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How to select default PIM client in WM5 (Goodlink/Outlook)?

Hi there, I was wondering if somebody would know how to change the default PIM client to be used in WM5?
Detail of the problem:
I sync my Wizard locally at home with Outlook 03 (Emails and Contacts). Then, I installed GoodLink which sync with my work's Exchange.
After the installation of Goodlink, both the "Calendar" and the "Contacts" softkeys, when you press them, are now replaced by "GoodCalendar" and "GoodContacts".
I use my personal Contact list that is at my home's Outlook mostly. So knowing the 112/113 registry trick, I modified the "Contacts" softkey on the today screen to bring up the bulit-in Outlook's Contacts again. However, on the dialer/dial pad screen, the Contacts softkey (on the left), if I press it, it would still bring up GoodContacts.
This makes me think that there is a setting in WM5 for a default PIM client - wether the built in one or something else. This is really annoying me because I use Goodlink only for Email. All other Calendar and Contacts etc are on my outlook...
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Ken

Can you not sync diectly with the Exchange server instead of using the add on software, believe there is an option for this in Activesync

You could go to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Shell\Rai in a regeditor and edit the relevant keys.

Thanks for the reply.
I just checked the contents under Rai in the registry. They look un-modified to me.
Example: The "1" in :MSCONTACTS still reads :MSPOUTLOOK -contacts
"1" in :MSCALENDAR is still :MSPOUTLOOK -calendar
If it ain't these, could it be something else?
Thanks.
Ken

kgmm said:
Thanks for the reply.
I just checked the contents under Rai in the registry. They look un-modified to me.
Example: The "1" in :MSCONTACTS still reads :MSPOUTLOOK -contacts
"1" in :MSCALENDAR is still :MSPOUTLOOK -calendar
If it ain't these, could it be something else?
Thanks.
Ken
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And what do you have under :MSPOUTLOOK ?
BTW on mine there are no "-" so its ":MSPOUTLOOK contacts" and ":MSPOUTLOOK calendar".

I don't know why I typed the "-" in there, but it's not there.
For :MSPOUTLOOK, "0" is MSPOutlook, "1" is poutlook.exe, "2" is 1, "3" is 0, "4" is 00 A8 F9 B0 11 06 C6 01
Thanks again.
Ken

wilesd said:
Can you not sync diectly with the Exchange server instead of using the add on software, believe there is an option for this in Activesync
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FYI Goodlink is an instant push email service - it is a little different then what ActiveSync on exchange can offer (as of now at least).
After you install Goodlink on the handheld, basically it has it's own entire Outlook-Like engine. It's own calendar, contact, notes, email, tasks which I think the interface is better than the built in one.
Again, the problem is, let say Contacts, I have one from GoodLink, one from built-in outlook. Right now everything is mapped to the Goodlink's engine. On the Today Screen, I can use some button mapping software to override the hardware and soft keys. BUT, on the dial-pad screen, the softkey on the left - "Contacts" - would still bring up GoodLink's contacts.
I tried a bunch of button mapping software that are currently available for WM5 but none can fix this.
Also, another strange thing is, after you install GoodLink, it DID NOT CREATE 112/113 keys to map the softkeys - those registry don't exist.
So it must have done it by some other method - like specifiying a default client...
Ken

Have you actually checked the shortcuts that those programs refer to. I think the POutlook shortcut points to the goodCalendar program not the outlook program. If you changed the link it may work. I hacked around with this on another device running good but have not tried it on the wizzard.

How do I remove 'stuck' email a/c & 'unread' Today notic

How do I remove 'stuck' email a/c & 'unread' Today notice?
Hi there, hope you can help.
I have an HTC Wizard (Xda Mini S) and recently restored a backup using the latest Sprite Backup beta.
It kinda half restored my one POP3 e-mail account, in that the account appears on the Today screen showing '59 Unread', but not in the Messaging program folder list.
I.e. it's there, but not visible and I can't see the Inbox etc.
When I try to re-create the account using the same name, Messaging won't let me as 'an account already exists with that name'. So, it's there, but invisible.
I've tried removing all entries of the account name from the registry, but after a reboot they reappear.
How can I completely remove this account, to start again?

