Today I just found out that there are at least 8 files which are in my dopod my documents folder which didn't get synchronized to my documents folder in my desktop.
Why?? this is very frustrating, and unreliable for my work.
If you see the status in activesync, it said synchronized.
Any suggestion with other synchronizing software with Dopod 900 or WM5?
Could anybody with dopod 900 who is synchronizing it's my document folder PocketPC to the computer, could you please help me to do a testing:
Please do the following
Create a folder called Testing with 160files in it under my documents folder.
Synchronized all into my laptop. and after it's done,
rename the folder Testing into !Testing from my PDA. And Synchronized it again. AFter that, I noticed that under !Testing folder in my document Pocketpc in the computer, I was only left with 20 files. There rest have gone missing.
And I can actually duplicate this problem over and over.
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Hi, I synchronise my XDA II with two PCs, office and home, but having just had to do a full restore, Activesync keeps saying that 2 files are not synched and just goes round and round trying to synch them. It's the same on both PCs.
I've made sure no files are read-only but cannot work out how to find which files are causing the problem.
Any suggestions gratefully received.........
Galadai said:
Hi, I synchronise my XDA II with two PCs, office and home, but having just had to do a full restore, Activesync keeps saying that 2 files are not synched and just goes round and round trying to synch them. It's the same on both PCs.
I've made sure no files are read-only but cannot work out how to find which files are causing the problem.
Any suggestions gratefully received.........
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AT MS ActiveSync menu - Information Type - Files, when you use your mouse pointer, highlight the Files icon, right click and select Resolve items..., what does it say?
For me, usually when it does not synch properly, it means that
(a) I have files with foreign languuage filename that cannot be translated properly.
(b) your files stored in your desktop is not the same as the files in your device.
Hope this helps.
or maybe it's files being used by the pc or pda ?
activesync will not sync files being used
make sure no other programs are running on the xda
and no files from the my pocketpc doc is opened on the pc
I had the same problem, tried everything to remove the problem:
Checked all files in device and synchronisation folder on PC
Checked all Active Sync settings
Closed all applications
Tried time and time again
In the end the only way I resolved it was when I upgraded the ROM to 1.72
So basically my only advice it, Hard Reset or Firmware upgrade
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I too had the problem, but I think I may have got to the bottom of it.
On my desktop, after an unsuccessful ActiveSync, I noticed that my recycle bin contained 2 files that had not been there before. They were TomTom files. If I immediately did another Sync, all files were synced correctly.
But, next time I used TomTom, ActiveSync would report that 2 files were not synched, and another pair of TomTom files appeared in the Recycle Bin.
I don't know a cure, but at least I know I am not losing any data.
arberyn said:
I had the same problem, tried everything to remove the problem:
Checked all files in device and synchronisation folder on PC
Checked all Active Sync settings
Closed all applications
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Well, there's one more thing you can try - and this is also what got rid of the problem for me: synchronise, then disconnect the device, run File -> Delete Partnership from the desktop Active Sync, allowing it to delete the synchronised files. Then check C:\Documents and Settings\<your account name>\Application Data\Microsoft\ActiveSync\Profiles and make sure there is no directory with your partnership's name - delete it if it still exists.
Now just reconnect your device and create a new partnership. ActiveSync will copy all "to-be-synchronized" files from the PDA to your PC, so no data is lost. The problem, however, will be gone - at least it was for me!
Cheers, Daniel
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I had these problems a couple of times when i hard reset my xdaii, the 2 culprit files are the westekk PPT and pdf. Its easily identified on the file explorer ion the xda2, its icon is not valid (no programs associated).
try deleting these 2 files and see. worked for me.
I recently setup Activesync to sync files but i really only wanted it to sync a single Word Document file in My Documents on my Vario.
When it syncs it syncs the whole of the My Documents folder, which is crap cos this contains all my camera photos and videos and I dont want that. is there a way to just do files you want.
I managed to delete the files on my PC and it removed them on my Vario!
Also any new files that appear in My Documents on my Vario get automatically synced!
TIA
Doug
That would be difficult. What I suggest would be to move your not-wanting-to-syn files to your storage card or some folder in your root (e.g. not in the My Documents). Yeah, that would cause problems with many of your applications as it will look for My Document first and you would have to go and find your customized folder.
Anyway, you can try this (I didn't try it before). Create a shortcut in your My Documents that point to another folder where you keep all your real files, so that if your app open My Document, it would be easy for you to find that folder. But, still any photo taken by your camera will be still in My Document.
Anyway, there isn't much harm syncing all files. I mean, as long as the files are not changed, the isn't much time consumed in synching them. Better just leave them as they are
UPDATE:
For camera, see this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=50738&highlight=
I have Office 2007 and have *.xlsx files I want to sync with the pocket PC but the Pocket PC can't seem to see them, they are on the Pocket PC but are not in the Excel "All Folders" List. If I try to open the file from explorer on the pocket PC it says "There is no application associated with the File. Run the application first, then open this file from with in the application" But the Excel application in WM6 won't open it. Why would Microsoft release office 2007 and WM6 at the same time and make them incompatable?????
