
download this file.
--> Trial MusicID Reset.zip
in here you will find three files
musicID.mscr
MusicID.exe
MortScript-4.0-PPC.cab
(im not sure im supposed to include this for re-distribution, i'll take it down if anyone thinks im not!!)
Step 1)
extract the attached file onto the PC.
Step 2)
Make DIR on SD card
Storage Card\Program Files\MusicID
Step 3)
MusicID.exe in that dir.
Step 4)
Put musicID.mscr into My Docs Dir (can go anywhere, but this is as good as any)
Step 5) Optional!!
Use GSFinder+ or equivilent file explorer to make shortcut to musicID.mscr file. place this shortcut in
\windows\start menu\programs
(if you want it in your programs list)
Step 6)
Install the mortScript-4.0-PPC.cab file.
Step 7)
Run MusicID.mscr and MusicID should run, each time deleting off the registry keys that contain trial infomation...
let me know if you ahve any problems and if anyone knows how to script better than me, let me know what mistakes i made with my script!

I extracted it, and even tried the separately posted MusicID.exe, however when I click on it in Resco File Explorer, nothing happens? I'm running WM2003SE.

Sorry i'm afraid i can't help, this has only been tested on WM05 and WM06
(both hermes)

Acuum2 said:
Right... SO....
this is my first script so bare with me if it doesn't work for everyone!!!
Don't shout at me ;op !!
Complete setup Instructions.
download this file.
--> Trial MusicID Reset.zip
in here you will find three files
musicID.mscr
MusicID.exe
MortScript-4.0-PPC.cab
(im not sure im supposed to include this for re-distribution, i'll take it down if anyone thinks im not!!)
Step 1)
extract the attached file onto the PC.
Step 2)
Make DIR on SD card
Storage Card\Program Files\MusicID
Step 3)
MusicID.exe in that dir.
Step 4)
Put musicID.mscr into My Docs Dir (can go anywhere, but this is as good as any)
Step 5) Optional!!
Use GSFinder+ or equivilent file explorer to make shortcut to musicID.mscr file. place this shortcut in
\windows\start menu\programs
(if you want it in your programs list)
Step 6)
Install the mortScript-4.0-PPC.cab file.
Step 7)
Run MusicID.mscr and MusicID should run, each time deleting off the registry keys that contain trial infomation...
let me know if you ahve any problems and if anyone knows how to script better than me, let me know what mistakes i made with my script!
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sent you an email at your hotmail id

Thanks, i have that now!
i hadn't relaised it was ALREADY cracked!!
i'd nt have spent the day learning how my self
oh wel it was fun all the same.

Creating HTCCPL application shortcuts?

I am struggling a little here and don't know why this isn't working, I was hoping someone has been through this before and knows how to do it
OK, I understand the registry settings needed to add applets to the settings pages for HTC applications. You create two registry keys and increment the 'TotalApplets' registry value to include enough for all the 'applet extensions'. I have backward engineered some existing ones to see this. Now I am trying to add another application without just creating a physical shortcut file. I have created an OEM package that has the following .rgu file:
Code:
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Inbox\Settings\OEM]
"SMSInboxThreadingDisabled"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ControlPanel\SMS Mode]
"Group"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\HTCCPL\Applet16]
"CmdLine"=""
"Name"="SMS Mode"
"Path"="SMS.exe"
"Title"="SMS Mode"
I have then built my ROM and the Icon doesn't appear on the Settings, System page. The application is there as I can use file manager to browse to it and then execute it. I have verified that all the registry settings are there, however the Icon is not displayed. I know I could simply create a physical shortcut and put it in Start Menu\Settings, however I would prefer to get it working this way, and it's bugging me now...
Any takers?
Oh, its the 'sms.exe' application from ce4arab.com that allows you to change the WM 6.1 threaded SMS view settings.
Andy

