yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
Update

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I've been looking at changing the default link icon when you create the link, cos its rubbish, , ,

The icon address is appended to the end of the shortcut, pointing to a dll file and a code position within that file.

I've been browsing through the shellres.192.dll file and it seems lots of the control panel icons (or similar) are held there.

I'm not sure if there are different versions of this file, but it matches on two roms I tried. (a 1.66 and a 2.10)

so, the command for, say, cleartype.

24#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,7,1

the icon path goes after a ? to give

50#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,7,1?shellres.192.dll,-13906

These are just some of the default icons, i'm still looking for the extras in other files. (oh and i can't find what theyre actually called individually, so i described some of them :) )

replace the number at the end with the corresponding number below.

13840	clock full face

13841	user

13888	phone broadcast wireless

13895	power

13899	about

13900	memory

13901	earth symbol

13902	phone broadcast blue lines

13905	contrast

13906	screen

13909	BT icon

13910	IR icon

13911	phone to pc connection

13924	sounds

13927	plain file icon

13936	keyboard icon

13937	menu icon

13941	certificates

13942	key symbol

13943	files with down arrow

13944	phone with play icon

13952	clock and house

13953	phone

13954	phone and wifi

13961	connections

13969	radio button pressed

13970	radio button not pressed

13996	error symbol

13997	blue globe icon

13998	sd card encryption

13999	wifi round

14000	multiple tick select

14001	task manager

14002	mobile and office block?
[HD2 General] the7thson:
Incredible job mate!!
[HD2 General] stringboy:
Sooooo Happy

What a gracfully given gift, that even a techtard such as my self can grasp and use. Congradulations on your:D fatherhood.
[HD2 General] fgth90:
Very good work

Thanks for this.

Another way to optimise our shortcuts.

Any solution to assign to shortcuts some icons of my choice?

Thanks in advance

Franky
[HD2 General] essequamvideri7:
This is a very useful post. Thank you.

I am just wondering if there is an actual link for the Task Manager? (The one that has the Running Programs List etc.)
[HD2 General] a_ok2me:
Embed Within Settings?

Any way to embed the icon within the Settings folder?
[HD2 General] bronx:
great job Samsamuel! just made a link to remove programs and it works as it should. thanks. ;)
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
see post 9. there are loads of dll files, and lots of them have icons in them. you can reference any file at the end of the command to give the icon

Get a resource editor (i use xn resource editor, but only cos thats the first one i came across) and you can browse the dll, make a note of the number associated with the icon and put that as the extension on teh command.

browse to your windows folder on teh phone, find taskmgr.exe, press and hold it, choose copy, go to windows\start menu\programs press and hold choose paste as shortcut.
[HD2 General] dipaolnv:
Links to Slider Icons?

samsamuel: Have you been able to create shortcut to slider icons, specifically the HTC email and Settings apps? I've been able to create a link to settings but the icon is incorrect.
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
if you mean the big icon that comes up mid screen when you slide, i think they are held in the manila files. (Look in windows\ there are loads of files called xxxx_manila, all those files are what makes up manila, code, graphics, everything.)
[HD2 General] KelArth:
Very good work.

All links in cab file would be great !.
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
hehe, it would, but the missus is upstairs on the sofa, 12 hours into labour, so if you dont mind i'll maybe leave that for a while. :)
[HD2 General] reset17:
Great job ! Thank you so much, i've been looking for that for weeks !!

Works perfectly, but i had to soft reset the phone for the icon to change on the today screen, no big deal but it surprised me because the change was already effective in the program list.

Anyway thanks a lot !
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
happy it helped.

the icon on the quick link is given in the registry hence the reset needed just like registry edits.
[HD2 General] silkshadow:
Man is this useful, thanks!

Is there a shortcut to goto the settings folder (eg when you click "All settings")?

Thanks again!
[HD2 General] sirphunkee:
Well you can use BsB Tweaks to create a link to the "all settings" screen, that gets created in your start menu, but I don't know if that's assignable as a quicklink using either the windows\start menu or the edits in this thread...
[HD2 General] pckshd:
Also looking for this... Any way to do it?
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
no clue, i couldnt find it.
[HD2 General] tobiascrystal:
amazing! This will be very helpful to keep the key strokes down!
[HD2 General] pckshd:
There is also the Manila "Clock & Alarms" as a good alternative(when you tap the manila alarm icon), which is finger friendlier... There must be a command for that... :confused:
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
im only just taking my first steps with manila, im sure you can do that, but i dont know how.
[HD2 General] darkic:
How 2 do that with BsB Tweaks, which function to use to create s link? Thanx in advance
[HD2 General] drashok:
above my head

Apparently good work.

