WkTASK---Best Japanesee Task manager--English version

[jonnala]

Author Thread---http://soft.photoracer.net/docs/wktask_en.html.

XDA-Developers thread to discuss (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=330855).
Thought of attaching CAB but I would like divert traffic to authors site where you can donate.

I have tested this on wing. Its is very light weight and does what it is supposed to. you can feel that you are working on windows PC.

Strongly recommended for rom cookers in their ROMs .

Snap Shots:
http://soft.photoracer.net/docs/images/wktask/wktask005_en.pnghttp://soft.photoracer.net/docs/images/wktask/wktask010_en.png
http://soft.photoracer.net/docs/images/wktask/wktask006_en.pnghttp://soft.photoracer.net/docs/images/wktask/wktaskskin001.png



What is WkTASK?

WkTASK shares features of both Task Manager and Program Launcher for Windows Mobile. You can switch all running programs smoothly like desktop Windows, and launch applications easily. Not only stylus operation but also key operation is available. Although the look & feel closely matches the theme color and make the 3D gradation, its CPU and memory usage are low.
Features
Task-list
Using the upper bar, you can watch, switch, close and force termination running programs.

To exclude a task from the list, tap&hold it and select 'Hide'.

X button
Using the X button, you can use some actions as follows:

Tap: really close
Tap&Hold: show context menu
Drag: some gestures (To minimize, drag toward down. To show Today, drag toward left.)


Program Launcher
Using key or tap, You can launch some applications, functions and contacts(phone call or e-mail).

Key operation
To shift the Key operation mode, double-execute WkTask.exe or WkTaskCmd.exe(recommended because of smaller size). Some start options are available too.

Brightness/Volume controller
You can control them in real time with key or tap.

Other functions rotation, suspend, reboot, network connection, etc.

Preferences
To customize, it has a great deal of parameters. Enjoy your self!

FAQ
Q. I want to move and resize a Task-list.
A. To move and resize it, tap&drag the edge or adjust values in Preference->General1->Offsets.

Q. I cannot see any directories except "My Documents" to configure the skins and launcher.
A. It is a bad culture of Window Mobile and Pocket PC. To see all directories, install FileDialogChanger and gsgetfile for international(direct link).

Q. I would like to translate WkTASK to my native language. / The translation is a bit off.
A. Thank you for your help. I will create a MUI file from your mapping table and upload to this site. Please send me the table which format is as follows:


[English Text 1] [TAB] [Translated Text 1]
[English Text 2] [TAB] [Translated Text 2]
.
.



Mainly Update History
October 6, 2007
version 1.0.0.7
Added an English documentation
Added specific parameters to adjust brightness
Fixed code to apply brightness (Thanks crino!)
Added a button to check for the update on Preferences->About
Added a button to initialize options of skins
Added an action that a foreground window is minimized if you click it on the Task-list
Changed an appearance of Brightness/Volume control window
Added a function to connect network only (non-toggle)
Fixed a bug that '#' and '*' buttons don't work on the launcher

October 1, 2007
version 1.0.0.3
Fixed my bad translation by referring threads posted in forum.xda-developers.com
(I'm most grateful to 'chaimd', 'th_undead' and many others for their efforts
Fixed a bug that different applications are launched rarely on the launcher
Fixed a bug that you cannot select some links in a dialog selecting a program of Start menu
Fixed a bug that crashes a string of 'Setting for' menu

September 30, 2007
version 1.0.0.1
Fixed a small bug
version 1.0.0.0
The first release of English version

[mikhe69]

I will give it a try!

Strange no one post replys here:confused:

[KarhU]

I will give it a try!

Strange no one post replys here:confused:

Because all replies are here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=330855). This is a duplicit thread.

[zeheres]

Does anyone have that white bar at the VERY TOP of the screen as well?

Cheers

[t0k0m0k0]

Does anyone have that white bar at the VERY TOP of the screen as well?

Cheers

I think this is the battery gauge...
excellent software by the way ;)

[zeheres]

Aww, you might be right. I'll check that ;)

Agree on the excellent software btw!

