yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] the.decoy:
Guys, this just looks like the GAC*.dll problem (from 23024 onwards) ...

Have you tried replacing the GAC*.dll files from 23017 or 23022 yet?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] witschey:
I am not familiar with the GAC*.dll problem. Are those DLLs part of Windows 6.5 or part of the Favorite People Plug-in? What is the function of those GAC*.dll files. I wouldn't want to replace files that fix this plugin but damage something else. Besides of those dll files are part of Windows, then they got burned into ROM and replacing them would require the creation of a new ROM...no?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] the.decoy:
lol, I just posted about it in this thread (like only 3 posts back from your original - with the exact same errors screen capped :confused:).

Anyway, it is a well-known issue with all the 6.5 builds from 23024 onwards and has been much discussed and tested in the Da_G 6.5 builds thread.

There are these 6 dll files in the Windows dir (in the build kitchen they are in SYS-23034-SHARED-COMMON-BaseApps ):

GAC_Microsoft.WindowsMobile.Configuration_v1_0_0_0_cneutral_1.dll

GAC_Microsoft.WindowsMobile.Forms_v1_0_0_0_cneutral_1.dll

GAC_Microsoft.WindowsMobile.PocketOutlook_v1_0_0_0_cneutral_1.dll

GAC_Microsoft.WindowsMobile.Status_v1_0_0_0_cneutral_1.dll

GAC_Microsoft.WindowsMobile.Utilities_v1_0_0_0_cneutral_1.dll

GAC_Microsoft.WindowsMobile_v1_0_0_0_cneutral_1.dll

* It is the 2 blue dll's that are causing your problem

Apparently MSFT are doing some kind of code overhaul with these libraries in the current 6.5 branches, and whatever they are doing to them isn't working properly yet.

The end result is various apps failing to talk to address book (PocketOutlook) and other NetCF components.

It has become pretty much standard practice with the latest builds to check if they are still broken (which they always are) and then replace them with those that came from builds 23022 or earlier (someone was suggesting that you need to go back as far as 23017 but 23022 was the last one that works for ATContacts). I am guessing that the build of 23028 you had already had this done to it.

Yes, you can either replace them in the kitchen or just copy them into the Windows dir of a running rom (use Total Commander and do a reset straight after). It breaks nothing ... it only fixes things :)

ATContacts will work perfectly fine then however you will still have the warped contact images problem that all the latest builds have (also thoroughly discussed in the Da_G 6.5 thread) ... no easy fix for this other than replacing the images in \Program Files\ATContacts\ after you have setup your fave people list.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] witschey:
Thanks for the detailed explanation. I will keep it in mind for the next ROM I cook, since those files are burned into the ROM portion of the memory and they can not be replaced otherwise.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] the.decoy:
:confused:

Well that will only be a problem if you are fond of doing hard resets. :p

That Windows dir in the ROM memory is copied onto the Main Memory.

The active \Windows\ dir you are running your phone with is very much writable and you can replace those DLLs in about 30 seconds.

I know because I have done it myself. Damned if I was gonna wait until my next cooking to get my FavePeople plugin working :D

Hell I think you can even drag+drop the things (from your PC) into the windows folder via the Explore option of ActiveSync.

Anyway, it's your call but you definitely don't need to recook to fix this.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] witschey:
It goes without saying that I don't want to wait for a solution (I am as impatient and everybody else on xda-developers). However, what you are saying about replacing files that are in the Windows directory and which were installed by the ROM is something that I have never been able to do. I have certainly tried, but the files are marked as ROM files and from my experience they can't be deleted or replaced. If you or anybody else can share the tip on how you do it, please let me know. I am anxious to replace not only that file but a few more!

I just don't want to have to install another ROM. It has taken me days to install all my software settings...so no new ROM for a while for me!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] the.decoy:
How to Replace GAC dll files using ActiveSync Explorer

There are always going to be some files in \Windows\ that you can't replace while its running (because of open file locks, etc).

But these 6 DLLs are not a problem. Right now I just went and copied them into my Windows folder via ActiveSync (just to make sure it definitely works).

Connected phone to PC, ActiveSync starts

Cancelled "New Partnership" wizard (recently re-flashed and haven't bothered setting up USB sync yet)

Click on "Explore" button in ActiveSync, opens Explorer window to "My Documents" on phone

Browse to "My Windows Mobile-Based Device" in explorer window to get to \ level of phone filesystem

Open another Windows Explorer window on PC and browse to folder containing 23017 versions of DLL files

Select all 6 DLLs and Drag+Drop them onto \Windows\ folder in ActiveSync Explorer window

Get prompt to confirm/cancel overwrite of existing file, choose "Yes to All"

Done!

Then disconnect phone and do a soft reset (just in case any apps were started after referencing the previous DLLs.

