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To Change ICONS!!!

Hello People..
I have organized my pda very well..mean to say..when u go to START->Programs..u will see ur programs..i have catogorised like media players,backup software,theming etc etc..
I want to CHANGE THE ICONS of that folder..how is it possible?any software to change icons?
I have O2 XDA II mini running on WM 2003SE (QVGA)..where can i find ICONS??
PLZ HELP!!!!!
$athya

The best thing to do is search this forum on how to write your own shortcuts. It has been covered many times and all you need is notepad.
There was also a stand alone app by someone to make shortcuts.
I personally like my shortcut wizard in my common file dialog dll. You can download these
http://www.odeean.com/ORDsite004/Downloads/CommonDialogTester.exe
http://www.odeean.com/ORDsite004/Downloads/ORDcommonDialogDLL.dll
and put them in your program files directory. Once you navigate to the executable you wish to make a shortcut to you can hold down the stylus on it and select shortcut wizard. You can scan other executables or dlls on your device to find images for the icon of the shortcut. Once made, just re-name it to what you want and put it in your \windows\start menu\programs folder.
To get icons onto your device just look for any application you like the icons for. It can be a desktop app, it does not have to be a valid ppc app. Put the exe on your phone and my wizard will be able to scan it for icons. Just keep in mind that the exe will have to stay on your device for the image to still be available, so try find small ones.
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I just realized you may want to change the icon for the actual folder that gets shown on the menu. If you do as I said above to make a shortcut to the programs folder you will be able to get any icon you want. open the .lnk in pword and remove the text [no arguments for folder shortcuts], I accidentally copy that text into folder shortcuts and it screws them up. You can't delete the actual folder "Programs" from that directory or else you loose the list of recently opened programs but the lnk to programs will open the desired folder.

OdeeanRDeathshead said:
The best thing to do is search this forum on how to write your own shortcuts. It has been covered many times and all you need is notepad.
There was also a stand alone app by someone to make shortcuts.
I personally like my shortcut wizard in my common file dialog dll. You can download these
http://www.odeean.com/ORDsite004/Downloads/CommonDialogTester.exe
http://www.odeean.com/ORDsite004/Downloads/ORDcommonDialogDLL.dll
and put them in your program files directory. Once you navigate to the executable you wish to make a shortcut to you can hold down the stylus on it and select shortcut wizard. You can scan other executables or dlls on your device to find images for the icon of the shortcut. Once made, just re-name it to what you want and put it in your \windows\start menu\programs folder.
To get icons onto your device just look for any application you like the icons for. It can be a desktop app, it does not have to be a valid ppc app. Put the exe on your phone and my wizard will be able to scan it for icons. Just keep in mind that the exe will have to stay on your device for the image to still be available, so try find small ones.
edit:
I just realized you may want to change the icon for the actual folder that gets shown on the menu. If you do as I said above to make a shortcut to the programs folder you will be able to get any icon you want. open the .lnk in pword and remove the text [no arguments for folder shortcuts], I accidentally copy that text into folder shortcuts and it screws them up. You can't delete the actual folder "Programs" from that directory or else you loose the list of recently opened programs but the lnk to programs will open the desired folder.
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Thanks for replying..here is what i meant..i want to change the icons of the below mentioned....

Icon.dll
Hi you can find icons here: http://rapidshare.com/files/51651960/Shortcut_Tools.rar.html
It includes 2 Icon.dll & a Shortcut tool.

Mister B said:
Hi you can find icons here: http://rapidshare.com/files/51651960/Shortcut_Tools.rar.html
It includes 2 Icon.dll & a Shortcut tool.
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Whats the PASSWORD?? n can u plz tell me as to how to use it??n where can i download more icons??

That looks like an icon overlay to me. With some work it might be doable but the whole os is limited to 15 such overlays, so it would be a bad idea to start hogging them.

Shortcut/Link to Programs or Settings?

Hi,
From my app launcher (Ultimate Launcher), I want to add a link to "Programs" and also "Settings" in the start menu.
I tried fexplore.exe \windows\start menu\programs, but this does not open with the same large icon look as when started from the start menu.
Can someone please let me know how to do this?
Thanks in advance!

Figured out part of the answer...
Okay, I figured out how to open the "Programs" menu. You simply run \windows\folderview.
Now, how to open the "Settings" menu?

here is a zip i found for opening the settings panel/menu/whatever...
good luck! thanks.

