Is there a Program to change Icons in Windows Mobile

[Aaron McCarthy]

Hey everyone...

I looked around for at least an hour and cant find anything to do what I want. I have the HTC Fuze and want to change some of the icons for the programs installed.

Is there a way to actually change the icons for a specific program in windows mobile 6.1 or is there a program that will make it idiot proof?

Thanks!

[filament]

_http://www.s-k-tools.com/index.html?sksmgr/m_sksmgr.html

[Aaron McCarthy]

_http://www.s-k-tools.com/index.html?sksmgr/m_sksmgr.html

Well... that was quick! Thanks I'll give this a try!

[efbill]

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=474346 :D

[actionquest]

On internet explorer I have a favorite link. Is there a way to change the icon only on that link and not all the others. How could this happen? :confused:

Example: (www.yahoo.com) save as favorite. Change internet favorite icon to a Yahoo! Icon and put it in programs.

If possible would like to use several links.

[ladynaamah]

Hello, i have problem regarding this topic... i have Sony Ericsson Xperia X1i with original ROM (WM 6.1) I have tried many things and none worked... all i need is to know a way to change icons on /Storage Card/ folder, generic folders icon (all folders that does not contain icon.lnk) link to File Explorer, Programs, Settings (names might vary, as i am not using english version of WM, also sorry my poor english :) )

Any ideas are welcome! Thank you!

[majorassface]

Try jwmd icon changer, it's free and it works great for me. It allows you to change most icons, including folders, prgrams and I believe settings.

[ladynaamah]

Thanks for reply, but it was not helpful, i aleready tried this app, it is WM 6,5 only, and as i mentioned, i have WM 6,1 :(

[Petulinek]

What about CSMI?

[ladynaamah]

google gave me crappy results (since CSMI could mean many things)... any link to download?

by the way, greetings from Southern Bohemia, i'm from CZE too ;)

EDIT: I found it at last, but it works only with start menu entries and also very likely to be incompatible with WM 6.1... I suspect i need to directly edit registry, i am familiar with registry edits, but exploring whole registry entry by entry would take too long, i am even unsure if i should search in HKCR or in HKLM... i am looking for someone more experienced who know where to look :)

or, the last thing that might help, to find a way how to edit icons directly in \windows\shell32.dll, but WM seems to be eager to protect system DLLs such as this one from my passion to modify, modify and ... wait for it... MODIFY :D

[zelendel]

;) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Security\Shell\StartInfo\Start

[ladynaamah]

there is no such key in WM 6.1... at least not in my phone... :(

[me]

It is interesting.

There seems to be two completely different ways of changing and assigning icons to shortcuts, at least in WM 6.5. These apps each only seem to deal with one of the ways, it might be nice if they could do both.

The way SK Tools Shortcut Manager works (which could also be done manually) is by adding to the end of the program .lnk file in the Start Menu, starting with a question mark, then the name of the .dll file the desired icon is in, and the number of the icon.

CSMI and JWMD Icon Changer (I like CSMI a little better, but they have the same result), don't deal with DLLs at all. You have to have .png or .jpg individual icon files, many of which you can download in collections here on XDA. These icons are not specified in the shortcut itself, but in the registry.

Could someone explain--why are there these two totally different ways of assigning icons to program shortcuts? For what purposes might one be better than the other?

If any of the developers of the icon changer apps are reading, why not include both methods in your program?

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I have another question about icons for .lnk files. Usually, when one creates a .lnk file to a particular document, the icon that displays for that .lnk is the one for the default program that opens that type of document. That makes sense, and that has usually been my experience.

However, I created a .lnk shortcut to a particular Microsoft Reader document, a .lit file. I thought the icon displayed for this shortcut, would be the same as for Microsoft Reader. But instead, I got the blank Windows no-icon icon. Why?

[Senax]

Hello all,

This is my way of changing icons while sitting behind my Personal Computer ;

http://www.nuerom.com/BlogEngine/image.axd?picture=nueShortcutMaker.png

nueShortcutMaker (http://www.nuerom.com/BlogEngine/page/nueShortcutMaker.aspx) is a desktop tool for quickly making Windows CE style shortcuts. It features custom icon and argument support, as well as an option to directly communicate, open and write shortcuts to a device connected via ActiveSync. You can also drag and drop shortcuts into it, and it will automatically open the existing parameters for you.


Then when I'm not behind the PC I use these fine free tools ;

EXPLORER ADDiN TO SHOW LARGE FiNGER FRiENDLY iCONS;
ExtendedFileExplorerExt - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=677854

To view the icons their offset nr I use dotFred's Task Switcher (http://www.dotfred.net/TaskSwitcher.htm) by going to
Settings - Action - Add application to "iconize" - Then I pick just an *.exe and a preferred library (*.dll / *.icl (Icon Library) see the attached icl packs below).
http://www.dotfred.net/TS/images/TS1.gif


From the Cambridge Computer Corporation (http://www.cam.com/windowsce.html) (among several other free utils) I use their vxShortCut (http://www.cam.com/vxshortcut.html) Creator.


Shortcut can be created in any location
Command line data can be included
Low memory usage, only 13kb

JSPA Program Manager (http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-jspa-program-manager.html) v3.10
• Summary: JSPA Program Manager allows you to manage your programs(shortcut links) in start menu on Windows Mobile 6.0 and 6.5 Smartphone.

Link Creator (http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-link-creator.html) v1.10
• Summary: Simple application, that creates the link to any file/application and then puts that link to Windows\Start Menu\Programs or any other selected by You folder

SoftKey manager (http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-softkey-manager.html)
• Summary: A freeware SoftKey Editor for Windows Mobile, allowing you to change the defaults of your Today screen softkeys.

After having made a Hard Reset you have to reinstall all programs if you have previously installed them in the memory card. Often it is sufficient to recreate the shortcut in the start menu. ShortCutCreator (http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-shortcut-creator.html) helps you to recover the exe files and to recreate the desired shortcut.

LnkMe (http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-lnkme.html)
• Summary: Call shortcut files with just a few steps when you Create an SMS.

A thread I start some time ago : Create shortcuts to Feature Settings and Applications manually (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=623195)

View Program Files; folderview.exe (http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=72770&d=1204003237) Unzip and put this file in you programs folder and you will be able to add it to htc home
View Settings; htcSettings.exe (http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=102462&d=1217285749) Unzip and put the file in you programs folder and you will be able to add it to htc home

WM6.5+ Settings Menu back via;
[APP] MySettings - easy access to ctrpnl items (old settings panel) (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7456473#post7456473)



http://media.xda-developers.com/images/attach/zip.gif icon_viewer.zip (http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=295843&d=1268960618) (4.5 KB) Use Icon Viewer to view icons one by one http://media.xda-developers.com/images/attach/zip.gif ICLpack1.zip (http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=313231&d=1271808912) (4.38 MB) http://media.xda-developers.com/images/attach/zip.gif ICLpack2.zip (http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=313232&d=1271808912) (4.28 MB)


Something totally different and a little Off Topic ;

DotNetResourcesExtract v1.01 (http://nirsoft.net/utils/dot_net_resources_extract.html)

DotNetResourcesExtract (NirSoft) is a small utility that scan dll/exe files of .NET applications on your PC (plus transferred files), and extract all .NET embedded resources (bitmaps, gif, ico, HTML files, and so on) stored in them into the folder that you specify. c# source code is available.

Have fun
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Senax