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I Can't View Extended_ROM

Hi,
I am new around here , sorry if this seems a very basic question, and yes I have tried the search function.
I am having difficulty viewing the extended rom on my Magician (originally a MDA Compact, but flashed with I-Mate Jam Rom). If I perform a hard reset, and then a soft reset before the customisation process starts, Extended_ROM is visible using File Explorer. However, if I do not perform the soft reset and let the customisation go ahead, Extended_ROM is not visible (I beleive this is normal behaviour).
My problem is that when using Total Commander and typing in "Extended_ROM" in the path field I still cannot see it. This works on my Universal (O2 Exec) with no problems even though Extended_ROM is invisible in File Explorer.
What am I doing wrong? Am I typing the wrong path name or do I need some other "tool" to view the Extended_ROM?
Thanks,
P.

You're at 50% with your question. The customization removes the loadvdisk.lnk from startup folder. Regular file explorer cannot see the loadvdisk.exe in windows, but resco file explorer can with the option to view hidden files too.
Or connect to your PC with Act.Sync & browse the magician with explorer, make sure hidden fikes can be seen. Now you can create a shortcut in startup folder and execute it from your magician.
Or do the hard-&softreset trick again & make a copy of the loadvdisk.lnk in storage or on sd.
Choice is up to you, they'll all make the ext-rom visible.
Personally I'll go for resco file explorer. Gives you a registry editor & ftp client as well. Very handy tool.
Cheers, M

Thanks,
I will try out Resco Explorer and see what happens.
Cheers,
Paul

Don't forget to select 'show all files' on the browser tab in the files -> options menu.

GUIDE: completely relocate best PPC Web browser Opera Mobile

Opera Mobile, which is by far the best Pocket PC Web browser, being a newcomer on the Pocket PC, still has some issues that should be fixed by hand. This is especially important to Dell Axim x50(v) and HP iPAQ hx4700 users if they have upgraded to WM5 and, therefore, should always strive to reduce write/deletion operations in the main storage to avoid filesys.exe sessions.
In the following, I give you a complete tutorial on how everything can be relocated to the storage card.
install Opera to the storage card. I assume you install it to \Program Files\Opera (the WM5 default) on your storage card, which has the name \SD Card.
get this registry import file. You'll need to modify it after, probably, changing the \\SD Card\\Program Files\\Opera occurrences to the particular path of your device if needed. For example, if you have installed Opera to a directory Opera86 your storage card named Storage Card, then, just change all occurrences of \\SD Card\\Program Files\\Opera to \\Storage Card\\Opera86.
I recommend for example the built-in Notepad in Windows to do this. Just open the registry file with Notepad, press Ctrl-H (Edit/Replace), copy the string \\SD Card\\Program Files\\Opera to the “Find what:” text input field and the new path (with, again, double backslashes!) to “Replace with:”. Then, just save the file and exit Notepad.
import it to the Registry with a Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00-compatible registry editor like Resco Registry Editor. This will make sure references to Opera.exe are all OK.
create an OperaData directory in the root directory of your storage card
get this file; unzip it to the just-created OperaData directory of your storage card. This means that, for example, the vlink4.dat file should be in the directory \<Storage card name>\OperaData\Opera.
go to \Application Data\Opera in the main storage and delete everything, including all the subdirectories, except for the following two files:
english.lng
input.ini
and the skins subdirectory (the latter can't be relocated, even if you appropriately modify Button Set in opera.ini).
Incidentally, if you’d prefer one-page-at-a-time scrolling (as opposed to the default one – that is, link-by-link), overwrite input.ini with this file.
now, get this file (opera.ini) and change all occurrences of SD Card to the name of your storage card in the way I’ve explained above in step 2. Copy the this way edited file to \Application Data\Opera in the main storage.
Now, you’re all set – you can run Opera right away. It’ll only write to one file in the main storage, opera6.adr, which contains the favorites (this means no writing will take place if you don’t explicitly add a new favorite / delete / edit an old one – this is certainly good news for all Dell Axim x50(v) and HP iPAQ hx4700 WM5 users). Every other write operation will happen on the storage card.
If you don’t want to recreate your existing favorites/cookies
Note that if you want to save your (existing) cookies and favorites (because you’ve been using Opera), make sure you do NOT delete opera6.adr (favorites) in step 5. Also, make sure you transfer your existing cookies4.dat to the storage card (into \OperaData\Opera) so that your existing cookies will still be accessible.