I am not even sure how I would go about accessing the ROM storage area of my phone??? How were you doing that?

EDIT: I have also attached a zipped copy of the EXT package folder I use in my Kitchen to replace these DLLs whenever I cook new builds. It contains the files you need.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] witschey:
Thanks for the detailed explanation. When I connect my phone to my PC I use "Windows Mobile Device Center" since I am using Vista Ultimate. However I am going to try following the same steps you gave.

I am very interested in trying your approach because I have never, ever been able to see the Windows directory of my PPC from my PC.

What I normally do is connect the phone to the PC, Windows Mobile Device Center opens up; I close it and I go to Windows Explorer where I find the PPC icon. I open it, and I have to choices. To view contents of the internal memory of the phone OR to view the contents of the storage card. The storage card shows ALL the directories, but the main memory does not show the windows directory.

So when I want to copy of a file to the windows directory I have to first move it to the root folder of the PPC and then from the PPC itself I have to move it to the windows directory. That is where I get a message (from the PPC operating system) telling me that the file is a ROM file and I can't replace it/delete it, etc.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] witschey:
I followed the process you indicated, but with Windows Mobile Device Center I can NOT see the Windows directory of the PPC from my personal computer.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] the.decoy:
Ahh, ok ... damn Vista! lol :p

Well it's kinda similar with ActiveSync and browsing to PPC from normal Windows Explorer ... when you do you only get shown the contents of "My Documents" on the phone. But like said above, there is always a link in that folder to the root level of the phone, called "My Windows Mobile-Based Device" ... it has little pic of a phone as its icon and everything.

Nothing similar WMDC?

Also, I am very curious as to what the other files were that you previously tried to drop into \Windows from your storage card ... did your use Explorer or Total Commander? TC will do a lot more than Explorer will.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] witschey:
Enclosed you will find screen shots of all the contents of the PPC that I am able to see from my Vista Ultimate PC. As you can see it shows me everything, except for the Windows directory of the PPC. I always thought it was a restriction from the PPC itself, but what you are saying seems to imply that it is a restriction of the software installed on the PC. This seems to follow Microsoft's new strategy with Vista, which assumes that every user is irresponsible and stupid, and they therefore block access to everything, provide warning messages for everything, etc.

I have tried using the regular File Manager that comes with WM 6.5, as well as Resco Explorer for replacing Windows files. The type of files I have tried to replace range from picture files (bmps, png, and the like) to dlls.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] the.decoy:
Bummer ... that really sucks ... yet another reason I will add to my lengthy list for "Why I will never ever use Vista" :(

Maybe if some kind person can build you a cab file containing the DLLs you can "install" them that way (it works for Theme files so I don't see why this would be any different). I would volunteer but I am still getting around to learning the whole cab-building thing (too busy packaging up kitchens and roms for p3600i users).

Anyway, all of this is waaay offtopic for this thread so we should probably leave it at this ... hopefully some other Vista and/or Kaiser user might have some more ideas for you. Good luck.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] witschey:
Thanks for your help. I really appreciate it; particularly the listing of the files that I need to replace. In fact I DO know how to create cab files, so I will give that approach a try.

For Cab creation for PPC the best and easiest tool I found is called Quick Cab, you should try it. You can get a copy here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=400221
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] witschey:
How to view the Windows directory of your Pocket PC from Vista.

How to view the Windows directory of your Pocket PC from Vista.

As a follow-up to the discussion with "the.decoy" (see previous posts) I researched my inability of viewing the Windows directory of my PPC from Vista, and I found out that it IS possible to view the Windows directory. All you need to do is change a small parameter in Windows Explorer. Here is how:

- Open Windows Explorer on your Vista PC

- Go to the view menu

- Inside the view menu uncheck "hide protected operating system files (recommended)".

Done. You can now view the Windows directory of your PPC in Vista.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DuChene:
I using Cracing WM 6.5 v 6.5.0.2.3 (beta) [CE OS 5.2.23034{build 23034.5.3.0}].

Any XDA plugins works good, using MortScript 4.2 and .net ce 3.5, but ATFavePeople not.

Error:

Ocorreu um erro inesperado em ATContacts.exe.

Selecione Sair e reinicie este programa ou selecione Detalhes para obter mais informações.

Nome de arquivo ou de conjunto de módulos (assembly) 'Microsoft.WindowsMobile.PocketOutlook, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35', ou um de seus dependentes, não foi localizado.

Details:

ATContacts.exe

TypeLoadException

Nome de arquivo ou de conjunto de módulos (assembly) 'Microsoft.WindowsMobile.PocketOutlook, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35', ou um de seus dependentes, não foi localizado.

