Change Today left soft key to Messaging?

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I am trying to map the left soft key on the Today screen to Messaging, but I am having problems. I changed the registry setting of HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Today\Keys\112\Open = to "\Windows\Messaging.lnk\" since I can't find the Messaging.exe file. However, when I click it, I get an error that says "The file " cannot be opened. Either it is not signed with a trusted certificate, or one of its components cannot be found. If this problem persists, try reinstalling or restoring this file."

When I click directly on the Messaging.lnk file in the Windows directory (using Total Commander), it opens Messaging, so I'm not sure what the problem is, and when I map the key to .exe files, it works fine. Can I just not map to a .lnk file? If not, does anyone know where Messaging.exe is?

I'd appreciate any help. Thanks.

Paul

Maybe you should remove the last "\" in the string "\Windows\Messaging.lnk"...

Thanks - tried that. Also tried with and without quotes and with adding a %1. No dice.

EDIT: Found it with help from a great mod (PerfAlbion) at pdaphonehome.com: Messaging in \Windows = tmail.exe.

Originally Posted by greenbep

I am trying to map the left soft key on the Today screen to Messaging, but I am having problems. I changed the registry setting of HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Today\Keys\112\Open = to "\Windows\Messaging.lnk\" since I can't find the Messaging.exe file. However, when I click it, I get an error that says "The file " cannot be opened. Either it is not signed with a trusted certificate, or one of its components cannot be found. If this problem persists, try reinstalling or restoring this file."

When I click directly on the Messaging.lnk file in the Windows directory (using Total Commander), it opens Messaging, so I'm not sure what the problem is, and when I map the key to .exe files, it works fine. Can I just not map to a .lnk file? If not, does anyone know where Messaging.exe is?

I'd appreciate any help. Thanks.

Paul

Have you seen the button under the right softkey button?

well there's no messaging.exe file, the file is called tmail.exe

"\Windows\tmail.exe"

if you want to map it so it opens a new Text message rename the attached file to newsms.lnk and copy the file to your windows directory and map the key to it

hope that helped

Originally Posted by mrabie

well there's no messaging.exe file, the file is called tmail.exe

"\Windows\tmail.exe"

if you want to map it so it opens a new Text message rename the attached file to newsms.lnk and copy the file to your windows directory and map the key to it

hope that helped

Thanks! Any way to make it open a new email message?

yes. create a copy of the newsms.lnk and rename it to whatever u want (maybe newemail.lnk) and edit it to the following

tmail.exe -service "ActiveSync" -to ""

Originally Posted by greenbep

Thanks! Any way to make it open a new email message?

yes. create a copy of the newsms.lnk and rename it to whatever u want (maybe newemail.lnk) and edit it to the following

tmail.exe -service "ActiveSync" -to ""


I would also add that if you have a personal POP3 email set up (eg "Cox Email" or whatever you have named this account on your phone), you can edit it to the following;

tmail.exe -service "Cox Email" -to ""


You can also make direct links to your email InBox;

tmail.exe -service "Cox Email" -Inbox ""

Thanks much, everyone.

EDIT: Do I have to change the "28" if I change the script? I read that that number refers to the number of characters in the string.

Originally Posted by greenbep

Thanks much, everyone.

EDIT: Do I have to change the "28" if I change the script? I read that that number refers to the number of characters in the string.

No, it doesn't seem so, I tried it with "28" in all cases and it still worked fine.