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[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
*HERE* you go :D

If you have VGA or WVGA you will have to wait until tomorrow night as im too tired to do anything now I need some sleep :)

Oh and I even made a weather pro with no text that fits at the bottom so when the weather changed the icon will change accordingly :D

I did that just for you mate lol.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Read through the first few posts on the first page, any themes in this thread have been listed in the themes post.
[Windows Mobile Themes] vashwood:
3.0.1 starting to lag?

For some reason, my spbmobile 3.0.1 is starting to lag when I flip the keyboard to go to landscape mode (Touch Pro). It never used to do that. What file do I backup so I keep the same layouts if I reinstall?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Raijyn:
I have MS 3.01 installed.

During a search I found this thread and tried to put in those nifty cool abstract bgs you had. Renamed Electric Blue to the qa_fundotela.dat and stuck it in my devices Mobile Shell diretory -> Soft Restart no dice. Gave up after a couple tries. I even tried that MS config background changer but it would error out on me.

Next up I saw there were some weather? backgrounds that would change lifestyles background to the current weather picture it seemed. Thats what the impression I was under but I couldnt really find out exactly what they were doing.

All in All the solution I found for best configuring my device was just getting 4 lifestyle screens and changing them up. Honestly that worked out the best.

Im going to try that get rid of proffesional screen and just use lifestyles since that is what they should have done.

I wouldnt mind seeing a To do list widget, at least list how many i have...

Um i did install your Pro Plus Ultimate, some of the widgets dont show up on my lifestyles.. its really odd.. some do some dont.

Though Im going to say awesome job with what you're doing! =)

Honestly you guys should just put all these together in a modded MS shell install and call it like XDAShell =P.
[Windows Mobile Themes] ladyofthemists:
Thank you for this information. I added a task manager widget to my main screen so that works for that solution.

The grid snap is more annoying then anything, minor thing when the rest works so well.

For the ProPlus Elegance, does it make it so i can't put what i want in that menu bar area like the set i have now? I mean the space between the two side buttons on the bottom. Hope that makes sense.

Thanks again for all your hard work. :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Grid snap serves a purpose in keeping everything aligned and looking good. Without a grid people would have a heck of a time keeping everything in line and it would take 3 times as long to make up your lifestyle layouts :p

ProPlus Elegance has a set menubar so you cant drag and drop whatever you want in the menubar area.
[Windows Mobile Themes] MarkAtHome:
Hi Mark -- is there a way to combine ProPlus Elegance and ProPlus Ultimate into one package? I'm really starting to get confused as to which I can have, or whether they can both co-exist, and why I might choose one over the other.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Should I call it ProPlus Elegate? or maybe Ultimance :p

The reason I decided to give Elegance a menubar is because I had ALOT of trouble putting the selector bar at the bottom of the screen. If I give Ultimate the continuous screens then it requires losing the ability to back up your layout easily and I think it's also what causes the dificulty in changing background images. I might do a hybrid if enough people want it but I think for now I will keep the 2 versions as they are.

Maybe someone can hire me out for a private project haha :rolleyes:
[Windows Mobile Themes] nikods:
hELP WITH CHANGING THE START BAR

Hi everyone!

I have reed all across this forum and I cant find how to change the Start bar and icons on the top of the screen? on all of your pics the start bar is like the theme but on my hp 614c everuthing shows but the start bar? Di i need a separate program to do that?

thanks for help
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
If you want to change the Task Bar (at the top) then do a search for task bar in this forum and it will give you a load of different threads with cabs to change the taskbar. None of my cabs alter the taskbar in any way.
[Windows Mobile Themes] MarkAtHome:
Cute. If I had my druthers, the latter rolls off my tongue best. :)

Right now, I've loaded Elegance, but I don't know what I have in Elegance that your other packages do not have, and vice versa. I need a comparison chart, or a package that's called EverythingWithNothingMissing.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Pro Plus BASIC and ULTIMATE for VGA and WVGA uploaded!!

Go *HERE* to download :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Elegance has everything that Ultimate has apart from the open space in the menubar area and also i took out the extra panels to make it more stable. Elegance has the selectable lifestyle screens, the continuous scrolling and the enhanced pro screen.

They both have the same widgets so really its just a choice of whether you want the menubar with the selectable screens or the standard lifestyle screens with the opened menubar area.

