It’s been discuss a lot around microsoft forums about this : when installing applications from the marketplace on your windows mobile phone you cannot choose where to install the application (InternalStorage or Main Memory). This gave me many problems : device running very slow with few apps installed, errors on some applications, impossible to install more applications (memory full means you cannot download new applications!), …
On the forum, there is still no solution but a “we are working on it”. I understand there are many different device to deal with, and many tests to be done before updating an application like this MarketPlace tool but …… it’s really taking too much time and after the reset of my phone this weekend I decided to fix this problem!
Here comes my tool : DarkCABCatcher.
It’s really simple : install applications from marketplace, DarkCABCatcher will then copy it (making backup of cab files) and run it. You will then be able to “re-install” the application to a better place (“Internal Storage” ?)
The screens bellow were made on the Microsoft Device Emulator (WM6.5 Pro/VGA/FR). Application has been tested on my HTC Touch Pro (official 6.1 ROM and non official 6.5 custom ROM), on emulators (6.5, 6.1, FR and US) and on my old HTC Diamond, running a non official ROM (BsB Ultimate, winmo 6.5).
If you have any issue do not hesitate to leave comments here.
Note : this application is kind of breaking MarketPlace rules, I’ve tried to contact MarketPlace team without success to ask them before publishing here. If any microsoft rep. think it’s a problem just contact me and I will remove my tool. For security purpose I added a small “delete” of the CAB files copied, I may add this as setting for people who wants to get those files!
Note2 : DarkCABCatcher gives no warranty, it can work, it can also fails to run, it can also do bad thing to your device : BACKUP before using it (I use it daily but who knows…)
Here are screens and details on “how to use” :
Step1 : Install DarkCABCatcher and run it
Step2 : choose the “Application Data\Volatile” folder and click the first “…” button, this is where CAB files are saved from MarketPlace
Step3 : choose the folder you want for backup of CABs (I use “My Documents” in the “Internal Storage” or Temp folder)
Step4 : Click '”Go” then run the marketplace and install an application. In this example I took “MySpace”
Step5 : DarkCABCatcher will then prompt you to “re-install” the application, just say “Ok”. This is because I’m running the CAB to setup the program that was just installed by MarketPlace! It’s kind of an update :o) Sometimes programs has strange names, don’t pay attention to this, it’s the MarketPlace stuff…
(PileOuFace sample)
Step6 : Choose to install the application on “Main Memory” or “Internal Storage” or other…just like CAB files used to be before!
Step7 : enjoy :o) and send me comments here ^^
Remark : CAB File names are given by MarketPlace, I don’t get application names!
(re-run the application bring it back to
front)
Step8 : send me also lots of money to show how happy you are with this tool (if not happy you can still send money to show how happy you could be if it worked better!)
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Hope this helps………
DarkAngel
