Homebrew Icon Arranger

[znamezsame]

I made a program called IconsUp and attached it to this post. I don't know if this had done before or not, but I needed something to do.

The program allows you to specify the order that your memory stick games are displayed, and automatically brings the valid icons up above all "corrupt" icons.

1.) Put on memory stick and run
2.) Select folders with the mouse and move with up and down keys
3.) Click Arrange

You should be all set. (YES, IT MUST BE RUN FROM THE DRIVE WITH THE GAMES ON IT i.e. THE MEMORY STICK).

How it works: It moves all % folders to your temp directory, and moves them back to the memory stick in reverse of the order you sepcify. (The PSP displays them from newest to oldest.)

Please confirm this works for you.

[wraggster]

thanks for the news

[deathspal]

Thanks Worked like a charm

[cklee]

i presume this is NOT for firmware 1.0
am i right?
thanks

I made a program called IconsUp and attached it to this post. I don't know if this had done before or not, but I needed something to do.

The program allows you to specify the order that your memory stick games are displayed, and automatically brings the valid icons up above all "corrupt" icons.

1.) Put on memory stick and run
2.) Select folders with the mouse and move with up and down keys
3.) Click Arrange

You should be all set. (YES, IT MUST BE RUN FROM THE DRIVE WITH THE GAMES ON IT i.e. THE MEMORY STICK).

How it works: It moves all % folders to your temp directory, and moves them back to the memory stick in reverse of the order you sepcify. (The PSP displays them from newest to oldest.)

Please confirm this works for you.

[znamezsame]

i presume this is NOT for firmware 1.0
am i right?
thanks

I guess not. Never played with a 1.0, but my understanding is that you guys don't have % directories, right?

If that's the case, you are already 1 up on us, because you don't have to deal with all the corrupt icon crap we do, so IconsUp is already half as useful. And if I adapted it for 1.0, you might not like it. Moving the main directories off then back on the card would be very time consuming with all the ROMs, WADs, Full EBOOTS, etc.

[mechagodzilla]

nice work... thank you

[iapetus2k2]

How it works: It moves all % folders to your temp directory, and moves them back to the memory stick in reverse of the order you sepcify.

That seems more than a little wasteful. You should be able to just update the modified date of the directory without changing it (under Linux or Cygwin you can just use 'touch *%' to move all corrupted data files to the bottom, for example). Failing that, try making a cheaper change - rename the folders and rename them back, for example. That would change the ordering, but wouldn't involve moving large chunks of data between your memory stick and hard drive.

[znamezsame]

That seems more than a little wasteful. You should be able to just update the modified date of the directory without changing it (under Linux or Cygwin you can just use 'touch *%' to move all corrupted data files to the bottom, for example). Failing that, try making a cheaper change - rename the folders and rename them back, for example. That would change the ordering, but wouldn't involve moving large chunks of data between your memory stick and hard drive.

I did try renaming on Windows, it failed to reorganize the icons on the PSP. I believe it is based on which FAT entries are made first. Renaming seems to alter the FAT entries, but not move them around. I can't speak for Linux or Cygwin, I'm a Windows sheap. But with 1.5 the EBOOTS in the % directories are not large, and the method I choose takes only a few seconds for about a dozen folders.

[Heran_Bago]

1.0 Does not use the exploit whic hresults in corrupt data icon. 1.0 Users may ignore this post.
1.51+ users can ignore this too, as you can't run homebrew anyway.

[arm1tage]

cool just what i was looking for. now i can keep my games and apps in order of how often i use them