Change weekdays

[Guest CorruptedSanity]

How do i change weekdays?

I cant find the registry string to adjust it.

Any help would be great. I want Sunday to Thursday weekdays.

Thanks a whole lot.

[Guest mandt]

This is what you're loking for

http://wiki.modaco.com/index.php/Windows_M...Pocket_Calendar

Remember to read the the wiki guys ;)

[Guest CorruptedSanity]

mandt, thanks for the response.

The string mentioned there does not even exist. I mean how do I go about creating it??

Im a noob at registries.

[Guest mandt]

the methods will be different depending on what registry editor you are using. there should be an option in the menu of your chosen app to create a new key, string, DWORD etc

Browse to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Calendar\

Create a new key 'ActiveTimes'

then in that key create a new DWORD Value 'ActiveTimes' the value of which will be whatever you need from the wiki post

HTH

[Guest CorruptedSanity]

Ok cool cool, ive just done it.

Lets see if it works ;)

Nope, Sat + Sun are still the weekends (so Monday to Friday weekdays) even though I created the key ActiveTimes and then the DWORD value ActiveTimes and put the value in hexidecimal as 0011111 because

its

SFTWTMS

00111111

Our weekends are Friday and Saturday, therefore require vlaues of 0 and weekdays of Sun+mon+Tues+Wed+Thurs require a value of 1.

[Guest hicks]

I'm not sure if you've ever used hex/binary before, the wiki says the 0011111 value is a binary value, not a hex value. It also says the full value includes the working hours too, so it would be something more like 2210001F in hex (as 1f is 31 in hex which = 0011111 in binary). Bit sleepy this morning, don't shoot me if that's the wrong value ;)

Hopefully that'll give you a pointer, at least.

[Guest mandt]

Also remember whenever you change the registry to switch off by holding down the power button, then re-starting. don't simply soft-reset or your changes won't stick

[Guest CorruptedSanity]

mandt, definitely powered down,took out battery and then fired up again.

hicks,

I thought its hexidecicmal.

If you wish to change the 'working days' in the calendar, adjust the following:

For a Mon-Fri workweek (default):

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Calendar\ActiveTimes\ActiveTimes = 2210003E (DWORD hexadecimal)

Does it batter anyways?

Ok, ive created the string, whats the value I need to enter in the DWORD registry value and which classifiction?

thanks guys

[Guest mandt]

Ok i've just tested this, sucessfully ;)

I used this online binary to hex converter to get the correct value of 2210001F

This is what your registry structure should look like:

[Guest CorruptedSanity]

On you screen you have Active Times 0x2210001F (5....

On my screen the value showing up is 571473951 (0...

Im selecting hexidecimal and then hitting ok but its reverting back to Decimal.

[Guest CorruptedSanity]

How did you test it?

Im testing it by creating a new appointment that occurs : Edit

I then select an 8 hour appointment starting at 8 am, then the pattern is work days starting on Tuesday 20 November and ends on 27 November. Technically The appointment days should run on all days between (including) 20 Nov and 27 Nov except the weekends of 23 Friday and 24 Saturday.

Edited November 17, 2007 by CorruptedSanity

[Guest mandt]

Ok the extent of my testing was to open the calendar and see that Friday and Saturday were grey ;)

I'll try your test and see if it works for me

[Guest CorruptedSanity]

mandt,

Can you give me a numerical list of steps?

1- Navitage to ..../Calendar

2- create key active times

3- create dword value

and so on.

I followed you steps above but my result was :

On your screen you have Active Times 0x2210001F (5....

On my screen the value showing up is 571473951 (0...

[Guest mandt]

Ok it doesn't seem to want to play ;)

Your 8-hour recurring weekday appointment, even with the regedit, still runs from Tues-Fri, then Monday and Tuesday.

The regedit does seem to work as the Fri and Sat are greyed out, but entering an appt as above just disregards it, so it seems a bit pointless really

BTW your value of 571473951 Decimal is correct and I don't think you've done anything wrong.

[Guest CorruptedSanity]

ohh that really sucks.

Maybe we need to tie the appointment creations tring to the weekday string?