[Q] Registry Explorer for Samsung ATIV S?

[AlvinPhilemon]

So I want to explore my Samsung ATIV S' registry as I do not know almost all its entries and I want to see what I can customise so I want to ask: will there be a registry explorer for WP8? Because according to GDTD, all interop apps on wp7 don't work on WP8.

 

[GoodDayToDie]

The native webserver I built already works pretty well as a registry browser; it just can't make edits (at this time). I'm working on one with a bit more functionality (I've already gotten reading multi-strings supported, and I'd like to get editing working).

An on-device one would, of course, be nice. One option here would be to take the source code to a WP7 one and upgrade the project to WP8, then remove the COM interop used for WP7 homebrew and replace it with the C++/CX native component and .WINMD file for interfacing. Re-write the native interface layer to use the .WINMD (should be easy, actually, since there had to be a COM interop interface already; just replace that interface) and add ID_CAP_INTEROPSERVICES, and it *should* work.

 

[AlvinPhilemon]

The native webserver I built already works pretty well as a registry browser; it just can't make edits (at this time). I'm working on one with a bit more functionality (I've already gotten reading multi-strings supported, and I'd like to get editing working).

An on-device one would, of course, be nice. One option here would be to take the source code to a WP7 one and upgrade the project to WP8, then remove the COM interop used for WP7 homebrew and replace it with the C++/CX native component and .WINMD file for interfacing. Re-write the native interface layer to use the .WINMD (should be easy, actually, since there had to be a COM interop interface already; just replace that interface) and add ID_CAP_INTEROPSERVICES, and it *should* work.

Erm... in English? :laugh::laugh::laugh:

 

[snickler]

Erm... in English? :laugh::laugh::laugh:

Take the source code from one of the WP7 Registry Browsers, upgrade the source to a WP8 project, strip out the old COM code and replace it with GDTD's libraries.

 

[GoodDayToDie]

Well, and the code from the Samsung Diagnosis app (the native DLL, which is accessed using a .WINMD or WINdows MetaData file, which can be added as a Reference to a C# phone app project). So far, using the RPCComponent + ID_CAP_INTEROPSERVICES still offers much greater write access than any of the Capabilities that can otherwise be added even with interop-unlock.