I keep meaning to make a pdf with all the widgets but theres over a hundred widgets now and the thought of it keeps putting me off doing it lmao.
[Windows Mobile Themes] moxycalt:
email notification problems...

Hi ! I've posted this in an other thread, but obviously it should of been here :rolleyes: My email widget deos not show my new emails !!!! At first thought it was the theme.....uninstalled, changed, reinstall MS3, but still no effect. When I run MS3 without a theme it seems to go well, but I can't be sure anymore, for I've changed so many times I can't remember....:p Now I'm running MSkip's ultimate and well no show....please help me.

NOTE: I've soft reset my device so many times that I think it's dizzy now !
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
I answered your question in the other thread :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] MarkAtHome:
Great synopsis, Mark. Thanks.

BTW, where do you find the time to do all this?? You must sleep very quickly... ! :eek:
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
:eek: Sleep whats that? :rolleyes:
[Windows Mobile Themes] mangus580:
I am aware of that screen, but somehow I dont find it quite as handy as setting up 3-4 'most recent call' buttons... .Just me I suppose.
[Windows Mobile Themes] ThomasHW:
Anyone know how/if it's possible to change the font color on the Liftstyle pages? (Specifically the page on the right.)
[Windows Mobile Themes] dougie13:
:) Many Thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] imdarkside:
Sbp and add ons

Friday I took a few hours to play around with SPB and three of the add ons that never worked for me in the past. For WM6.1 on the touch there was definitely an order to installing these but I forgot the exact order. They do have to all be uninstalled including spb and reinstalled until they all play nice. I think the order was:

1. Spb (of course)

2. spb skinz 4.1

3. MS Skips Ultimate

4. MS3 config

Go back to the first post to find zephi's hyperlinks to these if you dont have them. If they dont play nice together then uninstall all of the them including spb and reinstall in different order.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
The font colour of what on the lifestyle screen exactly?
[Windows Mobile Themes] rebecker:
Phone Signal Indicator

Have any of you geniuses (and I mean that in the positive sense ;)) figured out a way to get the phone signal indicator on any screen other than '0'?

Thanks.

-Bob-
[Windows Mobile Themes] quickstang:
I was wondering if anyone could help me out with the battery post...http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=3814780#post3814780

I read it, but I am not sure how to successfully do what it is telling me to do.

There is a txt file on the page to download, and in SPB under my device, there is a qa_layouts.dat file.

Now the post says...Copy file LockScreen.xml to qa_layouts.dat.

Does that mean I need to change the extension to xml from txt? And then, there is no way to open a .dat file when you try to open it. Microsoft mentions something about Corel and opening dat files.

Also this phone is a 480x800 and only see it compatible up to 480x640, so I wonder if it will still work.

Any help would be appreciated.
[Windows Mobile Themes] catman51:
I'm on QVGA and couldn't figure it out either. He says copy qp_dclock_modern.dat to Spb Mobile Shell folder, though that .dat isn't in the file?
[Windows Mobile Themes] quickstang:
Yeah, i'm lost. I have the TP2, and i've got the professional screen, and dont have a battery icon, and it's kind of annoying not to know what's left when using the device. On my Treo 700p it had a % in my zlauncher menu uptop.

I was under the impression that I didn't need to install the .zip file contents, but maybe i'm wrong.

Wish there was a step by step instruction guide for us on this so I knew what I was doing. Most the time I can figure things out, but i'm lost on this one. Not to mention the fact i've had a Palm OS for 2yrs and not really used to WM quite yet.

Also too, another problem I cant seem to figure out, is that on the TP2, and SPB shell, at the top on the right next to the time it shows a square box with 2 squiggly lines and it is for notifications. When you click it, it says... Notifications and then No new notifications. WELL DUH!

My question is how to get rid of this icon on the screen so its not using space. There are no notifications, so why is it up there?

Picture attached. (click to enlarge) You'll see it next to the time on the left.
[Windows Mobile Themes] SecretAgentMan:
Double post deleted.
[Windows Mobile Themes] SecretAgentMan:
I think the box you are referring to means your phone is on vibrate. With or without notifications, when you touch that area of the task bar, the notifications window opens. So just because you're touching that icon doesn't mean its the notifications icon. You'll find you can do the same thing with your data icon or the signal strength icon.