Thanks! I really appreciate it

Shortcuts to folders
Okay, after searching everywhere and finding very little, I found a way to create a shortcut to a folder straight from HTC Home launcher. Using Mortscript and "\Windows\File Explorer 2.exe" File Explorer 2 seems to be a copy or a continuation of GSFinder+. Anyway open the app and configure the view the way you like. Then create the script with the line below. For some reason HTC Home refuses to recognize any shortcut named games or linked to games in the \windows folder. I ended up creating a shortcut called gmz.lnk in the \Windows\Start Menu folder. (yes you have to follow the 7 items rule for the start menu)
Code:
Run("file explorer 2.exe", "\windows\start menu\programs\games")
Clear as mud right! Hope this helps someone.

Reappearing HTC icons:no working solutions found

Hello. to everybody.
I am trying to fix the reappearing HTC Icons from Start Menu with the tweaks advised in some threads but they don't work.
Even if I change the HKCU Dword string to 0 (HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\HTC\Manila\IsShortcutEnable), they again reappear but without the icon (only a sad and ugly grey icon)....
Does anybody know something more to fix this annoying issue?
Thx in advance.

Diamantes said:
Hello. to everybody.
I am trying to fix the reappearing HTC Icons from Start Menu with the tweaks advised in some threads but they don't work.
Even if I change the HKCU Dword string to 0 (HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\HTC\Manila\IsShortcutEnable), they again reappear but without the icon (only a sad and ugly grey icon)....
Does anybody know something more to fix this annoying issue?
Thx in advance.
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After doing that, you need to actually delete the shortcuts yourself.
Open file explorer and navigate to Windows\Start Menu\Programs.
Locate the shortcuts (you'll recognise them from the default icon that you've already seen) and delete them.
The registry change you described simply stops the shortcuts from being recreated when you restart the device.

Try this cab , i used it , it works .
6/12 -09 Touch X Permanently Delete Reappearing HTC Icons.cab -Permanently Delete Reappearing HTC Icons from Start Menu (see tweak 42 in tboy2000 thread here)
http://www.ad-grafiska.se/HD2/LEO TWEAKS/Touch X Permanently Delete Reappearing HTC Icons.cab

Or if none of the above don't work for some reason the you need to make the shortcuts hidden in file properties using a good file explorer, after doing the reg tweaks also.

johncmolyneux said:
After doing that, you need to actually delete the shortcuts yourself.
Open file explorer and navigate to Windows\Start Menu\Programs.
Locate the shortcuts (you'll recognise them from the default icon that you've already seen) and delete them.
The registry change you described simply stops the shortcuts from being recreated when you restart the device.
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Bro, of course I did it!My surprise is that they reappear without icon (only grey) after soft reset...

tboy2000 said:
Or if none of the above don't work for some reason the you need to make the shortcuts hidden in file properties using a good file explorer, after doing the reg tweaks also.
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Man, "Power is nothing without control"... Do you remember the tv spot? Your trick is KISS... I didn't think about it!
Ah, experience.....
I will try...
Thx

johncmolyneux said:
After doing that, you need to actually delete the shortcuts yourself.
Open file explorer and navigate to Windows\Start Menu\Programs.
Locate the shortcuts (you'll recognise them from the default icon that you've already seen) and delete them.
The registry change you described simply stops the shortcuts from being recreated when you restart the device.
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Thanks for this info. I've been searching for a number of days trying to figure out how to remove these default icons. I've no idea where they sprung up from. Anyway, they've now gone!

what if i want the sortcuts back with the default icons on start?

Remove definitively HTC shortcuts in the start menu

To remove definitively HTC shortcuts/icons who reappared in the start menu do the following process.
in the registry, go to :
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\HTC\Manila\IsShortcutEn able
Change 1 to 0
SoftReset and magic.......
All it's work great !!!!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=583638
or the cab
6/12 -09 Touch X Permanently Delete Reappearing HTC Icons.cab -Permanently Delete Reappearing HTC Icons from Start Menu (see tweak 42 in tboy2000 thread here)
from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=584415

how do you actually delete the ones you want to get rid of? i under stand this is to stop them reloading but how do you get rid in the first place?

file manager
go to windows>start menu>programs and delete them from there.
Might be an easier way I've not heard of though?

Thanks czar.nik

I have made new folders using activesync in my windows/start/programs folder. The new folders are programs, apps web, etc.
Using the phones file manager, I have cut and pasted the appropriate icons in the start menu to their respective new folders that I created. Ex: I put opera and IE in the web folder, camera, video recorder in the mutimedia folder and so on. After I did the cut and paste, when I look at the windows/start/programs folder with either activesync or the phones own file manager, the icons that I cut and pasted are in their new folders, and not in the windows/start/programs folder. But, when I open the start icon on the phone, the icons I cut and pasted to the new folders still are visible, along with the same respective icon that I cut to the folders.
I did all this to unclutter the start screen. I have installed the touch X remove reappearing icon cab and have validated the registry change to 0. But, the supposed cut icons are still there, cluttering up the start page. Any ideas on how to get rid of this things forever??!!

