Multiboot Windows CE possible?

[twofive]

Good evening!

I am currently using a iGO8 navigation system on my HTC Diamond and often get crashes because of the lack of enough memory. So I thought of the following solution:

Wouldn't it be possible to create a multiboot menu which shows up when booting the Diamond, just before the Explorer.exe loads, which lets me choose between booting the normal Windows Mobile GUI or the iGO application (or whatever application I want to)?

I think iGO won't need Windows Mobile to run as it runs on PNA's which are basically just Windows CE systems, and those don't run any Explorer application unless you force them to do so.

I think this can be made possible by changing the INIT entry for Explorer.exe to any other application (the menu) in the registry.

Would that be possible?

-- twofive

[bogy16]

the PNA/ gps menu its an application for Windows CE. it loads after windows ce has been loaded. It goes in full screen, without an exit button. so basicaly when the gps menu is loaded all other necesary wince files are loaded (except maybe explorer.exe, witch can load in 1sec with taskman command.). Also wince loading takes about 5 seconds and win6.1 about 1min. As i know win6.1 does not have explorer.exe. insteed i think is nk.exe witch is the os. so without os igo wont work.

[twofive]

Isn't there any way we can skip the Windows Mobile GUI and directly start iGO?
Also, I don't think all neccessary files are loaded AFTER iGO was started. I think they are loaded before as the last INIT entry is the navigation software.
I don't know if Windows CE has some kind of regsvr32.exe or something similar.

[twofive]

*push*
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[pilgrim011]

*push*
:(
I don't think it's possible. But I do know a solution - you should find a ROM with maximum RAM available to user.;)

[twofive]

I have one (Gen.Y) but I just install to much stuff onto my diamond and therefore the free memory is smashed :D

[pilgrim011]

I have one (Gen.Y) but I just install to much stuff onto my diamond and therefore the free memory is smashed :DI think that you are confusing ROM (storage memory) & RAM (program memory). Program memory is what you need for flawless iGo performance. Try, for example, latest official HTC ROM, it should be better for RAM than most of the cooked ROMs.

[twofive]

I know the difference :)

It's just that I am running too much applications in the background (WisBar Advance, TouchResponse, Palringo and what not all) so that the free RAM is just smashed :D

Well, I guess I have to clean up a bit.

Thanks anyway :)

-- twofive

[pilgrim011]

It's just that I am running too much applications in the background (WisBar Advance, TouchResponse, Palringo and what not all) so that the free RAM is just smashed :D
In that case, I have a definitive solution - you should by Raphael, like me.:cool: I'm able to run at the same time Garmin, iGo, Opera Mini, Opera Mobile, DotFred TaskMgr and much much more, and have absolutely no problems.:D