About the Mirror Driver
Reinstall on Vista
Reinstall on XP
Command line options
Troubleshooting
About the Mirror Driver
Files2Phones uses the Microsoft Mirror Driver as part of its technology for remote application control from the iPhone and iPod touch. It is called the hotComm Mirror Driver.
Image changes are fast, because they are determined by comparing screen activity with a mirror copy of the screen.
The Mirror Driver is installed automatically as part of the F2P Server installation. Because it is installed as a device driver, we are providing information about manually instsalling or uninstalling in this article, should you need to do so.
An "MD" icon on the bottom line of your F2P Server window shows the Mirror Driver status.
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Description |
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Mirror Driver is loaded (gray icon). |
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Mirror Driver is installed and active (blue icon). |
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Mirror Driver is not installed. |
Vista note: In Windows Vista, you run a special version of the F2P Server, the f2pMD.exe executable, which launches the F2P Loader with Run as Administrator to load the Mirror Driver and then start the usual Files2Phones executable (f2p.exe) normally. Vista may ask for permission to launch the F2P Loader. During installation on a Vista computer, your F2P desktop shortcut and your Windows Start menu entries are configured to launch the F2P Loader.
To see the setting on the desktop icon, right-click the icon and select Properties, then click the Advanced button on the Shortcut tab, and you'll see that Run As Administrator is checked.
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ReInstall on Windows Vista
To reinstall the Mirror Driver on Vista:
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First, uninstall the Mirror Driver on Vista: |
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1. Close your Files2Phones server.
2. Open Windows Start, then Control Panel, then Device Manager (or Hardward and Sound, then Device Manager).
3. Expand Display adaptors. If the Mirror Driver is installed, the list of display adapters includes hotComm Mirror Driver.
4. Right-click on hotComm Mirror Driver, then Uninstall.
5. When prompted to Confirm Device Uninstall, click OK (you do not need to check Delete the driver software for this device).
6. Do NOT restart your computer when prompted. Click Cancel.
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1. Open Windows Start, then Control Panel, then Classic View, then Add Hardware.
2. In the Add Hardware wizard, click Next.
3. Select Install the hardware that I manually select from a list (Advanced), and click Next.
4. Select Display Adaptors, and click Next.
5. If 1stWorks is in the Manufacturer list, click on 1stWorks. Then click Have Disk.
Note: if the hotComm Mirror Driver has been installed previously, the Manufacturer list should include 1stWorks and the Model list may include hotComm Mirror Driver. Click Have Disk whether hotComm Mirror Driver is listed as a model or not.
6. Click Browse, and navigate to the location where the hotComm Mirror Driver files reside. In most cases, this will be in C://Program Files/1stWorks/f2p/BIN. Select the hcmirror.inf file and click Open, then OK.
(To navigate, click Windows Start, then Computer, then C: drive, then Program Files, then 1stWorks, then f2p, then BIN. Then click hcmirror.inf, click Open, then click OK.)
7. Click Next, then Next again, then close the Add Hardware Wizard.
8. Restart your computer.
9. Restart your Files2Phones. The gray MD icon should now be visible on the bottom line.
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ReInstall on Windows XP
To reinstall the Mirror Driver on XP:
| First, uninstall the Mirror Driver on XP: |
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1. Close your F2P Server.
2. Open Windows Start, then Control Panel, then System (or Switch to Classic View, then System).
3. Click Hardware, then Device Manager.
4. Expand Display adaptors. If the Mirror Driver is installed, the list of display adapters includes hotComm Mirror Driver.
5. Right-click on hotComm Mirror Driver, then Uninstall.
6. When prompted to Confirm Device Removal, click OK.
7. Do NOT restart your computer when prompted. Click Cancel.
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1. Open Windows Start, then Control Panel, then Switch to Classic View, then Add Hardware.
2. In the Add Hardware wizard, click Next.
3. Select Yes, I have already connected the hardware and click Next.
4. You see a list of hardware that is already installed on your computer. If hotComm Mirror Driver is not listed, scroll to the bottom of the list, select Add a new hardware device, and click Next.
Note: If hotComm Mirror Driver is listed, click Cancel and follow the uninstall procedure above, except restart your computer after completing the uninstall.
5. Select Install the hardware that I manually select from a list (Advanced), and click Next.
6. Select Display Adaptors, and click Next.
7. If 1stWorks is in the Manufacturer list, DO NOT CHOOSE IT. Click Have Disk instead.
Note: if the hotComm Mirror Driver has been installed previously, the Manufacturer list should include 1stWorks and the Model list may include hotComm Mirror Driver. Click Have Disk whether hotComm Mirror Driver is listed as a model or not.
8. Click Browse, and navigate to the location where the hotComm Mirror Driver files reside. In most cases, this will be in C://Program Files/1stWorks/f2p/BIN. Select the hcmirror.inf file and click Open, then OK.
(To navigate, click Windows Start, then My Computer, then C: drive, then Program Files, then 1stWorks, then f2p, then BIN. Then click hcmirror.inf, click Open, then click OK.)
9. Click Next, then Next again, then close the Add Hardware Wizard.
10. Restart your computer.
11. Restart your F2P Server. The gray MD icon should now be visible on the bottom line of the server window.
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Is the Mirror Driver installed?
To see if the Mirror Driver is installed (without the F2P Server running):
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Vista: |
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1. Open Windows Start, then Control Panel, then Device Manager (or Hardware and Sound, then Device Manager).
2. Click Display adaptors. If the Mirror Driver is installed, the list of displaty adapters includes hotComm Mirror Driver.
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| XP: |
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1. Open Windows Start, then Control Panel, then System (or Switch to Classic View, then System).
2. Click Hardware, then Device Manager.
3. Click Display adaptors. If the Mirror Driver is installed, the list of display adapters includes hotComm Mirror Driver.
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Command line options
Command line options for the Mirror Driver are below.
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Explanation |
| /mdx |
Do not load the Mirror Driver. |
| -gg |
(that's lowercase GG) Keep the Mirror Driver active until you close the F2P Server. Usually, the Mirror Driver is turned on whenever you open an application remotely and turned off when you close the application. When it is turned on, you normally get a brief screen flash as it turns the Mirror Driver on and off. With th -gg option, you'll only get a flash the first time you remotely access an application. |
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Troubleshooting
See Troubleshooting Mirror Driver Problems.
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11/05/07
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