Hi Folks,
I'm new to Windows Mobile. Sorry if it has already been asked. I search it but haven't find it though. I wonder is there any way to change in Back ground. I'm using Ansar WM 7.5. In option there is only light and dark. Is there any way to put a picture there or change the color to blue of orange.
Its Windows Phone, and no that's not possible!
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read in the developers section , you cant change to a picture background that I know of but you can change the color , it is in registry but you'll have to look for it ,theres several posts on it use the search button!
Vintage144 said:
read in the developers section , you cant change to a picture background that I know of but you can change the color , it is in registry but you'll have to look for it ,theres several posts on it use the search button!
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if you have ansars ROM i think it has an registry editor, you can edit the registry entries in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > ControlPanel > Themes > 0 White theme or > 1 Black theme. select lets say 0 > tap on BaseThemeColor (thats the background behind the tiles)> and change "Value data" from #FFFFFF to #FF**** (any hex color code you want) just search on the internet an hex color code table or use the colors free app in the marketplace where you can select an color in an RGB spectrum and then see the hex code, it is only 6 letters long like 7a3b32 but DONT forget to enter the first two FF before the #. because if you dont enter the first two FF the device will don display anything and you can not revert it back if you change your accents for example to EE7a3b32 < that doesnt work and you must then hard reset you device to get it back but you loose all your data, FF7a3b32 is right. and if the color dont change after you exit the registry app restart your device then it should display!
i have tried to edit the accent color without the two FF before the hex code, because FF means full saturation, no opacity, AA is something like 100% opacity, i tried to enter DD something like 60-70% opacity but my device has nothing to display and i coulndt enter anymore my settings, i can not change the accent, because the registry for colors here work only with FF. the only exception is the one code at the bottom in the themes folder it is for the transparent tab in the people hub, and there you can only add something like AA
Yes a feature that MS apperantly thinks we don't need anymore on Windows Phone nor Windows 8, well at least on Windows 8 you can choose some cheesy pre-installed crapy ones but the opption in Windows Phone is gone especially with the Large tilels in WP8 comming
Maybe they will bring it back in Windows Phone 9 or something. (hopefully).
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i have windows mobile 6 on my device... is there any way to hide the normaly shown "last used apps" in the start menu??
A reg key or something like that?
Use this then soft reset.
thanks.... but thats not the behavior i wanted.... your app only removes the entrys.... if i open a program after that the entry is there again.... i wanted to completely remove the section from the start menu
sorry, i don't know the answer, but I'm curious as to - why?
Is it possible to edit the maximum of programs shown in the "last used" menu?
Because it has white text and i have at the bottom a white company logo. So i want only to show 5 programs their.
Any ideas?
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i have windows mobile 6 on my device... is there any way to hide the normaly shown "last used apps" in the start menu??
A reg key or something like that?
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This is what I use. Just check the boxes you want this program to apply to.
sErPeNz said:
Is it possible to edit the maximum of programs shown in the "last used" menu?
Because it has white text and i have at the bottom a white company logo. So i want only to show 5 programs their.
Any ideas?
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Go to start/settings/personal tab/MENU. Scroll down the list of installed programs, and remove the check marks by the program/s you don't want to appear in the start menu. You can only have a maximum of 7 by default. As for the start menu text being white, the app I'm including allows you to make that text any color you want or other system color changes ie: today text, taskbar background, etc.
These changes can be made any number of times. Nothing is permanent unless you make it permanent.
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2.25.11.102
Great Tool! it works. Thx a lot.
But, does anybody know which files are edited by the tool? Because i made an own ROM and would like to change it before flashing.
Thx and regards from Germany
sErPeNz
I dont know if this is in the right section...never ventured into this part of the forum
but does anyone know of a lock program(with a password) that has a more appealing look the wm default on is really ugly. or if anyone knows how to skin that one can you tell me where the files are
thank you
try throttlelock!
it's a android lock kinda clone...
you define a pathway, and that pathway is your password.
way better looking... way nicer!
you'll find it in the dev section
i saw that dont like it much
i want something with numbers
No one has any recommendation? I would kill for an application like this!
Since there are a lot of topics about this in the various phone-specific forums, lets just keep the discussion here
I found this thread in the XPeria forums. It is mentioned that by changing the windows today screen theme, you can change the colors of the buttons:
maedox said:
The colour of the buttons follow the Today screen theme. (At least it did when I changed the theme in Spb Mobile Shell (not the panel one).)
I chose blue theme, and the buttons are now dark blue. That's all I know.
