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Power Toys for Windows CE

Note: The Power Toys for Windows CE are beta software. As such, they are not supported by Microsoft.

Paint Program for Windows CE

Create pictures and edit images with a pocket-sized version of the Windows 95 Paint program. Paint for Windows CE works just like Paint for Windows 95 on your desktop computer. For instructions, refer to your Windows 95 Help or print documentation.

Cascading Menus

Get instant access to all your files and folder in cascading and scrolling menus. After you install the Cascading Menus program, an icon will appear on the Tray of your Taskbar on your Handheld PC. When this icon is tapped, it presents a sorted list of files in the \Windows\Start Menu folder, providing a quick way to browse subfolders, launch files, and explore folders from your Windows CE desktop.

Drag the files, folders, or shortcuts you'd like to see on the menu to the Windows\Start Menu folder. The files and folders you place in the Start Menu folder will be accessible in scrolling lists that appear when you tap the Cascading Menus icon.

To browse subfolders

  • On the Cascading menu, tap the folder. The Cascading menu will display a submenu showing the contents of the folder.
To launch a file
  • On the Cascading menu, tap the file.
To explore folders
  • Hold CTRL while you tap the folder. Windows CE will open the actual folder in Explorer view.

Note: The Cascading menu applies the settings you select using Options on the View menu of the Windows CE Explorer.

Mute

Turn off all sounds with a tap of a taskbar button. The Mute program places a speaker icon in the tray on the task bar. When sounds are off, the speaker icon is displayed with an X through it, and the volume is set to 0.

To turn sounds on or off

  • Tap the speaker icon.
To quit the Mute program
1. Double-tap the speaker icon. 2. In the Mute Speaker dialog box, tap YES to exit.

Control Panel Annunciators

Quickly open your favorite Control Panels from the taskbar.

To add control panel buttons to the taskbar
1. In Control Panel, select all the control panels you would like to appear as taskbar buttons.
2. ALT+TAP one of the selected control panels, and then tap Add Annunciator on the shortcut menu.

To remove control panel buttons from the taskbar
1. In Control Panel, select all the control panels you would like to remove.
2. ALT+TAP one of the selected control panels you selected, and tap Remove Annunciator on the shortcut menu.

Sound Schemes

Copy one or more of the following custom sound schemes to your Handheld PC, and then use the Volume & Sounds control panel to activate them. The following schemes are available: Analog, Metallic, Organic.

Bitmap Tile Names

Copy one or more of the following bitmaps to your Handheld PC, and then use the Display control panel to select a new image to use as Windows CE wallpaper. The following bitmaps are available:
  • Arcade
  • Argyle
  • Cars
  • Castle
  • Chitz
  • Concrete
  • Honey
  • Ripple
  • Squares
  • Thatch
  • Weave
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