HOWTO: Sync to My Storage, and have all Program Files on My Storage card

[Guest guroth]

Are you as annoyed as me by the small size for syncing and installing programs in the device?, then this is for you ...

I will show an example where i run all Program Files and My Documents from the internal "My Storage" instead of main storage card.

Henceforth i will be refering to the builtin "my storage card" as MMC (Multimedia Card)

What u need is:

nueStorageManager ( for making partitions to your MMC card )

Registry Editor ( For adding a couple of values to your registry, i did use CeRegEditor )

1. Start by backing up everything on your internal "My Storage" card.
   
2. Start your registry editor ( I did use CeRegEditor that edits over active sync )
   
3. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\Profiles\MMC
   
4. Create 2 new keys Part00 and Part01
   
5. In Part00 create a string value "Folder"="My Documents" and in Part01 crate string value "Folder"="Program Files".
   
   This is what you shuld end up with if you prefer to use CeRegEditor to import registry values instead
   
   
   [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\Profiles\MMC\Part00] "Folder"="Program Files" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\Profiles\MMC\Part01] "Folder"="My Documents"

   
   

   
   

6. Rename the "My Documents" folder to "My Documents_orginal" and the "Program Files" to "Program Files_orginal"
   
7. Install nueStorageManager
   
8. Start the nueStorageManager from Start->Settings->System->Storage Manager
   
9. Change to the FileSystem to the MMC Card (DSK3)
   
10. Delete all partitions on the card
    
11. Create a new partition for the Program Files, Name it Part00 uncheck the "Use All Available Disk Space" and put in number of sectors you want to use for Program Files ( I did use 8388604 sectors thats about 4 gig, whole card is 31457278 ) then click ok.
    
12. Create another partition for "My Documents" named Part01 Use All Available Disk Space then click ok
    
13. If the partitions have been mounted there is a * after the name, if they have not been mounted click properties and mount both partitions.
    
14. Exit nueStorageManager and move files for the _orginal folders to the new mounted folders.
    
15. Finish! :P
    

This should solve most storage space problems i think, however stuff like favorites, cookies etc saves in the windows folder but there is other ways to redirect those.

This should be really easy to expand on if you feel the need for more partitions, just continue adding registry values and partitions.

Should also work for the storage card, think the storagecard uses the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\Profiles\SDMemory profile in the storagemanager registry.

P.S.

You can use other names instead of Part<XX> and it will work until reboot, however after reboot they will get Part<xx> names so use that for naming.

for anyone intrested in reading up on the windows mobile StorageManager the following links are a good start ...

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa459155.aspx - Understanding the File System Architecture in Windows CE .NET

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa910535.aspx - Partition Manager

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa915589.aspx - Registry Settings for Storage Manager Profiles

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa916269.aspx - Mount Settings

[Guest tractor101]

Thanks for sharing! I'm going to have to try this.

[Guest WAIKIKI728]

Are you as annoyed as me by the small size for syncing and installing programs in the device?, then this is for you ...

I will show an example where i run all Program Files and My Documents from the internal "My Storage" instead of main storage card.

Oki...i don´t know if i have undernstanded you....I have flashed yesterday and until now i have 15 programs...8 in my device...

Do you mean that with this method :

I can copy from my device to "my memory" or my SD CARD(8 GB) all these programs like office...

To leave the folders like program files and my documents in my device empty ...

And my omnia will work the same fast without problems but with full of memory in my device?¿?

P.D.:Sorry my bad English...i hope you know what i mean... :P

[Guest guroth]

Oki...i don´t know if i have undernstanded you....I have flashed yesterday and until now i have 15 programs...8 in my device...

Do you mean that with this method :

I can copy from my device to "my memory" or my SD CARD(8 GB) all these programs like office...

To leave the folders like program files and my documents in my device empty ...

And my omnia will work the same fast without problems but with full of memory in my device?¿?

P.D.:Sorry my bad English...i hope you know what i mean... :P

Normaly you get the My Storage folder that is the Mounted MMC card in your device.

If u follow this guide u get Program Files (Mounted partition from the MMC card), and My Documents as a mounted partition.

U can't have a folder with same name, if u have the mounted MMC Partition will autorename itself to My Documents2... or Program Files2...

Edited April 6, 2010 by guroth