I think it is a bug to be honest
I did a hard reset and then restored my sms back to the device using Jeyo
it said 1046 unread (but they were there) and after manually selecting mark as read, it had 1 msg unread even though there was none that were unread!
in the end i had to hard reset it again and its ok now

Thanks but I'm hoping someone here can provide a solution that doesn't involve a hard reset, as that rather defeats the object of having performed & restored a backup at all!

CJSnet said:
Thanks but I'm hoping someone here can provide a solution that doesn't involve a hard reset, as that rather defeats the object of having performed & restored a backup at all!
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there's some piece of software to repair mail databases. i didn't use it actually but i found it on polish pdaclub.pl forum. i'll try to find a name of this program as soon as possible and let you know.

CJSnet said:
Thanks but I'm hoping someone here can provide a solution that doesn't involve a hard reset, as that rather defeats the object of having performed & restored a backup at all!
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google for 'Clenmail', that should be it.

Thanks, found it at http://www.spritesoftware.com/downloads/CleanMail.zip
Sadly it didn't do anything for my device's issue however

Problem with poutlook

Hi all,
I configured an account with poutlook and everything was working fine for a while....
after a soft reset the account disappeared, it is not in the switch account list anymore. I tried to reconfigure it with the same name (FDG) but I can't because FDG exists already (so where is it?????).
Another annoying thing is that in the today screen I have FDG 8 new messages and I cannot get rid of it, if I tap on it nothing happen.
I configured other 2 accounts and same thing happened after a soft reset....
Is there a solution to this?
Thanks
Lulazz

anybody knows where i can find poutlook configuration files?
Thanks

there are other forums that discuss this issue, and it happens occassionally, from memory, you need to switch off your device for a period of time (about 20 seconds) before you soft reset.
try searching some of the forums, it hasnt happened to me.

lulazz said:
Hi all,
I configured an account with poutlook and everything was working fine for a while....
after a soft reset the account disappeared, it is not in the switch account list anymore. I tried to reconfigure it with the same name (FDG) but I can't because FDG exists already (so where is it?????).
Another annoying thing is that in the today screen I have FDG 8 new messages and I cannot get rid of it, if I tap on it nothing happen.
I configured other 2 accounts and same thing happened after a soft reset....
Is there a solution to this?
Thanks
Lulazz
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Take a look at this topic: http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=36730
Its a known problem, you have to use a software button (such as SPB Pocket Plus to soft reset your device.

Removed GoodLink, now the softkeys don't work

I just switched from GoodLink to ActiveSync for email, contacts, etc., but the left and right softkeys on the today screen still try to launch the Good calendar and Good contacts. I removed these files so I just get an error message. Any ideas how to remap these keys to Outlook Contacts and Outlook Email without reinstalling the rom?
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Cingular 8125 ROM 2.17.7.2 WWE

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Today\Keys\112 and HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Today\Keys\113
Default value = the caption you wish
Open value = shortcut to calendar.exe

Thanks for the tip, but I can't seem to get it to work. I used vidya to edit the registry--it only showed 112, not 113. 112 was set to launch the goodlink calendar. I changed it launch the outlook calendar, but it didn't work. Then, when I soft reset, the registry reverts to launching goodlink again. Any ideas? Thanks again for the help.

Can you check your \windows\startup folder, unless you softreset before the changes you made were applied there is no reason to lose them. Unless a startup process reinitializes them. As for the 113 it's not there by default because it's already assigned to the contacts. Thats's why I thought that in your case it will be there (created by goodlink) and assigned to uninstalled programs. Another possibility is a running process that would hook the key events and transfer them to programs that no longer exist. But I don't even know if this possible under WM5 (it's very easy under Windows)

Here are the programs in my startup folder:
CapNotify
poutlook
sddaemon
Services
smartskey
WiFiInit
I added 113 to the registry and set the left softkey to open the Calendar, and that worked for a bit, but then I changed it to open contacts and it started looking for Good Contacts again. I can't get any control of the right softkey.
It doesn't seem like any of the startup programs would remap the key, but my understanding of this OS is pretty minimal.
Any more ideas?
Update: It seems that if I set the right softkey to anything but Contacts it will work. If I set it to contacts it looks for GoodContacts, no matter what path I enter. As far as the left softkey goes, I can't get it to do anything but look for GoodCalendar.exe.