i dont know if you found the solution or not..but did u change the " Total Applets " also..because if u didnt..it would'nt read any other added Entries
its in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\HTCCPL
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ather90 said:
i dont know if you found the solution or not..but did u change the " Total Applets " also..because if u didnt..it would'nt read any other added Entries
its in
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I did solve it, however it is a bit of a weird one.... The SMS.exe application I was trying didn't have an Icon embedded in the file so when viewed in Explorer (on a PC or on the Wizard) it just looked like a regular .exe file. I simply swapped the file for another Threaded SMS enabler/disable someone else posted and it all worked.
I am not 100% sure it was just the fact the file didn't have an Icon, however that is all I can put it down to.
I have other issues now though; I can't get .NetCF 2.0 to work in my re-cooked 5.2.19588 ROM The Threaded SMS app is a .Net application so it's there and looks pretty, however it doesn't run.........
Andy

Am I the ONLY one having trouble changing cities in the Weather app?

Greetings all. Had my Touch Cruise about 3 days, and I love it. I've got iGuidance installed and working great, the music button added to the HTC home screen (I'm happy with 5 tabs for now), Installed PocketCM Keyboard which allowed me to "register" my Skyfire beta (having some trouble streaming audio from kjram.com though), etc.
So this device does EVERYTHING I was doing on my HTC 8525 before it died. EXCEPT being able to add additional cities to the HTC Home Weather Application. I'd messed with this on the old phone, and managed to edit the HH weather file under Windows, replace that file with my own version, and then I could add more local cities to the application, and then view their info whever I pleased.
BUT on the Touch Cruise, I can only copy the HH*blahblah*.xlm file... not replace it. Not even with Total Commander, or after hiding the HTC Home menu, soft booting, and then trying to un-writeprotect the file. Has anyone else had any luck with this? I found a thread from a guy who has some universal unlocker apps and such, but all they did was corrupt the HTC app and I was lucky uninstalling them fixed things without a hard reset.
Thanks!!!

Everything works fine here.
The post below describes how to add your city:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=368282&highlight=city+weather
This can also be usefull for you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=319187&highlight=city+weather
Greetz,
tex

Weather cites
I have been able to add any US city I want changing the buitilt in home plug in for the modified 6 tab package that is offered here.
http://weather.not2advanced.com/files/
Get this modified package and you have an up to date home plug in that you can add cities to
http://weather.not2advanced.com/files/htchome-2.1-n2a.cab
Remember to uncheck the htc home in today settings before you try to copy the modified xml weather files back onto your phone. If you don't it will not copy back

Thanks for the replies. I'm still having trouble so I'm linking to a pic of the problem here.
http://merkman.spaces.live.com/photos/cns!4355EB455D027302!133/
As you can hopefully see, the HH weather file on my Touch Cruise is read-only. And no program I've tried will change that property. What you see here is AFTER unchecking HTC Home from the Today page, doing a soft reset and confirming the HTC Home plug-in is NOT loaded, then connecting with Activesync and trying to change the properties of that file.
I've also used applications on the device, such as File Explorer and Total Commander, but neither of those worked either. Wonder what I dorked up that I can edit the file like others can.

N2A's Weather Patched Files
Go to N2A's site
http://weather.not2advanced.com/files/
He tells you how to do it. If you still are having problems let me know what city you want in it and I will make one for you.
You might also need to disable the HTC Home plugin, if you have one running already, from Start -> Settings -> Today -> Items After doing this you should be able to copy the file to your pc modify it and the put it back and over write the file there.

mpf54 - I know exactly what your saying, disable the plugin BEFORE trying to uncheck read-only, or before overwriting it with a copy I edited on my PC. But I can't uncheck the read-only on the device, as the option is greyed out. And when I copied the file to my PC and edited it (as I did on my AT&T 8525), I couldn't paste my copy onto the Touch Cruise for the same reason (would NOT let me overright the file).
As for N2A's site, I tried following these instructions. But I've been unsuccessful put a copy of my DLL into the directory he specifies and "unlocking" my ROM. And when I tried his "Touch" rom, that didn't seem to work on my phone. I had to uninstall the software so the HTC Home screen would show up on my device again.
So I'm guessing I need to "unlock" my ROM somehow so I can edit the HH weather file that is a part of it. But I have no idea how to do that...

