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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Noonski:
You can export the regitry files using Dot Fred's Taskmanager.

Then just add the exported .reg files to the XDA_UC folder.

Check the third point in post three for the correct Saving method for .reg files.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Iced Coffee:
How to use XDA_UC

Sorry I could not find where to find the information about how I as an end-user can config to run this. Should I just put all my files to a folder XDA_UC on the SD card? or should I create a SDConfig.txt? If so, how? Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Noonski:
Yup your right just dump all the file into the XDA_UC folder (.cab, .reg, .mscr, .xdas, .xml & .cer)

For cab files that you want to have user input for so you can choose install location dump them in XDA_UC\SD

And cabs that DEMAND user confirmation these will pop up when needed.

The order these get installed is found in first post and if you have a lot of .reg files you can control when they get installed using numbers in front of them.

01_myreg.reg etc
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Stormtraxx:
Is it possible to autoconfig the signature too?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] muzicman82:
When XDA_UC imports a PIB file, will it automatically only restore the latest backup file, or do I need to make sure there is only one PIB in the folder?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] blast0id:
if you use my S4X_Auto_plus_Backup_Mod (see my signature) then when you use the "backup" portion before flashing it copies all PIMBackup files to the "manual" folder, so that when it runs PIMBackup to do a "current" backup, there will only be the most current backup present...

but for regular xda_uc, it looks for the first file it finds, and it will find an older file before it finds a newer one, so you need to be sure and have only the newest backup file present in the folder...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] muzicman82:
Actually, I just tried it for the first time and it opens PIM Backup and you have to click through the restore process. Is there a way to automate this completely? Does your MOD do this?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] blast0id:
no (not yet) but I'm working a version that will run and choose the options depending on an INI... hope to have it by the end of the month if I can find the time (baby almost here)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] christian.a:
can anyone tell me what the order of installation is for XDA_UC? it seems like it follows sashimi structure with cabs>registry edits>scripts...but need to know for sure. any ideas?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Smellie2:
how do I open a command prompt in a file?

I'm trying to follow the "how to" from NRGZ28 to retrieve my emailaccountsettings, but I don't understand it.

It says: "copy both email2.xml and rapiconfig.exe to a folder on your hard drive, say folder "1". Open a command prompt IN that folder and type "rapiconfig /p email2.xml".

How do I open a command prompt in that folder?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sharkie405:
If you're using Windows 7, type "cmd prompt" in the start menu search bar. That should pull up "Command Prompt". Then right click on the Cmd Prompt icon and copy it into your "1" folder.

Here's a link to a video tut. on how to use Command Prompt.

http://www.mahalo.com/how-to-use-command-prompt
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Smellie2:
Thanks, that worked!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chaoscreater:
i'm trying to figure out how to copy whole folders to another folder. I know how to write the mscr scripts to copy shortcuts to folders, but can't figure out how to copy just the folder itself........
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] RoryB:
I believe you are looking for copy2root. Place the full path of the folder and then files in "\Storage Card\XDA_UC\Copy2Root" as in "\Storage Card\XDA_UC\Copy2Root\My Documents\My Ringtones" and place your ringtones in this storage card folder. UC will copy the files to the "\My Documents\My Ringtones" folder of your phone.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chaoscreater:
hi mate, thanks for the reply.

No that's not what I want to do, and btw you can do that with the mscr script examples that Noonski posted, without the need of using copy2root...

anyway what i wanna do is move folders that are pre-installed in the ROM. I.e, after you do a flash a new rom update, everything gets installed during the UC process and all the folders in "Start Menu" are installed by the rom and is there ready for you to use.

I wanna move some of the folders within one another, so i can create subfolders and organize them better. Also, some of the apps I installed will create folders instead of shortcuts, for example SASHIMI. It creates a folder called SASHIMI and inside contains the SASHIMI.lnk shortcut, as well as another subfolder called SASHIMI Quicklinks which contain various important and useful tools.