I feel like a primary student sitting in a postgraduate classroom.

I got to digest bit by bit.

Thanks

Dr.Ashok Koparday
[HD2 General] ebeam:
I've just seen this thread. Thanks, Samsamuel for such a useful post, that I almost understand! :D
[HD2 General] drashok:
distinct sms folders (inbox, sent, draft) and call history with big fonts

Hello Senior Members,

The thread

#showpost.php?p=6372762&postcount=1749

brought me to this page.

Some of my questions are elementary. I have not found the answer in 'Search', 'How to', or the link provided.

4. How to get

shortcut to 'call history'

?

5. How to have

clearly defined inbox, sentbox, drafts for sms

?

6. How to increse font size in 'Call history'?

Kindly tell me.

With thanks in advance.

Dr. Ashok Koparday
[HD2 General] L22EEW:
Amazing tips. Thanks muchly! :)
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
creating links that open folders instead of files, and can be assigned to quicklinks, using only the built in fexplore.exe.

Example make a .lnk to \storage card\music\ and assign it to a homepage quicklink.

on the PC, open notepad, paste in the command

21#:MSFEXPLORE \storage card\music\

save the file as yourname.txt

rename the file to yourname.lnk (Lnk not Ink)

copy that file to your phone, and from there move it to windows\start menu

Now you can assign a homepage quicklink to yourname.lnk, which will open the music folder in file explorer.

Other examples

21#:MSFEXPLORE \storage card\

21#:MSFEXPLORE \Windows\

21#:MSFEXPLORE \My Documents\
[HD2 General] sirphunkee:
Hey Sam,

First I want to say thanks for this guide, it's awesome! I finally got around to trying your steps, and on the few I've tested so far it works perfectly...I get the link to the exact spot I want, and I'm able to assign any icon I want to it and put it in a quicklink spot...brilliant!! :D

The only thing I couldn't get to work right was the steps for folders in post #35...not sure why but the links wouldn't open from the start menu once I placed them there (or from anywhere really).

I can deal with that small thing honestly, I'm much more thrilled that I can get to settings-today-items with just one click now...makes turning sense on and off soooo much less annoying ;)

Thanks again man!
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
Hmm, odd one, i've just tested it again and it works fine here.
[HD2 General] sirphunkee:
yeah I have no doubt it's something on my end, I just haven't had time yet to tinker with it enough to find out.
[HD2 General] Staxxthedan:
Good work man. I am sure this gonna be handy when I cook another ROM anytime soon....Big Kudos:D
[HD2 General] maxld:
Thanks a million, I couldn't figure out how to create USB2PC shortcut.
[HD2 General] spyrale:
thank you, very useful!
[HD2 General] jjollyroger:
really asked myself where these settings were hidden ! thanks
[HD2 General] KruseLudsMobile:
Made myself a wifi icon to flip wifi on and off easily - with mystery help - ?!?!

Simple! I just made a file in Windows/StartMenu/Programs called:

wifi.lnk

and the text within that works was simply:

46#ctlpnl.exe mycpl.cpl,7?shellres.192.dll,-13999

Note, I originally had it start with

22#ctlpnl.exe

in the beginning, as yo had suggested in your post, and it did not work, so when I went back to edit it I found it had changed and actually started with:

22#23#ctlpnl.exe

so assuming it was my typo, changed it to start with:

22#ctlpnl.exe

as you suggested, but when I went back to check it, it had changed to:

46#ctlpnl.exe (as mentioned above)

Now figure that one out! (And I am not smoking anything, I promise)
[HD2 General] kasim1:
Any knows command or has already link to turn Off screen(put phone to sleep). Tired of pushing on/off button.

Thanx All.
[HD2 General] Neville.Holland:
Dude you are a Genius...... I been struggling with the folder shortcut for ages

Big Thanks:D
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
hehe, the hand of god effect?
[HD2 General] aoakes:
I need the shortcut directory to Quick list... the long press end key. I want to use that as my lock key function so i get more than one option to pop up. i think this would be better than using xda shutdown.

can you help me samsamuel?? please :) pretty please!! lol
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
Sure that ones easy.

Go find the file windows\endkey.exe

press and hold it, choose copy, browse to windows\start menu\

menu - paste as shortcut

(maybe menu - edit - paste as shortcut, depends what file manager you are using)

now when you click a quicklink you can assign endkey to a quicklink.
[HD2 General] hknklbk:
Hi samsamuel,

Very nice job. Congratulations & thanks.

