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Assign a button to 'close' apps?

On an earlier ROM that I flashed (forgot which one) there was an option to assign ' <Close> ' to Button 2 (Start>Settings>Buttons>Select a button>Assign a program)
Currently only <OK/Close> is available to be assigned to that button but that doesn't necessarily actually close the open app, it sometimes just minimizes it depending on the app.
How can I use button 2 (the IE button) to actually/really close an app?
Perhaps put a <Close> into the assign options, but how?
I-Mate K-Jam, TNT 19199 Professional Wizard V.2

here is what I use:
Put the exe in the \windows folder and the shortcut in the
\windows\start menu\programs folder, then assign it to your button
.

Thank you, that works well....
but what if I just want to close the application that is currently open, not all of them?

oh Yea...sorry about that..You could try Smartskey, it has the option of assigning a long press of the right soft key to truly close the current app
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=885090&postcount=1

How to point to a folder instead of program in Start menu?

HI
When one clicks the Start Menu/button in TF3D, a page with programs will open up instead of the WM start menu drop down.
My question is how does one assign one of the buttons to point to open a folder (eg Games Folder) instead of a program?
Thanks for reading and your help

This might help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4143871&postcount=9

Thanks
Exactly what I was looking for. All is done manually but it didn't take so much time.

Thanks for your help.....
Will try it out....
Another thing - anyway to turn off the TF3D start menu and reactivate the standard WM dropdown start menu?
Thanks

I am not sure to understand exactly what you want.
If you want to unload tf3d please go in setup => personal => today => then in element unselect TouchFlo3D.
My Rom is in french so I am not sure about the translation. I attached some screenshot : it will be easier

he does not want to disable touchflo3d, when he goes to the touchflo3d startmenu he wants to assign one of the buttons there to open a map(out of the box you can only open programs in the start menu of touchflo3d))

Goondu said:
Another thing - anyway to turn off the TF3D start menu and reactivate the standard WM dropdown start menu?
Thanks
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Got it figure out...
Look at this thread

Goondu said:
Thanks for your help.....
Will try it out....
Another thing - anyway to turn off the TF3D start menu and reactivate the standard WM dropdown start menu?
Thanks
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It's easy
- Open your registry editor;
- HKLM - Software - HTC - EnlargeMenu - EnableManilaStartMenu (Change "1" to "0")
- Soft reset...
That's it No need to install any .cab or smthing...

Yes, it will be great if we can have both where Start menu still can be active w/ drop menu and the Windows key button still can be a short cut to program short cut menu.
Anyway to get both of this together since the Diamond2 tf3d menu does not have Program SHORT CUT menu but using the windows start function.

Is there any way to keep the WIndows button as the Program shortcut key & the WIndows Start menu as Drop-down menu.
If I change the value from 1 to 0, the program shortcut function under window button does not work anymore/
Pls help

Can i move the start button down left?

So i have a diamond and i tried some roms, but on some i noticed that the start button was down left and i liked that it came more handy 4 me.Is there a way to move the start buton down left in any rom i chose or it depends on rome version and canot be changed.

there are two ways to do this
the first is to use a 3rd party application like wisbar advance desktop (costs money) with this you can get loads of different types of themes and other modifications
the second is to flash a winmo 6.5 rom thats based on a build over 23047 (i think) in these new roms the entire face of windows mobile has been changed
the start button is down at the bottom as is the X or ok button and the softkeys are they aswell

both excellent options above, but wanted to throw another into the mix if anyone is interested and doesn't want to do rom flashes and/or paid/bloated apps to do this.
I Used a small EXE (4.5 Kb) by Shubaroo.com called StartMenu.exe
http://www.shubaroo.com/index.php?module=startmenu
That simply toggles the existing WinMo Start Menu on/off.
I then mapped my Left Soft-Key (on my Fuze) to execute The StartMenu.exe via a registry Hack at:
\HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Today\Keys\112 (left Key)
changed the value of "Default" to "Start"
and "Open" to the "\full-path-to\startment.exe"
\HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Today\Keys\113 (is the right key)
You can use Total Commander to edit the registry on a windows mobile phone, but you could also use any Button Mapping app out there to do the same thing (AE Buttons is good), but again I'm into running as few apps as possible so I found the registry hack best.
This tip doesn't move your existing start bar to the bottom, it simply just maps a more thumb-friendly button to opening the existing start-menu.
Hope that helps!

is there a close app for wm 6.5

he,
i have wm 6.5 (the one with the x on the bottom) but all it does is minimize.
erik

Check ure settings (Iknow in my HD and the taskmanager i can press settings in it..). Where, depends on what device you have. There you can make the X button close apps instead of minimize them. Oh, and next time do a search

WM6.5 is still in its beta stage, even if you enable the "X" button from the tash manager - it will just minimize the program.
old programs still use the upper right portion of the screen for the "X" instead of the lower X button... even the SMS/MMS... try pressing the upper right corner with your stylus to close the app or install WKTask so you can easily close the app from the taskbar.
hopefully this would be sorted out in the final build.

TheRem said:
WM6.5 is still in its beta stage, even if you enable the "X" button from the tash manager - it will just minimize the program.
old programs still use the upper right portion of the screen for the "X" instead of the lower X button... even the SMS/MMS... try pressing the upper right corner with your stylus to close the app or install WKTask so you can easily close the app from the taskbar.
hopefully this would be sorted out in the final build.
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6.5 is, and has been finalized for a while. The builds you are talking about are WM 6.5.1 (WM 6.7).
dwizzy130

ah yes... WM 6.5.1... my mistake.

ok i will wait for the release.
btw i have a htc wizard with cracings rom

PIE one-column layout - gone?

I read saved html pages eg news etc all the time on my mobile device using Pocket Internet Explorer a one-column layout. it is great way to simply scroll through and read text of a web page.
I just upgraded WM 6.1 to 6.5 to discover PIE one-column is gone.
i don't care about zooming in out of pages, images or functionality of webpage etc.
Is there a registry hack or something else that can get me a one-column layout in PIE?
Thanks!
HTC TD2
WM 6.5 build 21869.5.0.82

Try using the registry to set the following key:
Code:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Security\Internet Explorer]
"MSHTML"=dword:0
That should switch you over to the IE5 rendercore, which should offer you the 1 column layout view.

THanks - i have one column view again
That registry edit did the job! I like the features in the IE5 rendercore! Thanks
Btw, I used PHM RegEdit to do those edits, and PHM RegEdit is not happy in WM 6.5
- I have to hold registry keys for long time to select them and the + - to expand/collapse keys aren't working properly. I have to hold, then i have to tap the menu bar on bottom to get them to expand/collapse. Really weird.
- input keyboard also needs to be held long time to popup. Very strange.
I noticed similar issues in WM 6.5 with Advanced Configuration Tool by Julien Schapman.
I wonder if these are .NET issues or something like that?
Also, the new TouchFlow finger swipe direction is reversed from before. In Email and PIE you have to swipe finger down to make page scroll up. Before you swiped finger up to make page scroll up! its different and is taking some getting used to.