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Questions & Answers

Question:: I am a new user of Windows Mobile and I don't understand many of the terms here, can you tell me in a simple language what exactly XDA_UC is doing for me or for my device?

Answer: XDA_UC aplies and installs installation files and user tweak files in a simple and straight forward manner that does not lock up your screen as the regular Autorun method's would with out the need to know how to configure a pre setup SDConfig.txt file. It runs in the background and you can start using the device after flash (thought you will be a little slower at start uas stuff is happening in the background)

Or if above is still not easy to understand, let's say like this: After you flashed a new ROM, or did a hard reset (or you run 'Clear Storage' from system settings page, it's same as so-called 'hard reset' here), all your programs and your tweaks or adjustment to the Operation System is wiped out and you only have a clean OS from the firmware on your phone. At this time, XDA_UC will silently install all your programs and apply all your tweaks alltogether in a straight-forward way, and you don't need to install or apply them one by one. Provided onlyif you already placed the (cab installer & registry tweak) files in the designated folder.

Question::I noticed the advantage of XDA_UC. But as a newbie to this society, seems I can not take full advantage of it. Any simple guidelines about what shall I learn and where to start?

Answer: The best way is to start learning which Registry settings you want personally always to be aplied to any rom. Look for CeRegEditor 4.3 so you can study, dump and compare the regitry to find the specific Registry keys that you can then save as .reg files. Installing cabs is nice and takes away a lot of hassle put adding your own. It's also smart to just make a shortcut to a specific program you already have installed on your SD as most work fine onze they have been installed before. That should save time on installing some cabs.

Question:: I have some Greenware in my storage card, every time after flashing a new ROM or a hard-reset, I need to make shortcuts for them inside \Windows\Start Menu\, Can XDA-UC do that for me?

Answer: You can either add a registry String line to any .reg file you put into the XDA_UC Folder

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\XDA\\AutoShortCut]

"\\Windows\\Start Menu\\Programs\\Synchro Time.lnk"="\\Storage Card\\Program Files\\Synchro Time\\Synchro Time.exe"

And XDAUC will at the end of process convert all these registry settings to real shortcuts.

Or make a mortscript with the line:

CreateShortcut(SystemPath("ProgramsMenu") \ "Synchro Time.lnk","\Windows\Synchro Time.exe")

Question: What if I want to run XDA-UC by myself? Is it possible? Since what time to run (on first boot. second boot, or which boot after hard-reset) is decided by the cook of my ROM.

Answer: A Script will be provided soon for this, but it won't install if files that have already been installed at the XDA_UC run at the first boot.

Almost everything that get's installed by XDA_UC is written to the registry so if someone has the time to develop a managing tool can read this values.