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I checked this and it works! Unfortunately, on my Touch Diamond, this means that the top and bottom bar of my screens aren't stylish black anymore
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i know you can change the colors in registry, refer to http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=WindowsMobile5Colors, the value number that you may need to change is 8..dont know about changing the pictures on them. Hope that helps
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This is, however, for WM5. And in [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Color] in the registry, there isn't a value '8'.
I don't know that much about the registry, but I made one (binary). The values seem to be the HEX codes for colors, but with spaces between them and ending with 00. Black would thus be '00 00 00 00'. This didn't change the background color, but the color of the keys itself (behind the text), without changing the top and bottom bar of my TF3D screen Changing the value to 'FF 00 00 00' will change it to red, for example.
So does anyone know how to change the background? I'll mess around with other numbers a bit to see if it works in the meantime. To be able to skin the unlock screen with custom images would be even better ofcourse
Personally, I don't want to install a seperate lock-program, which drains the battery.
I wouldn't use a password program without a backup, I didn't backup, was locked out and had to flash a new rom which let to my radio stack being corrupt.
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Hi
I was wondering what i takes to change the text color in the startmenu in a WinMo 6.5.x installation.
The registry method with color 39 does not seem to work anymore. I also tried a SK tool but no success either.
Anyone with some tips?
I too have a problem with WM6.5...
I have a HTC Touch Pro II which i have upgraded from the Touch Pro and its a far better phone, but i keep having menu text colour problems...
Basically, i created a theme for my old phone and installed it on my new one and it worked for a few days, then the menu text which started as all white, stated changing to black for some of the icons - not all, but a few days later they are all black, and on my black background its impossible to read...
So i changed the theme, all text again 2 different colours! different theme same thing :S
So went to the MS theme maker software which to cut a very long story short, finally managed to get a theme from the site and saved on my phone!
Success! untill the phone was reset and now its 2 colours again! this really doesn't make any sence...
So 1) why are there 2 different colours setup for the menu text? and is there any software which will let me edit all the colours for themes on my laptop then upload to the phone?
Thanks guys - this is driving me nuts!!!!
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Here's how to change the Start Menu Text color:
*SAVE A COPY OF THE FILE YOU'RE EDITING SOMEWHERE IN CASE YOU SCREW SOMETHING UP!
1. Extract the file StartMenu_GridScene_480x800.cpr from your Windows directory to your desktop.
Mine includes 480x800 at the end because that's my devices resolution(Touch Pro II). If you have a different resolution, I'm pretty sure it will have that at the end of the file name.
2. Open the file on your PC with Notepad.
3. Find every occurrence of ForeColor="#00FFFFFF". Mine had two.
It might not be 00FFFFFF, but that's hex code for white so it probably will be.
4. Replace 00FFFFFF with whatever color hex code you want.
You can find any color's hex code online through Google.
5. Copy the edited file back into the Windows directory of your phone. Click yes when it asks if you want to overwrite the file.
6. I soft reset, though I don't know if it's necessary. I figure it can't hurt.
7. Check and see if it worked.
I've attached my .cpr in a ZIP file for BLACK Start Menu text. It works on my Sprint Touch Pro II, and it should work for others but it's still not my fault if something goes wrong. If you use mine, STILL SAVE A COPY OF YOUR .CPR IN CASE IT DOES SOMETHING FUNKY!
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After searching a while, and partly thanks to poyensa who pointed me to maxtf3d tool, I compared the whole HKCU and HKLM reg trees before and after using that to change the softkey colours, and here's the summary:
Go into the following reg folder
Code:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Today
and create (if not already present) a string key named
Code:
Skin
in which you insert any name (example "myskin") and then create a folder in the same path with the same name of the skin and go in there.
In case the key "skin" already exists you have to go into the folder which goes by that name.
The key
Code:
Color_CommandBarText
is the one you want, if already present in the preset theme you need to change it, if instead you created the skin reference, or the key was not present in the preset theme, create a BINARY key by that name, and insert a 4bytes value inside.
For the black value it would be
Code:
00 00 00 00
Restart, the softkeys text colour will have changed.
To change the application name in the taskbar, you have to go into
Code:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Color\
and add a BINARY key (if not already present) named
Code:
9
in which you set the text colour in the same manner you did for the softkeys. Restart, served.
The colour for the start menu icons text should be situated in that same folder, in the BINARY key named 39, yet adding that key and restarting doesn't work.
Absolutely noone knows?
Yes, this is a bump
Hellooww
I know as a fact that it's possible, as GTX sports black text softkeys... noone actually cares to share the info?