Cheers.

[holy1661]

Now at version 1.2.0.0a

[zeheres]

I use V1.2.0.0a as well.

[princegoro]

Great software,been using it for a while now:D,btw u can disable the battery gauge(the white line at the top) in preferences,kudos to the author

[FatBoyExtraordinaire]

Didn't know this had been updated. One of my essential installs. Thanks for the heads up.

[zeheres]

Great software,been using it for a while now:D,btw u can disable the battery gauge(the white line at the top) in preferences,kudos to the author

Wooho, perfect :D

Cheers

[red_hanks]

looks nice, let me try this one

[demonizator]

Hey,

Great software. Two things though. First, when activated by vertical drag the launcher shows but hides immediately after lifting the stylus to tap an application. Second, is there a way to adjust the hight of the task bar? It leaves a few pixels from the top and bottom and when I click the start menu white shadow shows behind the bar.

Thanks,

dEM

[demonizator]

Anyone..?

:(

[thebranded]

i've been using WkTask for about a week.

If i use the launcher it stays ther so i can tap as many boxes as i want. Its not a feature i use though so have not loaded any apps into it.

dont think you can resize the task bar, but that said i have not noticed any white lines. (apart fromthe battary life indicator cross the top)

[gerald_s]

Anyone..?

:(

As already mentioned some posts above your post, this thread is double.
Look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=330855
for the correct thread.

[demonizator]

Stupid me! Thanx!

:o

[GLOC]

In my Taskbar I have ActiveSync listed and one other executable which I would like to hide because if they are active all the time, there isn't much point in having them displayed (when I terminate both of them, they come straight back).

What is the path to disable AS from the taskmanager as it does not show up when I look for it from within WkTask?

Also, I presume the executable is TF3D as when I terminate that, TF3D closes and restarts. Anyone know how to hide that executable if it TF3D?

Regards

[rhtizzy]

What is the path to disable AS from the taskmanager as it does not show up when I look for it from within WkTask?

Also, I presume the executable is TF3D as when I terminate that, TF3D closes and restarts. Anyone know how to hide that executable if it TF3D?Hold your stylus on the app you want to hide and after a second a menu pops up where you can choose to always hide it. There is an option in the preferences 1st page to 'always show' so that must be switched off as well.

The TF3D app is named 'Start', repeat the above for it too.

Holding the stylus on the close button also beings up a menu which includes the option of hiding.

[GLOC]

Excellent, thanks, worked a treat.

Regards

[BongoCZ]

I use standard windows lock with password and wktask. How to hide the two icons, which are showed on taskbar when device is locked? First has standard application icon and title Password, second has icon of white cross on red background and no title.

[freakmax]

Thanks for great software.
I'm using this on my HTC HD.
Best task manager ever.

[frfxfl]

Best task manager on my Athena.Thanks.

[ZoneBlaze]

is there a way to not have this replace the normal task manager? like a normal tap would show task manager on today screen T_T

[sunwee]

this is a great app! so old and yet still compatible with so many software until now. been using it with MS3.5 and S2U2 etc and no conflicts. also love that you can actually skin the buttons.

too bad it's no longer being actively updated. is there any similar app which is more current?

[drgopoos]

It is not fully compatible with WM6.5.1

[jamespaulritter]

I am so sad that I can not use wktask on 6.5........... a few minutes after intall i renders the status bar unusable. This includes even a Start hard button. Is there a fix? Is there another task manager that works with 6.5?

WKTask is is the best app in windows mobile!

[TheRem]

i'm still using it on my Opal WM6.5 build 23053 and it's working fine.

http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/1442/clipboard0r.jpg

[freco]

I am so sad that I can not use wktask on 6.5........... a few minutes after intall i renders the status bar unusable. This includes even a Start hard button. Is there a fix? Is there another task manager that works with 6.5?

WKTask is is the best app in windows mobile!

WKtask is the best but not working in my Acer F1 WM6.5. PBar is working fine but hides battery meter.
Too bad there is not an update.

[bennib.]

