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Task / Switcher Bar

Hello
I'm obviously new here and glad to find a place where I can find out more about my xda2s.
One quick question I hope someone can answer - on my old Dell x3 there was a fantastic 'Switcher Bar' appearing at the top of the screen, which when pressed would show what programs were currently open, and allowed you to then close them, therefore saving memory etc etc.
I know there is the task manager on the xda2s but I cannot get an icon for it; one that will stay constantly there. Any ideas or is it simple not possible.
Thanks in advance
HPJ

install the attached file, it will give you 2 new icons. one on the top which will show battery status and the second icon at the buttom which will show running programs.
hope this is what you are looking for. :wink:

ammar said:
install the attached file, it will give you 2 new icons. one on the top which will show battery status and the second icon at the buttom which will show running programs.
hope this is what you are looking for. :wink:
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that's great, thank you. I've installed it into Program Files> Task Bar> (all the unzippped files) but it hasn't done anything.....how do I activate it?
Many thanks
HPJ

you dont unzip it
you sync it to the pda and run it then it install what needs to be installed
personaly i use PHM Task Manager
which is pretty much the same as the task manager in windows(pc)

Still cant do it....I need more practise obviously.
Whats the PHM Manager like in WindowsPC (I know how to use that at least.....)
Thanks
HPJ

here is what it's like and look like
http://www.phm.lu/Products/PocketPC/TaskMgr/
well when you doubleclick on a cab file you should see a progress bar often it's gon before you know it and then the program should have been autoinstalled and have an icon in programs

HPJ said:
Still cant do it....I need more practise obviously.
Thanks
HPJ
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man just copy the file as it is to your pocket pc then click on it .
Thats it.

Thanks guys sorry to be a pain......you gotta start somewhere :wink:

Dosn't work with WM6 on a HTS x7501
Not surprising

WM6.5 Start Menu

Okay,
I may stand alone here, but I HATE the new start menu that comes with WM6.5.
Does anyone know of a way to get rid of it and go back to the functional old style one from WM6.1?
Thanks
DT

try using Quickmenu.

Aegishua said:
try using Quickmenu.
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Links:
QuickMenu 2.8 from China!!!Best start-menu and task-switcher[UPDATE 02-03-2009]
&
Some Tips of Using QuickMenu.
Also I assume there should be some regitweaks to re-activate the classic StartMenu, keep searching and post here!

Start -> Settings -> Today
Click on the 'Items' tab at the bottom.
Uncheck 'Windows Default' to get rid of the crappy sliding menu, and while you are here, select the options you want on the Today page, and arrange them in whatever order you require.
Click OK until you are back at the Today Start page.
Viola!

how can i reorder positions of new today screen(titanium)..so i want that clock is first...

benko286 said:
how can i reorder positions of new today screen(titanium)..so i want that clock is first...
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You can't do it.
The new menu is selected as 'Windows Default'. When it is selected, it unchecks all the others.
It's all or nothing. Old menu style and move stuff about, or new menu style but you are stuck with its layout.

you havent understand, in windows default(actually i like this new home screen) i want to reoreder "tabs", first is picture(it says no photos because i dont know how to change default folder in pictures and videos) second music....and i want that first is clock than text than music than pictures...
so i dont want to change order of old homescreen, i want to change order in new win default home screen!!

It can only be done through a registry tweak.
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\CHome
And change keyname ExtensibilityXML to
<Plugins Order="CClock;CMyPhotos;CMusic;CWelcomeCenter;CPhone;CVoicemail;CText;CEmail;CAppointments;CHomeFavs;CWindowsLive" CPRFileName="Titanium" DisplayStyle="Titanium" />
Or similar, depending on what is in it in the first place.
Go to Start -> Settings -> Today -> 'Items', uncheck 'Windows Default' and press OK (To deactivate it)
Go to Start -> Settings -> Today -> 'Items', and check 'Windows default' then press OK (To restart it)
The Clock is now at the top!
P.S. This was discovered by messing around with the 6.5 emulator images, and using VS remote tools to read/edit the emulator's registry. Just check the keys on a real phone are the same or similar.

danke schon

Or Dotfred's Start Menu which runs as a service. No .exe to start.Running from the start button.

