Create shortcuts to Feature Settings and Applications manually - General Topics

First some handy linx;
[TUTORIAL] How to create your own folder icons; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=511876
EXPLORER ADDiN TO SHOW LARGE FiNGER FRiENDLY iCONS;
ExtendedFileExplorerExt - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=677854
Use icons of *.EXE / *.GIF / *.PNG via the awesome IconHelper
[APP] Control Panel Settings to Links (.lnk)
Here one'll find more information and shortcuts packed in a zip; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=259529
And here, where oruam57 shares his Shortcut Creator; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=275577
Information and some on/off Radio executables ; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3568978
HD2 special http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=645916
vxShortcut; http://www.cam.com/vxshortcut.html
Pro: optional Command Line
Con: Default location can only handle x icons, thus Program Files\ needs to be added before adding massive shortcuts
SK Shortcut manager; http://s-k-tools.com/index.html?sksmgr/m_sksmgr.html
LnkMgr; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=646211
Here some very nice Launch Icons (*.ico).
View Program Files; folderview.exe Unzip and put this file in you programs folder and you will be able to add it to htc home
View Settings; htcSettings.exe Unzip and put the file in you programs folder and you will be able to add it to htc home
WM6.5+ Settings Menu back via;
[APP] MySettings - easy access to ctrpnl items (old settings panel)
Don't use the inbuilt file explorer to rename files. Use the freeware data manager total commander instead. The inbuilt file explorer can't edit links or show file extensions - if you try to rename something to xxx.LNK, it will really be xxx.lnk.txt (or something).
For those of you who want to build the ICL (Icon Library) files themselves, this should work, it's freeware: http://eng.softq.org/icl_builder
! At the end of this thread I've bundeled and attached 58ICL files I found/created on my PC
Feature settings are the little programs that you use to change the settings for your Pocket PC, such as your password, sounds & reminders, memory, the PC Connection and other things.
Shortcuts to Feature Settings are very short plain text files with some text in them. First I'll explain the format of these text files then give an example.
nn#ctlpnl cplmain.cpl,i,0<CR>
nn#
Replace the nn variable with the number representing the total size, in characters _including spaces_ in the line of text following the # (pound) sign.
ctlpnl cplmain.cpl,
This is the program to be executed. For feature settings, this will always be the same. Don't forget the comma; it is necessary to separate the command from its parameters.
i
Replace the i variable with the index number of the feature setting you wish to run (See *).
,0
This is the variable for the optional tab number to select. Numbering for tabs starts from the left at zero (0). The tab here is only necessary if you are specifying a tab number; otherwise it doesn't need to be specified. So you may omit this part of the text line entirely if it's not needed.
<CR>
This represents a carriage return. Instead of a true carriage return, today we depress the Enter key. (In other words, don't include the literal in your file.)
* index numbers;
0 Contrast
1 Password
2 Owner Information
3 Power
4 Memory
5 About
6 Backlight
7 Align Screen
8 Input Method
9 Sounds & Reminders
10 Remove Programs
11 Menus
12 Buttons
13 Today Settings
14 PC Connections
15 Modem Connections
16 Clock
17 Network Connections
18 Regional Settings
Some feature settings on some devices go via mycpl.cpl
ctlpnl.exe mycpl.cpl,2 - backlight
ctlpnl.exe mycpl.cpl,4 - microphone agc
ctlpnl.exe mycpl.cpl,5 - battery status [ same as cplmain.cpl,3 ]
ctlpnl.exe mycpl.cpl,7 - permanent save [ contacts, etc ]
ctlpnl.exe mycpl.cpl,8 - device information
ctlpnl.exe mycpl.cpl,9 - add ringtone
ctlpnl.exe mycpl.cpl,10- autoconfig
ctlpnl.exe mycpl.cpl,11- gprs suspend mode
ctlpnl.exe mycpl.cpl,12- gprs authentication
ctlpnl.exe mycpl.cpl,13- csd line type
Use an ASCII text editor to create *.lnk files. I used MobilePad, though now I'm using PHM PowerToys which includes notepad.exe (capable of reading/editing Unicode).
Example
Menu Settings;
52#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,11?\Windows\cplmain.cpl,-5150
or
45#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,11?shellres.dll,-13895
?
Everything after the ? is used to identify the target icon offset in ANOTHER dll/exe/cpl. Change the 0 to specify an offset.
* View *.dll files with icon_viewer.exe (attached below) unzip, COPY to Device (PocketPC) and run.
S-K-Tools delivers their old icon set in a dll.
Download here; http://s-k-tools.com/sktools/sktools_icons.zip