I want to ask, if it is possible to create a link for settings directly?

Thx.
[HD2 General] Ouzo:
Thanks so much for this, especially laying everything out so clearly which really helps : )

Have used this a few times now, then lost the bookmark and couldn't find it again - panic!
[HD2 General] :
Shortcuts to directories

Not sure if you ever fixed your shortcuts to directories in this TUT , did not read the hole thing , but here is a way to do it ...

In this example I am making a shortcut to the folder Movies on my Storage card, it will open file explorer in that folder ..

Create the .lnk just as earlier in this tut, inside the .lnk

35#"fexplore.exe" \Storage Card\Movies

Now to be precise, the number in front of the # should be the number of characters after the #, seems to work as long as there is a 2 digit number there, but why not make it per the spec ...

Hope this helps and is not redundant ...
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
ah i never looked at it. the method i posted in post 35 (same as yours slightly different terminology) works perfectly on my phone, so i never bothered.

as an aside, you can change "fexplore.exe" for, say, resco.exe (you may need the path too) so the folder opens in your prefered file manager.
[HD2 General] :
cool, I will have to try your way, as I have used this way since WinMo 5 .

I just read quickly and you had a post that said that , your way , you could not get to work, but I am sure that was an early post ...

Yes it does work with resco just subbing the resco file explorers exe, I seem to have misplaced my resco license though ... :(
[HD2 General] Senax:
copy -edit- and paste to 1st post if you want

C/P from my Shortcut related thread;

52#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,11?\Windows\cplmain.cpl,-5150 or 45#ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,11?shellres.dll,-13895

?

Everything after the ? is used to identify the target icon offset in ANOTHER dll/exe/cpl. Change it to specify an offset.

* View *.dll files with (

attachment

)icon_viewer.exe(

attachment

) unzip, COPY to Device (PocketPC) and run.

S-K-Tools delivers their old icon set in a dll.

Download here; http://s-k-tools.com/sktools/sktools_icons.zip

PHM.Pocket.PC.IconsLib.zip also contains an IconLib.dll :D

State of the Art embedded (exe/dll) iCON viewer; dotFred's Task Switcher _ though it's iconize function is only for its internal view..

goto its settings, tap and hold to goto the Context Menu, select 'Add app to iconize', select an executable and then..

Select library to retrieve icons = FULL WiNDOW ViEW WiTH iCON OFFSET iD's

[TUTORIAL] How to create your own folder icons; http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=511876

EXPLORER

ADDiN TO

SHOW LARGE

FiNGER FRiENDLY

iCONS

;

ExtendedFileExplorerExt - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=677854

Plus a bunch of other extremely useful features!!!

There's more in my thread. Have fun,
[HD2 General] zzyzx80:
Thanks a lot for sharing this trick. I had just made my File Explorer to default to storage card.
[HD2 General] mitsi:
Hi all,

I used to have an application called Elecont launcher which I used for launching my applications from Second Today. Now I have Sense 2.5 with Cookies Home Tab which I love.

I want to add three quick links which are not only shortcuts, but also display information on free ram, free memory on SD card and free memory on device. I have circled this from Elecont Launcher. These have shortcuts embedded in them to Settings/Memory, File Explorer/Storage Card and File Explorer/Device respectively.

Is it possible to have/create quick links like this on Sense 2.5?
[HD2 General] hx4700 user:
fabulous work, thanks. Backlight setting now easy.

I had been getting so upset that I could not find a quick way to change backlight settings, and you have solved it for me so easily. One thing I have noticed is that using Co0kies Home Tab, and adding the quicklink, the HD2 sorts files first by those starting with a capital letter, then by those starting with a small letter.

For a minute I thought I had done it all wrong, then found backlight after YouTube. I had to change the name on the PC to begin with a capital and then recopy it.

May I suggest that the link is best copied to windows\start menu\programs, i.e. one folder deeper than you suggest.

