Hi guys, is it possible to move the default docs folder to the Storage Card?
I mean having everything (video,music,docs,programs settings,etc..) in the card so I can easly synch it and free Ram on my new Jam :wink:
Thanks
Not Really.
You can create a directory called "My Documents" on your storage card, and save everything on there. The Operating System will automatically detect the folder and allow you to place documents there.
But there's no way to automatically synchronise your storage card - or have I just misunderstood?
Note: If it looks like the OS isn't using the My Documents on the card properly, check for a 0-byte file called ignore_my_docs and delete it.
You could try super-sync
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=12574
Apparently the key is different in WM6. Used to be:
HKCU\Sofware\Microsoft\Mapi
And you could put the path in to the storage device.
Anybody know where it is now to move mail to storage device?
I see the Tweak Option has move IE Cache to SD, but none for Exchange Sync Outlook Mail.
Thanks
If anyone cares, found the new location.
HCLM\Software\Windows\Inbox\Settings
I found this out by turning on in the mail options store the email attachments on the stroage card. I then searched the registry for the path it used on the storage card which lead me to the above key.
Then I just changed the attachment path and added the key
PropertyPath" value="\Storage Card\Mail" datatype="string"
To then get the mail to go there also.
Had to do some tricks with the sim card a few times, renaming and locking up, but I deleted the mail settings for exchange and go it all figured out and now all mail/attachments on the storage card.
Memory just want hold 4000 items plus attachment..necessity.
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thanks!
I've already know the key, but not the reg name of "PropertyPath", I thought the mail body has to put under \windows\messaging.
a little hint, it's HKLM\System\Inbox, not HKLM\Software\Windows\Inbox...
a problem:
if I add "PropertyPath" value="\Storage Card\Mail" datatype="string"
the next time I reboot my device, a folder named "Storage Card" was created automatically, and the real Storage Card was named "Storage Card2" !!!
I have to remove that propertypath key anyway and keep the mail body under main memory
huangyz said:
a problem:
if I add "PropertyPath" value="\Storage Card\Mail" datatype="string"
the next time I reboot my device, a folder named "Storage Card" was created automatically, and the real Storage Card was named "Storage Card2" !!!
I have to remove that propertypath key anyway and keep the mail body under main memory
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No, I found a workaround. Rename the new Storage Card folder to Storage Card.bak
Reboot the device and put your storage card back in, it should not create a new folder again. Don't know why, but just leave the Storage Card.bak folder there forever and it reboots over and over fine and you can put mail on the Card and not main memory...
This is essential seeing how I have 2000+ emails I like to sync and have reference too in subfolders on Exchange on my mobile device and attachments if necessary..
Whatever the key name I forget which one, but yeah, somebody referenced it above...it is HKLM without the Software...I accidentally put that in...
thanks for your info.
actually I renamed the new-created "Storage Card" to "Storage Card1" then after a softreset there comes a true "Storage Card" and so I delete "Storage Card1" and no more try~~~
huangyz said:
thanks for your info.
actually I renamed the new-created "Storage Card" to "Storage Card1" then after a softreset there comes a true "Storage Card" and so I delete "Storage Card1" and no more try~~~
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I tried that, but after reboots if did it again...maybe I can delete now and see if it sticks, but I thought I went through that.
Thx
Here's the problem that you are having. When you set save to sd, at startup your sd card starts too late in the startup process so a new storage card folder is created and that is always named storage card. The only solution is to delay the mail check and save at startup.
alexn2 said:
Here's the problem that you are having. When you set save to sd, at startup your sd card starts too late in the startup process so a new storage card folder is created and that is always named storage card. The only solution is to delay the mail check and save at startup.
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No, my solution works fine, let it create the Storage Card folder, then reboot the device with the card out and rename it to Storage Card.bak, or something.
Then, shut down device, put read SD card back in, leave the old .bak folder in along with your card, it won't do it again across reboots, working fine.
Again, I had to leave the Storage Card.bak folder on the device now, but no big deal, there is nothing in it but some folder and takes no spaces, it is just a holder that the device is looking for.
Thanks
guys just need some clarfication on this one
step by step guid please
il first turn on my save attachments to SD card
then when i go into regedit and find-
hKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>system>inbox>
do i click on inbox and then create a new key and type
PropertyPath" value="\Storage Card\Mail" datatype="string"
or do i click and highlight attachmnets and then click on new key and type the above?
techlogik thanks for this thread was looking for something like this.