PHM.Pocket.PC.IconsLib.zip also contains an IconLib.dll
State of the Art embedded (exe/dll) iCON viewer; dotFred's Task Switcher _ though it's iconize function is only for its internal view..
goto its settings, tap and hold to goto the Context Menu, select 'Add app to iconize', select an executable and then..
Select library to retrieve icons = FULL WiNDOW ViEW WiTH iCON OFFSET iD's
[Feature Settings]
ActiveSync
0#async.asy
Standard Calculator
0#:MSCALC
0#:MSCLOCK
0#MSTASKMGR
0#:MSWelcomeCenter
This is what one gets after executing WiPE_DEViCE where one can set a password before using the device
0#:MSWELCOME
0#:WMPLAYER
0#:MSSOLITAIRE
0#EFBROUWSER
0#:MSPIE
0#:MSVOICE
0#:MSVOICEMAIL?vmail.exe
Tasks
18#:MSTASKS?outres.dll,-10001
MyPictures
20#:MSPIMG?pimgres.dll,-101
21#:MSFEXPLORE
20#:MSWRLSMGR
21#:MSNOTETAKE
19#:MSINBOX
18#:MSTASKS?outres.dll,-100001
21#:MSONENOTEMOBILE
21#:MSPOUTLOOK
42#:MSSYNCAPP
The Calendar must be already running in the background for these to worK;
Calendar agenda view
34#:MSCALENDAR -va?outres.dll,-100002
Calendar day view
34#:MSCALENDAR -vd?outres.dll,-100002
Calendar month view
34#:MSCALENDAR -vm?outres.dll,-100002
Calendar week view
34#:MSCALENDAR -vw?outres.dll,-100002
Calendar year view
34#:MSCALENDAR -vy?outres.dll,-100002
41#:MSINTERNET_SHARING?:intshruiapp
Contacts
21#:MSCONTACTS?outres,-10000
PowerPoint
21#:MSPPT
Word
21#:MSPWORD
XL
21#:MSPXL
Search -=[ MOVE THE LiNK TO \Windows\Programs\Start Menu\ YOU WiLL HAVE MORE SEARCH HiTS!! ]=-
0#:MSFIND?ceshell.dll,-8213
Help -=[ MOVE THE LiNK TO \Windows\Programs\Start Menu\ PROGRAMs THEiR iNBUiLD HELP WiLL WORK now ]=-
0eghelp.exe?ceshell.dll,-8212
MMS
35#"\Windows\tmail.exe" -service "MMS"
EMAiL
42#"\Windows\tmail.exe" -service "ActiveSync"
SMS
35#"\Windows\tmail.exe" -service "SMS"
SMS open inbox
49#"\Windows\tmail.exe" -service "SMS" -open "inbox"
Straight away compose
42#"\Windows\tmail.exe" -service "SMS" -to ""
New Note
23#"\Windows\notes.exe" -n
New Task
34#"\Windows\poutlook.exe" tasks -new
New Contact
37#"\Windows\poutlook.exe" contacts -new
New Appointment
37#"\Windows\poutlook.exe" calendar -new
Available parameters for tmail.exe (depending on the service used) are;
"tmail.exe" -new ""
"tmail.exe" -service "" (e.g. "MMS" or "ActiveSync" or "SMS")
"tmail.exe" -to ""
"tmail.exe" -subject ""
"tmail.exe" -Body ""
"tmail.exe" -attach ""
"tmail.exe" -open "inbox"
"tmail.exe" -sync or combinations of all such as-
ex.
"Windows\tmail.exe" -service "Yahoo!" -to ""
"Windows\tmail.exe" -service "GMail" -to ""
Direct SMS (I called it SMS2.lnk);
51#"\Windows\tmail.exe" -service "SMS" -to "" -body ""
Direct link to Games directory;
60#"\Windows\fexplore.exe" Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Games
WiKi Links for settings:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=LinksAndParameters
Widgets Connection Settings;
25#"\Windows\wmsettings.cpl"
[Applications]
Execute but do not show application;
xx#"\Windows\yourapp.exe" HIDE_WINDOW
24#"\Windows\Camera.exe -x"
Where x=
-p = photo
-v = video
27#"\Windows\CleanGPSData.exe"
29#"\Windows\DataDisconnect.exe"
21#"\Windows\EndKey.exe"
25#"\Windows\eT9MyWords.exe"
Test any WiFi/GPRS/3G connection (standard no link for this on my T-Mobile fone);
24#"\Windows\FieldTest.exe"
28#"\Windows\MicrophoneAGC.exe"
27#"\Windows\SetVolume.exe -x"
Where x =
-v sets the phone to vibrate
-m is mute
-o is sound on
22#"\Windows\SIM_MGR.exe"
22#"\Windows\Taskmgr.exe"
---- Use this TaskManager instead; http://www.dotfret.net/TaskMgr.htm , it'll show you;
Process manager, CPU usage, Application Manager, Service Manager, Device Manager (only WM2005 and above)
Windows Manager, Notification Manager, IP Config utility, Ping utility, Net Stats utility, Registry Editor (export/import), RUN program utility
22#"\Windows\USBtoPC.exe"
26#"\Windows\WiFiNetwork.exe"
27#"\Windows\WiFiSettings.exe"
27#"\Windows\WLANSettings.exe"
26#"\Windows\XT9Settings.exe"
Create a direct link for a (any) certain telephone nr;
39#"\Windows\cprog.exe"-url tel:0123456789?tapres.dll,-22555
where 0123456789 = any telephone number.
Make sure you press the ENTER key after your phone nr. and before saving the file!
HTCAlbum can be started with pictures or videos only:
48#"\Windows\HTCAlbum.exe" -mode:camera -type:image
47#"\Windows\HTCAlbum.exe" -mode:camera -type:video
Hope this helps. I'll add more in due time...
Philippe Majerus developed some nice applications. Unfortunately his page [ www.phm.lu ] is down, though here on depositfiles you'll find a small *.zip with most of his *.cab files plus his former www pages. Remember most of his tools are from 2004. IMHO you will find Reset.exe and Suspend.exe from PHMPPCPowerToys.Rpr_ARM.CAB suberb!
Senax
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58 Icon Libraries (*.icl) in two packs;