See the icon legend on page 29 HERE.
[Windows Mobile Themes] quickstang:
Your right. Just watched a Youtube Vid, increased the volume & the icon was gone. Thanks!

Now if I could figure out how to do the battery icon thing
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
MSkip ProPlus Ultimate with Custom BackGround for Spb Mobile Shell 3 BUILD 092109 (QVGA, WQVGA, VGA and WVGA)

Information and Download links *HERE*
[Windows Mobile Themes] nycdemons:
I don't know if it's just me, but i can not see your images due to exceeding your photobucket limit.
[Windows Mobile Themes] AxxlPPC:
Create folder or group of shortcuts in MS3.01 ?

Hallo,

I installed for first time Mobile Shell 3.01.

I would like to ask you the following:

Is it possible to create a folder with (lately added in it) shortcuts to programs in the SD Card that are with similar use ?

What I mean is to group in some manner the (shortcuts to) different programs I have on the SD.

As example: Navi Programs (e.g. will contain shortcuts to TomTom, Garmin, Navitel), Measure Programs (will contain shortcuts to Timekeeper, GPSMeter, etc), Travel Programs, Educations, etc.

As per MS3.0 User Manual I read, it is only possible to add shortcuts to My Shortcuts folder, but no way to classify them inside at all.

Any suggestion will be appreciated.

Best regards

A
[Windows Mobile Themes] catman51:
AxxlPPC,

What you should do, with a file explorer, such as Resco, copy the link to the .exe of the program, and then paste it as a shortcut somewhere in your start menu in the Windows folder. Go to add shortcut is SPB MS and it will be listed to add as a shortcut.
[Windows Mobile Themes] baldoski:
any mirrors for the newest build of Mskips Ultimate?

my server prohibits access to the posted d/l site.

thanks peeps.

cheers!!
[Windows Mobile Themes] pbv302:
Same thing for me...
[Windows Mobile Themes] zyrocco:
Hi

Search in this tread for the ShellExtension.exe program, download it, use the "ziptodat" function to include LockScreen.xml.

I've used it, works perferctly.
[Windows Mobile Themes] wswanson04:
HTC Touchflo Weather cab

I love mobile shell. The one thing that I am missing from Touchflo is the weather screen. The icons and the accuracy was the best Ive seen.

So the question is..... What are the chances of someone making that into a cab? is it even possible to extract that portion of Touchflo and make it into its own running program? I'm a little behind in software development. I know pretty much anything can be done with time and knowledge. I looked everywhere for a worthy weather program and found nothing.

Is this possible? Or has it been done already and I do poor research??
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Its not just you, I exceeded my 10GB monthly allowance for photobucket and I dont have a premium account so I cant get them back on til 4th October :mad:
[Windows Mobile Themes] MarkAtHome:
Yes, you can... ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Dadi68:
Guys, is it possible to remove (or hide) the calendar from the professional screen?
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Just wanted to say thanks for the help mate :D

Pics are back up :D:D
[Windows Mobile Themes] Zepiii:
LOL, how :p?
[Windows Mobile Themes] xagios:
Thanks but the

Download Link for the

QVGA/ WQVGA Cab it's write Error

The uploader has removed this file from the server.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
What link are you talking about? Be a bit more specific please and provide the link and the cab you are trying to download.
[Windows Mobile Themes] MountainTree:
Re: HOW TO PUT 2 INDEPENDENT "LIFESTYLE" PANELS WITH 2 DIFERENT WALLPAPER

First of all, thanks for your explaination but the problem is: I really don't understand what you mean. I tried hard and read your post again and again - same result: huuh?

I don't see how to get two individual Lifestyle-Screens. Changing a single registry-key and putting an other image-file into background.dat - why should this create two Lifestyle-screens in my caroussel? (btw I tried and nothing happend but a black background in my single Lifestyle-Screen). There must be an essential point in your text I just didn't get.

Maybe you could give me some hints to get these two Lifestyle-Screens I want. (And if you do, pleeeeease give your text some paragraphs or quotation marks around the pathnames or so - it would make it a lot easier to read :-)

Thanx alot.
[Windows Mobile Themes] vashwood:
I fixed the lag. It seemed that when I use the button 1x4 on my TP, it causes my phone to lag when I want to switch to landscape mode. I just removed those widgets and all is well.
[Windows Mobile Themes] xagios:
i have writing exactly ,now is OK sorry
[Windows Mobile Themes] orlandojumpoff:
has anyone figured out why mobile shell 3 breaks the contacts soft key on the touch pro2 dialer? or how to fix it?
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Dont have a TP2 sorry cant help much..
[Windows Mobile Themes] woaloo:
It's probably due to Icontact or another app.