N2h said:
guys just need some clarfication on this one
step by step guid please
il first turn on my save attachments to SD card
then when i go into regedit and find-
hKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>system>inbox>
do i click on inbox and then create a new key and type
PropertyPath" value="\Storage Card\Mail" datatype="string"
or do i click and highlight attachmnets and then click on new key and type the above?
techlogik thanks for this thread was looking for something like this.
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1) In POutlook Mail, go to Menu, Options. Last Tab, Storage. Turn on the store attachments on storage card option. Reboot of device might be required.
2) Using Registry Editor go to:
HKLM\System\Inbox\Settings
Add the new Value:
"PropertyPath" value="\Storage Card\Mail" datatype="string"
You will see the "AttachPath" that it put there already when you enable attachments though POutlook.
3) When restarting device, it might lock up and create a "Storage Card" folder on the device because the mail starts before the SD card. Your Storage Card will show up like "Storage Card1" or something.
If that is the case, just pull your SD card out, get it booted up, and rename the "Storage Card" folder to "Storage Card.bak"
Then, restart the device and put your Storage Card in before it reboots, it should then not create anymore folders.
Just leave the .bak folder there, it has nothing but some empty folders in it and doesn't waste space.
Mine works fine with this method putting mail and attachments on the storage card, many reboots, no problems now.
Good luck.
Works for me
This works for me. The only thing I had to do was go and delete all the old mail from the application dir and resync my exchange account.
Really bugging me!
Don't know why mail to SD setting is acting up now, before I was able to redirect it to my SD car in \Storage Card\My Document\My Mail\Inbox and \Storage Card\My Document\My Mail\Mail Attachments easily ....without a hassle with the new Storage card popping up...and I done this so many times ...suddenly after I install net front on SD card and new storage card pops up and my SD card is name Storage Card2 ....I try all the methods in this thread ..and none work for me. Anyone have another method, gosh was I lucky before...should have backup and wouldn't have to go thur this hell.
Hope to see another new solution. thanks your input.
a cab file for this
IS there a cab file for this?
cab file would be great now we just need someone with the time to create one,
hint hint anyone???
Storage Card - need to make sure nothing needs it at boot, or when it wakes up.
I've tried the "Storage Card.bak" route and it didn't help at all. Everytime my 8125 wakes up, or everytime it does a soft-reset it creates a new "Storage Card" folder before mounting the actual card. I end up with "Storage Card", "Storage Card.bak" and "Storage Card2"...
So, I discovered that if I have POutlook on the "Today" screen (someone sent me a note about this - so thanks to whomever that was!), it is the culprit. I have to remove "Messages" from the Today screen (not Calendar!), and it will stop doing this "create the folder before mounting the SD card". (I find this a _BUG_ in WM5 and WM6! The idea that external storage is mounted _after_ it starts up everything that might need it is idiotic.)
Also, I found that if you install Windows Live - you will have to re-flash the device in order to get this back to the way you want, since WL automatically starts putting stuff in the "PropertyPath".
If one of you dev gods have an "in" (contact person) at Microsoft, perhaps you could mention that this is a HUGE PAIN to their customers. (It also has to be an issue for phone manufacturers, who are probably constantly dogged by trying to shrink ROM images so that their customers can fit something useful in the remaining space.
(This reminds me of the old DOS/Windows 640KB limit.)
ok my question is you guys talk about using poutlook and sync what if i get my emails from comcast exmp.
i created a new account on my phne with comcast.net email
i get my emails by clicking send or recev and it logs me in and pulls it from server to my phone. now how can i get it to save on storage i read this thread but still confused.
so i went into
HKLM\System\Inbox\Settings
Add the new Value:
"PropertyPath" value="\Storage Card\Mail" datatype="string
also add the attachpath value \storage card\mail\attachments
and it did not create another storage card folder
looks like it worked
robinwilson2 said:
I've tried the "Storage Card.bak" route and it didn't help at all. Everytime my 8125 wakes up, or everytime it does a soft-reset it creates a new "Storage Card" folder before mounting the actual card. I end up with "Storage Card", "Storage Card.bak" and "Storage Card2"...
