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Game help with Touch HD?

Hi I hope someone here can help me?
I have downloaded some games for my phone and have them saved on the storage card but how do I get them to appear in the list off the programs tab so I can play them? At the moment I can only get them to work through file explorer but its a bit of a faff!
Help please someone!

tap and hold on the game .exe ..select "send to shortcut to programs"it'll appear on ur programs list!

in the file explorer screen? if i tap and hold on a game I get 'cut, copy, rename, delete, send, beam file'?

You can add programs to the list using Diamond TF3D Config!

You need to add shortcuts to the programs from your sd card installation directory to the \windows\start menu folder.
Read here to find out how to make a shortcut:
http://www.vijay555.com/?Help:Command_Lines
V

OK I'm new to HTC and Windows Mobile etc and generally not very techy so bare with me please!
Do I really have to install another program just to move the games to the right place?
I don't know what Diamond TF3D is?
Vijay - thanks for the link but it is all a bit much for me I think - is there no simple way to just copy and paste it to the right place without needing a new explorer etc?

this is what i see when i tap and hold on the game .exe
the option might not be on the pop up menu that comes up after you tap and hold on the .exe .. u've to scroll down the menu.
btw.. what games have you installed on ur storage media!?

if i go to File explorer then Storage card I can see my games (java - not sure if this matters?) Bubble Bash, Date or Ditch, New York Nights, Solitaire and Sudoko - also have a barcode reader app that I can't get in the right place, assume I'm doing the same thing wrong!
If I click and hold on any of the games I get cut, copy, rename, delete, send and beam file. If I press menu (bottom right) whilst highlighting any of them I get Go To (with sub options My Documents, My Device, Folders and Open Path...), Refresh, Show All Files, Sort By, Send, Beam File, New Folder, Rename, Delete and Edit
Also how did you do the screen shot thats really cool and would prob help me to show you what I'm doing wrong!

Hi Finnbob.
You can get screenshots with several different apps, but I'd recommend this one...
http://www.mymobiler.com/
I'd recommend that regardless, as it's just a really useful application!
Incidentally, the screenshot that jtf420 showed us isn't the standard rom. That's not the menu that I get either, as I've only got the standard stock rom on my phone.
Using file explorer, navigate to...
\My Device\Windows\Start Menu
And then create a new folder in there, calling it something relevant like "Java Games". Then just copy and paste the games into that folder (or you can do "paste as shortcut" and leave the actual games where they are).
Hope this helps.
John.

screenshots are made with a prog called PocketScreen 1.3 (thanks RHAPSODY) and it's usually included in may ROM's made by Great CHEF's
regarding the option - "send shortcut to Programs" works only with exe
good guys above have already answered how to make shortcuts for non .exe files .. it might sound complex..but give it a try..
else..u can make a executable file for ur jar (but this kills the idea of java and might be complex process too)
or
use esmertec jbed to launch ur java applications.

ah thank you all! and thank you especially john, I knew there must be a fairly simple way of doing it!
does anyone know if I can change the icons? at the mo all the java games have this 'e' as the icon but this means when I pick them to go on the programs tab I can't tell which is which til I've opened it!

Not an answer to the question really, but if you create a folder in the start menu, then clicking it will open a window that's similar to the programs or settings folder (not really a folder - more an icon view). This will have the full names under the icons, so it won't be a problem.
I don't know how you'd go about changing the icons, I'm afraid. Windows, yeah. Windows mobile, no.

Creating folders in the start-menu

Hiho,
the more programms you install on your TP2, the longer the startmenu will be. Rolling throug this can be a realy long way. So I wanted to create some folders to minimize the menue and make it easyer to work with, but I didn't succeed. Isn't it possible to create folders in the startmenu of TF3D?
Regards
Balu

I hated the All Programs in one list.
As you already mentioned, it is a pain when the list starts growing, and you want to start something in the middle or near the end of the list.
So I was eager to get the old "All programs" back, in columns and rows.
I found a .cab file in this thread, and that works for me!

Baluliloe said:
Hiho,
the more programms you install on your TP2, the longer the startmenu will be. Rolling throug this can be a realy long way. So I wanted to create some folders to minimize the menue and make it easyer to work with, but I didn't succeed. Isn't it possible to create folders in the startmenu of TF3D?
Regards
Balu
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Use the default Windows Mobile's Start Menu! Press and hold the Call button over TF3D, after the Start Menu will popup. You can create folders to the "\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\" dir.

@ronh: Great thing - I even like that one. Thx a lot!
Greetings from bavaria ;-)
Balu

sancho1234 said:
Use the default Windows Mobile's Start Menu! Press and hold the Call button over TF3D, after the Start Menu will popup.
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Could you explain this further? Is it something that should work without any tweaking?

if you assign to long press call button the start menu, it will open the original windows start menu, not the manila one...

