Registry Edits Hints and Finds for the PPC-660x/SX66/XV6600

[Calvin&Hobbes]

I wanted to start a thread on registry edits that you have found to be cool or more importantly, helpful.

I personally don't have any to share, which is why I posted this thread, so I can learn from all of the wise Pocket PC users out there.

[MUSTANGT]

I also don't have anything to share but think this a good thread to start. I would like a hack for the keyboard lights to stay on longer than 10 seconds.

[Calvin&Hobbes]

Here is a site that lists some cool Registry tips. Since the site appears to have limited bandwidth and is suspended by the end of the month, I have copied the page below. If you can access the link it has pictures illustrating some of the steps I have also included the Icons file it refers to below:


http://www.purepockets.com/modules....es&id_cat=6

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· Disable power to your CF slot - perfect for wifi CF on h2215
· Blank Notes In a FLASH! Launch a New Note From a Button Press.
· Speed Up Your Windows Mobile Pocket PC.
· Add Pictures to Your Contacts Without a Plugin.
· Change the Folder Icons o_n Your Pocket PC.
· Customize your IE Start Page.
· Change the height & width of scroll bars
· How to access Network shares through Pocket Explorer.


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· Disable power to your CF slot - perfect for wifi CF on h2215

Just navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > drivers > PCMCIA > Change the NoBatteryCheck to 0



Now every time you insert the card it will prompt you if u want to power it. This has been a life saver for me on my h2215 with CF wifi because the card was always half-inserted (to save power) and it would sometimes fall out. Very annoying



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· Blank Notes In a FLASH! Launch a New Note From a Button Press.

I was looking for a way to launch a new Blank note from pressing one button on my Pocket PC. Mapping the button to the notes Program will launch the notes program but will not automatically open to a new blank note. I was pointed to a little application called AutoNote. AutoNote is a program which will allow you to launch a note and name it with the name and date format you wish. Best of all the program is free! Download this program and read the instructions for setup (which is simple), then just map the program to a button on your Pocket PC! Now you have notes in a FLASH!

http://www.mindspring.com/~wayne.or...s.html#autonote

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· Speed Up Your Windows Mobile Pocket PC.

WOW my Pocket PC is fast! I just bumped into an old registry tweak that I have yet to use o_n Windows Mobile 2003. A foreign site todopocketpc had mentioned this and I was surprised I had not used it o_n my new install. o_nce I applied this reg tweak I immediately saw a difference in how fast my Windows Mobile Pocket PC responded. Today plugins load faster my Games folder loads faster. Its just an overall better experience. I would highly suggest backing up your Pocket PC before you try this as playing with your registry can cause problems if you do not know what you are doing. Protect your Pocket PC BACKUP!

If you need a registry editor, you can find a free o_ne at http://www.freewareppc.com/utilities/regeditce.shtml

1. Open your registry editor o_n your Pocket PC
2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\GDI\GLYPHCACHE\
3. Change the value of 'limit' from 8192 to 32768
4. Close registry editor and soft reset.

That's it! Let me know what your results are

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· Add Pictures to Your Contacts Without a Plugin.

I got this tip from a user o_n a pocketpc newsgroup. This tutorial shows you how to easily add pictures to your outlook contacts and get them to show o_n your Pocket PC. The picture quality isn't that good but good enough!

http://home.comcast.net/~a.ashby/po...to_contacts.htm

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· Change the Folder Icons o_n Your Pocket PC.


Download FolderIcons.zip
Open the .zip file

Copy the file "FolderIcons.dll" to \Windows\ o_n your Pocket PC

Copy the "icon.lnk" in your sub-directory of Program Files. If you want to change the iCOn of the games folder copy icon.lnk to the directory "\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Games\" . Each folder whos icon you want to change you will copy icon.lnk to.

Rename "icon.lnk" to "icon.txt" and then click o_n it to open the file

Look at the chart below and check the numer of the icon you want to use for the folder.Modify icon.txt and change the value at the end to the number of the corresponding icon.


Currently icon.txt reads 30#"\Windows\FolderIcons.dll,-215
If you want to use icon 108 change to 30#"\Windows\FolderIcons.dll,-108

Close the icon.txt file and rename it back to icon.lnk

This is all you need to do. You can do this for each folder that you want the icon changed for

There are more icons available if you download PHM Icons Library and change the "FolderIcons.dll" in icon.lnk to "PHMShell32.dll". You can see the additional icons below.




