Hack – Windows Mobile 6.5 with 5 columns Start Menu in portrait

Here is the xml code for this hack (you need to go to Windows forlder of the device and modify StartMenu_GridScene_230x320.cpr for QVGA devices):

Original source

<Form Width="240" Height="320">
<StartMenu_GridScene ID="Scene">
<GridView ID="Start Menu Items List" Top="0" Left="0"
Width="240" Height="268" Columns="5" Scrollable="TRUE"
HexagonGrid="TRUE" HorizontalWrapAround="TRUE"
PaginatedScrolling="TRUE">
<Image ID="Selection" Left="0" Top="0" Width="64" Height="64"
Source=".\StartMenu_Selection.png" />
<Layer ID="GridItem" Width="64" Height="64"
OnAction="GridItemAction">
<Layer ID="Normal">
<Image ID="Image" Left="21" Top="3" Width="24"
Height="24" ScaleStyle="Fit" />
<Text ID="Text" Left="11" Top="36" Width="45" Height="29"
FontFamily="Tahoma" FontSize="7"
HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Top"
Wrap="True" Trimming="EllipsisCharacter"
ForeColor="#00FFFFFF" BackColor="#00000000" />
</Layer>
</Layer>
<Layer ID="NoItems">
<Text ID="Text" Width="240" Height="20" FontFamily="Tahoma"
FontSize="10" ForeColor="#00FFFFFF" Wrap="False"
HorizontalAlignment="Center" Trimming="Character"
InnerTextType="Resource">shellres.dll,22596</Text>
</Layer>
</GridView>
</StartMenu_GridScene>
</Form>