Then, there's also SKTools. It's a system utility program, therefore it creates many shortcuts and puts them into one folder. The shortcuts ranges from Registry Editor, Ram Cleaner, CleanUp tools etc etc....

So ya I wanna move those folders inside other folders, and I wanna do that using UC so I don't have to do it manually....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] RoryB:
I have to leave, but a quick note. I use MortScript a lot. You could write a script that would copy the subfolder to the other location and then deltree the old location. Or you might be able to use rename or move, but I need to review the manual first.

I'll check back later today when I can post more.

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Okay, I think the easiest way is MkDir, Move, DelTree and RmDir

1. MkDir("\path\to\new_directory") to make the new directory you want to move the files to. Remember each directory in the path needs to exist already or you need to make that directory first.

2. Move( source files, target directory, overwrite?, subdirs? ) as Move( "\path\to\old_directory\*.*", "\path\to\new_directory", TRUE, TRUE ) to move the files in the old directory and any subfolders and files to the new directory.

3. DelTree( "\path\to\old_directory" ) to delete the empty subdirectories of the old directory.

4. RmDir( "\path\to\old_directory" ) to remove the empty old directory.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chaoscreater:
Ya, I've tried already. But that only works for shortcut files, in the form of .lnk. E.g. Backlight.lnk.

But you can't move subfolders within a folder.

e.g. If I have a folder called Example1, and inside that folder contains 5 shortcuts and 2 subfolders named Example2 and Example3. And inside those 2 subfolders, there're more shortcuts and more subfolders.....

So it'll be a very tedious and long process to move all the individual shortcuts from a folder as well as from its subfolders, to the destination folder that i want to move them to. Sure i can do this for each shortcut individually and then use DelTree to delete the folders in the end, but can you see how slow this is??

I already tried searching for script commands everywhere, including the official homepage of Mortscript as well. But the commands doesn't seem to include the option to move folders or directories, only files like shortcuts....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] RoryB:
Here is an example of moving files and subfolders, then deleting the empty subfolders and the main folder.

test = SystemPath("ScriptPath") & "\" & "test1"
trial = SystemPath("ScriptPath") & "\" & "trial"
MkDir(trial)
Move( test \ "*.*", trial, TRUE, TRUE )
DelTree( test )
RmDir( test )
Message("Finished")

The folder test1 needs to be in the same folder as the trial script for this example to work. The zip file contains the script and a folder test1 with files and subfolders with files too.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] defiantone:
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so PIMBackup has to be cooked into the rom in order for xda_uc to restore the file..correct?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] blast0id:
that, or you can manually install it before running xda_uc... just copy it to windows then run xda_uc
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] defiantone:
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thanks and you've been thanked-

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sorry.. guess I should have asked. Copy it into the root of the windows directory on the phone right?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] blast0id:
yeah just drop it in the windows directory, make sure it's named PPCPimBackup.exe (should be already, but just make sure, otherwise xda_uc won't see it)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] apristel:
I'm wondering if it is possible to run XDA_CD using a script or something in a SDCONFIG.txt file for roms that are not XDA_UC compatible?

I thought mightyrom was XDA_UC ready, so I got all my cabs edited to put the shortcuts in the proper folders, hard reset, only to find out that mightyrom isn't XDA_UC ready...

So here is my thought, not sure if its possible, but can I somehow run XDA_UC through my sdconfig.txt file? I know I could just use sd_config but I'd rather not have to make a sdconfig for the 50+ cabs I install... XDA_UC is just so much easier..

Any thoughts?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] webctbill:
When to expect reboot message

Hey Noonski,

This looks like a great tool.

I did this and didn't read the message about rebooting before notice.

Of course I was impatient and rebooted, ignorantly.

It created chaos and I have hard reset and working now.

Should I have rebooted after the initial Juicy rom flash and then hit customize?

Because I went in both feet first directly after the rom install.

Regards,

Bill
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Noonski:
A good way to test when it is coming is by adding one cab to the SD folder include the XDA_UC folder.