What or where is the problem?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] BoatS:
I just installed v0.98 on 23037 and it worked fine.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] necrolytic:
me too except all the pictures are all slanted and tiled within a square. makes me so sad.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] KGET:
still getting error message

I was wondering if iContact could be causing this same error. I loaded these dll's and still the same error.:(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] viz0r:
thanks a lot this is very helpful:)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] rajivshahi:
thanx man great work....:D:D:D:D:D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] claus1953:
That depends on the skin you are using, you can change this using another skin or modifiying the Titanium cpr files.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] KevlarTheGreat:
I am running WM6.5 build 23037 on a T-Mobile Wing. My pictures are also slanted and mirrored. I may try to figure out how to take a screen shot.

I am just using the default skin as far as I know. Both included layout files cause the same problem. Also, when I use the large photos layout, the photo (which is still slanted, etc) ends up located right on top of the little person with a star icon.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] alex666ia:
I'm using the build 23034 and it shows me this error too:

Error:

Ocorreu um erro inesperado em ATContacts.exe.

Selecione Sair e reinicie este programa ou selecione Detalhes para obter mais informações.

Nome de arquivo ou de conjunto de módulos (assembly) 'Microsoft.WindowsMobile.PocketOutlook, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35', ou um de seus dependentes, não foi localizado.

Details:

ATContacts.exe

TypeLoadException

Nome de arquivo ou de conjunto de módulos (assembly) 'Microsoft.WindowsMobile.PocketOutlook, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35', ou um de seus dependentes, não foi localizado.

help!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] the.decoy:
Already been covered several times in this thread.

Here is the posted solution:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=4418096&postcount=241

Here are the files you need to put in you Windows dir (or put into the EXT of your kitchen):

SYS_Fix_POutlook_with_GAC_from_23017.zip
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] witschey:
I hereby confirm that the solution presented above WORKED for me on build 23034 of WM 6.5

Thanks for telling me how to fix the problem.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] krsm21:
This will only allow you to pull contacts that are on your phone itself, not from your sim card?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kasim1:
Great Staff.

Thanx.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ahraah:
guys i found the zip file empty , can someone send me the files to replace? I face the error issue too in build 21815
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ahraah:
now i can find the files but it says no access to replace files what to do? :(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] the.decoy:
Are you using Total Commander or Explorer?

Try doing it after a fresh reset.

FYI: Latest 6.5.x builds no longer need this fix (since about 23041 onwards).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ahraah:
i will try after fresh reset i am using normal Windows Explorer,

also i am looking to ovverride a dll any recommended tools?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] the.decoy:
You need to use Total Commander.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ahraah:
thank you for the instant support and help , i tried RescoExplorerV7.05 and worked great if you choose copy to.. option not regular copy paste :)

not out of topic question if anyone have a quick way to register a dll in windows mobile 6.5?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] nyh2000:
Wow

Thank So Muchhhhhhhhhhhhhh:)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] M_T_M:
I need help!! Every time I try to add people to my faves, I get the following message:

This is an invalid id

Parameter name:id

Please help me resolve this issue!!

Thanx!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jhaquo:
just wanted to say thanks, awsome plugin !
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] zimmicz:
contacts' photos are cut in a half, don't know why. Using version 0.98b, is it a known bug, or am i doing something wrong?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tnyynt:
Contact photo size problem!

Great plugin!

One issue though: the contact picture seems to be smaller when in alternate layout so the background and mirroring shows. Any advice? ...or fix? Thank you!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] claus1953:
Somewhere in the thread there was a fix for big picture size, but you can change that also in the cpr, making the picture size bigger than the icon size for the default contact icon.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tnyynt:
Fixed!

Managed to fix it via the plg. Thanks! Looks flawless now.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] addicus:
Net CF 3.7 is available.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] nanhtrang:
work greats :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] shaolinsoldier:
can someone please explain to me how to edit the plg file to make pictures bigger, what line is it? I used another plg file I found in this thread, and that made the icon that showed behind the picture go away. But I would like to make the pictures bigger, I'm on Touch Pro (VGA of course). thanks in advance..
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] taox:
thank you very much. nice tool.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hazeline:
May i know does my phone must be unlocked to allow this plugin to be integrated? :) Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jmezquita:
I've been trying ATContacts v0.98.CAB but am having some. Mainly when I click on a contact the "summary" page comes up, but it never lets me go back to the home screen even when I use the hardware buttons... It somehow always takes me to the edit contact information screen. Even if I dial someone from it, after the phone hangs up it goes back to the contact summary page and I cant get out of it by pressing home or back or end call or anything.

I'm running this on a CDMA Diamond with MightyROM6 from PPCGeeks. I've tried from a fresh flash only installing this and nothing else and still have this issue, is it the same for everyone else or just me?

Any ideas? Sorry if this has been discussed I did run a search prior to posting...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Guichinga:
Hi, I have the latest WM 6.5 ROM (Build 23071) installed and all the above mentioned tipps and tricks do not work. Even after changing the dll's I still receive the error during the start of FP.

