Reassign Soft Keys

Many Windows Mobile devices include non-programmable soft keys (these are the tappable options you'll see on the bottom of the Today screen).  Changing the software designation of these soft keys requires some registry tweaking, that is, unless you've got SKTools installed on your device

  • Open up SKTools, tap Tune UP!
  • Tap the right arrow that is shown on the lower right hand side of the screen until you see the Buttons tab
  • Select each Soft Key item and change as desired
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Enter the name of the application in the label field Tap the three periods to the right of the Soft Key path box and navigate to the application's exe file you wish to open
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After you've changed the keys, tap Done  to  return to the main SKTools menu, Then exit the application either by tapping OK at the top of the screen or by tapping Tools > Exit.  Perform a soft reset to apply the settings.

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  • April 17, 2009 Werentuckl wrote:
    Professor, I've been trying to remap these very two softkeys over the past few days, with little success. How exactly can I map them to open the programs and games menus displayed in the start menu. I tried creating a shortcut to both folders and then mapping that shortcut, but it only opened them in the default file explorer and not in those big pages that you get to open them in if you tap on them via the start menu.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    Regards
    --W
    1. May 5, 2009 ProfJulie wrote:
      You can create a shortcut that opens up the games folder on the device, and place the shortcut on your start menu, but I have not figured out how to open up the actual games screen that you see when you tap Start > Programs > Games.

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