Default Application - P3300, MDA Compact III General

Hi All,
I'm a bit miffed and stumped as to how to change the default .pdf reader from the crappy clearvue (included with the artemis) to the nicer and better Acrobat Reader.
Basically what I want to do is that when I click on a .pdf file, rather than opening clearvue it opens with Acrobat Reader.
Anyone knows a way on how to change the default application on Windows Mobile 5.0?? I already went through the registry but didn't find anything "obvious" in there and google throws nothing . Any help would be highly appreciated.
Cheers...

Get the demo version of resco explorer andthere you have the option to "open with" and then just like in windows you make it the default program..
hope this helps
krassen

Yups, the above method is what I have also used. It is just that the WM5 file explorer doesn't have this feature - "open with" (as is the same in Windows OS, or other OS). Also use Adobe Acrobat 2 as Clearvue PDF is simply awful and damn slow.

download total commander and change the file association by holding the stylus over a pdf file till you get the right click menu, then select properties then file associate, find adobe acrobat and select. that should sort your problem.
XaN

Thanks all, I am having issues with it though. After trying the total commander way, I tried to open a file and acrobat popped up a message "Could not open the file as it does not exist" wtf...
Anyone else had this prob?

i've now started using pocketxpdf which you can download from sourceforge. if you download this prog then go into options you can associate pdfs with xpdf.
go for it!
hope it helps,
XaN

Thanks I'll try it

2change fileassoc U can use sktools as well

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Changing default programs

Hello,
I have qtek 9100 (windows mobile 5) and the problem is following, I have some PDF documents that can not be opened with "ClearVue PDF" program (error: The file specified is an invalid file format or could not be opened by ClearVue PDF).
I installed Adobe Reader 2.0 for mobile. Now that one does not find my document first but that is another problem. Problem is that I want that Adobe Reader as default PDF viewer.
So how can I change the default program that opens PDF files?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=41586&highlight=pdf
Thanks, that was what I was looking for. Couldn't locate it myself.

Help with ZIP program on AT&T WM6...

Hey guys. I'm having this issue where, when I try and open a ZIP file on my 8525 w/ AT&T WM6, it says: "The central directory was not found in the archive (or you were trying to open a disk other than the last disk of a multi-disk archive)."
Downloading the file to my PC works just fine, so I've been transfering them either through USB or swapping the memory card in and out for now, but that gets annoying after a while.
It seems to have only started recently...but I fiddle with so many of the little .cab apps on here that I couldn't think of which one may have caused an issue with the ZIP program.
Anybody have any ideas as to how this could have started? Or how to fix it?
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i have the same issue.
I have had similar issues, only way to get around it was to use OPERA 8.65 and download the file, once downloaded in opera the .zip file opened fine.
I assume it may be some sort of incompatibility with pocket i.e.
cj
It shouldn't have anything to do with PIE because the file downloads fine. In fact, the same download opens fine on my desktop PC. Its only on my pocket PC that I get the error.
Somehow my ZIP program is not recognizing all the ZIPs in a certain directory. When i ask it to search for all ZIPs, it comes back with a small portion of those on my PDA.
Something is blocking the application from seeing all the ZIPs and opening them.
What program are you using to open them? Try something like Total Commander.
It really doesn't matter what program you use to open them (Total Commander, Windows Explorer, ZIP, etc.). When that program calls up the ZIP application, the error message appears.
trjons said:
It really doesn't matter what program you use to open them (Total Commander, Windows Explorer, ZIP, etc.). When that program calls up the ZIP application, the error message appears.
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Ditto. I tried Total Commander and it's the same story. I recently had to hard reset a couple of times (due to a bit of over zealous registry editing), and even on a fresh reboot of WM6 it still couldn't open but a small percentage of the zips I have on the storage card, so I no longer believe that it was .cab that did it to me. Maybe just an inherent design flaw? I dunno. I've tried the standard ZIP program that comes on the phone, Total Commander, Pocket RAR...nothing seems to work. It really sucks because I browse the site alot while I'm at work, but I have to wait until I get home to try anything new out because I can't open 90% of ZIP files on the phone. It kinda' sucks.
doesn't resco have a zip utility?
sorry i double posted that last entry.
same issue
I have had the same issue with mine. I thought I was going crazy! If I put the zip file on my storage card through my pc then it will work and will open, but if I download it on my 8525, it does not work. I am glad to know I am not going nuts.
Frustrated.
It seems Pocket Rar doesn't work either for many of the zips, and I am using 3.71.
Maybe I need to try a cooked rom.
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I am new to phone pda's and this matter has bugged me from the very beginning.
Searching led me here and the post from cejay jogged my memory as familiar and I have definitely confirmed this:
Many files downloaded as .zip will not open either automatically or as standalone zips, using the htc zip app. If the exact same file is downloaded using Opera mini it then can be opened using the htc app.
I had also noticed that zip files that would not open on the pda when transferred to my pc opened perfectly there.
Try pocket Rar, never had any problems with it.