When saving the file from notepad you can change the file type drop-down to All Files (*.*) and just call your file "Backlight.lnk", so no need for saving and renaming.
[HD2 General] CLHatch:
Another option is to use nueShortcutMaker to create the shortcuts.
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
glad it helped.

i hadn't noticed the reason for the sort order, though i had noticed things weren't always where expected in the list.
[HD2 General] benjieb:
Great tip!!! Many thanks. Have neet looking for decent backlight tools for a while. With this, I simply created a shortcut to the actual backlight screen and done!!!
[HD2 General] dubidu:
Hi guys,

I'm using the latest Energy rom for my HD2, and found that the index number of the "usb2pc" control panel was not valid for me, 34 was not doing anything at all, so digging a little into the registry I found the key that holds the references for all the cpl used by the start menu.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Security\Shell\StartInfo\Start\Settings\Connections

23#ctlpnl.exe mycpl.cpl,6 <----- Works in my HD2 and gives me the "USB to PC" program.

Attached is a picture of CeRegistryEditor showing the other paths.

8)
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
yea i came across the reg list a week or two back, just never got around to adding the info.

i guess yours must be a different build than the one in my rom.
[HD2 General] Arrow57:
Thanks samsamuel for this info!

This saves a lot of time searching.

I've already tried a few and it works flawlessly.
[HD2 General] Speedn:
All Programs Quick link

Hey peops,

is it possible to create a quicklink for "all programs"? would like to add that to my last quick link.

I didnt see it as an .exe in windows, and have no idea if it would be something like the 23#cpletcetc....

would like to then ditch the 2 or 3 other short cut pages that would be in the loop with everything else and then do tabs like "home people mail album etc, thereby ditchin the all programs screens... the ones with all the unwanted links to stuff I will never use.

Cheers
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
do you mean like pressing the start button?
[HD2 General] Speedn:
No I dont mean the start button. I mean left soft key button when your in one the of the home screen tabs in manila, "apps and downloads" left soft key "all Programs". Gives you the grey background list of all programs, with the title of "select a Program" up the top.

seems to give a more comprehensive list of installed programs. I believe if I was use the Start button list, I would have to manually copy all the .lnk's into /start/programs, all programs does this automatically.
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
ah ok, i don't have that tab (never seen it either, you on a stock rom?) so can't see what you mean. sorry
[HD2 General] Speedn:
Yeah tweakin out stock Telstra rom. its possibly the same looking window as when you add a program to a quickslot..
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
ah well that would be a manila file then, manila doesn't use exe files, if you look in the windows folder, all the (hundreds) of files like 0123456_manila,, well that's all it uses, that's the scripts, the images, everything, so sadly no exe to show that program list.
[HD2 General] xnifex:
do you think you can find out how to put the battery usage tab back in the power settings? this is from the TP2 6.1/6.5 but with Manila 2.1
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
phew, bit beyond me that, it isnt in teh cplmain.cpl file anymore. You could perhaps use an older cplmain.cpl, but i wouldnt know if its possible.
[HD2 General] dubidu:
(this one got lost in the database disaster 8)

I wrote a simple app to create links and exes for control panel items, have a look at the post in the Development section

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=8318530

8)
[HD2 General] xnifex:
if i get the file from the TP2 how would i be able to look at what's on it?
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
erm, probably yea, you could certainly get a resource editor and have a peek inside, maybe its listed somewhere in the Rhodium threads, just like here?
[HD2 General] xnifex:
i have my tp2, gonna see if i can get the file from there
[HD2 General] vrgolin:
hi samuel i have being reing this but im lost , i dont knowy about this, can you make a little video of this examples please. thanxs in advance
[HD2 General] anubis1126:
Good tut thank you
[HD2 General] puntc:
This is great. Is there any way to toggle the phone on and off?
[HD2 General] the_spid3y:
excellent post.. thanks a lot dude..
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
welcome. knowledge is power and all that, heh.
[HD2 General] mattdstubbs:
Well done my friend
[HD2 General] brucegil:
Perfect for Creating Shortcut

I wanted to create a shortcut for the powerexe.exe program that runs the backlight and battery settings so I could have a quick way to change the settings. I had tried a couple of programs but uninstalled them because of problems. However, I could not simply right click on the powerexe file and create a shortcut. So, I searched this forum for "create shortcut." And I found this post that told me exactly what I needed to do and how to do it. In a couple of minutes I had my shortcut on the Start menu that takes me directly to the backlight settings. I just wish I had searched the forum sooner. I could have saved myself an hour of wasted time.
[HD2 General] Lancceloott:
Great job!! :D
[HD2 General] IT_Architect:
I've been trying to find a listing of the icons used by the applets in Settings/Control Panel. Is there any place where I can get a list of where they are and their numbers? I've even tried extracting some of the shellres files and reading through them with IconViewer, but didn't find what I was after.

Thanks!
[HD2 General] zimbrich:
Well done!

This is awesome information!