I'm 99,99 % sure that the culprit is smartskey...
I just hope that it's a shortcut you have and not the exe file, otherwise you won't be able to delete it. If it's the case kill the task with a task manager and then delete it from the startup folder. Let us know how it goes, but I'm pretty sure that you are almost there

I gave up and upgraded the ROM. Thanks for the help in any case.

Solution: To get ActiveSync Running Again

Getting ActiveSync running again. (Revised)
(Applies to situations where Active Sync fails to connect following the use of third party applications that clear the notifications queue but may include situations where AS does not connect through corrupt or missing notification files)
Using applications such as Scarybear, Memmaid, Pocket Mechanic and Sktools to clear the notifications queue is often a necessity to solve problems with alarms (either not going off or not cancelling etc.)
However, the file repllog,exe will show up using these applications and should NOT be deleted unless it is duplicated (exact duplicate, there may be 4 or 5 repllog files 2 of which are essential and may look like duplicates but are not). This is because these files notify the device that a USB cable has been connected and readies the device for Syncing. ActiveSync will not load if repllog.exe is missing in the TWO forms listed below:
1
repllog.exe
AppRunAtRs232Detect
AND
2.
repllog.exe
AppRunAfterRndisFnDetected
Adapted for the following but probably applies to other windows mobile devices:
HTC TyTN / XDA trion / MDA Vario II / VPA Compact III / SPV M3100 / Dopod CHT 9000 / Dopod 838 Pro
Step 1
To Replace repllog.exe - AppRunAtRs232Detect
(i.e. to get Active Sync to detect when you plug in the USB cable)
(Steps written for Memmaid, but Sktools is just as good. To ‘add’ a notification in Sktools just go to notifications and tap/hold an existing entry in the top list and an option to add appears in box drop down box1 enter "Start if RS232 connection......" and then tap gray "..." box and navigate to the windows folder and tap repllog.exe, finally tap OK in bottom left corner.)
1) Open 'MemMaid and go to the Notification Queue tab
2) Tap Add
3) In the Add Notification - Program field, tap the '...' icon.
4) In the folder tree, find \windows\repllog.exe and tap it.
5) In Add Notification - Event', choose 'An RS232 connection was made'.
6) Tap the 'Add' icon.
7) Exit and long-press the on/off button until the warning appears and tap yes to turn off the device.
8) Long-press the on/off button to restart the device and Active Sync should work on connection of the USB cable.
Step 2
To Replace repllog.exe AppRunAfterRndisFnDetected
(i.e. to get Active Sync to open/connect to network on detection of the USB cable)
The second notification you need is repllog.exe AppRunAfterRndisFnDetected
Follow same procedure as above choosing the option in sktools or memmaid to start when a network is detected OR just use this little application that will make the entry for you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/atta...6&d=1155128708
(to use this application save the file to your PC or Device. Put it on the storage card (using a PC card reader if necessary) and tap to run. (it is a PPC EXE file not to be run on PC) You will simply get a screen that has an OK button. Tap it and you are done. Restart your SKtools or Memmaid and the key should be there.
Check you now have both replllog notifications present. You may have other repllog.exe notifications listed but you MUST have the two named above. The sub names of the repllog entries may differ slightly from those given above. The above names are in an abbreviated form as they appear on an untouched device, but so long as you have one that mentions RS232 and one that mentions network or RNDIS you should be OK.
You may be able to run AS now or may need to restart device and or PC.
NB: I have run a full test of the procedures here to test whether replacing these files reactivates Activesync. I deliberately deleted all my notifications (a risky thing as we know) - Activesync refused to start as expected. Using the methods above I replaced the two repllog entries and confirmed their presence. Activesync is working again.
Mike

Hello!
Great explanation, thanks for the information.
Since a few months when I have this problem I've to reboot the ppc and/or the pc untill I discovered this app that reboots the activesync connection
http://www.pocketpcfaq.com/applications/resync.htm
I don't know if it do it in the same way than your post explains.
Greetings to all.