So, I discovered that if I have POutlook on the "Today" screen (someone sent me a note about this - so thanks to whomever that was!), it is the culprit. I have to remove "Messages" from the Today screen (not Calendar!), and it will stop doing this "create the folder before mounting the SD card". (I find this a _BUG_ in WM5 and WM6! The idea that external storage is mounted _after_ it starts up everything that might need it is idiotic.)
Also, I found that if you install Windows Live - you will have to re-flash the device in order to get this back to the way you want, since WL automatically starts putting stuff in the "PropertyPath".
If one of you dev gods have an "in" (contact person) at Microsoft, perhaps you could mention that this is a HUGE PAIN to their customers. (It also has to be an issue for phone manufacturers, who are probably constantly dogged by trying to shrink ROM images so that their customers can fit something useful in the remaining space.
(This reminds me of the old DOS/Windows 640KB limit.)
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This doesn't seem to work for me....I did I clean install and did the registry edit......reboot, have new storage card2....as the miniSD . Also I dont' have messages on my today...my today has nothing except date.
I've been installing plenty of programs on my SD card recently and I have xda mobile 6 rom. Everytime I install a program though, it still makes its way to my windows file directory that over a course of installing programs, it accumulates and takes over space. Is there a way to solve this problem permanently by installing those "install" files onto my sd card only?
Or perhaps using total comander to move the files around and it would still work despite not being in my main memory windows directory on the phone. It should really be on the storage card.
If any one could help me out with this problem, because I went from having 45mb on my main storage to only having only 25mb despite me "installing" the files on the storage card which they appear to be on there, but my main memory is still being eaten up,
much thanks in advance.
Sorry if you thought of this already, but have you configured Pocket Outlook to store your email and attachments on the storage card? by default, they are stored on main memory.
also, there is a problem with system files being deployed in the memory card since the initial read is from the main memory. those files can't move to the memory card.. or... maybe they can, but not in a regular.. altering registry or installation a program way.
ineluki-I don't use pocket outlook at all. And everyone that I have moved onto the memory card, I did already.
nir36-is there anyway to move those install files away from the main memory since registry alteration doesn't work?
does anyone know of any way to move this around?
unfortunatly, you can't move those files without altering the base of the device. if there is another way, it's not a way i know about.. but it's unlikely you can use your system files from your SD card.. sorry
Hey, I've got a pretty annoying issue with my phone. I have a folder called 'sdcard' (though this is not my SD card, it's just a folder in my internal storage). Then I have these folders called 'sdcard0' and 'emulated'. All three of these folders share the same content, if I create a file in one of them it appears in all three, so I guess that means they're the same folder.
I also have a folder called 'sdcard1' which is my actual SD card.
Now the problem is that whenever I try downloading something (apps, updates, pictures, music, even when taking screenshots), it always saves it in the folder 'sdcard' (internal) and I can't select my real SD card as the destination. Which is bad because my internal memory is nearly full so big downloads will always fail.
I have tried renaming and deleting the folders but it won't let me.
Any help?
So I looked into it a bit more. My phone is supposed to have 4 GB internal memory, of which 1,7 GB doesn't show (I'm guessing it's being used by the operating system?). Then the remaining memory is divided into my 'Internal Storage', and my 'Internal SD card'. Even when I go to 'Manage apps' and select 'Move to SD card', it will only move it to my 'Internal SD card' which doesn't help me at all.
Is there any way I can move my apps to my external SD card, and have my screenshots and updates etc save to my external SD card? I already tried selecting 'Removable SD card' as preferred install location, but that only makes it install the apps to my Internal SD card.
So I'm trying to move various apps/games onto the installed SD Card. I'm pretty sure the card itself is working, as photo's and videos are being saved there.
I go into app manager (or Storage, Internal, Used Space, Apps - makes no difference) and I select the app, choose storage. It lets me 'Change" Storage used :- Internal Storage to "SD Card". The progress bar whizzes across and completes. It even tells me the app is now installed on External Storage.
The problem is, the app isn't installed on the SD card, sometimes some folders are created, but they remain empty and the app is still installed on the internal memory. (I checked with a file manager)
I'm not sure what's going on, or if this is normal (short of making the card adoptable). I'm an Iphone user of many years, I finally joined the rebellion ! It's quiet possible I am doing something wrong or droid just hates me, but either way any help is appreciated.
Unfortunately, that's the way it works. It's not like A2SD which moved the whole thing.