Brilliant, thanks. I'd never looked in the buttons settings because of the lack of hardware buttons! It's a shame we can't assign the speakerphone mute to something when outside of that mode.

Selecting multiple files in file explorer by tapping & moving finger

Hello,
I test file explorer in omina and I find that I can simply tap on the
screen and select multiple files.
but in TP2 taping on the screen and moving the finger doesn't
do the same function as it do in omnia.
Is it some thing that HTC disable it?
how can I enable this function in TP2?
Thanks

+1 I would also like to know this as well. How can we select a file, cab or whatever just to select or highlight it without actually opening it? This is what I use to use the d-pad for on my previous devices, was to select or highlight files.
Example: I want to delete a cab file from my device, How do I highlight it without the cab file opening? I am sorry if this sounds like a noob question, but I just haven't figured it out yet. Since this is my fist device without a dpad.
*edit* Nevermind, brain fart. I know, just to tap and hold the file or cab for delete, copy, paste and highlight.

+1 but generally speaking, selecting multiple files as well. I did find that the soft keyboard has arrow keys that you can use to navigate the way the d-pad did on previous devices. Not as quick but the functionality is there. Had the same issue with threaded SMSs and needing to scroll through so I could forward certain messages. I hope this helps.

The new TF3D seems to have lost this function. You have to go to menu, Select multiple files, then tap to select/unselect the ones you want.
Tedious I know!

Farsquidge said:
You have to go to menu, Select multiple files, then tap to select/unselect the ones you want.
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Where do you select Menu ??
Not on the TouchFlo in All Settings

ronh said:
Where do you select Menu ??
Not on the TouchFlo in All Settings
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Sorry, getting confused with items in the message interface.
(BTW, MENU is bottom right soft button in File Explorer)
Yup, you are correct, there is no multiple select in the standard Win File explorer anymore due to the dumb TF3D replacement pop-up menu!
On all other Menu's there is a multiple item selection mode, even on Resco Explorer.
Looks like some bright spark at HTC forgot to add it to the File Explorer menu as touch selection is disabled it in the registry in preference to scrolling with the stylus!
I use Resco myself so never noticed...

I know this does not answer your question but I suggest you really consider an alternative to MS explorer.
Resco Explorer selects multiple files by sliding over the icons and scrolls when touch flowing over the file names.
Further more you can enable a double tap setting to open a file so you can select a single file by tapping it once without opening the file.
Include the finger friendly text size, bookmarks feature etc etc together it makes Resco to one of the best if not THE best explorer for WM. Just my 2 cents...

[email protected],
Why don't you just open the device's hardware keyboard and select multiple files by holding down the SHIFT button and using the arrow keys?
Laszlo

Code:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Gestures\Touch]
"Disabled"=dword:00000001
Softreset. Now you may easy select multiple files using the stylus.

i always use the total commander (cab) it is easy and straigt
and u have a lot of more options.

Pimmr said:
I know this does not answer your question but I suggest you really consider an alternative to MS explorer.
Resco Explorer selects multiple files by sliding over the icons and scrolls when touch flowing over the file names.
Further more you can enable a double tap setting to open a file so you can select a single file by tapping it once without opening the file.
Include the finger friendly text size, bookmarks feature etc etc together it makes Resco to one of the best if not THE best explorer for WM. Just my 2 cents...
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+1!
IMO, well worth the money... even over the free file explorers & reg editors out there.

TF3D Start Menu customization

I've had my TP2 for a few days and have seemed to run into a wall when attempting to modify the "Start" page.
It's pretty easy to remove and add programs, but how do you do things like rearrange them or add submenus??
Thanks,
F

install ActiveSyn,then connect your pro2 and pc.
in pc enable show all hiden folders,then in ActiveSync go to pro2 folder
\windows\"start up"menu\programs
you can delete unwanted program shortcuts. maybe you can creat new folders or subfolders to cut program shortcuts in them,i didnt try.
concerning rearrnagment of icons,i dont think there is a way,what i know is you can only move icons in bottom to top.
go to start up menu in your pro2,touch on any program icon for about 3 seconds,one window will come up,it says "move to top"

files on home screen?

hi everyone
i would like to have a couple files to appear directly on the home screen as i use the 5 times a day so it becomes quite a headache having to navigate my way through the sd card n folders n then to look for it
it would be ideal if i could just see it there on my homescreen or maybe even a folder but im more keen on it just being there
kind regards

if its a document make a recent doc folder on the home screen ..

thanks for that
is there no way to just have the file straight on the home screen?
i think i might tell the dev of simi folder to incorporate documents

Use LauncherPro and Astro. Long click anywhere on the screen and select "shortcuts". A list will appear and select Astro. Now you can browse your sd card to find your files one by one and tap it. a prompt will allow you change your icon file and shortcut name..tada.you are done.