wow! a comprehensive guide. even if it involves several steps, this would b worth d effort. i hope it would work on my HTC univ.
BTW, is there a way 2 map d IE button (d 1 w/ d e icon/logo) on d univ 2 open opera & not IE?

Hi Menneisyys, please can you advise on the above process, vs the simple .reg import on your blog. Is the above for versions pre 8.60 - or is this required for 8.60 too?

craigiecraigie4 said:
Hi Menneisyys, please can you advise on the above process, vs the simple .reg import on your blog. Is the above for versions pre 8.60 - or is this required for 8.60 too?
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You mean the REG fix for the file association bug present even in 8.60?

Yes: so if I understand given this insight:
- The bolog refers to file association only
- The above refers to being able to click a link when opera is installed on an SD card (ie default behaviour)

craigiecraigie4 said:
Yes: so if I understand given this insight:
- The bolog refers to file association only
- The above refers to being able to click a link when opera is installed on an SD card (ie default behaviour)
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Also the cache. You must apply the blog REG hack when you don't want to relocate the cahce. If you also want to relocate the cache, you need to follow the above tutorial - in addition to my file association fix

Hell, did all of this (and later the other reg file to fix the file association issue) and altho Opera seems to be running fine, I still have my initial problem:
When i click a link I get either nothing (eg a link in spb Insight) or the 'trusted certificate' issue (eg clicking a html file in total commander).
Everything works fine if I install Opera in the default location (ie internal memory) - but it's HUGE and no faster when installed there.

craigiecraigie4 said:
'trusted certificate' issue (eg clicking a html file in total commander).
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Are you absolutely sure your registry changes were flushed back to the Flash ROM? Can you export the affected values so that I can take a look at them?

Thank you Menneisyys. I was looking for this on pocketpcmag.com 2 weeks ago but couldn't find it. Once again, you've come to the rescue.
And craigiecraigie4, i have the same issue when clicking links from emails. I just copy and paste them over to the browser, but if theres a solution to this, it'd be great.

File types and association app. Doubt.

The problem is with Pocket Breeze, on tab 'Notes'.
I would like to know how can I choose an app to be first one to open .txt files on this tab on PB.
I tried to do this with File Explorer and Resco (with 'Always use' and 'File Extension'). In this apps, it worked, but not on 'Notes' in PB.
I installed before Text Reader and during the installation, it asked me if I what this app as the principal to open .txt files. I said yes and then, PB recognized and open all .txt files with this one.
But now, I want to change it to Haali Reader. I tried do regedit HKCR\txtfile\shell\open\command & opendoc\command, but it did not work either.

hiroshi.rio said:
The problem is with Pocket Breeze, on tab 'Notes'.
I would like to know how can I choose an app to be first one to open .txt files on this tab on PB.
I tried to do this with File Explorer and Resco (with 'Always use' and 'File Extension'). In this apps, it worked, but not on 'Notes' in PB.
I installed before Text Reader and during the installation, it asked me if I what this app as the principal to open .txt files. I said yes and then, PB recognized and open all .txt files with this one.
But now, I want to change it to Haali Reader. I tried do regedit HKCR\txtfile\shell\open\command & opendoc\command, but it did not work either.
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Did you eliminate the exe command or forgot and made no changes at all? I don't like ClearVue by Westek, so to get rid of the command for ClearVue to open for pdf files, I simply highlighted the data value, and tapped the backspace key on the onscreen keyboard, saved changes. "ok", waited a couple minutes, re-set device.
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hotdog said:
Did you eliminate the exe command or forgot and made no changes at all? I don't like ClearVue by Westek, so to get rid of the command for ClearVue to open for pdf files, I simply highlighted the data value, and tapped the backspace key on the onscreen keyboard, saved changes. "ok", waited a couple minutes, re-set device.
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I forgot to the inverted commas... lol...
I changed the opendoc path, but I forgot the inverted commas after select the path. It was: Storage Card\Program Files\Haali\Reader\Reader.exe %1, and not "Storage Card\Program Files\Haali\Reader\Reader.exe" %1
Now its ok.
Thanks.

