Question regarding SPB Pocket Plus

CalH22a · 05-31-05, 02:57 PM

When I installed a trial version of SPB Pocket Plus, some of the icons in the Start>Settings>System folder disappeared. For example, the switcher bar icon is not there anymore, along with a few others. Is this normal or is there something wrong? Thanks for the help!

gjw · 05-31-05, 04:00 PM

It is not normal.
When you go to the Windows\Start Menu\Settings folder in File Explorer are the actual .LNKs still there?

customh · 05-31-05, 04:08 PM

#1. Why would you not buy pocket plus, so it doesnt matter if you use the built in task switcher
#2. If you dont buy this great peice of software go into file explorer- windows- switcher bar icon should be in there, idk what it is named, you can copy it and paste into windows- start menu- settings- system and it will add it back into the settings thing.

05-31-05, 04:36 PM

Originally Posted by x3jockey

#1. Why would you not buy pocket plus, so it doesnt matter if you use the built in task switcher

He probably wanted to test the software first before he purchase it. I know SPB Pocket+ is highly recommended and I do use it too. But I would never buy $20 PDA software without trying it out first.

customh · 05-31-05, 04:37 PM

I know, but i am saying i highly reccomend buying it.

CalH22a · 05-31-05, 05:41 PM

Thanks for the replies so far. Actually, I'm missing the following icons: mirror, microphone, switcher bar, and system information. I can still access these programs, but it just kinda bugs me that they're missing from the start>settings>systems folder. I'm fairly new to the PDA scene. Does anyone know how I can create shortcuts and place them back into the systems folder? Thanks for the help!

CalH22a · 05-31-05, 05:46 PM

Originally Posted by gjw

It is not normal.
When you go to the Windows\Start Menu\Settings folder in File Explorer are the actual .LNKs still there?

When I go here, it shows the items that I am missing from the systems folder and only those items. The .lnks for microphone, mirror, switcher bar, and system information are here.

customh · 05-31-05, 06:03 PM

so do like i say and copy link from the actual exe in the windows file

mn5829 · 05-31-05, 10:47 PM

hmm i have this same problem, i got the icons back thanks to x3jockey

CalH22a · 06-01-05, 12:25 AM

Originally Posted by x3jockey

#1. Why would you not buy pocket plus, so it doesnt matter if you use the built in task switcher
#2. If you dont buy this great peice of software go into file explorer- windows- switcher bar icon should be in there, idk what it is named, you can copy it and paste into windows- start menu- settings- system and it will add it back into the settings thing.

In file explorer, I can't find idk. I also don't have a systems folder under settings.

gjw · 06-01-05, 01:00 AM

idk is shorthand for "I don't know".

You won't have a systems folder under settings.
The .LNK files should be in the "Windows\Start Menu\Settings" folder.
If they're not then you can ask for help in recreating them or e-mail me and I'll send them to you.

If you DO have the .LNK files in the proper place and they're still not showing up in your Control Panel then you have a deeper problem.

CalH22a · 06-01-05, 01:18 AM

Originally Posted by gjw

idk is shorthand for "I don't know".

You won't have a systems folder under settings.
The .LNK files should be in the "Windows\Start Menu\Settings" folder.
If they're not then you can ask for help in recreating them or e-mail me and I'll send them to you.

If you DO have the .LNK files in the proper place and they're still not showing up in your Control Panel then you have a deeper problem.

Hahah thanks for the heads up on IDK. What other .LNK files are supposed to be in the windows\start menu\settings. When I use file explorer, I only see mirror, microphone, switcher bar, and system info, which are the exact icons I am missing.

gjw · 06-01-05, 01:33 AM

Those are the only ones unless you added any.
Those were provided by Dell -- the rest are provided by the operatring system so they don't need link files.

Now if you have the links.... where exactly are they not appearing?
You click on the Start button... you click on Settings... you get a new page with three tabs, Personal, System, and Connections.
The programs you're asking about should all be on the System tab.

CalH22a · 06-01-05, 01:40 AM

Originally Posted by gjw

Those are the only ones unless you added any.
Those were provided by Dell -- the rest are provided by the operatring system so they don't need link files.

Now if you have the links.... where exactly are they not appearing?
You click on the Start button... you click on Settings... you get a new page with three tabs, Personal, System, and Connections.
The programs you're asking about should all be on the System tab.

When I click on the start button, then settings, and then system tab, those 4 icons are not present. When I uninstall SPB Pocket Plus, they reappear.

gjw · 06-01-05, 01:41 AM

Ok....
That is officially weird.
:)