How to send a web page from your Android phone to your Windows 10 PC?

In the last Windows 10 Build, Microsoft introduced a nice feature to link your Android phone to your computer and once that link is established, you will be able to send a web page from your phone to your bigger screen computer. In this article, I will show you how to set it up. This feature is currently available to Windows Insiders only for testing.

Once you've installed the latest update, proceed to Settings - you can do so in the Start Menu or through the Action  Center on the right. You will notice right away that Microsoft added a new setting called "Phone". Go ahead and click on that to begin the link process. For the time being, you can only link an Android phone, with support for iOS coming later.

Next click "Add a phone" to open the "Link your phone and PC" window where you will type in your phone number and select your country, then click the Send button.

Shortly after clicking that Send button, you will receive a SMS on your phone with a link. Opening the link takes you to Google Play Store to download the "Microsoft Apps" app. Once installed, open the app and you will see a tile addressed to Windows Insiders with a "Try it now" button. Tap to get started on your phone and go through a quick tutorial.

Hit the "Try it now" button to launch Chrome which takes you to the Surface devices website - Saw what you did there Microsoft. Tap Share in Chrome and select "Continue on PC". You will be offered two choices: "Continue now" and "Continue later". Tapping the former will immediately open the web page on your computer and the latter option will add the link in the Action Center on your computer for you to access later at your convenience. 
You will be asked to sign in with your Microsoft account at this point.  Whichever option you choose, the web site will open in Microsoft Edge browser on your PC and there is nothing wrong with that. Edge is actually better for reading than Chrome thanks to the "Reading View".

That's it. Now you have linked your Android phone to your Windows 10 computer. This is a first release of this functionality and I like it for its simplicity and I hope Microsoft keeps it that way.

Have you linked your phone to your Windows 10 PC yet? What do you think of it? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

Source: Windows Blog

Tips: Change the default location where camera saves pictures

Out of the box, a device is configured to save pictures to the \My Documents\ My Pictures folder on the phones memory. The issue with that is it fills up memory very quickly. The camera settings does let you change that to the Storage card. In this case the pictures are saved to \SD card\My Documents\My Pictures folder. You can further customize that. Say you want to save your pictures to a location of your choice; for example: SD Card\Photos. Follow the steps below. This change requires you modify the registry, so be extremely careful.
 
Open the registry editor on your device and go to:
 
Hkey_Current_User\Software\Microsoft\Pictures\Camera\User\
 
Change the value for DefaultDir to Sd Card\Photos. Make sure you verify the name of your storage card in File Explorer.
 
This is it. From now on,every picture you'll take using the device camera will be saved to that location.
 
A free registry editor can be downloaded from Http://www.phm.lu/Products/PocketPC/Regedit/
 
Note: You do this at your own risk.

Tips: Cannot open Messaging.

You wake up early in the morning, switch on your device and connect to your home wireless network. As usual, you open the Messaging application to manually download your emails. However, there is no response from the device when you press the email button. It doesn't work in Start > Programs either. How to fix this?
 
Simple. Open File Explorer and locate the following file: Inbox.mst123456789 (Check the storage card). Delete the folder and reboot your device. That's it. You should now be able to access Messaging again to send and receive your emails/SMSs.

Tips: Enable/Disable Recent Programs on WM6.1 Standard.

Microsoft added a new feature in Windows Mobile 6.1 called Recent Programs. It's a kind of Most Recently Used programs list that is useful if using the Sliding panel homescreen. The latter does not display the MRU list at the top of the screen, the way the default Windows theme does. Whichever theme you are using, the Recent Programs feature is enabled by default. 

So, what is it really? When you click Start on a non-touchscreen device, it displays the programs that you have recently  used. The left softkey changes to All Programs. Clicking that displays the list of installed software.

Since I use the sliding homescreen on my device, I find the Recent Programs feature to be very useful. But if you want to disable it, just go to Start > Settings > Home Screen and uncheck "Show Recent Programs".

Tips: Cannot recognize one or more recipients or the address is not valid

If you get the error mentioned in the title above while sending a text/SMS/E-mail message, do the following:

Open Messaging.

Click Menu > Options.

Click Address tab.

"In Contacts, get e-mail addresses from:" drop down list, select "All e-mail fields"

Source.

Tips: When I connect to PC, device goes into slideshow mode

Q: I have a HTC device. Whenever I connect to my PC to sync, the phone goes into slideshow mode. Does anyone know how i can disable this?

A: Open Pictures and Videos on your device. To do that, go to Start > Programs. Click Menu > Options and click the slideshow tab. Uncheck "Play screensaver when conected to my PC and idle for 2 minutes.

Source: Windows Mobile Owners Circle forum.

Posted using my Windows Mobile phone.

Tips: How to switch from AM to PM and vice versa in the Calendar.

Yesterday, I had someone asking me this question to switch between AM and PM on Windows Mobile Standard edition device, aka as non touchscreen device, with a QWERTY keyboard.
This applies specifically when setting up a reminder. Once you've setup the time, use the d-pad to move to AM or PM depending on the time you're creating your appointment. To avoid confusion, let's say it's 10:00AM and you want to set the time to 10:00PM. Select AM and and press "P" on the keyboard to switch to PM. Pressing A will revert to AM.

Sent from my Windows Mobile phone.

Tips: How to synchronize Inbox subfolders with Activesync.

It is possible to synchronize Inbox subfolders. If you have a Pocket PC, open Messaging, tap Menu - Tools - Manage folders. Tap and hold the Inbox folder until a menu appears and select New folder. Enter the folder name and tap OK. The next time you sync your PPC, the subfolder will also appear in Outlook on your desktop. If you have a Smartphone, you cannot create a subfolder on the device itself. At least I haven't figured out how to. Instead, create the subfolder in Outlook or Outlook web Access and it will appear on your device after the next sync. Follow these steps to access the subfolder: Open Messaging and select the email account, tap Menu - Folders. Select your Inbox - Menu and select either Show Sync Folders or Manage folders.