:MSCONTACTS and remapping the Contacts key, need a clarification - HTC Excalibur

hello guys, I'm trying to remap the right soft key to Pocket Informant which I successfully already did but I can't figure out how to change or update the name to something other than Contacts
When I go to hklm\software\microsoft\shell\rai\:mscontacts
I see two reg keys "0" and "1", I manipulated #1 to show the path of Pocket Informant and it works like a charm but when I go into #0 and change the name to "Informant" ie
Value Name:
0
Value Data:
Informant
nothing happens after I reset my phone, it still shows Contacts, does anyone have any idea how to change that name to whatever you want.
thanks in advance

Ahhh yes.. Nice one.. I've always wondered why this hack isn't used more.
I think you're changing it in the wrong area. I do mine in
HKLM/Software/Microsoft/CHome/CClock
There you will see two keys SK2TEXT which is where you'll put "Awesome Hack" (well.. whatever you want really... ) and then SK2URL where you will give the path of the application you want to run.
Give it a shot.

cool, I'll try it now, thanks

bipinsen said:
Ahhh yes.. Nice one.. I've always wondered why this hack isn't used more.
I think you're changing it in the wrong area. I do mine in
HKLM/Software/Microsoft/CHome
There you will see two keys SK2TEXT which is where you'll put "Awesome Hack" (well.. whatever you want really... ) and then SK2URL where you will give the path of the application you want to run.
Give it a shot.
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I don't have that SK2TEXT

blackjack2 said:
I don't have that SK2TEXT
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Sorry!!!! You gotta go a layer deeper into CClock...

damm no cigar for me
HKLM/Software/Microsoft/CHome/CClock
I can't find such in here at all. hmm

sorry just found them, what a dork I could not find them

blackjack2 said:
sorry just found them, what a dork I could not find them
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Good so are you all set then?

bipinsen said:
Ahhh yes.. Nice one.. I've always wondered why this hack isn't used more.
I think you're changing it in the wrong area. I do mine in
HKLM/Software/Microsoft/CHome/CClock
There you will see two keys SK2TEXT which is where you'll put "Awesome Hack" (well.. whatever you want really... ) and then SK2URL where you will give the path of the application you want to run.
Give it a shot.
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Thanks for coming thru on this, it works like a charm with Pocket Informant and I changed the name to Calendar, we should add to a Chome Wiki

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Reg edit to disable" are you sure you want to delete this item"

Does anyone know the reg edit to disable the constant "are you sure you want to delete this item" that pops up when you try to delete an email or text message? I', using rickys v12 rom on a dash. Thanks for any help..d
gottifour said:
Does anyone know the reg edit to disable the constant "are you sure you want to delete this item" that pops up when you try to delete an email or text message? I', using rickys v12 rom on a dash. Thanks for any help..d
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Pick Text message....click menu -> Tools(7) -> Options (3) -> Other (7)
Uncheck "Warn when deleting messages in the message list"
He asked for a registry key to do it.... not how to do it in the application itself. I think we all know THAT way of doing it
NRGZ28 said:
He asked for a registry key to do it.... not how to do it in the application itself. I think we all know THAT way of doing it
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I know he did....but why ask for a reg key when you can do it that way?? lol
Because he probably wants to incorporate it into a .cab or a "settings backup" or who knows....
Anyway the key he's looking for is...
HKCU/Software/Microsoft/Inbox/Settings/WarnOnDeleteSoftKey
Set it to 1 to get prompt and to 0... not to
NRGZ28 said:
Because he probably wants to incorporate it into a .cab or a "settings backup" or who knows....
Anyway the key he's looking for is...
HKCU/Software/Microsoft/Inbox/Settings/WarnOnDeleteSoftKey
Set it to 1 to get prompt and to 0... not to
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check your PM Z28
NRGZ28 said:
He asked for a registry key to do it.... not how to do it in the application itself. I think we all know THAT way of doing it
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i didnt
LOL! Really ?? Damn.... That's like the one of the first settings I have to uncheck whenever I burn a new ROM.... be it on a PPC or a Smartphone.
NRGZ28 said:
LOL! Really ?? Damn.... That's like the one of the first settings I have to uncheck whenever I burn a new ROM.... be it on a PPC or a Smartphone.
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Thanks guys..
I just assumed it was regedit..The last roms I have used must have had it off by default, either way thanks so much that was really annoying me.