Registry Edit?

I have the 6.5 rom by nfsfan. Is there a way i can change the registry or settings somewhere so that when i go to the music tab it launches S2P instead of WMP?
The link that is launched is hard coded into manilla. The only way around that is to change the link that is opened. You can use something like vjbrisk to change any actual link - for instance, you can use it to replace the actual wmp.exe (or whatever it is called) in windows so that anything that tries to open that link will instead open S2P. This is problematic, though, if you wanted to continue using WMP for other things in the future. Erasing vjbrisk from the windows folder restores the original link that was replaced automatically, so you don't have to worry about messing stuff up. Use something like total commander or resco explorer to overwrite files in the windows directory.
thanks for the reply!

Internet link/icon in TF3D

I'm running the stock ROM (with a few cabs installed) and just got my internet working the way I like it. The issue I have is that when I launch the internet browser from the TF3D internet icon it will always default to att.net, even after changing the homepage within IE. Is there a way to change the default page for this?
Thanks in advance!
Anyone have an suggestions/comments on this?
Re: Internet link/icon/homepage
Sounds like something in the registry that defaults it all the time. If you have Total Commander or PHMEdit (or any other registry editor), you might have some luck in locating the persistent URL.
(steps on Soapbox) I'll never understand why the Death Star company insists on both bloatware and total domination of your phone settings...(steps off)
Demonic240 said:
I'm running the stock ROM (with a few cabs installed) and just got my internet working the way I like it. The issue I have is that when I launch the internet browser from the TF3D internet icon it will always default to att.net, even after changing the homepage within IE. Is there a way to change the default page for this?
Thanks in advance!
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My TP2 is from Sprint, and it comes stock with IE mobile, of course, but when launching internet through TF3D, it's actually launching Opera Mobile. Don't know if it's the same in your case, but if it is, you'd have to change your homepage in Opera settings. Hope this helps.
This has been described previously. You need to edit an XML file.
1. Use Resco Explorer or Total Commander on your phone and navigate to Application Data/Manila/InternetPortal-en-US.XML
2.Copy the XML file to your Storage Card
3. Transfer file to your computer
4. Hold down right mouse key and click on properties and un-tick the attribute read only,
5. Use notepad to open the XML file and change the entry NavigateURL=att.net to whatever you want.
6. Save the file and change attribute back to read only
7. Put back in your Storage Card and then move to Application Data/Manila on your phone.
8. Reset your phone.

Programm - Folders

Hello,
Does Anyone know, which folder of programms belongs to which programm.
The thing is,
I want to be able to save my "savegames" of my games.
Or easyly bring .pdf or .docx to my phone.
Or the .pdf from my phone to the PC.
Can somebody help me?
nicci said:
Hello,
Does Anyone know, which folder of programms belongs to which programm.
The thing is,
I want to be able to save my "savegames" of my games.
Or easyly bring .pdf or .docx to my phone.
Or the .pdf from my phone to the PC.
Can somebody help me?
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Save games will be tricky as they all are located in their own folder.
Documents are stored in \My Documents\
Pdf's are stored here \Applications\Data\BC4F319A-9A9A-DF11-A490-00237DE2DB9E\Data\IsolatedStore\
Copying them "easily" is not an easy task. For the pdf's I suggest you sideload adobe pdf reader app and than use wppowertools to connect to the iso storage of this GUID BC4F319A-9A9A-DF11-A490-00237DE2DB9E, now you will be able to see all pdf files and copy them easily to the pc. Alernatively if you own a samsung you can use WP7 Root Tools or DiagProvXML (which has built in copy pdf to office hub, from which you can email the pdf).
Docs can not be accessed and will need to be transfered trough skydrive or mail.
okay works good thanks
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