So then you know that when that cab installation pops up asking where to be installed. It will take around twenty seconds after that for the message to come.

Or even easier, it is finished when the screen turns into standby by itself.

But don't sit and wait, start doing whatever you do normally after you have flashed. Make tea call someone sync contacts from Outlook.;)

But most of all don't let the UC take away from your time.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] srbaggs:
letter recognizer on WM6

is there a way to get back the options for input like letter recognizer that were on WM5.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Noonski:
That is still in Windows Mobile.

But haven't seen a cab file just for that.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mwrood:
UMMMM, can you say GREEK!!!! ok guys, i know this is going to make me sound like the most noobish person around but ive read and read this thread and still cant figure out how to use this customization tool...im not new to wonmo phones but i am new to flashing new roms...can someone please explain to me what this does and how to use it (set it up) bc ive flashed to an energy rom and there is a screen that say something about UC customization but bc i dont know how to use this, it doesnt do anything...thanks in advance for any help given
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Noonski:
Energy Roms use a different kind of UC as far as i'm aware.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mwrood:
well damn...is there any kind of a universal restorer because i would like to try out quite a few roms and see which one i think performs bes overall, but i dont want to spend hours setting each one up
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Noonski:
i wish there was a more universal one.

I tried to contact some others that had Different types of UC set ups.

Soe stopped, some reacted, some didn't and some don't even know about the existence of others.

The most safest bet would be to go with the SDAutorun SDConfig.txt setup.

Most roms support that, and XDA_UC has backwards compatibility for that to thanks to RoryB.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] RoryB:
Before I had a UC compatible ROM I used a mortscript that did everything I want. After the ROM finished its stuff and rebooted for the last time, I went to file explorer and ran the mortscript install cab I had and then ran the mortscript I wrote to do all of my customizations.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] andresgvc:
REG files not working

Hi Noonsky...

I'm using a Juicy47 ROM http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=80683

I can't make my .reg file to work....

I don't know what happens.....

There it's a backlight.reg file

Could you help me please??

Thanks...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Noonski:
This is because at the beginning XDA_UC checks these values and remembers them while disablking these settings so XDA_UC runs faster (device Standby will halt XDA_UC)

Then at the end of XDA_UC it restores these settings.

I have now added a Check at the end.

So if BackLight.reg exists it will not not restore the original rom values but keep the ones in BackLight.reg.

This is now in the new Beta version i was just working on.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Bashinki:
help

im running jjblaster 3's 23506 rom and the xda_uc pops up and tells me it will silently install...ive noticed that after this is completed my device stops functioning..is there a way to not run XDA-UC...thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] andresgvc:
Delete or rename the XDA_UC Folder
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Noonski:
+1

XDA_UC halting the device is not Default Behaviour.

Which version is the Cook using in the Rom?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ibmxx187:
my rom will have xda_UC when i post in the next few days! Rhodium_w rom.

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=91606
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] muzicman82:
I'm using Juicy's TP2 ROM. His ROM is using the Sense UI 2.5.

I'd love to take advantage of this, and I'm sure I can get it to install CABs just fine. What I'd like to know is how to restore many of my Sense UI preferences, login info for Facebook and Twitter, and restore my registration/login info for apps that require it such as Telenav/SprintNav, Kinoma Play (not Free Play), Sprite Backup, and Google Maps (Latitude).

Any pointers would be great!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] t0mmyr:
how do i know when its done?

i've only ran customize twice so far but is xda_uc finished when my screen falls asleep? i notice it stays backlight while it appears to be instaling cabs silently but it doesnt tell me to softreset when it's finished or should it take really long?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Noonski:
It can happen that the Reset dialog gets hidden by accident (also which version of XDA_UC is used only V 1.05 had reset & finshed option)

But if your device turns of the backlight then you should also be able to tell that it is finished.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] vipa:
DirCopy

Noonski, first of all thanks a lot for this great tool.

I have cooked it into my Blackstone 28005 rom and everything runs smoothly so far.