Weather
Get this file.
http://weather.not2advanced.com/file...me-2.1-n2a.cab
It is a repacement htc home that also has the 6 tabs. It is also modified already to be able to get other cities not on the HTC list. After you install this cab file then go in and modify the Weather cities list. This has worked for me on a Touch, a sprint touch and my touch cruise.

mpf - Really appreciate the help, and finally understand how this works.
The version of the weather app on my device seems to be part of the ROM, so I can't edit the HH weather file.
However, when I installed the ROM you suggested, it installs ANOTHER copy of the Weather app, and that version stores a DIFFERENT copy of the HH weather file I CAN edit.
So I just need to copy a version of that file to my PC, edit it with Notepad, and copy it back. Should be golden after that.
Thanks again for your assistance. Just couldn't understand what was wrong previously.

Weather
Glad you got it working. Took me a while to find the solution but that new plugin made it easy.

merkman said:
Greetings all. Had my Touch Cruise about 3 days, and I love it. I've got iGuidance installed and working great, the music button added to the HTC home screen (I'm happy with 5 tabs for now), Installed PocketCM Keyboard which allowed me to "register" my Skyfire beta (having some trouble streaming audio from kjram.com though), etc.
So this device does EVERYTHING I was doing on my HTC 8525 before it died. EXCEPT being able to add additional cities to the HTC Home Weather Application. I'd messed with this on the old phone, and managed to edit the HH weather file under Windows, replace that file with my own version, and then I could add more local cities to the application, and then view their info whever I pleased.
BUT on the Touch Cruise, I can only copy the HH*blahblah*.xlm file... not replace it. Not even with Total Commander, or after hiding the HTC Home menu, soft booting, and then trying to un-writeprotect the file. Has anyone else had any luck with this? I found a thread from a guy who has some universal unlocker apps and such, but all they did was corrupt the HTC app and I was lucky uninstalling them fixed things without a hard reset.
Thanks!!!
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No, I don't think you are the only one. I am too having problems with my weather. I am living and working in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. i followed the instruction, but when I tried to get the weather for the city. It could not find it.

I'm having trouble with my weather also, but not in the same sense. My problem is the weather report, temps and such is usually wrong by as much as 10 degrees with what the local weather report says which is more or less correct. I usually update manually to save battery. I think I might trial some other weather app and see how that goes. Anyone else with with this problem?

German Tool for HTC-Weather
Hi I'm a german and sorry for my worse english.
I had made a little tool for the german Orbit2 / Polaris-users but i think it may also work for others (link to original post).
Translation:
1. deactivate HTC-Home plugin:
go to "start -> preferences -> today" under "elements" disable the HTC-Home​2. Location-Code:
get your location-code under
http://www.accuweather.com/world-ind...her&traveler=0
in the addressbar it should looks like that:
www.accuweather.com/world-forecast.asp?partner=
accuweather&traveler=0&locCode=EUR|DE|GM012|TRIER&metric=1​3. Change the HTCWeather.dll:
install the CAB-File (N2A Patched Home Plugin DLL.cab)​
4. Install my file (HTCWetterXML.cab)
start the program "HTC Wetter XML" and insert the above data (see picture original post).​5. activate HTC-Home plugin
6. soft reset
7. test it
the data is entered directly in the registry not in the "HH_0407_WeatherCities.xml". So if you change the city over the plugin the data are lost. You have to restart my program and push the insert button again.
here you can get the files.
hope i could help
ppcfox

cbreze - Afraid not. After loading the "new" HTC Touch app, I needed to set the weather back to F for the temps to make sense to me. But I've been able to add several local cities to my phone now, and its working really great!
The one thing I'd kinda LIKE to change, but I'm not going to sweat it... is the new HTC app I installed uses WMP for the music app on the 5th HTC Tab. I kinda liked that the Touch Cruise ROM version used it's own media player, but that's a minor issue I'm happy to live without.