I´m quite happy with start menu of 6.5 you can reorder it or what ever you want
But also htchome is nice and less RAM eating!

Hi
I like the new wm 6.5 start menu, But is there any way to change the hexagon shape icon arrangements to straight rows.

tvk24 said:
Hi
I like the new wm 6.5 start menu, But is there any way to change the hexagon shape icon arrangements to straight rows.
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It seems to be not very easy to skin / change anything on the today screen / startmenu on WM6.5

d_train said:
Okay,
I may stand alone here, but I HATE the new start menu that comes with WM6.5.
Does anyone know of a way to get rid of it and go back to the functional old style one from WM6.1?
Thanks
DT
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may i ask for same thing,
AGAIN?
i mean - old wm 5-6 menu method?
if someone doensn't know - 2 mb mem is lost by that new..by that fail.
lets say i need these 2 mb.
i am not interested in cpr edits - it is not that idea(cutting cpr insides off provides these 2 mb, BUT - it is not good idea).
do not tell me about quick menu - i am using it since i found it, but - again - IT IS NOT the idea - 2 mb is lost by that ridiculous m$ menu, still.
old shell32 and aygshell is not method too - provides instability and functions loss.
i checked EVERY line of dlls related to find potential clue, there is NO reg value in hexes that provides old menu there....
sad to see, that cotulla stopped working on it...
i assume, it may be something not really possible, then. ;/

nothin said:
may i ask for same thing,
AGAIN?
i mean - old wm 5-6 menu method?
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Forget 6.5 and stay on 6.0(1)

hendrixus said:
Forget 6.5 and stay on 6.0(1)
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dude, plz..i am rommaker,
i can clearly see why i want what i want - 6.5 provides outstanding flash(vide - flashtros, cracktros) experience i need;
it provides amazing performance of emulators i am using(snes, sega, atari xl, neogeo etc).
it provides very good pdf and cbr loading times too.
my question is clearly technical.
i am using asus p525 and i can UNDERCLOCK it to (still) have 100% snes emulation with maxxed out sound on 23017(try this on htc lol), it is amazing, trust me.
i need that power, BUT i need more RAM free.
i got rid of every thing i could like titanium, keyboards, wisplite, useless m$ today plugins, and much more, and i still need MOAR memory free.
of course, if someone knows, how to make wm03 mem management available to use with 6.x, i would be pleased hearing it...
then i could have 80 mb mem free, not 29 ffs.
are there GOOD maniacs to tell me some NOT common ideas?
xdadev been such place...long time ago.
btw - my m8 made THIS(yes, it is 6.5, and, yes it is OLD menu ;p, but..disadvantages of method used made it just proof of concept):

nothin said:
dude, plz..i am rommaker,
i can clearly see why i want what i want - 6.5 provides outstanding flash(vide - flashtros, cracktros) experience i need;
it provides amazing performance of emulators i am using(snes, sega, atari xl, neogeo etc).
it provides very good pdf and cbr loading times too.
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Well Dude. I don't care about emulators, games and so on. If you can come up with some interesting featues of 6.5 I 'll be glad to read about it.Hmm. I just started to make a ROM too, 6.5 I din't like it.
btw - my m8 made THIS(yes, it is 6.5, and, yes it is OLD menu ;p, but..disadvantages of method used made it just proof of concept):
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That's nice the old menu on 6.5

i think you misunderstood that topic - is it about NEW, COOL FEATURES of 6.5, lol?
nope. so stop, plz. lets stick to topic.
. I don't care
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it's obvious, ;p
I like the new wm 6.5 start menu, But is there any way to change the hexagon shape icon arrangements to straight rows.
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yes, it is. just look for it on xdadev somewhere...