Except for the DirCopy :(

After reading your first post my understanding was that I need to specify a source folder and the destination folder in reg file.

So this is what I have put into app.reg of the XDA_UC package:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\XDA\DirCopy]
"\\Storage Card\\XDA_UC\\DirCopy"="\\"

Assuming that whatever I have put into the DirCopy within XDA_UC folder on the storage card will be replicated on my device. And I basically wanted to keep the same folder structure there (Windows, Program Files, etc.) as everything on the device will be overwritten, right?

Well, there seems to be some misunderstanding at my end as nothing is being copied so far and I can't check what exactly is going wrong as there is no logging as far as I know.

Can you advise on the way forward?

Many thanks in advance.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] serfer222:
it should be opposite

I use this value

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\XDA\DirCopy]

"\\"="\\Storage Card\\XDA_UC\\copy_to_device"

It works fine.

In your case you ask to copy ALL FILES FROM DEVICE to SD Card. =)

UPDATE:

by the way, description on the first page is wrong (or unclear)

I got the same bug when I started with XDA_UC

this command will Copy Over

My Documents\\Some Folder to SD
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Noonski:
Thanks corecte the info in post one to be more clear (and it was the old style)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ai6908:
Check to see your folder destination path is right. That is: \Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Tools, is not the same as \Windows\Start Menu\Tools. If you have like that, then you will have duplicates.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] vipa:
That was it!

Thank you!

How did you know? :)

And how could I miss that?!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Noonski:
You deserve a new Bike Bro:

Something like this.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ai6908:
Cuz I spent hrs one day trying to figure out the same thing! LOL

Glad it helped...

Oh yea now you talking! LOL
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] serfer222:
by the way, you can use XDA_UC feature AutoShortCut for this task.

it's better and give you more options. for example you can use another icon.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Noonski:
Or even use the Write Registry Function.

I'm behind with the 1.1 version because of To much to do in the Social life ATM.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] vipa:
Thank you all for the help and hints - I do know both of these features, but prefer to use lnk files - I feel those are easier to manage when you don't have a PC nearby. And by the way link files also allow to assign a different icons - see example of noonski above - whatever you have on the right side from the "=" is actually the content of lnk file.

But I agree that sometimes it should be easier to use registry for this (if you don't have to do it too often and on the go).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ai6908:
I think you can assign different icons using reg method though. I am not too sure, but I am guessing it should work.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] t0mmyr:
running juicy rom r5

cooked in XDA_UC_1_0_0_5, so i wonder where the reset option went
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ai6908:
Maybe Juicy disabled reset option? I know I had it disabled, in the ROM I released using xda_uc.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] t0mmyr:
in a future build would it be possible to make xda_uc install all cabs in /xda_uc to /device, all cabs in /xda_uc/sd to /storage card, and then all cabs /xda_uc/manual to have user interaction?

i would love to be able to automatically install all my games to my sd card without any interaction by telling it where to install to
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Noonski:
Cabs in genereal cannot do it this way.

There is no Parameter that can be sent to wceload.exe (the build in Windows Mobile Installation application), to force installation to SD card silently.

Some apps that are already installed to Storage don't even need re installation on a fresh flash.

And all you need then is to make a short cut to the program by using the registry entries mentioned a few posts back.

Create Shortcuts from Registry Keys

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\XDA\AutoShortCut]

"\\Windows\\Start Menu\\Programs\\Games\\PKG.lnk"="\\Storage Card\\Program Files\\Pong\\Pong.exe"

And maybe add the line below if your not sure the target directory for the shortcut exists.

[HKLM\Software\XDA\DirCopy]

"\\Windows\\Start Menu\\Programs\\Games"="Makedir"

Some applications do install a few files to Windows directory, but most games and apps i have already installed to SD run straight from their location without problems.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] t0mmyr:
ahhh ok, shouldve figured if it was possible it probably would have came that way, thanks!, now off to the user thread to ask another question
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Noonski:
Waddayamean?

