Hello,

I wandered a bit into the registry settings, and found this one, which can be very interesting. It allows to map the hardware buttons to any application or other shortcut on youtr PPC, without the need for any 3rd-party app.

You need a registry editor to do that (I use Resco File Explorer and its built-in registry editor). Don't forget to BACKUP FIRST as any bad manipulation on your registry keys can lead to a hard reset.

The button settings keys are located here:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shell\Keys\


And the keys are:

• 40C1: Calendar
• 40C2: Contacts
• 40C3: Messaging
• 40C4: Home
• 40C5: Record
• 40C6: WiFi

Each key has the following values that you can modify :

• (Default): The path to the shortcut. See below.
• Flags: For operations without shortcut, when the (Default) is empty. For example, a Flags=0xC means Rotate Screen
• ResetCmd: The default command (when entering Button settings applet). To be persistent, your change must also be made here.

How To
Personaly, I use the \Windows\AppButtons\ folder to store my shortcuts to be mapped with hardware buttons, it's very convenient. So:

• First, create a shortcut to the application you want to map in \WIndows\AppButtons\
• Then update the registry key of the button you want to map (see above). In (Default) and ResetCmd, put the path to your shortcut between quotes: "\Windows\AppButtons\My Shortcut.lnk"

Et voila !!

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"There never was a good war or a bad peace." -- Benjamin Franklin
"Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome." -- Isaac Asimov
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Nice tutorial! But I usually just create a shortcut to the particular application into the \\windows\start menu\programs folder, and just use the included button mapping program.

What's the advantages/disadvantages to your method?

The problem is that you can map only the shortcuts directly in your Program folder. I use WisBar Advance, and I have a lot of sub-folders in my Start menu for all my apps. SO they don't appear on the Button mapping settings applet.

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"There never was a good war or a bad peace." -- Benjamin Franklin
"Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome." -- Isaac Asimov
"Newbie or not newbie, there is a question." -- Shakespeare, Hamlet 3/1 (Kind of)

I have EVERYTHING in \windows\start menu\programs filed into subdirectories and I can use button assignments for them.

I was going to say...my games and PI show up and they're in folders...

either way...NICE tutorial!

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Driftless....

They don't show up on mine
I just upgraded to A03 though... Anyway

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"There never was a good war or a bad peace." -- Benjamin Franklin
"Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome." -- Isaac Asimov
"Newbie or not newbie, there is a question." -- Shakespeare, Hamlet 3/1 (Kind of)