registry changes not saved upon reboot

[fredmalito4]

Greetings!

I am trying to disable the "message sent" baloon on a Palm Treo 700.

I go to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Inbox, and there is no settings directory, so I use the MkDir tool to create one. Once ther, I create a DWORD binary key that is SMSNoSentMsg = 1. Then I exit TC, reboot to see the changes... and everything I did is gone.

So, what's up with that? I don't see a "Save Changes" button, so I am lost. Any advise? Thanks!

[ghisler(Author)]

It's saved automatically. Did you make a hard reset or soft reset? to my knowledge, it's not preserved when doing a hard reset.

[ianl8888]

Greetings!

I am trying to disable the "message sent" baloon on a Palm Treo 700.

I go to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Inbox, and there is no settings directory, so I use the MkDir tool to create one. Once ther, I create a DWORD binary key that is SMSNoSentMsg = 1. Then I exit TC, reboot to see the changes... and everything I did is gone.

So, what's up with that? I don't see a "Save Changes" button, so I am lost. Any advise? Thanks!

This is an old issue with WM - a Soft Reset directly after a Registry edit does not preserve the edit.

As explanation, M$$ state that this to prolong the physical life of the flash memory. While it is true that flash has a finite life (perhaps 20-30,000 cycles ??), such life is way beyond the normal use-by date of the device, so this all seems pointless to me. Nonetheless, a Soft Reset immediately following an edit will lose the edit

The workaround is to actually turn the device off - ie. longpress on the Power key after saving the edit in TC

[gbusch]

I've never lost a registry edit by soft resetting my WM5 immediately after edit, with just one exception: One of the third-party soft-reset utilities did that, so I deleted it. I still use third-party utilities to soft reset, but neither they nor the hardware reset button cause me any trouble right after a registry edit.

[ianl8888]

I've never lost a registry edit by soft resetting my WM5 immediately after edit, with just one exception: One of the third-party soft-reset utilities did that, so I deleted it. I still use third-party utilities to soft reset, but neither they nor the hardware reset button cause me any trouble right after a registry edit.

Fair enough - I lost them many times earlier, till I learned why. There is an M$$ article on the website describing this situation and stating why it exists

A freeware program, Today Warrior, has a Soft Reset icon in it's single line display. One of the "claims to fame" here is that using it's Soft Reset saved the registry state prior to re-boot. This program is old now and does not work well with WM6.5.x

[gbusch]

I'm using an older OS, WM5; perhaps that's why I've had different results.