Install Applications and Themes via BlackBerry Desktop Manager

STEP 1
•Connect your Black Berry to your computer
via the USB cable that came with it, or any USB cable that fits.
•Start the DM.
STEP 2

•You have a few choices to select from here.
•Click on Application Loader, as seen highlighted above.
STEP 3

•In this screen you have two options to select from.
•Select Add/Remove Applications.
STEP 4

•You should now see something like what you see above.
•From this screen, click browse.
STEP 5

•Once you click browse you will see a file search screen like the one above.
•Go to and locate where you unzipped the application/theme files.
•Make sure you unzipped both the alx file and cod file in the same folder. If you don’t the installation will fail.
•After finding the alx file (for this tutorial it is explorer.alx) for the application, highlight it and click open.
STEP 6

•You will now return to the Application Loader screen.
•From here you should see Explorer now listed with Install under the Action column.
•Click next.
STEP 7

•You will now see what actions will be taken with your Black Berry.
•In this screen, you should only see that you are adding Explorer.
•Click finish.
STEP 8

•You’re done!
•You can now exit the DM and disconnect your Black Berry.
That’s it! I usually do a battery pull to allow my Black Berry to start up fresh after application installations and the like,