Change Keyboard Unlock

i was just wondering if there was anyway to change the key combo to unlock the keyboard, maybe a reg edit or some application.
I wish there were. I hate the combination they picked... I always miss that stupid "star" key. I think it could be possible by altering the keymap file, but then it would mess up the star key and move it somewhere else. heh
Hi,
I've been looking for an answer to this question as well, but so far no luck. I had a thread going in regards to this with a couple attempts at work-arounds if you'd like to have a look:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2099988
Here's to hoping!
OrganicM said:
I wish there were. I hate the combination they picked... I always miss that stupid "star" key. I think it could be possible by altering the keymap file, but then it would mess up the star key and move it somewhere else. heh
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What star key??
the *Z to lock the phone? it works on mine. If thats what your referring to.
kinda curious now... what key would you prefer? they all look the same cept the space bar...
gixxum said:
kinda curious now... what key would you prefer? they all look the same cept the space bar...
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In my personal case, I would like any key other than the current *Z key, as my *Z key barely works anymore making the unlock process extremely tedious
how old is the phone? Maybe it wold be best off to get a replacement from your provider. Just a thought.
Mikey1022 said:
how old is the phone? Maybe it wold be best off to get a replacement from your provider. Just a thought.
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I got mine in October of '07, but it wasn't through my provider (eBay). It worked fine and the malfunction of the *Z key is my fault (puddle ).
I would personally prefer the left softkey (like it is now), followed by a press of the second softkey... or even the spacebar
i was thinking the left softkey followed by the right softkey or maybe the left softkey in combination with the talk key or vice versa
id like the lock on my car door to be on the roof cause im tall...but its not gonna happen
gixxum said:
id like the lock on my car door to be on the roof cause im tall...but its not gonna happen
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u must have a mini...
gixxum said:
id like the lock on my car door to be on the roof cause im tall...but its not gonna happen
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But if there were keyholes everywhere, you'd still wish it.
Well don't say it's not gonna happen.... A developer could easily write a new app to do this. A keyhole in your roof is not impossible to do, it just takes money
OrganicM said:
Well don't say it's not gonna happen.... A developer could easily write a new app to do this.
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They'd have to be just about the coolest developer to ever develop!
*hint hint* *nudge nudge*
yes. any developer who could code this what be greatly appreciated and will please a lot of people.
I got an idea.. let's ask Technology. I mean, if he was able to write his super bluray, megavision, imax, 3d, etc codecs from scratch, this should be a walk in the park for him!
averyt14 said:
yes. any developer who could code this what be greatly appreciated and will please a lot of people.
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Take a look to Automatic Keylock by maniac.
1. Disable 'Automatic keylock' option
2. Enable 'Screen saver' option
3. Setup all timeouts...
Now you can unlock your phone by left softkey or home button
That's some great software and I installed it on my phoen in a heartbeat. But how did you get it to unlock using the Home key or ANY other key ? There's nothing like that in the app's settings or in their forums...
I see how it works now. You don't use the phone's keylock routine... you let the screensaver come on and then it's unlockable by using the left softkey (or any key you want) or the home key. There's a problem with that though... It only requires ONE keypress. It would be way too easy for it unlock in my pocket that way. We really need a combination of two keys, that can be customized.

Ho to Add More Contacts to CphotoDialer

I have 12 contacts on my Cphotodialer. I wanted to know how you could add more. Say what if you wanted 30 or 40.... Would you just make a new registry entry and that's it. Know cpr or xml change? Just wondering. Think it would be nice to have some more.
Just registry entries. Add more pages, under hklm/security/chome/defaultsettings/cphotodialer and hklm/software/microsoft/chome/photodialer ....
I tried to just copy the lnk file for contact 12 and paste it into a different directory so that I could change what it said and then rename it to contact13, but after I do that. Nothing happened in my panel. I updated the registry in both places with a page 13 exactly as the other contacts are in the panel. I want to know what I am doing wrong. If I have to create a new contact13h.lnk and contact13m.lnk files, how do you create a lnk file? thanks for all the help
did you change pages at the bottom of hklm/security/chome/defaultsettings/cphotodialer it looks like
Pages Page1,Page2,Page3,Page4,Page5,Page6,Page7,Page8
I am looking for upwards of 20-25. I know that seems like a lot, but I like to have options. I just wish I knew what to do to make them myself. I don't want to have to depend on you guys to the hard work like some people do. I am just thankful to have the knowledge guys.
outerdepth said:
I am looking for upwards of 20-25. I know that seems like a lot, but I like to have options. I just wish I knew what to do to make them myself. I don't want to have to depend on you guys to the hard work like some people do. I am just thankful to have the knowledge guys.
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you do realize it will be quicker just typing in the first 3 four letters of any part of the name and the contact will show up. from home screen.
Yeah, but I still would like the option to choose. Plus, like I said it's nice to have the knowledge. "He who hath knowledge, hath power."
outerdepth said:
Yeah, but I still would like the option to choose. Plus, like I said it's nice to have the knowledge. "He who hath knowledge, hath power."
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good for you to want to learn...Mr. Shakespeare lol
Ha,Ha. We have a comedian. Well, thanks for the free show.
rickwyatt said:
did you change pages at the bottom of hklm/security/chome/defaultsettings/cphotodialer it looks like
Pages Page1,Page2,Page3,Page4,Page5,Page6,Page7,Page8
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Thanks a million bro!! This totally did the trick. I feel so stupid for not noticing this on my own. Guess cause I've been going light speed for too long. Anyway, works perfect. Rock on ROM master.

