Make your device work for YOU! Part V: Display options
Welcome back to Part V of our 8 week series on various registry tweaks that can be done on your WM5/6 device. This week we will be taking a look modifying Display options.
Just remember, you will need a registry editor like Total Commander or PHM Registry Editor in order to implement these modifications.
Note: Some users have commented that the exact location of registry keys differ. What is documented here will give you an approximate location of where they should be located, but you may need to explore around to find what needs to be changed.
Reset Call Timers
- This will allow you to reset call timers so you can monitor minutes used each month
- [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Shell\cumlativecalltimers\line_0]
- Change “outgoingvoicecurrent” to 0
Show Date and Time in Title Bar
- To change the way Pocket PC displays the Date and Time in the title bar
- [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shell\]
- Create a binary value named “TBOpt” and set its value to “13 00 00 00″
- Soft reset (to disable, delete the key you created
AM or PM displayed on Titlebar Clock
- [HKLM\nls\overrides]
- Create String: S1159
- Value = Am
- Create String: S2359
- Value = Pm
- Create String: STFmt
- Value = h:mm tM
- Create String: S1159
- Soft reset
Customize ‘Low Battery’ alerts
- [HKCU\ControlPanel\Notifications\{A877D633-239C-47a7-9304-0D347F580408}\]
- Create String: Default = Low battery warning
- Now go to Start -> Settings -> Personal tab -> Sounds & Notifications
- Select Low batter warning and customize option
- Create String: Default = Low battery warning
Change Start Menu Color
- [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Color\39]
- Change value using RGB hex values ranging 00 to FF
- For black: 00 00 00 00
- For red: 00 FF 00 00
- For yellow: FF FF 00 00
- For blue: 00 00 FF 00
- For white = FF FF FF 00
- Change value using RGB hex values ranging 00 to FF
Change the Tap-and-Hold Color Dots
- [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Color\40]
- Change value using RGB hex values ranging 00 to FF
- For black: 00 00 00 00
- For red: 00 FF 00 00
- For yellow: FF FF 00 00
- For blue: 00 00 FF 00
- For white = FF FF FF 00
- Change value using RGB hex values ranging 00 to FF
Change scrollbar size
- [HKLM\SOFTWARE\SYSTEM\GWE]
- Adjust the following values
- cyHScr (for Horizontal Scroll bars)
- cxVScr (for Vertical Scroll bars)
- Adjust the following values
- Soft reset
Wireless Today Item
- [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Today\Items\"Wireless"]
- Create following keys with following values
- DLL = netui.dll (string)
- Order = 0 (Dword)
- Enabled = 1 (Dword)
- Type = 4 (Dword)
- Flags = 0 (Dword)
- Options = 0 (Dword)
- Create following keys with following values
Next week, I will be introducing some fun registry tweaks that will modify behavior of ActiveSync and MS Voice Commander. Make sure to check back for them.
Disclaimer:Use these registry tweaks at your own risk. We are not responsible for any system instabilities which maybe caused by tweaks shown here. Do backup registry before implementing these tweaks.
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@ AM or PM displayed on Titlebar Clock
So for AM and PM, different keys have to be created? What happens if both exist?
And I know what h:mm does, but could you tell what tM means?
Thank you!
As you can see Am and Pm are encapsulated in different String. Am and Pm must exist for it to work.
As for tM that’s the place holder for it to go out and return the value within String S1159 or S2359 depending on the actual time.
Just keep in mind that String STFmt may already exist, if that’s the case just edit the value to what is shown on the post.
Ah ok, so it all needs to be there for it to work. Thanks for clearing that up!
No problem. Happy tweaking
Cool info, thanks for this, I did have to read it a couple of times but I believe I have managed to digest it now.