need help with ultimatelaunch

[meccax5]

what file type do icons need to be in order to use them in ultimate launch? ico comes up with a windows icon, bmp comes up with an opera icon, and .icons come up with folders.

[bluemetalaxe]

You need ICO

[meccax5]

when i use ico, all of the icons have an opera icon when i put it on windows mobile. i deleted opera but it still comes up.

[meccax5]

so i guess windows mobile set opera to open all ico files. how do i change this?

[chunga168]

Don't know how to do it normally, but using Schap's Advanced Config tool, there's a File Associations setup tab

[meccax5]

i'll try it out. so what program do i change ico files to in order for the icons to show? picture viewer?

[reegis]

mine does the opera thing too. Did you figure out how to fix it?

[klipsch2345]

I had the opera icon issue after I installed the 9.5 beta. I fixed it last night with a hard reset...

[dmc522]

I'm having a similar problem and would prefer not to do a hard reset. I can change the file association with file commander, but what do i change it to?

Thanks in advance.

[superflysocal]

it doesn't matter what file association it has for it to be used with UL. It's not like you are using the icon within file explorer to launch UL.

Put it in a folder somewhere.

When you run UL configuration when adding a app, select Xp-icon button. after you select the .exe or .lnk file, click on the icon tab, then browse button, and then find the folder containing the icons and select the one you want for that app.

It should have nothing to do with what file is associated with it.

[dmc522]

I had the opera beta installed and ultimatelaunch would just show error for all my icons. I uninstalled opera but now all my icons are displayed as IE icons.

[egoist6]

I had the opera beta installed and ultimatelaunch would just show error for all my icons. I uninstalled opera but now all my icons are displayed as IE icons.
have a look on the ini file and check where the corresponding icon-path refers to.

[dmc522]

I found the problem. I was trying to use the glass looking icons posted in another thread about Ultimate Launch. The icons weren't recognized until i set the size to 58x58.

[dcdeek]

I seems that no matter where you put your icons, somehow Opera takes over and converts them into the "O" icon no matter what they look like. is there any way to take back the default look of the icon's with out hard resetting?

[superflysocal]

I found the problem. I was trying to use the glass looking icons posted in another thread about Ultimate Launch. The icons weren't recognized until i set the size to 58x58.

exactly. there are many reasons why an icon will not be recognized. File association by a browser is NOT one of them.

here is another tip: if you are using icons all of the same size, you can go to the tab on the main menu labelled xp-icons and set the size of the icons there, that way you don't have to individually check the box for each individual icon and rechange the size for each one unless that icon is different in size than the one you set on the main menu tab.

[Shin_Iba]

Is it possible to get UL to display the calendar? I've been looking through everything I can find on my phone all day and can't find any way to make it display that.

[joshrys]

for the "XP" icons you need to use 32 bit icons. there are different versions of .ico. 32 bit have an alpha channel for transparency, they can also have various sizes within such as 16x16, 32x32, and 48x48. There are many programs out there to create the icons with. Like said earlier you also have to have enough room to see the icons of the size you choose 48 needs height of 48+ 32...you get the picture.

some apps to make .ico with:

GIMP
iicon
gconvert

[Azure465]

I can't get the calendar plugin to work with Ultimatelaunch, anyone else has this problem

[Guilf]

I use the calendar/today plugin TodayAgenda. Added that as a tab within UltimateLaunch. Works perfectly.

[ajbopp]

it doesn't matter what file association it has for it to be used with UL. It's not like you are using the icon within file explorer to launch UL.

Put it in a folder somewhere.

When you run UL configuration when adding a app, select Xp-icon button. after you select the .exe or .lnk file, click on the icon tab, then browse button, and then find the folder containing the icons and select the one you want for that app.

It should have nothing to do with what file is associated with it.

Unfortunately, in this case it does seem to matter. the Opera icon highjacked the UltimateLauncher icon itself when I changed my layout. The content of the file hasn't changed a bit, just the way it is displayed everywhere on the Pocket PC.

[tatarasi]

I seems that no matter where you put your icons, somehow Opera takes over and converts them into the "O" icon no matter what they look like. is there any way to take back the default look of the icon's with out hard resetting?

Hi, did you manage to solve this problem, with Opera icons? I tried all kind of tricks, with no avail.

If anybody has a clear solution, as to why I have Opera icons for all .ico icons in my Icons folder, and how to solve this issue, I thank you in advance. This application seem very nice, and I would like to purchase it, if I manage to work this out.

many thanks

[brady747]

bump/ditto. Opera lookalike .ico icons in ultimate launcher. I found using xp-icons instead of the other button for icons works (though I don't know what 'xp'-icons means or what any of these differences are). Anyway, until someone has this worked out...i'll stay with xp-icon though I assume there is a reason there are two types available (still learning UL config).

thanks,
brady