Can't access the TouchFlo3D settings!

It's not highlighted for me to get into the options when I go to "Today" then "items". When I press the start menu I get the drop down instead of the touchflo one.
Unless their is another way.
I imagine there's a registry edit you could do, where? I have no idea. I haven't bought mine yet, just didn't want a thread to go unposted
Thanks for the reply man! I hope someone knows.
HeavyComponent said:
Thanks for the reply man! I hope someone knows.
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There aren't any settings for TFLO3D2 in there. You can however un grey the option button (it won't do anything cause there aren't any settings for it) by going to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Today\Items\TouchFLO 3D (not the one in quotes)\ in the registry and setting the key options to 1 instead of 0.
dwizzy130
Ok so I guess I need a registry editor. What is the best one to get and are they free?
HeavyComponent said:
Ok so I guess I need a registry editor. What is the best one to get and are they free?
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I have CeRegEditor. I find it easy to use, pretty basic, and user friendly. Im sure there are better ones out there. but if you're gonna use it like i do, just for basic edits, this will suffice nicely.
http://ceregeditor.mdsoft.pl/index.php?id=3&lang=en
theres the link for it.
gonna try this RegEdit right now, and ill post back for ya. :].
It looks like it's for the PC. Is their one I can do straight from the phone?
EDIT: I got an error after it installed...
"Unhandled exception raised! Error message: Failed to set data for " " Then it would opens, should I be worried?
dwizzy130 said:
There aren't any settings for TFLO3D2 in there. You can however un grey the option button (it won't do anything cause there aren't any settings for it) by going to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Today\Items\TouchFLO 3D (not the one in quotes)\ in the registry and setting the key options to 1 instead of 0.
dwizzy130
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Ok I did what you said, but it doesn't do anything. It's highlighted yeah, but I can't get into it.
HeavyComponent said:
Ok I did what you said, but it doesn't do anything. It's highlighted yeah, but I can't get into it.
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That's exactly what I said it would do.
TFLO3D2 doesn't have any settings that are accessible there!
dwizzy130
Oh ok ok, I must of over read what you typed. Thanks anyway.
HeavyComponent said:
Oh ok ok, I must of over read what you typed. Thanks anyway.
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No problem.
There are some setting for TFLO3D2 in the registry though.
Look here:
HKLM\Software\HTC\Manila\
And here:
HKCU\Software\HTC\Manila\
dwizzy130
its for your phone. Just click on the orange phone in the upper left hand corner to connect your phone to the program. and then youll be available to see all of the keys. and then you can edit the registry from there.

