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Old 03-17-2007, 09:35 PM
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Default putting links on your homescreen easily?

I was wondering if it were pretty easy to put a hyperlink on the homescreen by simply editing the XML file...

Like it'd like a section title GMAIL that simply opens up IE and goes to www.gmail.com. Nothing fancy. Just a section of text when selected, opens up the link.

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Old 03-17-2007, 10:10 PM
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In the past I had used a free home screen plugin called the rjShortcut.

http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/fo...pic.php?t=5127

But the site hosting the plugin does not seem to be active. Try doing a Google search for it.

This simple tool allowed you to put a line the one below to enable launching IE with a Web page.
<shortcut target="\Windows\iexplore.exe" args="http://wap.yahoo.com/" iconfile="rjicons.dll" iconindex="-198"/>
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Old 03-17-2007, 10:11 PM
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I believe Facade also can do it. It is not free but can do lot more.

http://www.sbsh.net/products/facade/

Look for the information on Launcher tab in the Facade tutorials.
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Old 07-03-2007, 01:07 AM
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I second the recommendation rjShortcut. It is free and it is small. Facade is a nice piece of software but it includes a lot of other features as well... not a bad thing if you want to use them, but wasteful if you don't.
 
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