You've
installed a program on your Pocket
PC or touchscreen Windows Mobile Smartphone and have
discovered that you don't really need it anymore. Using
ActiveSync, Windows Mobile Device Center or
Windows Mobile's own Remove Programs utility,
you've removed the software from your handheld, but the icon associated
with the program remains in your Program Menu
or gives you an error message. You want
to remove the unwanted icon, but how?
The
solution to this problem is actually quite simple. Remember
that the Windows Mobile and older Pocket PC operating
systems are compact versions of the Windows
OS that runs on your desktop or laptop. The
process for removing unwanted icons on a Windows Mobile Pocket PC or Smartphone is very similar to the process on your Windows
PC.
NOTE: In this article, we'll be removing the icon for Iris Browser.
To
get started, tap the Start Button at the upper
left-hand side of the screen and select "Programs."
From the "Programs" menu, select File
Explorer (the
Windows Mobile equivalent to "My Computer" in Windows)
and navigate to the following folder: My
Device > Windows > Start Menu > Programs.
Stored in
the "Programs" folder are the icon files that
populate the "Programs" section of the Start
Menu.
What is in the "Programs" folder appears
as the "Programs" menu.
Since
the contents of the "Programs" folder dictates
the contents of the "Programs" menu, deleting
an icon file in the "Programs" folder results
in the corresponding icon being deleted from
the "Programs" menu.
In
the "Programs" folder, tap and hold your stylus
on the icon you wish to delete. From
the drop-down menu select "Delete"
Now,
when you return to the "Programs" menu, the
icon will have been removed.
If
you have more icons that you wish to delete
from your "Programs" menu, simply repeat the
process above. Be careful not to delete
icons that you'll need later as restoring the
icon is a more complicated process.
