Change WM Wallpaper properly

[testdasi]

As everyone knows that WM even 6.1 stupidly tries to make adjustments to a custom wallpaper (Today -> use this picture as the background).
Is there a way to prevent WM from doing that?

If it's not possible, is there something out there that can take a pre-made theme and somehow change the background image and reload that theme again? I know you can create themes and all but I have a lot of wallpapers so I would like that to be done automatically, not manually one by one.

Is it possible? Thanks in advance.

[farukb]

As everyone knows that WM even 6.1 stupidly tries to make adjustments to a custom wallpaper (Today -> use this picture as the background).
Is there a way to prevent WM from doing that?

If it's not possible, is there something out there that can take a pre-made theme and somehow change the background image and reload that theme again? I know you can create themes and all but I have a lot of wallpapers so I would like that to be done automatically, not manually one by one.

Is it possible? Thanks in advance.

if i got you right,you have problem with transparency...run default WM picture viewer,if you can't find it in start>programs look in windows folder for an app called "pimg", run it, find picture you want...hold stylus on the picture until menu appears or press right softkey select "set as today background..." after that set transparency to 0% and hit ok....you have a opaque wallpaper:D

[testdasi]

THANKS!!!

Is there a registry value for the background? I'm thinking of making an automatic process with Mortscript. :D

[curious george]

THANKS!!!

Is there a registry value for the background? I'm thinking of making an automatic process with Mortscript. :D

I Deffinately don't want to discourage the development of you own app but if you don't want to spend a lot of time on this I believe it has already been done. If it is not to your liking, full steem ahead!!:)

[testdasi]

Thanks for letting me know but would you please tell me if it has already been done then what is the name of "it"? Where can I find "it"? Did some search but to no avail.

[shantzg001]

@testdasi: "It" is ShantzTodayChanger, a small app written by me. Take a look at the link in my signatures.

[toniolol]

Very nice app,
I'm interesting too, but to make a mortscript to do the same like this (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=390841).
I want to change the wallpaper, using a registry key which contain weather and show the background according to the weather.
Could you explain which registry key and how to refresh the today screen please ?
Thanks in advance

Edit : only thing I've found in registry is that :
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Today]
"Wall"="32"
"DPI"=dword:00000060
"UseStartImage"=dword:00000001

But I don't see how to give the full path, I mean 32 is for my 32.jpf file which is located in special path.
I don't see the 0% transparency and how to refresh screen.

Thanks

[cassiano]

@ toniolol:

I guess to change the background for the today you have to overwrite some files in \windows, the stwater_320_240 and the stwater_240_320 (maybe in your device the files have other numbers, because these are related to your device's screen resolution ;)).

For more info on that take a look a this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=966239&postcount=4).

About the reloading/refreshing of the today screen, I don't know how.

Cheers.

[nir36]

thread will be moved to Q&A section

[shantzg001]

I have released the source code for my app here: http://tech.shantanugoel.com/projects/windows-mobile/shantztodaychanger

You can take a look at it. It will answer all your questions.