What if I just wanted to create a shortcut to all my settings? The settings window...

chronster said:
What if I just wanted to create a shortcut to all my settings? The settings window...
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Settings.lnk

Download htcSettings.zip and unzip it (it's file attributes are set to 'secret' so if you don't see it after unzipping; enable explorer to show all files cq use Total Commander). Then put the file htcsettings.exe in you programs folder and you will be able to add it to htc home.
Official htcSettings.zip thread;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3568978 See post #417 !!
Unfortunately this utility only works for english based WinMo.
Mine is Dutch and I have Instellingen instead of Settings.
Ah well, I'll cook my own ROM soon,
Senax

Hi. Sorry maybe I can't understand but how can I create a shortcuts only for 3 tab in settings menu ? I want to create shortcuts for Settings>Personal, Settings>System and Settings>Connections only in Start menu. Thanks for any help.

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Updated ..Speed Productivity Improvement Tools

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Speed Productivity Improvement Tools
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The Speed suite of productivity enhancement tools consist of the following useful utility applications designed especially for Pocket PC phone addition users.
1. Speed Search:
This useful utility allows you to locate the contact you are looking for in the shortest possible time even if the list includes thousands of names. Large sized buttons and an intuitive search mechanism allows you to look for a name of your choice by entering the first letter, and if needed followed by the second letter, and the third, if needed.
The utility keeps eliminating names listed till the list narrows down to the name you were looking.
If you are looking for “Jem R Daived” you just enter JRD and it will find it. The first later of the first name and the first later of the second or the last name and then the first latter of the last name is the fastest way of finding a name that I could think of. The program will adopt this automatically.
The Speed Search is ideally suited for Arabic language search where complex names and names which are preceded by AL are searched with great ease. On other world, you could ignore som later in the beginning of the second or the last name
The later in the button can be changed depending on your language. You can change them in the setting under key.
2. Speed Dial/Contact Manager
This utility allows you to create groups like “Friends”, “Family”, etc and assign contacts to a group of your choice. The large-sized buttons make it very easy to select the contact of your choice even with the finger tips of one hand. Especially useful when you are driving.
3. SMS
This tool allows users to do more than what is available in the standard Pocket PC SMS tool. Some of the main features are:
a. You can view incoming SMS messages without word breaks that are normally caused due to line breaks. This is especially trus of Arabic text where the word breaks can cause great difficulty in reading the message received.
b. You can now send SMS messages as Flash messages or as standard SMS to a device’s inbox. A message sent as a Flash SMS ensures your message will not be saved in the recipient’s mobile device. Once he reads it, the message gets deleted. This helps in conserving the PDA memory.
c. Using speed SMS, you can choose to send SMS messages to individuals, or groups.
d. speed SMS also allows you to schedule the sending of SMS at selected time and date. It is useful fore birthday and anniversary.
4. Black & White Lists
a. This tool allows you to assign specific numbers to lists that you can define like a Black List which can consist of numbers which you do not want your device to answer at any time, or a white list fore number you only when to answer.. .
This tool allows you enormous flexibility by allowing you to define a variety of color-coded lists in order to activate any list “group” whenever you want.
The color code is useful since it is viewable on today menu. For example if you chose the black list for the group in which its color red the button in today menu will be shown as:
5. Profiler:
a. Not only does the speed Profiler allow you to choose a profile setting, it even allows you to set the duration up to which the profile should be set. For instance, if you set the profile to silent, you can also set the duration after which the device will revert back to the last profile. This is highly useful particularly when the profile is set to silent during a meeting and you forget to reset it back to the normal setting after the meeting.