Anything else I could try - or even better any kind of fix in the near future?

Thanks in advance for any help. (Could this be related to a German Windows Mobile 6.5 Installation?)

Cheers

Robert
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] BeyondTenor:
This goes hand in hand with my "bug" for the developer. I found it much easier to just tweak the .cpr file itself. If you go to the \Windows directory and find file "Titanium_XXXxXXX.cpr" files, you can do so. These are the files used for your Titanium Home setup. It's always a good word of practice to go to your home settings and disable the "Window Default" when altering the files for Titanium. If you copy them to your pc before editing, just remember to make a back-up and to disable Titanium prior to overwriting the file. I have included my .cpr file (320x320) and two images to show portrait and landscape images being used. Use notepad to open the .cpr for editing.

AppStar:

Great add-on. I noticed that there is a bug, however, with alignment. At least on the Samsung Epix (i907) which uses the attached Titanium_320x320.cpr file. the alignment is set to "10" for left and "4" for top. This results in everything being cut off (so that "people" reads as "oeoole") and misaligned. It -should- read "13" for left and "0" for top. Just wanted to give you the heads up. Drove me crazy. Also, the text size should be 16, whereas it writes as 18 as it were. Much appreciated hardwork you've given us!

Showaco's CHome Editor creates panels/pages with the same misalignment/text size error, just FYI.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] parmar.saab:
Great work!!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jmezquita:
Still having this issue on every ROM i try, is this the normal operation of it or is my phone f'ed up?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SinnerNL:
Picture size

Hi there,

First of all, thanks for the great plug in, love it!

I started using it in Ibithryl's titanium theme. At first, when adding contacts, they all had big pictures (filling the entire tab on the left side). Then I was noticed the layout, which was changeable to accuser large photo and default, I set it to large photo, which decreased the picture suize and put the pictures in the topright, which I didn't like. I changed it back to default layout, but now suddenly the pictures are all tiny.

Is there anyway to change this?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] xdaduano:
only 1 word; GREAT!!!!!!

tank you friend
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dangay:
Favorite People doesn't update correctly

If you add say 5 people to youre favorite list click ok everthing appears fine.

1)Dave

2)Kim

3)Ben

4)Mike

If you the rearrange as follows for example

1)Kim

2)Dave

3)Mike

4)Ben

Everything appears to update correctly except Kim ends up with Daves photo attached to her until a reset?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] virtualdavid:
Great, I thanks!

I love the simplicity of installation and use, fantastic job. No registry fiddling or anything. Good job.

If you are looking for suggestions, how about similarly simple panels for RSS, links, Opera?

Props to you!

David
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Trottel:
Hello AppStar, great plugin.

I have only one problem. I want to translate plugin to czech and include it in my rom. I edited reg entries SK2Text and SettingsText and it looks good. But when I click on panel in Today screen it opens Settings dialog (by the way, is it possible to translate this dialog to czech?) and when I confirm it by clicking OK button, it changes reg entries back to English.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] A2Z:
Argumentexception

I am using BsB651F and suddenly came across an ATContacts error and wonder if this is a known error and/or resolved already??

edit: I fixed it myseld already by removing all contact and reassign them in ATCONTACTS :-]
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] f1meteor:
hi, how do you remove all the contacts?

i'm having this problem as well.

i can't even launch the program. How to remove the people?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] rambell:
um..how to edit contacts short of recreating a new one?

update: figured it out. great plugin. thanks.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] budwiser0240:
error?

so, i have an htc ozone with the currrent 3vo wm 6.5 rom flashed to it. would like to get the fav people panel for it to work. the panel comes up but when I click on it I get this error:

ATContacts.exe

NotSupportedException

at

Microsoft.AGL.Common.MISC.HandleAr(PA

L_ERROR ar)

at

System.Windows.Forms.Control..ctor(WNT

wnt)

at

System.Windows.TabControl.ctor()

at

ATContacts.Form1.InitializeComponent()

at ATContacts.Form1..ctor()

at ATContacts.Main.Main(String[] args)

anyone with a clue? thanks in advance
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] malima17:
Help XML File

First this is a great plugin.

I would like a help to make a XML file, because I translated my ROM to Portuguese, and I need to change some "ATFavePeople" Registry, from "Program Files", to "Arquivos de Programas".

Bellow the example of "XML" file I did, but is not working.

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] malima17:
Solved the problem

I solved the problem, I criate a file "provxml", and started it inside the "config.txt", in the OperatorPack

provxml file:

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] c3p9:
First of all thanks for the great plugin!

One question,

I wanted to add another panel (like a fav people 2) to separate people from work and home...

I was wondering if I could just tweak the plugin to do that or there are some exe/dlls that will only work for one panel...

In the second case would be possible in future release to have a... "add panel" option like in CHome Editor???