nothin said:
i think you misunderstood that topic - is it about NEW, COOL FEATURES of 6.5, lol?
nope. so stop, plz. lets stick to topic.
it's obvious, ;p
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.............about games and emulators.
yes, it is. just look for it on xdadev somewhere...
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At least you found a way to resurrect the old menu style.
More menu stuff here and here

Nothin,
Me too already stuck on the same issue for a while.
By now what I know is:
You can kill the WM65 start menu in several ways, like using WkTask or MagicButton, or null the cpr.
But once you kill it you must have a replacment, otherwise will lose UI. By now QuickMenu is still best replacement.
I've only noticed that on some Samsung Ominia devices running earlier builds of WM65 they can recall the WM61 classic start menu by a start.exe.
I've asked somebody to upload that file with no response.
I've also downloaded several ROMs from Modaco, but I can not use HTC ROM Emige Editor toeextract files from them.
For more info and thread links, please just search for my post in the past month.

how to disable htc menu enhancement?

yeah it's nice and so iphony... but I'd love to have both WM6.5 and my old classic menu back. Does anyone know how to disable it?

Change this registry value: "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\GWE\Menu\CUIHandler "
to DWORD "0"
Dave

DaveTheTytnIIGuy said:
Change this registry value: "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\GWE\Menu\CUIHandler "
to DWORD "0"
Dave
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Or you can just turn it off in Advanced Config.
Deja Vu

denco7 said:
Or you can just turn it off in Advanced Config.
Deja Vu
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I have tried a lot and never actually found a version that has HTC Menu Enhancement disable option. maybe i'm missing something

however, thank you very much Finally I got rid of that
One more question: can I somehow restore the timeout of click-and-hold so that menus pop faster? Because it used to be faster in earlier WM versions

Hello, I'm trying to get rid of larges menus on a french HTC Touch Pro (with regular HTC latest ROM), and this registry key do not even exist?
Someone got an idea about that?

Yep, try creating it

Thank you! I've been looking for how to switch the big fancy menu off for so long

kwill said:
Yep, try creating it
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I've tried, using Mobile Registry Editor, but it says that it's all read only.
Must I kill a process before? Or is there another regedit that works better?

use everywan remote pro it has a registry editor and even more.a must have fo wm users

HTC Alarm / Calender
Oh how I love the classic menu back... much quicker / easier to access / showing activated options - I'm sooo happy!!
But any idea how to get rid of the ALARM settings tab at:
Clock & Alarms > Alarm Settings > click on the pulldown arrow to set the time.
The window that opens is broken in my cooked rom. Can't set any time.
And also in the CALENDAR:
Calendar > Agenda or Day (View) > click on the date above...
This opening window is horrible to set a date...
Any idea is appreciated!! THX
jetset
P.S.: since I flashed a crooked rom and there is no uninstaller left to get rid of htc stuff... maybe there is another option ... ?? thanks!

Softkeys..

Hey all,
I am currently using the energy rom with TF3D2..
I'm not to good at alterations to the phone and tweaks etc. but i am wondering.. on the home screen where the clock is.. the softkeys are LEFT: Contacts RIGHT: Comm Mgr.
Now my question is.. am i able to change the Comm Mgr. one (as i never use it) to say an action screen that i've installed? I have tried numerous things and they dont seem to work. On the original Touch Flo i knew how to do it but as i said, i cant figure out how to do it on the new one..
Any help would be much appreciated!

jayt2008 said:
Hey all,
I am currently using the energy rom with TF3D2..
I'm not to good at alterations to the phone and tweaks etc. but i am wondering.. on the home screen where the clock is.. the softkeys are LEFT: Contacts RIGHT: Comm Mgr.
Now my question is.. am i able to change the Comm Mgr. one (as i never use it) to say an action screen that i've installed? I have tried numerous things and they dont seem to work. On the original Touch Flo i knew how to do it but as i said, i cant figure out how to do it on the new one..
Any help would be much appreciated!
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Have you used advanced config?