b. The ring tone dose not curntly work for Xda I
6. dialer
it is a dialer with:
a. it has a big button to use.
b. You can dial extinction with it and dial a number with extinction in the same time.
c. It gives you a shortcut to in, out, and missed call. Also an easy contact finder.
d. With it you can use the redial, mute , and ring or vibrate when the phone connected
Each of the programs uses the same dialing mechanism which enables you to:
1- do a redialing “ number of time and a time interval between them”
2- when a number is connected the phone will ether vibrate or give a ring or both “ it can be set in the settings”
3- if the phone number has an extinction after it will dial the extinction automatically when it is connected.
4- You have the ability to mute a phone call by pressing a button.
The program is compatible with the xda I & II
All the program are placed as today item
You have to register it in order to activate the trail version. The program has a rather strange mechanism of registration. The registration will send an SMS to my server and the server will send you an SMS which will contain the unlock key. When you setup the program do a reset to your phone and you will see a new today item press the button shown hear:
Type in the space provided this key “9999 9999 9999” and then press the registration key one time only.
Wait for at least 30 minute and hopefully you will receive an SMS from my server containing a key copy it and then past it in the second box and press the unlock button
You can register the program three time only and each time it will give you a 14 day trail period.
Pleas give me a feed back hear
Thanks
Number of people how download the program is:
Now you can register it through internet
have uploaded the program with the ability to register through the internet.
Pleas write the key as “999999999999”
If you are working with one now pleas deactivate the today item of this program and install it in top of the old program
I have down the following changes to the program:
The key the text can now be modify in the settings.
You can chose to send an sms to the the caller place him in the black list or he is not in the white list, given that he is in you contact and he is calling you through his mobile.
In the speed dial if you press any key that contain a number you can now chose to send sms.
The interface is in English
To show my appreciation to ednap I am going to give him a full working version as soon as I launch the full working program.
Thanks
Sorry download link is:
http://www.qosman.net/cgi-bin/countit.cgi?act=download&file=SpeedLiteTrial.exe
Looks really interesting. I downloaded and installed as per your instructions. Sent the register SMS and received a really long string of numbers and letters as the unlock code. When I copy and paste that string into the second box and tap the unlock button I get an Invalid Unlock Key... error. Tried repeating with a new code but same thing happens.
I'm in Malaysia BTW.
Ed
The number you should get is a 72 char key if your mobile ends with 88 then the unlock key is:
898BE7556540038A031300071578CF62D721F533B201F41912B1FDB496072EB05CD36B15
Pleas give me the number you have hear so I can debug it
Thanks
Sorry to cause trouble in your post but I get the same error with the key you provided me. Yes my phone number ends in 88
The first key I got that didn't work was;
75543C96C742B951CD0D0A38C40771085D53BD53C1208728A56DDE6ED2214E0C4CD0B609
OK
It may be I did not clear the registration method:
So here what should you do.
First
Enter the registration number as follows:
Then press the “Register..” key one time only. It is very important to press it one time only.
The massage under the button should show “sending request, pleas wait ..” as:
Then the text will change as:
Shortly you will receive a massage as this:
Go to your inbox and select all as:
Then copy as:
Then go to the registration window and past it the as:
Press the unlock button one or tow time and you will hopefully get this window:
For you, you have to do the step again
Thanks
Do you have installation file on English?
I am using a Windows XP pro notebook, default language is English.
Downloaded and installed the application to my XDA II which uses Windows Mobile 2003 and also in English.
Ed
Installation issues
I have also just installed - tried the registration process 2x and still get invalid unlock code (my phone number ends in 99 if that is any help ?)
Well I must say I am relieved to see it's not just me having problems with the installation. I hope you can get it sorted wwb95.
Ed
Where is the registration code
