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