Have a look HERE my friend...I suppose it could help you !
try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=493011
for me HD2 it works but only the tab for color>commandbar text, active enable box and once you have choose your favourite color in RGBA code press activate, TRefresh and softeresset afterwards
Method posted by poyensa worked, I could finally change the text colour of the softkeys using his instructions... thank you
Yet I am prone to tin2404 approach, as I need to know *how* to change that, I mean registry wise or manila wise, which are the things that I manually need to change, otherwise after each flash I will need to use max tf3d utility
Updated thread with working method.
Thankyou ephestione, i have changed the color blue (08 08 8A) using your instructions and it works!
Hi, in your first part of changing the softkey bar text you don't need to add a new skin you only have to go into HTC Black.tsk or whichever theme you're using, then edit the Color_CommandBarText with the colour code you wish to use (default is white FF FF FF 00). In here you can also edit the highlight colour of the text (Color_CommandBarText_Highlight). Hope this helps.
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Hi, in your first part of changing the softkey bar text you don't need to add a new skin you only have to go into HTC Black.tsk or whichever theme you're using, then edit the Color_CommandBarText with the colour code you wish to use (default is white FF FF FF 00). In here you can also edit the highlight colour of the text (Color_CommandBarText_Highlight). Hope this helps.
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Yes, I have read about that also in MS KB, yet I had no entry whatsoever for any skin under that registry folder, I had to create one specifically for that purpose...
@poyensa, karma going back and forth, you pointed me to max tf3d utility, and only then I could "reverse engineer" it to devise a method
Hi all,
newbie questions,
how to add a new binary key using the PHM registry editor?
How to change the color of the taskbar clock's number?
Thanks in advance.
Sorry I don't use PHM regeditor, but for that purpose I use totalcommander, go into \\plugins folder in root, then registry, then continue from there. pressing the +Add Value+ item
Also DotFred's advanced taskmanager has a registry editor which is not bad at all
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Sorry I don't use PHM regeditor, but for that purpose I use totalcommander, go into \\plugins folder in root, then registry, then continue from there. pressing the +Add Value+ item
Also DotFred's advanced taskmanager has a registry editor which is not bad at all
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Hi ephestione,
You made my day! Thank u very much!
I installed totalcommander and followed all your instructions and I did it successfully.
Any idea on how to change the color of the taskbar clock?
Thanks in advance.
ehm, no idea about that one
Anyway happy you found a functional registry editor, also, totalcommander is a great tool in general
Anyway, if skinning the taskbar clock is what you're after, then you gotta get BattClock, search in XDA forums for that
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ehm, no idea about that one
Anyway happy you found a functional registry editor, also, totalcommander is a great tool in general
Anyway, if skinning the taskbar clock is what you're after, then you gotta get BattClock, search in XDA forums for that
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Hi Ephestione,
Yeah, you're right, totalcommander is a great one, I'm playing with it now and it's really good, btw do u know how to go back to a previous step?
Also, I appreciate your suggestion about BattClock which is very good app, but personally I like the simplicity and nice look of the Battline one and unfortunately there is a kind of conflict between those programs.
Thank you very much.
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Hi Ephestione,
Yeah, you're right, totalcommander is a great one, I'm playing with it now and it's really good, btw do u know how to go back to a previous step?
Also, I appreciate your suggestion about BattClock which is very good app, but personally I like the simplicity and nice look of the Battline one and unfortunately there is a kind of conflict between those programs.
Thank you very much.
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What conflict is there? Do the Stripes occupy the same space? If yes, just make them empty in BattClock or put them in another place or show other information.
hi everyone, this question is more about developing, but I can't post there now because i'm new.
I'd like to write an app (using the new WP7 RootToolsSDK from heathcliff74) that changes the accent color, just like Dave Amenta's "accent changer".
But I'd like that my app also can change the accent color on the phone, after you have selected it; just like the one on the settings on the phone.
This because now if I want to change Blue, for example, I have to change the blue accent color, then Settings->theme, select another, then reselect blu.
When I change the value of the key "CurrentAccent", the native apps already opened (including the menù) doesn't changes the color (of course they don't know something changes). For example, if I open Messages (with every instance closed), the accent color is changed!
Anyone knows if there is something that I can do about?
for real no one knows something about?
same problem
wondering if you ever fixed that issue?
the start screen needs some kind of refresh function call that happens when you go through Settings/Themes and select the color in the list. I cannot find what function gets called, I also looked at the WP7RootToolsSDK.RegistryKey.RefreshKey() function, but it is not documented so not sure how to use it or if it will help.
anyway if you ever found a workaround, I would be grateful for your help!