I followed the step as you show on the forum the sms was sent succe3sfully still waiting the registartion code.
What do I do now????? Re-register that is another sms.
Cheers
Gigi
still waiting for the registartion code
gigino said:
still waiting for the registartion code
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So am I, about two hours so far.
With some behind the scenes help from wwb95 (thanks) I managed to get the trial version registered for 14 days and so am now using it.
When are you planning the official release?
What cost are you intending to charge?
I will collect a list of suggestions and issues and post them here during my 14 day trial period.
Ed
i'm impressed!! very much so!
its good to see something productive come out of lebanon
Hi wwwb95
I had the same problem which said Invalid Unlock Key when I tap into Unlock field. Please help. Thanks
The Unlock key I got is 2220E1655127A8306070CC33B4A246F24243CD3026B33F15050412E6C81207065B637123
Hey wwwB95
I had the same problem which said Invalid Unlock Key when I tap into Unlock field. Please help. Thanks
The unlocking code that I receiveed after the 3rd attempet is:
D93032226334259B741241548102BD427626C67745176641096C7D5DE6052EB05CD36B15
Thanks
Gigi
Like the program a lot.
A few suggestions if I may. If you already have any of these and I have not found them yet I apologize upfront.
Introduce option of skins so that you can alter the appearance of the dialer and search buttons easier.
In the Speed Dial/Contact Manager, Is there a way to limit the left and right arrows at the bottom to the number of screens that are actually edited and in use? If you scroll too far in one direction to a blank button screen you can loose track and not know if you should tap left or right.
In the SMS section is there a way to integrate this with the original SMS inbox in the XDA II? Any SMS's I sent with your application were not saved in the sent folder on my XDA.
Is there a way to allow the user to create and save SMS text strings of common phrases for use in the creating of SMS's? This feature exists in the original XDA II SMS program.
What about an option for small or large button icons in the Today Screen plug in?
Are you planning to include a help file with the retail application? I mean it took me a while to find the configeration setings screen as the same icon that first brought up the registration also brings up the settings and I didn't realize that.
Have you sorted out the trial registration now. The Asia ROM update for my XDA II was released and I'd like to upgrade my ROM but that means I'll loose the copy of your application I have installed.
Ed
Thanks ednap for the suggestions ...
we will come up with these changes ....
Regarding the registration, we are also putting a registration form on web for those whoe find it difficult to register ....
Also a complete help will be available ...
Thanks
A few more suggestions.
Would be GREAT if you could link the group SMS back to the contacts. For example would be very handy if I could schedule to send a meeting reminder SMS to all contacts selected to attend a meeting in my PIM.
Have you considered adding a ringtone module to allow assigning of ringtones to individual numbers, groups etc.?
Would be nice to have the ability to ad a listed incoming call that appears on the dialer to our contacts database.
I really like the profiles and the ability to set a time to end the selected profile. Have you thought of being able to select a profile other than normal profile you want to use after the current profile times out?
In the speed dialer how can you delete an existing entry? I found that deleting the text and then tapping the change button doesn't delete the text on the button. Currently I have just entered a "." as I cannot get a blank button.
Could you add the ability to use the "*" to force a line break on speed dailer buttons the same as you have on search buttons?
Is it possible to resize the phone number category icons (mobile, Office Home etc.) on the search dialer so they can be selected via finger rather than stylus? This would allow them to be used when in a car holder/cradle. It makes it a one handed finger operation which is currently lacking on the XDA II.
When I first tried to delete the Arabic characters from the search keys my XDA II locked up and I needed to perform a soft reset. Not sure if this was because I do not have those characters installed on my PPC as opening the Keys settings tab converted the Arabic characters to gimberish.
Currently in creating an SMS group each group is listed/created twice in the group drop down list.
Very impressed with your application so far. Well Done!
Ed