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· Customize your IE Start Page.

Head over to Dave Beauvais' Web Site and download Pocket IE Start Page. Once you download it make sure you edit it to add PurePockets to it!

-Poqeteer

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· Change the height & width of scroll bars

With a registry editor you can change the height & width of scroll bars. I like mine a lot smaller then normal because it shows more stuff I want to see and I find it just as easy to navigate.

Navigate to HKey_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\GWE\
and tweak the following values.
cyHScr : Horizontal Scrollbars Height in pixels (default is 13)
cxHScr : Horizontal Scrollbars Width in pixels (default is 20)
cyVScr : Vertical Scrollbars Height in pixels (default is 20)
cxVScr : Vertical Scrollbars Width in pixels (default is 13)

I have included a screen shot of my settings and you can see how it affects the scroll bars o_n the side. Play around with it until you have a setting that suits you.



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· How to access Network shares through Pocket Explorer.

In order to see the Network folder you can download a third party tool like Resco Explorer, which will cost you, or you can do a simple registry edit.

Backup your Pocket PC before playing with the registry. This is good practice in case anything goes wrong.

To make the Network visible :
1. open registry editor on your Pocket PC.
2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\REDIR
3. Open RegisterFSBoot and change the DWORD value to 1.
4. Close registry editor and soft reset the device. thats it!

[bjork_rules]

Any hacks that allow you to assign different ringers to different contacts in your phonebook? It's an incredibly basic function that was left off of the phone for some reason.

[Calvin&Hobbes]

I am interested too. There is a thread on this within the last couple days at either HoFo or PDAphoneHome.........I haven't read it and will have to find it again.

I do believe there is a 3rd part app that includes that feature in it..... :confused:

[bjork_rules]

I am interested too. There is a thread on this within the last couple days at either HoFo or PDAphoneHome.........I haven't read it and will have to find it again.

I do believe there is a 3rd part app that includes that feature in it..... :confused:
Really? I haven't seen where anyone has found an aftermarket program that will work with the 6601. I was hoping that there might be a registry hack.

[Calvin&Hobbes]

Haven't had a chance to look for that program yet.....

Here is another tweak I found on another forum that stops the software keyboard from popping up all the time since we already have the sliding keyboard right there:

If you bought an SX66 or other Blue Angel variant, chances are you did it in part for the sliding keyboard and thus have little use for the software keyboard that keeps popping up everytime a text entry is required.

There might be other solutions to this, but here is mine. It uses only "known" software and registry tricks:

- Download PHM Pocket PC Power Toys http://www.phm.lu/Products/PocketPC/PowerToys/
This includes 3 new input methods, one of which is "Ext. Keyboard", which is basically a blank SIP that doesn't pop up anything when called.

- The second step is to make "Ext. Keyboard" the default SIP. http://www.phm.lu/PocketPC/RegTweaks/Tweak.asp?ref=13 gives a great explanation on how to do this, except that it doesn't include the ClassID for (its own) "Ext. Keyboard".

All you need to do is to install the PowerToys, make sure the "Ext. Keyboard" SIP shows up. Now, grab the ClassID for "Ext. Keyboard" and use the registry trick above to make it the default. On my system, the ClassID is {9DD23292-0AB3-48F2-A245-0713652A8CEE}
I think this will be the same on all machines. To check, just open PHM Registry Editor, click on "My Device" then Tools/Find "Ext. Keyboard" and check "Data". The Key it will open contains the ClassID, which you can copy/paste into the registry trick.

Good Ext. Keyboard.

Laurent

[MUSTANGT]

Ok, I fumbled around and figured this one out. Please note that tampering with the registry could be harmful, please make a backup before proceeding.


Open you registry editing program and go to: HKEY_Current_User, then go to Control Panel, then to Backlight, then at the bottom you'll see a key that says QKEYLED TIMEOUT.

Modify that key and change the D Word from 10 to whatever seconds you want. I have mine set for 60. After you make your change click ok, then do a soft reset. It works for me! 60 seconds seems to be for me the best setting, 10 seconds was way to short. Hope this helps!