Getting rid of the bottom of the today screen

[noodle]

Hi,
I've looked, clicked and sworn at it, but I just don't know how to get rid of the small bar at the very bottom of the today screen, just above the softkey indicators. At the moment it just has the (standard t-mobile) mini battery icon and the mini connection icon.
I've got no idea where the controller for this part of the today screen is. I'd really love to get rid of it altogether and have a few extra pixels for pocketplus. It just seems to be totally wasted screen real estate for me. I see other people have got useful stuff in this area, if there's a personalisation programme out there for it, please hit me up.

Cheers,

Chris

[ZeBoxx]

If you just want to remove those icons - which removes the tray as well - see this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=40133

If you want to remove it altogether, try:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=27331

And if you want to customize the tray with icons to specific apps, try "PHM TrayLaunch" - it's part of the PHM PowerToys - can probably be ripped out somehow and made stand-alone.

[vijay555]

Sorry guys, ToggleToday is still WM2003 only right now. I'll update as soon as I get a few minutes. It's complicated to write, since the tray gets refreshed on screen rotations etc. And I'm just too busy to deal with it properly right now :( Soon...

V

[noodle]

Hey, thanks very much guys

[Fork]

PHM TrayLaunch looks like a very useful app, but I'm struggling to successfully add programs/icons. For example, if I want to have ActiveSync as one of the icons in the tray, does anyone know what should be entered as the "target"?

[vijay555]

I'm afraid I don't have my phone in front of me, but trying navigating through your \windows\start menu and checking the properties for existing shortcuts.

Eg Find activesync, display properties, and it will display the target for the shortcut. That's your baby.

V

[ZeBoxx]

Sorry guys, ToggleToday is still WM2003 only right now.
oops ;)

[Fork]

Unfortunately I can't find a way to display properties for a shortcut - Explorer's "tap & hold" menu only allows you to cut/copy/paste etc - there's no "properties" window like there is on normal PC-Windows.

[vijay555]

Fork, try gsfinder or another explorer replacement.
Also try having a read through this:
http://vijay555support.host4phpbb.com/viewtopic.php?t=30

V

[Fork]

Thanks Vijay, I've downloaded Resco Explorer 2005 but cannot find the ActiveSync shortcut anywhere on my device! Does anyone know what the shortcut is to start ActiveSync?

[vijay555]

It's not obvious!
\windows\replog.exe

V

[Fork]

Thanks for the reply Vijay, but replog.exe doesn't exist anywhere on my device.

[vijay555]

Sorry, missed one letter
"\windows\repllog.exe" on my Universal.

V

[Fork]

Thanks Vijay, bizarely repllog.exe doesn't show up in my Windows folder using Resco Explorer, but setting this as the path gives me an ActiveSync icon in the tray - so it's obviously finding it.

Unfortunately, clicking the icon doesn't launch ActiveSync. It briefly displays "Connect to" in the top title bar before disappearing, and the Today page remains onscreen all the time.

Any other suggestions you can think of?

Thanks,

[vijay555]

Fork, it depends on what state the activesync app is in at the time. It doesn't always like to show itself in my experience as well. Not entirely sure why. Sometimes when you're disconnected it will show, sometimes when you're connected it'll show?

In resco, ensure you're displaying hidden files, system files and rom files.

V

[Fork]

Thanks Vijay, I hadn't spotted that option in Resco Explorer - it shows up now.