New SMS to a Frequently Used Contact

I use text messages very frequently, and miss the basic functionality of having the list of recent contacts that you have SMS'ed...du-uh, WinMo . I typically text my girlfriend a lot, and it takes me about 9 clicks / ~15-18 seconds to create a new message with her mobile number in the "To" field
Thankfully, I stumbled upon a workaround on the e-natives website, which works great if there is one particular contact you send text messages to frequently.
1. Install SmartToolKit and launch it
2. Goto Start > Control > Gadgets
3. Click on Add > Shortcut
4. Under "File", click on "..." and browse to \Windows\tmail.exe
5. Under "Parameters", type the following text:
-transport "SMS" -to "Name <Number>"
where "Name" is the name of the person in the contact list, and "Number" is that person's mobile number
6. Under "Title", type whatever you want to call this new shortcut
All done. Now go the homescreen, press the backspace key, and press the number corresponding to the shortcut you created. You'll have a new message to a contact in 2 clicks / ~4 seconds. EUREKA
thats awesome thanx!
thats the typical girlfriend shortcut lol

Remove MMS options/shortcut to SMS

Apparently this has been answered before but I'm sorry I can't find the answer -- I HAVE searched....
I love my Tytn 2 but what has always annoyed me is the number of clicks to get to a new SMS screen:
start -> messaging -> sms/mms -> menu -> new -> sms
I have to make sure i dont accidentally press MMS -- I never use MMS and I dont know anyone who does! Never seems to work between different phone types anyway.
I'd like to hack the registry to get rid of all MMS options if possible.
Also any shortcuts to get straight to the "new SMS" window ?
Thanks
Dave
Actually, your second question has already been answered in your other tread (but nice to see you posting in the right place)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=823570 Just note that there shouldn't be a space between "-" and "body".
After renaming this file from .txt to .lnk just transfer it over to your phone and run it. Or even better, first transfer it to your phone as text file, and then rename it to "New SMS.lnk
Running this shortcut will get you to the new SMS window. For easier access you can bind it to one of the softkeys to this shortcut (you can use this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=279544 ) or copy it to "/windows/start menu".
You can also create shortcuts with filled recepient filed this way, and even with filled body. For example, if you often message someone with phone number 1234567, you can use this in the link file:
"\Windows\tmail.exe" -service "SMS" -to "1234567" -body ""
putting something between quotation marks after -body will insert this text into the massage.
mr_deimos said:
Actually, your second question has already been answered in your other tread (but nice to see you posting in the right place)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=823570 Just note that there shouldn't be a space between "-" and "body".
After renaming this file from .txt to .lnk just transfer it over to your phone and run it. Or even better, first transfer it to your phone as text file, and then rename it to "New SMS.lnk
Running this shortcut will get you to the new SMS window. For easier access you can bind it to one of the softkeys to this shortcut (you can use this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=279544 ) or copy it to "/windows/start menu".
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Yeah sorry about posting in wrong area..seems to have got someones back up.
Have tried this - followed instructions to the letter... the .lnk file appears as a folder. Clicking on it does nothing (have tried renaming both before and after transferrirng it). I dont have a /windows/start menu folder as far as i can see (cant even see a windows folder via synccenter or explorer) - HTC Tytn 2, WM6.1 on Vodafone UK
Anyways, I think the other suggestion of going via contacts is easier.
I still want to know if poss to remove MMS options by tweaking the registry though. These options seem to have been added to WM6 -- didnt have same options in Wm5. I have been using WM for years so should know my way round by now!
Thanks for your help.
Just go into your setting and choose to go to the sms account and not the account picker.