Any solutions......anybody?

"Fun & Info" can be removed somehow?

iarapilot,
See in the registry, there is somes information about start menu tree cleanup, reset and all is fine !!
Search in the forum, you find it

Please can you tell us the link? Can´t find it.

iarapilot said:
I have made new folders using activesync in my windows/start/programs folder. The new folders are programs, apps web, etc.
Using the phones file manager, I have cut and pasted the appropriate icons in the start menu to their respective new folders that I created. Ex: I put opera and IE in the web folder, camera, video recorder in the mutimedia folder and so on. After I did the cut and paste, when I look at the windows/start/programs folder with either activesync or the phones own file manager, the icons that I cut and pasted are in their new folders, and not in the windows/start/programs folder. But, when I open the start icon on the phone, the icons I cut and pasted to the new folders still are visible, along with the same respective icon that I cut to the folders.
I did all this to unclutter the start screen. I have installed the touch X remove reappearing icon cab and have validated the registry change to 0. But, the supposed cut icons are still there, cluttering up the start page. Any ideas on how to get rid of this things forever??!!
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Try to restart your device. If it doesn't help, delete those icons from star menu entirely (or move them somewhere else), restart your device (then there should be non of these icons anywhere in start menu) and then move them anywhere you want. It worked for me when i encountered this problem, so it's at least worth the try.. Good luck

not working, please help
i installed the cab and tried deleting icons on both the file explorer and on the windows mobile center on my pc. It is not working. The files are no longer there but the icons are, except now they are grey files, not the icons as before. Please somebody walk me through this step by step.
tom

I've also been told there isn't a way to get the original icons off the start menu that tmobile had on the phone when i got it, such as bn eReader, blockbuster, etc. I need help.
tom

Customising Start Icons

Hi all, Im sorry if this has been covered before but ive been looking for an app that allows me to move,delete,place in folder icons that are in the start menu (The one that comes up when you press the start button on the phone). I have apps that are all over the place and would like to reorganize them if possible.

hello.
I just reach to this aplication on the HD2 that could work for us too.
as I am new I can not put the whole link sorry
forum.xda-developers.com
/showthread.php?t=589459
regards

Looks like a great program but its not what im looking for....i want a program that allows me to rearrange my programs shortcuts under the start menu and the app provided only allows me to change the icons of the apps..thanx thou
Still looking for an App to do the above please

Have you tried your file explorer to cut and paste the shortcuts to wherever you want. You can add folders and rename them to put apps of a specific type into too if you want.

Ive had a look previously and there is no one repository that the shortcuts live, and i`d image that windows would arrange them by name if could find them which doesnt give me the option i want..
What i want to do is say move the facebook app which is at the bottom of the list and put it about half way up under all the system shortcuts or in a custom folder. The only option the rom gives is "more to top" or "move to bottom".
I hope im making sense.

If you are using WM 6.1 or 6.5, the shortcuts are in \Windows\Start Menu.
Perhaps you are referring to the Manila/Sense program tab are you? If yes, then you should be able to add/remove these from one of the soft keys.
Perhaps you can give us a screenshot of the programs you are referring to....

Hi there sorry for the delay...ive attached the screenshot as per your request.....
So what im wanting to be able to do is re-arrange any icon in the menu so like games to where marketplace is for example
Is this possible?

Hi
I don't understanding something
Is simple drag and drop method not working for you?
Longpress icon until it popsup, drag there you want, release finger.

i cant drag and drop, i think this is a limitation on the rom which is v2.1. The only option i have is to move the icon to the top as shown in the screenshot. All i want to be able to do is move one shortcut to somewhere else in the same menu... aka in the order i want. Im sure someone would have asked this before and that there would be an App that would allow a user to customize this menu.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=567080
Try this.

Thanx heaps i1ll give a go now and report bk...much appreciated

What rom are you using? If its a 6.5 you can use the drag and drop method described earlier to rearrange start meu icons.
Otherwise they are in this location: \Windows\Start Menu\Programs.
To create specific folders to move shortcuts to, would look like this:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Security\Shell\StartInfo\Start\Media]
"Name"="Media"
"Group"=dword:00000001
"Icon"="\\Windows\\Media.png"
... where "Name" is the name of the folder, "Icon" is the picture that will represent the folder on the start menu, and "Group"=1 tells windows that this is a folder. Once you have created all the folders you want you can use your file explorer to drag and drop the shortcuts into whatever folder you want

Thanx so much "artukas613" that program was exactly what i was looking for.....worked a treat. Thank you to all who helped.