I cant seem to find settings for that anywhere in advanced config?
I have cahnged it using softkey manager that came with the rom but it still doesnt work?

jayt2008 said:
I cant seem to find settings for that anywhere in advanced config?
I have cahnged it using softkey manager that came with the rom but it still doesnt work?
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My bad. Thats a ROMeOS exclusive thing .

Sounds like you are using WM6.5.
The CHome homescreen takes over the softkey assignments the same way TouchFlo3D does. In order to change the Left and Right Softkey, you'll have to make the change manually in the registry or from a CHome Titanium Customizer.
The registry setting is easy if you know the link url to the file you want
Go to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\CHome\CClock\
Find the Strings "SK2TEXT" and "SK2URL". The SK2TEXT is the name the button will display, and the URL is the link.
If you're wondering, in the main CHome Key (folder) you'll find the SK1TEXT and SK1URL which is the Left SoftKey; although I would leave contacts up there.

he said hes using tf3d2. he didnt say he was using chome.

Thanks for that! I found it in the registry.. the only thing is.. how do i create a URL for the program that i want to run when i click that softkey?
player911 said:
Sounds like you are using WM6.5.
The CHome homescreen takes over the softkey assignments the same way TouchFlo3D does. In order to change the Left and Right Softkey, you'll have to make the change manually in the registry or from a CHome Titanium Customizer.
The registry setting is easy if you know the link url to the file you want
Go to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\CHome\CClock\
Find the Strings "SK2TEXT" and "SK2URL". The SK2TEXT is the name the button will display, and the URL is the link.
If you're wondering, in the main CHome Key (folder) you'll find the SK1TEXT and SK1URL which is the Left SoftKey; although I would leave contacts up there.
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I have solved it and changed the key. Thank you all for the help!

[REQ] Remove "slide down for more options" during a call

Hello,
I'm a french user and I want to find a way to remove "slide down for more options" during a call.
I want have directly a full access to the options during a call as the HD.
Thanks

try
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HTC\PHONE
"EnableSlideCover"=dword:00000000
did it for me

Thanks it works

Hello It's new key to add or not?

laskarface said:
Hello It's new key to add or not?
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no just edit the existing key

Using Total Commander, I changed the default value from 1 to 0, which effectively turns it off by setting the value to 0.
fards said:
no just edit the existing key
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how I can do it? there is a sort of regedit on HTC HD2? I'm a newbye help me please!

Use this cab for the easy way !

thanx a lot to "peter deijnum" and "fards"

Peter Deijnum said:
Use this cab for the easy way !
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Hi, i've used the Cab you provided and it worked; however it has also disabled the Proximity Sensor that blanks the screen when its next to your face, leaving it open to mulitple touches!
Is there any way to re-enable the sensor (or if that's too difficult) to restore the Phone function to its original state?!

don't use cabs for reg edits.. they really are a waste and you can't change the regkey back by uninstalling it
download and install CeRegEditor onto your PC
http://ceregeditor.mdsoft.pl/
connect your HD2 through activesync/msdc
run ceregeditor..
get to know the windows registry the easy way
if you go to tools/auto "jump to" when ever you highlight a reg key and copy it, ceregeditor will open that key..
so easy and efficient !

Thanks, I'll Try the App and see what's been done

Worked! Re-enabled the Slide to uncover Property, and that re-engages the Proximity Sensor!
Thanks Fard

So...how to disable that slide for more options now, so it dont effect anything else?
I just need to edit registry key from 1 to 0 or...?

This is now an option in the latest version of BsB Tweaks. I can confirm it works a treat.

Kinda OT:
But is there a way to make the "End Call" button to "Screen Off"??? It's stupid having the End Call button, as accidents do happens hitting it.

fards said:
don't use cabs for reg edits.. they really are a waste and you can't change the regkey back by uninstalling it
download and install CeRegEditor onto your PC
http://ceregeditor.mdsoft.pl/
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That's NOT TRUE!
Uninstalling a CAB made for a regedit does indeed go back to whatever registry settings you had earlier.