SKTools Update 4.4.7.7 released!

SKKV Software released SKTools 4.4.7.7 !
The winner of the " Best Software Awards (Maintenance Utilities Category ) 2007,2006 ".
News and updates:
- Improved graphics
- New "PIM Information" option (rework of "Delete PIM Information"):
-- Delete contacts, task, appointments, call history and Messaging data
-- Delete user-created POP3 and IMAP accounts as well
-- Export/import selected items to/from XML files
- "Sort the main menu" settings (none/by name/by usage) added
- Processes:
-- View and change the priority for threads added
-- "Priority" column added
-- Action->Priority command added
-- Fix for sorting columns in "Processes"
-- Commandline parameter #PY(process.exe) #UP|#DN for change process priority
- Storage Analyzer: PIE chart for "Storage Usage" and "File Types" added
- SKTools Backup
-- Full backup, PIM backup, Messaging backup now can include user readable XML data, user can extract it if he have problems with restoring
-- Settings: "Exclude from backup", "Store PIM and Messaging Items as XML" added
-- "Restore PIM (XML)", "Restore Messaging (XML)" commands added
- Messages: Can now find substrings in messages body (in old versions only in subj/sender/recipient)
- Call history export command called from Tools->Call History menu will save result to CSV, called from "PIM Information" will save result to XML
- TuneUP!: AC/Battery Resuming Suspend Timeout tweaks added
This update is free for all registered SKTools 4.x users.
Thanks for the info
The new update looks great, thank you !

[TUTORIAL] unread mail count tasker all mail clients (imap)

