Guide to changing any start menu icon

[Guest ock]

I've gotten a few queries on how I managed to change all the icons in my roms.

Here's a short guide to changing those icons in the settings folder.

1. Most of the start menu icons link to seccplmain.cpl. Open the start menu, and drag the icon you want to change to a different location. Just re-order them, make them as messy as possible. This will create a new "ItemPosition" key in the registry, which will help us determine which icon is which.

A bit more on this "ItemPosition" key. The screenshot below shows how the value of ItemPosition is determined. Beam would be in position 0, Data Manager would be at 4 etc.

2. Now we move Browser Connection to the top left hand corner:

This would create a key "ItemPosition" with value 0.

3. Now, connect you phone to your PC via activesync and run CeRegEditor.

4. Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Security\Shell\StartInfo\Start\Settings\Connections

5. You'll see some entries below this key, e.g. SecCPLMain.cpl, 5. Now, click through them to find one which has "ItemPosition" set to "0". In this case, the key for our BrowserConnection icon is SecCPLMain.cpl, 4 (see screenshot above)

6. Create a new string value named "Icon". Set the path to the new icon. 45x45 pngs work fine for me.

7. Don't forget to copy your pngs to the path you specified. Once done, soft reset to see the changes.

Our new icon:

As a bonus, JWMD Icon Changer will also detect the new changes, you can use it to customise the icons again if you want to.

Note: You can change more than one icon at a time, just use "ItemPosition" as a guide to which icon you're changing.

Hope you'll find the above useful. :D

Edited February 16, 2010 by ock

[Guest justpratik]

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[Guest Sb.]

You legend! thanks for that! :D

[Guest ^nighthawk^]

Bookmarked.

Why arnt useful topics like this and the noobs guide to flashing, gps fix etc stickied anymore :?

Someone should sticky the useful posts.

[Guest jeozmne]

it is not about the menu icon but about the today icons ... anyone know how to change the order? after i played too much i have my time moved from the middle (because of an app) to the top far away from my calendar. now i want to move it more down to the default position.

thx

[Guest ock]

it is not about the menu icon but about the today icons ... anyone know how to change the order? after i played too much i have my time moved from the middle (because of an app) to the top far away from my calendar. now i want to move it more down to the default position.

thx

CHome Editor is your answer :D

Anyway, on the topic, pls feel free to add on to the above steps, if you can make them clearer. :D

Edited February 16, 2010 by ock

[Guest Bruno Adler]

Dude Thanks!!!! You helped me a lot with this!

[Guest jeozmne]

CHome Editor is your answer :D

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thanks man, that was exactly what i was looking for :D

[Guest n.pikota]

Thanks OCK

[Guest n.pikota]

hello. I try to edit the registry but I am not able. I tried with the PHM RegEditor the phone, put my record then save and restart the phone, but the record comes out. Also tried with the CeRegEditor the PC with windows 7 but can not edit the registry, a message access denied. Can someone give a hint

[Guest Bruno Adler]

hello. I try to edit the registry but I am not able. I tried with the PHM RegEditor the phone, put my record then save and restart the phone, but the record comes out. Also tried with the CeRegEditor the PC with windows 7 but can not edit the registry, a message access denied. Can someone give a hint

Check if your file is not saved as read only.

Works for me.

Cheers

[Guest n.pikota]

Check if your file is not saved as read only.

Works for me.

Cheers

Thank you Bruno. I have discovered the problem was the PHM RegEditor that does not work right, not saving the change.

[Guest crashinginyourcranium]

thanks man, this is huge.