How can I launch Power Tasks from the home screen?

[Developer One Support]

Question: How can I launch Power Calendar from the home screen? I would rather not always have to go to the Start->Programs menu to launch it.

Response: Beginning with Power Calendar Version 2.5, you may now add a permanant icon for Power Calendar in the Start bar on the home page of your Smartphone. Go to Menu->Settings->Options. Check the "Add Start bar shortcut" option. The next time you power your Smartphone off/on, the icon for Power Calendar will be in the icons list in the application bar on your home screen.

[bobbyk68]

Hi There,


I've a SPV C500 and tried to do this.
I've not been able to do it. On the C500 home screen or any other of the home screens it offers.

Thanks.

[pcbinternet]

I have the spv c500 to and it does not work for me either. So i just created a speed dial for it, to save going through the menus.


Paul

[PPCPassion]

Same here. It does not work on MPx220 either. I was wondering if anybody knows how to create plug in for this program? Better yet, Developer One should include a homescreen with Power Cal and Power Task plug in built in it. Just my 2cents.

[jason_1975]

The steps below do not work. I have an AudioVox SMT 5600 (highly recommend the phone - BTW). I can't get the start page icons to be anything other than the crap Microsoft puts on it (Tasks, Calendar, MMODE, Contacts, and IE).

Please advise - Jason

Question: How can I launch Power Calendar from the home screen? I would rather not always have to go to the Start->Programs menu to launch it.

Response: Beginning with Power Calendar Version 2.5, you may now add a permanant icon for Power Calendar in the Start bar on the home page of your Smartphone. Go to Menu->Settings->Options. Check the "Add Start bar shortcut" option. The next time you power your Smartphone off/on, the icon for Power Calendar will be in the icons list in the application bar on your home screen.

[Developer One Support]

http://forums.developerone.com/d1images/sptoday.gif

As illustrated above, in this type of home screen, you can add the icon for either Power Calendar or Power Tasks permanently to the application icons bar.

[Developer One Support]

This screen comes from the QTek 8010, showing the icon in the bar immediately after a power cycle:

http://forums.developerone.com/d1images/sptoday2.jpg

Regardless, we are in agreement in the idea of offering you a home-screen plug-in to offer better access and information from the home screen.

[svan]

The above has worked on my C500, BUT is there away to have Power Calendar as the default calendar showing on the home screen instead of the windows default one?

[Developer One Support]

No, that is not possible at this time with the current operating system.

[svan]

Thanks for your reply.

Do you do a program or know of a program that allows you to put the items in the start menu in any other order, other than the default?

[Developer One Support]

We are not aware of any at this time.

[riverguy79]

You can modify the registry to change the default calendar / tasks / internet, etc. applications.

To change the default calendar program, open a registry editor and browse to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shell\Rai\:MSCALENDAR

you will see a value titled "1"

change the string associated with the value "1" to the path of the calendar program. make sure you use quotation marks. for example, "\Storage\Program Files\New Calendar Program.exe"

This will change the default calendar application called from the homescreen and the start menu. This also changes the calendar application called from the call progress screen and everywhere else the default calendar would have been called. Doing this will disable the built in calendar program all together. You can still access the microsoft calendar, however you would need to make a new shortcut for it.

This also works for the :MSTASKS field for the default tasks application. Hope this helps.

[conan_troutman]

rember that when you change the string should you need to return it to its default status you keep a copy of the original string in this case I believe it is


:MSPOUTLOOK calendar
messing with your registry can give a you an expensive paperwieght so beware.

[conan_troutman]

Thanks for your reply.

Do you do a program or know of a program that allows you to put the items in the start menu in any other order, other than the default?
jeyo personaliser its free but only allows the first 7 items on start screen