No idea where to put this, admin; feel free to move or delete.
There's a lot of really cool custom theming going on with Android and an often important part of that is the visual indication of missed phone calls, new messages, new mail, etc. (unread bubbles next to app icons, in lockscreens, etc.). There's a host of solutions to get this info but for me e-mail counts had always been a bit of a issue. Missed phone calls are tracked by the Android system, and WhatsApp notifications can be counted from the notification bar with Tasker and reset when you open the app because your phone is the only place where you will check your WhatsApp messages. E-mail however is not centralized in Android (yet) so if you use anything else than Gmail the system won't know how many unread mails you have and you could uee a notification counter on your mail app but when a new email arrives it will put the counter on +1, if you then read the e-mail on another device (for example your computer) your notification counter on your phone will still be on +1 even though you read the mail.You then have to open your mail app to get the counter back to 0 again.
That why I made this PHP / Tasker solution for my IMAP mail. This is a PHP script that checks how many unread mails there are in your inbox:
PHP:
<?php
function mailCount($host, $login, $passwd) {
$mbox = imap_open($host, $login, $passwd);
$mail = '';
if($mail = imap_check($mbox)) {
$msgnos = imap_search($mbox, 'UNSEEN');
return $msgnos;
}
}
$hostname = '{imap.yourhost.com:143/imap}INBOX';
$username = 'your_username';
$password = 'your_password';
$count = mailCount($hostname, $username, $password);
if ($count != "") $number = sizeof($count);
else $number = 0;
echo $number;
Change yourhost, your_username and your_password and the port (143). (if you want to, add some extra security by doing IP or Cookie checks), put the PHP file online on your server. The script will then simply show a number of unread mails in your inbox.
Then you can use Tasker to read this number. Add a tasks (for example CheckMailCount) then add the action Net > HTTP Get. For 'Serverort' fill in the url of your script (http://www.yourserver.com/unreadmail.php) and set the Mime Type to 'text/*'. Then in the same task add an action Variables > Variable Set. Give the variable a Name (for example: %MAILCOUNT) and set it To %HTTPD. This will set the %MAILCOUNT variable to the result of the last http Get request ie. the number of unread mails.
You now have a tasker variable with the actual number of unread mails in your inbox.
I use this on my WidgetLocker lockscreen so I trigger the task on Event > Display > On. I added a third action in the CheckMailCount action to set a Zooper Variable (Plugin > Zooper Widget Pro >Edit > ZW Variable = MAILNOTI, ZW Text = %MAILCOUNT) you could also make this %HTTPD straight away if you don't use the variable for anything else. You then have the #TMAILNOTI# variable in Zooper to use to display how many unread mails you have in a widget. I don't use the count but I display a mail icon indicating that I have a new mail if the #TMAILNOTI# is anything but 0. I do this by adding a bitmap in Zooper of a mail icon and then in Avanced Parameters I put
$#TMAILNOTI#=0?/sdcard/icons/nomail.png$
This tells Zooper that if the variable #TMAILNOTI# = 0 it should use the bitmap nomail.png in my icons folder on the sd card. nomail.png in my case is simply an empty transparent png.
Hope this helps somebody!
nielshtc said:
No idea where to put this, admin; feel free to move or delete.
There's a lot of really cool custom theming going on with Android and an often important part of that is the visual indication of missed phone calls, new messages, new mail, etc. (unread bubbles next to app icons, in lockscreens, etc.). There's a host of solutions to get this info but for me e-mail counts had always been a bit of a issue. Missed phone calls are tracked by the Android system, and WhatsApp notifications can be counted from the notification bar with Tasker and reset when you open the app because your phone is the only place where you will check your WhatsApp messages. E-mail however is not centralized in Android (yet) so if you use anything else than Gmail the system won't know how many unread mails you have and you could uee a notification counter on your mail app but when a new email arrives it will put the counter on +1, if you then read the e-mail on another device (for example your computer) your notification counter on your phone will still be on +1 even though you read the mail.You then have to open your mail app to get the counter back to 0 again.
That why I made this PHP / Tasker solution for my IMAP mail. This is a PHP script that checks how many unread mails there are in your inbox:
PHP:
<?php
function mailCount($host, $login, $passwd) {
$mbox = imap_open($host, $login, $passwd);
$mail = '';
if($mail = imap_check($mbox)) {
$msgnos = imap_search($mbox, 'UNSEEN');
return $msgnos;
}
}
$hostname = '{imap.yourhost.com:143/imap}INBOX';
$username = 'your_username';
$password = 'your_password';
$count = mailCount($hostname, $username, $password);
if ($count != "") $number = sizeof($count);
else $number = 0;
echo $number;
Change yourhost, your_username and your_password and the port (143). (if you want to, add some extra security by doing IP or Cookie checks), put the PHP file online on your server. The script will then simply show a number of unread mails in your inbox.
Then you can use Tasker to read this number. Add a tasks (for example CheckMailCount) then add the action Net > HTTP Get. For 'Serverort' fill in the url of your script (http://www.yourserver.com/unreadmail.php) and set the Mime Type to 'text/*'. Then in the same task add an action Variables > Variable Set. Give the variable a Name (for example: %MAILCOUNT) and set it To %HTTPD. This will set the %MAILCOUNT variable to the result of the last http Get request ie. the number of unread mails.
You now have a tasker variable with the actual number of unread mails in your inbox.
I use this on my WidgetLocker lockscreen so I trigger the task on Event > Display > On. I added a third action in the CheckMailCount action to set a Zooper Variable (Plugin > Zooper Widget Pro >Edit > ZW Variable = MAILNOTI, ZW Text = %MAILCOUNT) you could also make this %HTTPD straight away if you don't use the variable for anything else. You then have the #TMAILNOTI# variable in Zooper to use to display how many unread mails you have in a widget. I don't use the count but I display a mail icon indicating that I have a new mail if the #TMAILNOTI# is anything but 0. I do this by adding a bitmap in Zooper of a mail icon and then in Avanced Parameters I put
$#TMAILNOTI#=0?/sdcard/icons/nomail.png$
This tells Zooper that if the variable #TMAILNOTI# = 0 it should use the bitmap nomail.png in my icons folder on the sd card. nomail.png in my case is simply an empty transparent png.
Hope this helps somebody!
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This looks way to confusing but I get it a little bit... lets say I want to use UCCW tasker variable option to show the counts...:silly:

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