You are already on the U2U thread?

:D;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hartlijn:
is there any news to mention regarding option to use XDA_UC in roms that are not cooked in supported?

It seems to be able to do everything I would like to have, flashing a lot. The ROMS i flash are never xda_uc compatible, but I like to use it with manual trigger after flashing.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kid_kris:
Order in which the cab are installed

Hi, I am new to XDA_UC and flashing ROMs. I am trying to learn this stuff.

The FAQs are nicely put. Thanks for the OP. I have one question...what determines the order in which the cabs are installed from SD card when we use XDA_UC?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Noonski:
The Naming scheme will determine this.

Numbers first then Letters.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] lebmb:
i second that,

i am currently using Juicy rom, and i have to run Customise.lnk icon in the start menu to get it to run and install everything from xda_uc so at this point i can only assume that i can run it at any time.

i will test on another device with a rom that doesn't seem to be uc capable. i'll just copy the mortscript file (customize.lnk) and cabs and all that and i will report back. if that works then great problem solved. if not, back to the drawing board lol
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] championart:
Can someone explain step by step how to use XDA_UC to back up 1) Phone Preferences and 2) Registration info would really appreciate a step by step guide on this part.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] rfarrah:
XDA_UC

Please forgive me if this has been answered somewhere else - I did search...

Can XDA_UC be activated AFTER a ROM has been completed as some kind of secondary installer?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] serfer222:
it's better to ask in the XDA_UC thread

if you want run XDA_UC again:

if your XDA_UC is configured to run on the first boot, set

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm

BootCount

to 0 and reset your device

if your XDA_UC is configured to run on the second boot, set

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm

BootCount

to 1 and reset
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] rfarrah:
Thanks, I'll check again for that thread.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] crmsnghst:
Exchange

Thanks for this... it will work great for my gMail!

...What modifications do I need to make to this so it will set up my Exchange profile?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ai6908:
You cant use XDA_UC to backup your stuff. But if you search using the link in my sign, you can find out how to backup all those things.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] t0mmyr:
whoops, thought i was in the other thread, lol

man im still so confused, how do i copy a folder from my storage card to my device?, for example on my wifes phone she has her custom ringtones @ /storage card/ringtones and i want to copy them to /windows/rings, what do i do?

also i'm having a problem restoring my .pib file, i just saw it was supported so i threw my latest pimbackup file in my xda_uc folder and it did nothing last time i flashed and customized....

...one last question, is there anyway to run xda_uc on a rom that doesnt have it cooked in? is there a standalone launcher as long as i have the xda_uc folder setup on my storage card, i've been jumping around roms and a few dont use xda_uc and i've asked the chefs if they would add it and once said no
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Noonski:
This depends on the rom.

The Script will check if PPCPimBackup.exe exists in the Windows Folder or in the XDA-UC folder.

If it doesn't exist in any it won't do nuttin.

If it detects both it will use the Windows Folder one.

So to be sure it works you can add PPCPimBackup.exe into the XDA_UC folder.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] t0mmyr:
thanks, i didnt know that, i'll stick a copy in my xda_uc folder just to be safe and also renamed my exe to match what you posted, for some reason the cab i had would install PPCPimBackup2.8.exe to my /windows so that must have been the problem

how about a little help on copying files from sd to certain folders on phone? & is there a way to run xda_uc on a rom without it cooked in?

*edit alright just hard reset after making some more changes to my xda_uc, pimbackup started up this time and just sat there at the restore option......i guess its not fully automatic with xda_uc? i had to press next a few times to get it going, damn i was hoping it would silently restore everything from my .pib automatically
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Noonski:
Nope unfortunatly Dear DotFred did not add a /Silent option to PimBackUp.

Maybe if we asked him nicely for this, he'd consider coming out of hiding :(

http://www.dotfred.net/

But i read in his Last post here on XDA that a new Job really changed his developing habits and the time he has for it nowadays.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Noonski:
Moved and Merged Post to correct thread, hey it's my thread.:D