Hi everybody,
I'm looking for a software or a "how to" to create a link for an application witch doesn't appear in the program liste.
For example, an application has been installed on the card and my ROM has been flashed or I put a simple "exe" application with no installer somewhere. I can launch it with the explorer but I can not use HTC launcher (HTC home) because the application doesn't appear in the known program list.
What file should I edit to make a program appear in "official" programm list of windows?
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Sometimes you get software in .CAB format, and the program installs itself automatically into your device's main memory. What if you'd rather install it onto your storage card (where you have space)!? CabInstl to the rescue! CabInstl is an installer for CAB files. It allows you to install programs into a specified folder rather than the one created by the standard installer. In addition, you can chose to keep the CAB file after extraction, view details about the file content and associate CabInstl to open CAB files by default.
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/pocketpc/cabinst.html
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=16377
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Hallo.
I'd like to know if is it possible to install an application on a specific path... I tried with CABINSTL, but some applications don't care about my settings: the installation folder is everytime the same.
Someone can help me??!!
Thanks.
maybe the applications have the destination folder specified into the CAB and the user cannot change it
Use CabInstaller v1.04
It is Freeware.
Puja...please read carefully my post before answer...
Hi all,
I just sucessfully installed big storage on my O2 mini and was wondering how i can change the default directory to which my software installs. The software is Imaginet-arabitizer and it uses a PC-based installation. No cab files...
Help please....
help
you can only whether you want to install a program to a default location, storage or a storage card. it will ask you in the beginning of installation by ActiveSync. choose NO and install sonewhere else.. gl
Still no luck....
Unfortunately, this particular program does not use the active sync user interface for the installation....
Any other methods?
i saw a shareware program on the forums once that did that... wish i downloaded it then cause i cant find it again sorry .. thought id let you know its out there though.....
aidil916 - unless it's some kind of ROM update etc, anything that gets installed on the PPC must always use a cab file, even on PC based install. So, start the install, and does add/remove programs or something come up?
Either way, if it installs something to the PPC (i've no idea how the arabizer works), interrupt the installation or somehow stall it. Then use a program like Filetracer or even the XP search tool to find any cabs installed to your pc in the last few minutes. Track down the cab (usually in your temp folder, programs folder or activesync folder) and then take a backup copy of the cab. Then, copy that to your PPC..
Tell me how it goes.
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aidil916 said:
I just sucessfully installed big storage on my O2 mini and was wondering how i can change the default directory to which my software installs.
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Usually when you perform PC-based installation software asks you for target location but some programs are hard-coded with "\Program Files\ProgramName" path so they will fail to work if you place them to another locations, i.e. to Storage Card
For programs that don't allow you to change target location you can change their registry entries to correct their path from "\Program Files\" to "\Storage Card\Program Files\". Here you will also need to manually move your program to a new location (SD) using Explorer's copy-&-paste functions
ps: don't use cut-&-paste because some of your programs may be running and this will cause sharing violation errors
Example, I have program "ABC" installed at "\Program Files\ABC" folder.
1) Using Explorer I navigate to "\Program Files" and COPY "ABC" folder to clipboard
2) Now I navigate to "\Storage Card" and create folder "Program Files"
3) I open newly created folder "\Storage Card\Program Files" and PASTE my "ABC" folder from clipboard here
4) Using Registry Editors I search for "\Program Files\ABC" entries and change them to "\Storage Card\Program Files\ABC"
5) I do soft-reset. If after that program works Ok, I delete "\Program Files\ABC"
The software is Imaginet-arabitizer and it uses a PC-based installation. No cab files...
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Check your activesync's installation location. You will find the cab file within Software name or company folder, like "C:\program files\microsoft activesync\ABC"
Cheers
aidil916 said:
Hi all,
I just sucessfully installed big storage on my O2 mini and was wondering how i can change the default directory to which my software installs. The software is Imaginet-arabitizer and it uses a PC-based installation. No cab files...
Help please....
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There are 3 methods i use,
1st is download the CAB file if you can, copy to your PPC and install with a program called CAB Install http://www.s-k-tools.com/fp/viewtopic.php?t=44 which allows you to install the app anywhere you want.
2nd is to run the standard ??.exe PC installation file but without your PPC pluged in. After the ??.exe install file is finished it will normally produces a CAB file on your PC which will copy across to your PPC next time you plug it in. All you need to is to find the CAB file and manually copy it to your PPC and use CAB Install.
The 3rd way is to do the same as 2 above and then use an app called WinCE CAB manager which you can generally modify the CAB files standard installation directory to what ever you want to.
Hope this helps
Most software including PC based installs eventually use CAB files. For this I use a small program CabInstl.
I have tried to open .jar files on the device and it's seemed to fire up some java platform that supports those files. it asked me something about where to install but there was only one option <root>
when I click install it installs and everything work well, but the problem is that I can't launch that java manager in any other way... I mean there is no "java" or "esmertec java" or anything in my programs folder.... Maybe some cleanup software like "sktools" deleted the shortcut or something ? How can I get it back ? Any other way to launch it? The application seems to work, the only problem is that I can't launch it...
I have htc touch cruise with the default rom.
PS:
Sorry for double post, posted in wrong section....
Thanks in advance.
if i were you i'd look for the midlet manager in \program files\
and use a tool like total commander to make a shortcut in \windows\startbar\programs myself
there is nothing relared to midlet maneger in program files folder either....
i even tried to search for files contzining "mid"... nothing relevant found.
Should that manager come preinstalled on the device ? As I didn't install anything... maybe I can reinstall it to get it fixed ?
Is there anywhere I can get that java manager from so I can reinstall ?
Just create a shortcut, that points to windows/java.exe
(at least that's where i found the app)
I don't have java.exe in windows folder :-(
Just found what you're looking for
windows/jbed.exe
gnick666 said:
Just found what you're looking for
windows/jbed.exe
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Very cool that the TC includes the jbed midlet manager. Opera mini runs really well using it.
HI all !!
I came up with a new idea to create a file oemavatar.cab for Toshiba TG01. I made graphics in PNG format and then it tried to pack them into a CAB file. Now I am looking for a program where I could make a CAB file and add it to the ROM.
I found some programs, but the archives are not compatible with WP7 and Zune just does not detect the file.
My question is: Which program to use to execute the cab file?
You have to use a CAB sender program to send the CAB file to the phone's update OS (the one that Zune switches the phone to when installing updates; you can put it in that mode manually too). You don't use Zune with manual updating.
I don't know what structure to the CAB file the phone expects (although you could download an official CAB and have a look for yourself). You will probably need to sign the CAB with a key whose certificate is loaded into your ROM; I know there are programs for doing this but not all ROMs are updatable.
Thanks for quick reply
I know how to use the CAB SENDER
I just meant that if I add the oemavatar.cab is an application ZUNE should show a picture that is in that file ... if you connect phone to the PC .
If I add the original cab of Omnia 7 (OEM / ZUNE_PIC) ZUNE shows the picture of the Samsung ... if I add my cab file , zune does not show what's there ...
as if the program can not read information from a cab file
I enclose two cab files ...
I found a solution
You should post it! That way, future people with the same or similar goals don't have to post another request for help, they can just search and find it.