Thread: [Windows CE 5&6] Garmin MXT 5.00.30 ASN - better version

Hiya,

After half a year, I got this package from an infamous Chinese forum. Check this:
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

Thanks Caty for the mirrors.

How to:
Step 1. DIY
1.1 Donwload the exe file from the first link. Try Winhex or Ultraedit to open it.
1.2. Goto address (Ctrl-G in UE) 0x460690
1.3. Change all readable vars to your SD.
eg "/garmin/" ->"/Storage Card/Garmin/" -- in CE5
"/garmin/" -> "/SDMMC/Garmin/" -- in CE6
all in all, "/garmin/" --"/your sd folder/garmin/"
Make sure all the strings don't cover each other, and have a trailing "00 00" in hex.

1.4 those strings stand for settings "where to find the map img", "where to put / read customized settings ", "where to put favorite POI", "full path and file name for favorite poi".

I wish you could understand what 0x460690-0x460760 stands for, it is the address range for path setting in the file. That is to say, you just need to modify few strings in the file.

1.5 It is NOT tested running GMXT in residentflash/my flash disk/ and so on. Even if you make related changes in the executable file, I am afraid you could never succeed. As long as internal flash has /garmin/ folder, the program will promote "... insert original SD card ... ". And till now, I haven't find a copy or version could be launched in internal flash.

1.6 If you are CE 6 users, change address 0x12e from "05" to "06" in hex.

Step 2. DIY
2A If your console is CE6, download Artful's pack. Easily rename the modifyed executable file, and put it in /garmin/app/wm/ folder.

2B In CE5, download my 2nd package. That is all that is needed. Put your DIY file in /garmin/app/wm/ folder. Please empty "garmin/save" "garmin/poi, garmin/GPX" folders UNLESS you are in China and you could read chinese.

Step 3. Edit Garmin/runGMXT/garmin.mscr

IT IS NECESSARY to read and edit Mortscript. You are hereby required to do so if you want to use it with my 2nd pack.
My garmin.mscr does following jobs (FOR CE5)
3.1 Kill explorer, set the registry to hide taskbar (in case taskhide does not work), launch explorer and hide it. This is essential because without explorer and its multi-window switch facilities, Garmin could not display GUI in CE.
3.2 Launch GPS-gate, a GPS-port mirror tool. In most CE5, Garmin could not work with most gps port. I am not professional enough to find the reason(port write-back, & GPS interfaces). But I dare to say, GPS-port is a good tool for Garmin. Garmin doesn't work with port-splitter, another virtual port mirror tool.
This is optional. But a survey suggested 90% PNA need this tool.
3.3 Kill explorer again, restore taskbar registry entries, and load a explorer process when necessary.

Apr-25: updated with a Fixed ID version, by OpenGL from sosaw.com. It is somehow a bit slower, but a solution for invalid ID consoles as well.
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] - for CE5
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] - for CE6

Valid links in post n57 and 96