pocket rar issue in 6.5.x

as already all cooker know that we have to assign rar and zip files to pocket rar on first launch and for that we have to press ok button which is missed in my htc touch..
so anyone know registry hack to bypass this message in wm 6.5.x????

Try this:
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\RAR]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\RAR\Setup]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\RAR\Setup\.zip]
"Type"="ZIPArchive"
"Exist"=dword:00000001
"Set"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\RAR\Setup\.rar]
"Type"=""
"Exist"=dword:00000000
"Set"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\RAR\Paths]
"TempFolder"="\\Application Data\\Volatile\\"
"StartFolder"=""
"ExtrFolder"=""
"ArcFolder"=""
"AppendArcName"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\RAR\ListColumns]
"SortMode"=dword:00000001
"Size"=dword:00000031
"Name"=dword:0000006F
"Date"=dword:00000041
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\RAR\Compression]
"UseRAR"=dword:00000001
"Solid"=dword:00000001
"Method"=dword:00000003
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rar]
@="RAR-file"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RAR-file]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RAR-file\DefaultIcon]
@="\\Windows\\rar.exe,0"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RAR-file\Shell]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RAR-file\Shell\Open]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RAR-file\Shell\Open\Command]
@="\\Windows\\rar.exe \"%1\""

How?
how to add the registry?
I use phm regedit...

Copy it to a text file; save it with a .reg extension, and then import it with PHM; if you have .reg files associated with PHM, then all you need to do is click on the file. It will respond like a .cab file, basically. I updated the stuff above with the proper header (windows registry editor version 5.00). You need to have it at the beginning of the file for it to work.
If you use XTask, you can close the settings window by clicking on the pocket rar icon on the task bar and dragging down to the 'close' button. You need to have 'close' as one of the xtask options in settings.

Don't work
Don't work click in file .reg extension....
At the click opens the phm resgistry and nothing happens ...
What to do?

If it's opening PHM, then you just need to import the key with PHM. Not sure how, since I don't use PHM, but I'm guessing click on File-Import reg key-navigate to key and click ok.
Or, get dotfred's task manager, set it to associate with .reg keys, and use it. The reg editor is basically the same as PHM, and it has many more tools. That's what I use.

??
I dont understand... what program do you use?

[REQ] [APP] Mount Network Folders Samba/Linux/Windows Shares

Hey,
im looking for an app to mount/mapp Samba/Linux/Windows Shares.
I know, that this tool ment to do it but i dont need the whole other functions.
Anyone knows a "stand alone" tool/app (for WinMo 6.5 of course!) to do the job?
Thanks!

Resco Explorer can map network drives...

Petulinek said:
Resco Explorer can map network drives...
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thanks for the reply! i'll check it out.
btw: resco is a paid app - if there is any, i prefer a free one

1. Network shares paths are stored under [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Comm\Redir\Connections\], where each key defines one shared folder, for example lets say you want to map \\Data\Data as folder Q on your device, the registry key would look like this:
Code:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Comm\Redir\Connections\Q]
"Type"=dword:00000001
"RemoteName"="\\Data\Data"
you can prepare as many reg entries as you need this way and import it to registry
2. If you want to see the Network folder in 'My Device' in file explorer,
set the following registry entry to 1:
Code:
[HKLM\Comm\Redir]
RegisterFSRoot=1
more info here
3. probably (have no way to check it now), you can also access non-mapped network paths directly from File Explorer - check "Go To\ Open Path\New Path..."