Add cities
If you want to add cites to the weather app keep in mind that the htc home plug in that is shipped with the phone goes to a site that HTC has set up to get the weather. It does not have every city for weather. If you read previous post here you will find a link to a new HTC Home plug in that has been modified. If you upgrade to this plug in you should then be able to change your city and then Get the weather for the city you want.
Get this file.
http://weather.not2advanced.com/file...me-2.1-n2a.cab

So finally I got it working, one question remains, is it possible to have two different locations at a time?

FlaTEriC18041983 said:
So finally I got it working, one question remains, is it possible to have two different locations at a time?
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Unfortunately no. The app simply isn't made to show multiple cities at once. You'll just have to switch between them as you like, at least until someone makes an app like the iPhone has. Anyone know if such an app has already been written? Would be SWEET on our Touch Cruise phones.

mpf54 said:
If you want to add cites to the weather app keep in mind that the htc home plug in that is shipped with the phone goes to a site that HTC has set up to get the weather. It does not have every city for weather. If you read previous post here you will find a link to a new HTC Home plug in that has been modified. If you upgrade to this plug in you should then be able to change your city and then Get the weather for the city you want.
Get this file.
http://weather.not2advanced.com/file...me-2.1-n2a.cab
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Anyone have a link to this file that they could send me? The site seems to be down and my weather's not updating on my Polaris either.

Shortcut to New SMS in WM6

Hi,
This forum helped me to decide on getting an O2 Orbit 2, so thanks for that..
I have searched for this but haven;t found a solution but forgive me if I am repeating a thread.
I am trying to find a way to add a shortcut to the Today screen that directly opens up a new SMS. At the moment I have to go to messaging>SMS>Menu>New>SMS, which seems very convulted, having come from a standard phone.
Is there any way to do this at all?

new_orbit said:
Hi,
This forum helped me to decide on getting an O2 Orbit 2, so thanks for that..
I have searched for this but haven;t found a solution but forgive me if I am repeating a thread.
I am trying to find a way to add a shortcut to the Today screen that directly opens up a new SMS. At the moment I have to go to messaging>SMS>Menu>New>SMS, which seems very convulted, having come from a standard phone.
Is there any way to do this at all?
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Try these. I'm not sure about a today plugin. But these cab's create a shortcut for you in \Windows called New SMS.lnk. You could always copy them to your start menu and uninstall the CAB if you dont want to lose a softkey.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2287306&postcount=6
Ta
Dave

DaveShaw said:
Try these. I'm not sure about a today plugin. But these cab's create a shortcut for you in \Windows called New SMS.lnk. You could always copy them to your start menu and uninstall the CAB if you dont want to lose a softkey.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2287306&postcount=6
Ta
Dave
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Thanks. Tried them both and the left one just changed the name of the soft key but still pointed to the calendar and the right one changed it to got the route of the SMS directory not to a new SMS message. I uninstalled them but the right one still stays the same
Any way of getting it back to the contacts?

new_orbit said:
Thanks. Tried them both and the left one just changed the name of the soft key but still pointed to the calendar and the right one changed it to got the route of the SMS directory not to a new SMS message. I uninstalled them but the right one still stays the same
Any way of getting it back to the contacts?
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Just un-install the CAB.
It might depend on the messaging software.
The shortcut should point to "\Windows\tmail.exe" -service "SMS"
Ta
Dave

DaveShaw said:
Just un-install the CAB.
It might depend on the messaging software.
The shortcut should point to "\Windows\tmail.exe" -service "SMS"
Ta
Dave
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I did unistall the CAB and it didn't do anything, just removed itself from the Remove Programs bit. The shortcut is no longer there either, so I cannot check it.
Having looked at your CAB file presumably all I need to change it to calendar is find a registry editor and change the settings your CAB made back to "Calendar" and the correct shortcut?

new_orbit said:
I did unistall the CAB and it didn't do anything, just removed itself from the Remove Programs bit. The shortcut is no longer there either, so I cannot check it.
Having looked at your CAB file presumably all I need to change it to calendar is find a registry editor and change the settings your CAB made back to "Calendar" and the correct shortcut?
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There is a "Softkey changer" app, or a program by schaps called "Advanced Config" both of those will save on the Reg hacking.
Ta
Dave

The Solution.....
Install the attachment...
You can place a shortcut to "NEW SMS" on your left or right softkey....
PS: Next time search or follow the link on my sign....