You have to add "\windows\shell32.exe" to the list of excluded programs (not close with x button). This solved all issues with 6.5 for me. Used wktask with many different 6.5 and 6.5.1 builds for many weeks without a single problem.

[radospol]

with build 23071 works fine.

[jamespaulritter]

with build 23071 works fine.

Is this a wktask build? can u link to it?

[jamespaulritter]

i'm still using it on my Opal WM6.5 build 23053 and it's working fine.

http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/1442/clipboard0r.jpg

i'm still using it on my Opal WM6.5 build 23053 and it's working fine.

http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/1442/clipboard0r.jpg

I have used wktask on my fuze 6.5, Acer M900 6.5 and now the touch pro 2 6.5 and have again within a few seconds lost the ability to use the start button on the screen and the start button on the screen

[mccune]

You have to exclude the Start Menu to WkTask to get it to work with WM6.5.

Just 1 sec with Google... (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=509160)

[TheRem]

opps... wrong topic... sorry...

[ilordvader]

Will this work on Att Til2 (Touch Pro2)
I have WM 6.5
Please

[mccune]

Yes it will. But you need to exclude "\windows\shell32.exe" so the Start Menu won't get stuck.

[ilordvader]

Yes it will. But you need to exclude "\windows\shell32.exe" so the Start Menu won't get stuck.

how to do that ?
exclude "\windows\shell32.exe"

[mccune]

Just open options of WkTask. There should be a tab exclusion or something similar. There you can search for the file or manual add the line ;)

[orlith]

Hi

Just discover this app.
Nice, small and useful.
Great job

But not fully compatible with 6.5.1 rom :
- no way to put it transparent (not a big problem, set the bar to black)
- The top status bar (the one with big icon , that appears and disappears) didn't work anymore.

Any change to get an update for this ?

thanks a lot

[balendra68]

The first program I install on my PPC after a Hard Reset is Wktask manager. Due to it's reported incompatibility with WM6.5, I was afraid to install WM 6.5 ROM's. Now that you have pointed a way out I'll give these new ROM's a try. Thanks.

[MusX]

the app is not going to be updated anymore?

[Ummagumma]

Does anyone know if a launcher shortcut absolutely must be tied to a key ?

[iusauser]

For almost all WM versions I recommend xTask (stopped development, but works flawlessly)

http://j.imagehost.org/0783/BattClock_bar.png

(xTask and BattClock in energy ROM 2191x build)

xTask has a lot of features; the icons in the top bar, are a feature of xHook (a part of xTask)

http://j.imagehost.org/0958/battClock_double2.png




Regards

[Ummagumma]

I tried xTask, however it was very buggy and would randomly freeze on my Touch Pro 2 with unmodified Sprint WM6.5 ROM.

I just found an iteresting - if rather disappointing - thing about wKtask, too... I was curious to know why my battery seemed to drain a tad faster, so I downloaded and ran acbTaskMan.

Well, with WKtask not running, my battery use would peak about 200 mAh when programs were running, then once I ended them and let the phone sit still it would drop to 54 mAh just before the screen goes blank.

When I start wKtask, it never drops below 150-170 mAh even if I kill wktask process in TaskMgr !!! No matter how long I wait. I can only guess that wktask creates some sort of "leak" in one of the system processes which remains even if wktask itself is killed.

So, I stopped using it. The battery life wasn't affected that badly, but there are other solutions that don't create this issue. Right now I am using a Titanium JMLLaunch plugin that pretty much mimics wKtask launcher, and enabled Running tasks in QuickMenu. If I switch back to Sense, I will have to find a different solution...

[mccune]

...When I start wKtask, it never drops below 150-170 mAh even if I kill wktask process in TaskMgr !!! No matter how long I wait. I can only guess that wktask creates some sort of "leak" in one of the system processes which remains even if wktask itself is killed.....
This is the reason why I don't use WkTask anymore either. It was a part of my ROM but now I have to settle with the default HTC TaskManager. Such a shame. Really liked WkTask.

[ahhl]

why not use xtask?