I have a TP2, and no problem with Mrskip package and MS3.
[Windows Mobile Themes] baldoski:
unfilled screen

sir mskip,

i need your help. and i know you can solve this:

my SPB3 lifestyle screen does not completely fill-up the whole screen (there is a little space at the bottom). please see attached picture.

i'm on i900 omnia with Shokka's V21 ROM build 23047, using SPB3.0.1 build 6501.
[Windows Mobile Themes] baldoski:
lol i'm quoting my own post :)

sorry i forgot to attach the picture. here it is.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
I have a feeling ur using a WM6.5 Rom right? For some reason the Top Taskbar in the WM6.5 roms have been made smaller which pushes everything else up. This affects mobile shell as its designed around a 26 pixel high taskbar.

The only thing I can sugest if you dont like the blank space at the bottom is to use ProPlus Elegance which fills the space with a MenuBar so you cant see it.

Not much I can do about it im afraid, sorry.
[Windows Mobile Themes] baldoski:
yeah i'm on WM 6.5 ROM cooked by Shokka9.

so i guess i have to use ProPlus Elegance. Are the Ultimate widgets still present in Elegance?

How to install it?

sorry for being so noob..
[Windows Mobile Themes] woaloo:
Hi,

I have add my registry keys, put the zip files and the XML one in MS3 directory, now, I can see the widgets options when I try to add a widget, but when I select one, nothing happens....

What is the trouble ? Please
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
All the widgets from ProPlus Ultimate are in Elegance.

You need to uninstall Ultimate and then uninstall Spb Mobile Shell, then soft reset and install Spb Mobile Shell and then Elegance. Its all in the thread if you click on the link in my signature.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
you need to put the xml file into the qa_layouts.dat file. Remember to use the password b0fm18zq when adding it so it has the correct password protection. Then copy the qa_layouts.dat file back to your phone and soft reset.
[Windows Mobile Themes] AxxlPPC:
Nice tip ! Thanks ! But the only one possible?

TNX catman51,

I will try this nice tip and report back.

But as I can suppose the pasted shortcut to the (desired) program will (and have to) remain in Windows Start Menu, right?

this is something I do not really want.

In general: is this the only way possible in Spb3.01 to create links to .exe files located on teh SDCard ? What about create own folders ? This function was available in Spb2.xx , but seems now it's removed. What a strategy..
[Windows Mobile Themes] joeldanganan:
Weather Plus

Hi, Mark.

Is there anyway, you can add 1) the location on the small weather info panel 2) and add the temperature of the weather plus on the right side? The weather pro is too small, the weather plus is too big that the temp goes outside the gray backing (see attached). I will gladly pay if you are able to pull the above requests off. Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
I can move the weather temperature to the right side so that it will fit inside the box but im afraid its impossible to add a weather location.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
UPDATE: PROPLUS ELEGANCE QVGA 092309

Added Medium Grey Backing Panel with rounded corners.

Added Fundotela background for panels and all other screens apart from pro screen. The Pro Screen can now have a seperate background image from the other screens.

Pro screen background file is qa_fundotela.dat

Other screens background file is qa_fundotela2.dat (current is black)

Simply rename your desired background (from my fundotela pack) to qa_fundotela.dat or qa_fundotela2.dat and copy it to your spb mobile shell folder, then soft reset for it to take affect.

DOWNLOAD *HERE*
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
NEW: MSkip's ProPlus Widgets Quide 092309

Guide contains ALL ProPlus widgets with filenames, file size and picture so you can see exactly what each widget looks like and plan your own theme :)

Also you can use it to delete the widgets you dont intend on using to save space on your device.

Download *HERE*
[Windows Mobile Themes] baldoski:
Ok thanks mskip, so elegance has all the Proplus widgets except the transparent bottom bars right?