Wierd things with windows 6.5

Hey all,
Asking for help AGAIN!!!
I installed the windows mobile 6.5 update yesterday evening.
All in all i think it's fantastic, still falls behind some OS's but its a great update.
I have a couple of questions thought, and i'm hoping that someone can help.
the first one, i hope is just me not seing something.
on the start screen (after hitting the windows key) i think the new display is great, but i can find a way to move them about and personalise it so the prograns i want are where i want them. how do i do this?
the second is a little more complicated i think. I recently bought g-alarm(which i love) but to register it, you need an owner name on the phone's system.
I cant findwhere to change the owner name on WM6.5, i can change the device name easy. but i cant find the owner name anywhere.
any enlightenment would be great.
Thanks guys
TM411
I assume you mean the honeycomb start menu. In order to change them or move them around you need to tap and hold on the icons.
To set owner name is Start/settings/personal/owner information
Press and Hold the icons to move them.
Try this CAB to enable the owner info, just install and reset.
Is there a way to add/remove Icons from the start menu?
Thanks Guys
I did try the hold and move, but the only option i get is to move to top.
is this right?
the owner information button isn't in the personal setings section.
Hmmmm
what have HTCdone?
i downloaded the official upgrade from the site, surely they didnt remove important things from it?
thanks for the cab,
i shall try it later
Saying that.....
I wouldn't mind knowing if i can delete stuff from the start screen.
Not sure i need the "Getting started"
lol
TM411
TroubleMaker411 said:
the owner information button isn't in the personal setings section.
Hmmmm
what have HTCdone?
i downloaded the official upgrade from the site, surely they didnt remove important things from it?
thanks for the cab,
i shall try it later
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Try the CAB. The fact that it's missing is a bug . See the main "Official 6.5" thread in ROM Dev.
TroubleMaker411 said:
I wouldn't mind knowing if i can delete stuff from the start screen.
Not sure i need the "Getting started"
lol
TM411
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You can drag stuff about the start menu by pressing and holding, removing stuff and adding folders is the same a Windows PC. use File Explorer to goto \Windows\Start Menu\Programs.
Ta
Dave
DaveShaw said:
You can drag stuff about the start menu by pressing and holding
Ta
Dave
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No you can't. Well, at least I can't - press and hold and the only thing you can do is "Move to top".
Dave, thanks for that. I didn't realise it was quite as simple.
The icons also move about as they should with a press and hold.
Cheers
TroubleMaker411 said:
I wouldn't mind knowing if i can delete stuff from the start screen.
Not sure i need the "Getting started"
lol
TM411
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You sort of can. Here's what you need to do.
1. Go into the "\windows\start menu\programs" directory.
2. Create a folder. Cut & Paste all the shortcuts you deem unnecessary into that folder.
3. Go into the properties screen of that folder and toggle on the "Hidden" setting.
4. Soft-reset.
I've yet to find out how I can get rid of "HTC Calendar.lnk" and "HTC People.lnk". They disappear if I disable HTC Sense (ie, TF3D, Manila, etc). But they keep coming back if HTC Sense is enabled. I've tried deleting the shortcuts but they just regenerate after each soft-reset or if I disable and then re-enable HTC Sense.
If anyone has any ideas, please let me know!
You guys are awesome
The cab worked a treat.
The start menu i shall play with later.
Thank for the help
TM411
I cannot send MMS's to other cell phones but can send them to Facebook and to emails
Errr, OK.........
I am pretty new at the whole TP2 thing.
I will try to help you out,
But you gotta give a little more information mate
DaveShaw said:
Press and Hold the icons to move them.
Try this CAB to enable the owner info, just install and reset.
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Thank you a lot.
TroubleMaker411 said:
I am pretty new at the whole TP2 thing.
I will try to help you out,
But you gotta give a little more information mate
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=571531
ANY help would be great, Im an insurance adjuster and need to send pics to others outside of the TMobile network
iridium21 said:
No you can't. Well, at least I can't - press and hold and the only thing you can do is "Move to top".
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Same for me. Sometimes I get an additional choice of 'Move Down' !! What's happening? Mine is the ATT Tilt2 4 days old . . .
I am also curious how some people are able to hold and drag. It was my understanding from reading various WM6.5 reviews that it is not possible.
For the rest of us mere mortals, I recommend JWMD Icon Changer for reordering the start menu. It has worked well for me. One thing to keep in mind though: it will not reorder any icons you've marked as "Favorite" which means when you right click and select Move To Top. If you want to be able to sort them, you'll have to un-favorite them by selecting Move Down.
DaveShaw said:
Press and Hold the icons to move them.
Try this CAB to enable the owner info, just install and reset.
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I couldn't get that cab to install. Just hangs.
Any ideas?
@home said:
I couldn't get that cab to install. Just hangs.
Any ideas?
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just edit the registry key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ControlPanel\Owner\Hide" to 0. It'll show up in the settings screen again.
ohyeahar said:
just edit the registry key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ControlPanel\Owner\Hide" to 0. It'll show up in the settings screen again.
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Don't I need a reg edit program to get there? I installed SKtools but it didn't give me tht option.
Thanks

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