Is there way to disable touch flow in latest builds?

markjjordan · #1 (**permalink**) 01-15-2009, 12:11 PM

I did a search, but could not find anything.

The latest build I did yesterday for my PPC 6700 for WM6.1 seems to include a touchFlow-like feature, without me selecting any such feature. Must be part of WM6.1? I'm not against the feature itself, but it seems to be conflicting with how I usually select multiple messages in the inbox. I tried doing so with the my thumb/stylus, but of course the list just scrolls. No problem... I tried doing the shift-arrow-down, but that doesn't do anything (it used to select items as I press the shift-arrow-down).

So... I'm either looking for a way to disable the touchFlo-like feature altogether (don't really need it... too foofy for my needs), or find a way to select multiple items in my inbox.

By the way, I know there are a couple of new entries in the inbox menus for selecting multiple items (all, all below, and several), but they are too arcane for my needs.

I'd really like to bring back my shift-down-arrow ability. Failing that, find a way to disable the finger scrolling.

Any suggestions welcome.

**darren.wlsn1** · #2 (**permalink**) 01-15-2009, 12:17 PM

doesnt start>settings>sytem then the touchflow icon have a disable feature there? its been awhile, not positive.

markjjordan · #3 (**permalink**) 01-15-2009, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by darren.wlsn1

doesnt start>settings>sytem then the touchflow icon have a disable feature there? its been awhile, not positive.

I thought that initially, but there's no TouchFlow icon there.

DanoH5656 · #4 (**permalink**) 01-15-2009, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by markjjordan

So... I'm either looking for a way to disable the touchFlo-like feature altogether (don't really need it... too foofy for my needs), or find a way to select multiple items in my inbox.

I could be wrong (my PPC is not right in front of me) but i believe you can adjust it in the registry here:

HKLM\Software\OEM\TFLOSettings\EnableScroll to 0

Let me know if that is the right one.

**PDAPhoneJunkie** · #5 (**permalink**) 01-15-2009, 04:37 PM

It's actually not TouchFlo. It's a scrolling feature built into WM builds 20748 on up. If you dont want it then go to and older build.

markjjordan · #6 (**permalink**) 01-15-2009, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by PDAPhoneJunkie

It's actually not TouchFlo. It's a scrolling feature built into WM builds 20748 on up. If you dont want it then go to and older build.

thanks for the information. I will try an earlier build.

markjjordan · #7 (**permalink**) 01-15-2009, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by PDAPhoneJunkie

It's actually not TouchFlo. It's a scrolling feature built into WM builds 20748 on up. If you dont want it then go to and older build.

I'm not quite sure how to get an older build here... I've used BuildOS for 1.5'ish years now, and downloaded the most recent version, but the only versions that are retrieved with the update are 20748 and above.

I'm finding out that builds from a year ago are no longer compatible with the new version of BuildOS.

I actually tried restoring from backup the BuildOS folder and subfolders from last April, in hopes to just get back to the ROM I had back then... but the program kept failing at the login.

Any advice would be appreciated regarding an older build in order to not have the touch flow (and fix Bluetooth ActiveSync, too, for that matter).

**PDAPhoneJunkie** · #8 (**permalink**) 01-15-2009, 10:08 PM

Nononono. What do you mean "fix bluetooth and activesync"? All the new buids work great. And not TouchFlo. It's not an app, jut something MS included.

markjjordan · #9 (**permalink**) 01-15-2009, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by PDAPhoneJunkie

Nononono. What do you mean "fix bluetooth and activesync"? All the new buids work great. And not TouchFlo. It's not an app, jut something MS included.

Please know that I don't mean to offend anyone... these ROM's are quite excellent. However, there are 2 issues that have affected my use of my PPC with these new ROM's.

1. ActiveSync via BlueTooth is now absent. I do activeSync with BlueTooth throughout the day, and the absence of this ability is crippling to my productivity.

2. The touch scrolling feature, while nice in many respects, just doesn't fit how I do email and RSS feed reading in my pocket outlook inbox. I really, really, really miss being able to do a shift-down-arrow to select many items at once... that is not possible with the current builds. I just wish I could turn of the touch scrolling so I could at least select multiple messages in the inbox by dragging my thumb or stylus, or by doing shift-down-arrow.

Those 2 items are >%50 of my productivity throughout the day.