If this is true it is the most stupidest thing I have found so far, please someone tell me I am doing something wrong!!!
Its true. WM6 will not read Excel 2007 format. Well, most of you business partners neither. So you will end up saving all your documents in a friendly 2003 compatible format
...or switch to open office... (NeoOffice on a Mac...)
How are you uploading them too the phone? Are you copying them to a storage card or going through Active Sync?
I can't test it myself, but it's possible that active sync might solve your problem because it does some sort of file conversion when you sync files doesn't it? Perhaps the latest version, or the one in Vista will sort this?
Or maybe MS have just not realised the problem yet, woudln't surprise me!
They are through Windows Mobile Device Centre on Vista. The files are in the sync list.
This is so unbelievable that it is stupidity, it just does make sence, maybe microsft will release a patch to fix there F#*k up.
Well, I read about it: AFAIK there is no 2007-to-2003 conversion within ActiveSync. So you just save the files as 2003 files from Excel 2007.
Hi, I am not normally a software developer (normally a web developer) but I have written a program in vbs which I need to be able to send files via activesync to my PDA. I have asked around and no one seems to know of a way to do this in vbs. Does anyone out there know of a way to get activesync to transfer a folder to the phone without having to litterally drag and drop the files your self. It would be great if there was a way I could call an exe to transfer the folder e.g.
activesync-transfer.exe "the directory to take files from" "the directory to put files in on the phone"
Or if there is a function in vbs it would be even better. As I say I have never done anything like this before so I am really needing some help. Any ideas, no matter how wacky appreciated. Thanks in advance
Jamie
whats wrong with copying the files normaly using explore in activesync or using mobil devices in my computer?
Er, would you really like to your application which is designed to store data and export it to your PDA to pop up saying: "BTW, I've no idea how to program this part so could you just open up that slow old program called active sync, hit explore and then browse to this directory and then copy the files to this directory from this other one"? Not really, I would like this process to be automated if possible.
Please if anyone can help, let me know.
You can copy a file from desktop to pda with RAPI and the
CeCopyFile() function to create a file on the pda.
Then open the file on the desktop and copy the content
to the new pda file.
Houser
Er, sorry if this seems a little ignorant of me. Is this a vbs function? As I said earlier I'm not the most experienced desktop programer. Thanks for your help.
Jamie
I am C++ programer. This is a ActiveSync Remote API function. I think you can call this function from vbs with some work but I do not how, dont have knowledge with vbs. sorry.
Houser
Another way could be to use the ActiveSync file synchronisation.
You can configure ActiveSync to sync a folder on the desktop with
one folder on the pda.
So your vbs app must only copy/create files in the desktop folder
and AS will sync them to the folder on the pda.
Houser
I was doing this for a bit but not many people have it set up and not all devices support it. In the end I used Microsoft's Cecopy and other apps from their Windows Mobile Power Toys to do it. However, I can't distribute these EXEs with my software as they are copyrighted by microsoft. If you ever hear of any freeware EXEs that do pretty much the same thing please let me know.
I need two apps:
Cecopy - copies files to and from the device (including sub directories)
RAPI_Start - starts files on the device
Thanks
jamie
I would like to be able to synchronize some file folders automatically to my Athena but have them copied to My Documents on the MicroDrive rather than in Main Memory. I have searched on the Forum and the Wiki and tried to do it but I have not found a way to map the ActiveSync File Transfer option to the MicroDrive. If I delete My Documents in Main Memory ActiveSync simply recreates it. Has anyone managed to do this?
Not sure, what I do know is that my pictures are saved to the microdrive. In My Documents/Pictures, and when I sync all the pictures, videos on my microdrive get transfered to my pc.
I tried the file sync, option in activesync, but no joy, it syncs from ameo my documents but not the microdrive my documents, sorry I don't know
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I would like to be able to synchronize some file folders automatically to my Athena but have them copied to My Documents on the MicroDrive rather than in Main Memory. I have searched on the Forum and the Wiki and tried to do it but I have not found a way to map the ActiveSync File Transfer option to the MicroDrive. If I delete My Documents in Main Memory ActiveSync simply recreates it. Has anyone managed to do this?
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not a big problem ...
you could use MobSync for this.
http://www.pocketpcfreewares.com/en/index.php?soft=985
I have found that this normally works, but this will move and sync ALL folders under My Documents.
[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows CE Services]
Mofify\Create the following:
String Name: FileSyncPath Value: \MicroDrive\My Documents
Ensure that you create a root folder on your Microdrive named: My Documents.
Let me know if this works for you.
Thanks
Palmchen said:
not a big problem ...
you could use MobSync for this.
http://www.pocketpcfreewares.com/en/index.php?soft=985
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Thanks. I am trialing MobSync, and as you say it seems to do the job. Interesting review from a user of MobSync who had trouble getting it to sync the most recent version of files and he was recommending ACiD Sync, but unless the standard version comes out with the ability to sync sub-folders I will stick with MobSync.