I knew you always have answers whenever widgets are concerned :)

kudos!!
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Right :D

Plus the lifestyle screens on Elegance are selectable and continuous :rolleyes:
[Windows Mobile Themes] baldoski:
whoaaah!! so that means it's even better than ProPlus Ultimate?

can't wait to download from home... my work server blocks access of your d/l site.

thanks a lot mskip...

will post feedback after installation... and i'm pretty sure those are positive feedbacks :)

cheers!!
[Windows Mobile Themes] btje:
Hey did somebody see this

http://www.teehanlax.com/blog/?p=1893

I know it is for iphone but the setup would be a nice skin for spb mobile shell
[Windows Mobile Themes] nhunor:
spb - registry

Does anyone know, how can I reach in the registry the spb mobile shell's (3) call history - today icon?

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shell\Rai\:M SCONTACTS - I found here inbox, contacts, but I can't found call history. I wanna change key 1 of that, because I use iconsoft phonex, and I wanna that if I click to missed calls icon in spb today, the iconsoft phonex missed calls will load not the spb's software. So I wanna make that default.

Thx a lot!
[Windows Mobile Themes] dc41:
Awesome clock! Using it right now. Mind if I ask where you got the bottom control panel thingy?

Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Themes] ThomasHW:
The text under the applications shortcuts. For example, I can add an icon to launch the "Programs" menu, and the text under it says "Programs" in white. I'd like to change that font colour.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Thats a french theme called Sence La Revolution. You can get more info on it *HERE*
[Windows Mobile Themes] jraggio:
Possible to open Elecont weather when tapping weather widget??

I'd like to know if it is possible to do this. I love mobile shell, but am not that happy with the weather details page. I even tried spb weather and wasn't that impressed. I purchased Elecont weather and really like it.

http://www.elecont.com/weather-for-pocket-pc.aspx

I especially like the hourly forecast and the text descriptions of the next day's forecast. They have a demo download if you'd like to try it.

Anyway, I was hoping mkskip or other MS hackers would be able to help me.

Thanks,

John
[Windows Mobile Themes] catman51:
All other weather programs are more accurate, shame they cannot be integrated
[Windows Mobile Themes] propagandax:
I would use weather panel and it works great.

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=9608
[Windows Mobile Themes] cyanide911:
Wow, this program is so popular, but *still* no widget for HTC Audio Manager! Any leads?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Zepiii:
We have to wait for the SPB Mobile Shell 3.5 ...
[Windows Mobile Themes] jraggio:
I have used and like weather panel in the past when I was using homescreen++ as my shell. The information in Elecont is just what I wanted. I like the text descriptions of the forecast, as in "cloudy in the morning with slight chance of rain in the afternoon. chilly" etc. The hourly forecast with % chance of rain is also helpful.

It's more of a convenience than anything else to get it to launch when I tap the weather icon in MS. Maybe there is a registry setting someplace that points to the exe to launch? I appreciate any help you all can offer. How did somebody get weather panel to launch? I believe it was storyr, but I could be wrong.

Thanks,

John
[Windows Mobile Themes] catman51:
I couldn't get it to work, otherwise I would definitely use it.
[Windows Mobile Themes] nhunor:
default program in spb ms3 - change in registry

So can anybody help me? It's important for me... Thx!

"Does anyone know, how can I reach in the registry the spb mobile shell's (3) call history - today icon?

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shell\Rai\:M SCONTACTS - I found here inbox, contacts, but I can't found call history. I wanna change key 1 of that, because I use iconsoft phonex, and I wanna that if I click to missed calls icon in spb today, the iconsoft phonex missed calls will load not the spb's software. So I wanna make that default.

Thx a lot!"
[Windows Mobile Themes] abumhmmd1:
hi Zepiii

when expected ??
[Windows Mobile Themes] catman51:
Good question, no answer.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
LOL :D :rolleyes:
[Windows Mobile Themes] dc41:
Restore carousel in them that removed it?

I've install the MC Sense V2 theme, but I miss the carousel (I assume it was removed entirely). I'd like to restore it. This is what I've done so far:

The qs_panels.dat file was not in the program files\spb mobile shell folder. I extracted it from the standard spd cab and placed it back in the directory.

Following the instructions in this post, I was able to get to the carousel by pressing the left button while in the contacts screen, so at least I know the function is restored.

Now I just need to change the function of the left menu button in the lifestyle home screen. But when I tried to change the action value in the MenuBar.xml file, the button died. Now it highlights when pressed, but nothing happens.

Could someone point me to the correct/additional values that need to be changed?

BTW... I did post a message in the author's forum but have received no response.

Thanks!