Sorted
Hi Guys,
Thanks to both of you for your quick replies and help. I have created a working New SMS on my today screen using the last app and the o2 shortcuts program that comes with the mobile.
Knew this was the right place to come!
PS: I did search and nothing useful came up...
PPS: I also couldn't have read your link on the sign as it is posted in the area that says to not post unless you are a developer or hardcore tecchie. I am neither and so didn't go there. Thanks for the help though.

Over a year later and the information in this thread has proved invaluable for me. Thanks.

The correct solution to directly compose a new SMS with a shortcut is the following:
tmail.exe -transport "SMS" -to ""
Works great on my Tilt2. However, I do think I used the syntax above posted by DaveShaw with a prior WinMo device and it worked. However, it does not work on my Tilt2.
You can also get a lot more complicated such as:
Creating new MMS with given recipients, subject, body and attachment:
tmail.exe -transport "MMS" -to "8005551212" -cc "8001234567" -bcc "[email protected]" -subject "simple subject" -body "simple MMS body" -attach "/My Documents/test.jpg"
Anyone know how to turn these into executables since my today launcher only accepts exe's?

If You haven't got a reply to that yet... You can make a simple mortscript (like runmms.mscr) with Run (tmail.exe etc...) and then have the mortsript dummy.exe renamed to the same runmms.exe which, when executed, results in the desired action.

Soft Key changes

Hi all,
I previously had a Hermes where there was a little tool to change the soft-keys at the coners of the screen to to applications of your choice.
Either I did not look to find the tool in the Raphael or it does not exist in the HTC standard ROM. Is there any tool to use for changein the soft-keys?
Thanks for support.
Best Regards
Rolf

http://rapidshare.com/files/292980474/SoftKeyApplet.rar
put this fil in ur windows folder and voila...
in settings u can change the softkeys

Thanks, it works as expected until TouchFlo ist started . When TouchFlo is running, the keys automatically swich to left: Telephone, right: programms. I dont find a way to change that. Any suggestions?
Best Regards
Rolf

This is what I, found it in the diamond forum.

just change hklm\software\htc\manila its not hard. homelsk options for the left softkey and homersk for the right. path and text.

Hi Jack,
thanks, the solution works , even with touch-flo. I could put the calendar as soft key. Do You know the name of the file where the contats are stored?
Best Regards
Rolf

dont trust me too hard on this im doing it from memory, but... set your path to "\Windows\poutlook.exe" and your argument to "contacts". without quotes on both of course.

Hi Jack,
thanks, I will try this tomorrow, today I forgot my mobile in the office :-(.
Result: I tried it and nothing happened, no contacts shoowing up or any error-msg. So it should be an other file I guess. Do you have any idea?
Best regards
Rolf

i was wondering why that wouldnt work and i tried it on mine and it does. you can check your spelling for any typos or whatever but it should work. no quotes, no caps on contacts, \'s not /'s. hope you can get it working.

If you install the cab i posted you dont need to edit the registry, just select the app you want the link on the soft key to be and click save.

alot of people like to do it themselvs or dont like extra apps. ill check it out and see what it does later.

Hi,
so I tried again the manila cab that was postet above. Well, it works fine, I just cannot find the "contacts" in there which I like to set as left soft-key. The "calendar" setting works fine either as direct setting in the HKLM or using the cab.
I also tried again to start the poutlook.exe directly out of the file-explorer and in contrast to the start of the calendar, nothing happened. So it must be any other file to start ???
Also I tried to link the "kontakte" (a small link-file) directly in HKLM, but got an error-msg telling me that the file does not have the required security-attributes or whatsoever.
I will keep on searching but happy for any adviece.
Berst Regards
Rolf