I am trying to solve one additional problem. If I use ctlpnl.exe \Windows\ctlmain.cpl,9,1 in WEC7, I open the Stylus applet and go to the "calibrate" tab, which is exactly what I need. The last step is to automatically push the "Recalibrate" button on that tab, to launch the touch calibration window. I have tried adding ,0 and ,1 and even ,R but nothing seems to work. Even an ASCII <cr> would do the trick.

Any ideas?
[HD2 General] GamerMYJ:
Havent heard much, can someone direct me to some happenings? (:
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] nrfitchett4:
is there an easy way to add start menu links for programs I am adding to my kitchen? would like the shortcut cooked in.

i'm using caulkulin's kitchen.
[HD2 General] GamerMYJ:
Where can I download the stock Opera, (no idea what version..?).

I'm running EnergyROM, and have 10 beta now, but I prefer the stock. Also, how could I set it to be the main browser?

Thanks much :D
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
have a read HERE

All the versions in one easy thread. I don't much like 10 either, but 9.7 works a treat.
[Networking] DevDallas:
Hello,

I am new here so hi everyone. I am in need of some help. I took my htc hero and cloned my metro phone i have disconnected my metro account and have went back to sprint(Couldn't go without data) and now i input all my information and it wont read it i did the QXDM program and used the RequestNVitemWrite meid 0xA1000000(meid) but it shows up as 1000000MEID and sprint wont authorize it how do i get it back to A1000000MEID?

Thank you
[Hero CDMA General] gmelchert:
I know that some say the Supersonic will be released between the 24th and the 26th. But is there any possibility that it will be shown in Austin on Monday?
[Hero CDMA General] tejasrichard:
I'll tell you on Tuesday...hehehehe!
[Hero CDMA General] kkruse:
LOL ME TOO. They will announce they are lighting the fire under sprints ass about the 2.1 release.
[Hero CDMA General] davidboyd:
Where and when in Austin? I work in Austin.
[Hero CDMA General] tejasrichard:
Austin City Music Hall. Monday March 15th, 7pm
[Hero CDMA General] tejasrichard:
I'm hoping for a demo of the supersonic. With us having the wimax infrastructure in place, we are a natural location to showcase. (maybe if we say this enough times it will come true ;) )
[Hero CDMA General] xtkxhom3r:
wait... the supersonic gets released on the 24th ?!?!?!? of this month!!!!????? no freakin way!!!! :eek::eek::eek:
[Hero CDMA General] Shadow591:
I think he Meant the CTIA convention:D
[Hero CDMA General] watzone69:
Who all is going? I'll be the one wearing a black Vans t-shirt and cap with a big $hit-eating grin.
[Hero CDMA General] tejasrichard:
if you want to add me on latitude: tejasrichard@gmail.com

Prolly gonna hit a bar before show time...thinking maybe gingerman?
[Hero CDMA General] watzone69:
watzone69@gmail.com

Gingerman is a cool bar. I'd say I would meet you there but by the time I get downtown it's going to be close to 7:00. There may be a line to get in (in typical SXSW fashion). Doors open at 7 and the first people in get some pretty cool swag from what I've read. Race you to the HTC booth!:D
[Hero CDMA General] tejasrichard:
Ooo! Didn't think about the lines! I was planning on being downtown around 5. Maybe I'll just go grab my spot then....
[Hero CDMA General] mrinehart93:
You lucky bastards!!!:D
[Hero CDMA General] watzone69:
Moo-ha-ha-ha (evil laugh) T-5 hours and counting!

If anything spectacular happens I will post while I'm there.

BTW, the giveaways that GDGT are giving for the first ones through the doors consist of t-shirts and i-phone cases. I may show up later than previously planned.:p
[Hero CDMA General] tejasrichard:
Come on now! With a little bit of exactosurgery and some ducktape, that Iphone case would fit your Hero like a glove! All you need is a little initiative. Well that, and the exactoknife and ducktape.....
[Hero CDMA General] watzone69:
Lol! I just think it's funny that every event I go to in Austin (FunFunFunFest comes to mind) has someone handing out crappy iphone cases. Maybe I should stock up and sell them on ebay to unsuspecting Jobs-heads.
[Hero CDMA General] kkruse:
If i make it

fury1217(at)gmail dot com I probably wont make it to the bar. I have to leave work from 4 points and run downtown during rush hour :D I just need to remember to turn it(latitude) on.

Meh on the iWhat cases.... really I didnt even see APPLE on the list or AT&T.