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How To: Customize SMS Sent Notification On Windows Mobile

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

You can easily Disable Message Sent Notification On Windows Mobile 6 Device by a simple registry tweak. Here’s something different. If you still want the message sent notification to appear but in a different way, you can also do so. * First, you will need to download a Registry Editor for Windows Mobile. * Using the Registry Editor, navigate to the following registry key: HKCU\Control Panel\Notifications\Default Registry Value: Options Registry Data: 0 to 11 * Soft reset your Windows read more

How To: Enable ClearType On Windows Mobile 6

Friday, March 13th, 2009

ClearType is a text font setting that is built into touch screen devices that smooths the edges of screen fonts to make the text more readable.Cleartype greatly improves the readability of your screen.There is an option to enable ClearType in Windows Mobile 6.However, on most Windows Mobile devices it is disabled by default. How to enable ClearType on Windows Mobile 6 devices: From your Windows Mobile 6 device, navigate to Start->Settings and select the System tab. Now click the Screen read more

How To: Show All Files Within Windows Mobile File Explorer

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

This is a Windows Mobile Device Tip which takes some people a little while to discover (especially if using a Windows Mobile device isn’t part of their day to day job). By default the Windows Mobile File Explorer application does not show all files. As well as files specifically marked as hidden, it will hide files with a series of “special” file extensions such as *.dll. In order to show these files you must enable the “Show All Files” option, which can be achieved by following read more

How To: Create Shortcuts in Windows Mobile

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

Shortcuts are small files containing the location of another file, or the command line required to launch an application in Microsoft Windows operating systems. They are commonly placed within the Windows Start Menu as a convenient way to access common functions of your Windows Mobile device. By creating and organizing your own shortcuts you can customize the features you have quick access to on your Windows mobile device. Creating a Shortcut in Windows Mobile You can create shortcuts read more