oh my god I LOVE YOU! i've spent almost the entire day trying to fix my herald and finally it now syncs!!! thank you so much!!!!

i guess this wont help my email sync problem to exchange will it? no, i thought not
i can sync contacts and calendar items wirelessly with exchange but not emails
EDIT:
I eventually fixed it by the software equivalent of the power cycle. i unticked Email, let it delete all sync'd emails (none) then ticked it again. it's always the easy fix isn't it - i was ploughing through detailed settings, reg keys etc

bitziz said:
oh my god I LOVE YOU! i've spent almost the entire day trying to fix my herald and finally it now syncs!!! thank you so much!!!!
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I Love you too
Mike

Deleted Notifications
Hi,
I use an HTC Charmer with WM5 on a Win XP system.
I deleted all my notifications the other day - I have no idea why I thought that was a good idea but at the time I did
I have not been able to sync since.
I am about to try the 'resync' tool - linked from the second post in the thread and will post again either way.
EDIT: Resync did not work for me either.
Will.

Mike,
Your fix worked a treat. Thank you again.
Will.

Wobwill said:
Mike,
Your fix worked a treat. Thank you again.
Will.
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Good news
I think what I need to do is add the second part (i.e. adding the second Repllog notification) as a standard part of this fix or at least get folk to check which Repllog items are there and which are missing without assuming it's just the cable-connected one that's gone. It's been useful to have you as a test case!!
Mike

I have tidied up this thread and revised the 1st post to reflect feedack and perfect the solution. Apologies to those whose posts I edited so they still made sense with the changes I made! Thanks to all for feedback.
Mike

Hi Mike,
I am having the same USB sync problem.
Active sync is not starting/device USB is not detected when plug-in usb cable.
Where do i get Memaid or SKtools ???
sundram

Sundram said:
Hi Mike,
I am having the same USB sync problem.
Active sync is not starting/device USB is not detected when plug-in usb cable.
Where do i get Memaid or SKtools ???
sundram
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Google's always useful
Memmaid
http://www.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=14279
SKtools
http://www.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=14288
Please note though, that the above fix is designed for folk who have deleted their repllog entries - it may be useful in other situations where active sync fails, but it is not meant to solve other problems. Also if you have not installed much to your device it may be as easy to do a hard reset that will also replace the missing files.
Good Luck
Mike

Hi There
I am still having problems - ActiveSync doesnt seems to start - USB connection is not recognised by my VPA Compact III.
I have tried yous recommended steps..
I used SKTools (Notification Queue) to clear off the duplucates entries for repllog.exe ....
By mistake, all repllog.exe entries was removed, So, as you have suggested, I used Memmaid, to "Add" both entries.
Now under SKTooks - Notifications Queue , i see both enrties now:
Application Notify Type Event Status Event Type Arguments
---------- ----------- ------------- ----------- -----------
repllog.exe CNT_EVENT InActive RS232_DETECTED AppRunAtRs232Detect
repllog.exe CNT_EVENT InActive UNKNOWN AppRunAfterRndisFnDetected
But ActiveSync still not working - i cant use Internet Sharing as well.
When USB is plugged in, the AMBER (charge LED) lights up only for 1 sec and then turns off and , of course, AS wont work.
If i use infra-red connection, it syncs well!
pls help.
thanks.

Sundram said:
Hi There
I am still having problems - ActiveSync doesnt seems to start - USB connection is not recognised by my VPA Compact III.
I have tried yous recommended steps..
I used SKTools (Notification Queue) to clear off the duplucates entries for repllog.exe ....
By mistake, all repllog.exe entries was removed, So, as you have suggested, I used Memmaid, to "Add" both entries.
Now under SKTooks - Notifications Queue , i see both enrties now:
Application Notify Type Event Status Event Type Arguments
---------- ----------- ------------- ----------- -----------
repllog.exe CNT_EVENT InActive RS232_DETECTED AppRunAtRs232Detect
repllog.exe CNT_EVENT InActive UNKNOWN AppRunAfterRndisFnDetected
But ActiveSync still not working - i cant use Internet Sharing as well.
When USB is plugged in, the AMBER (charge LED) lights up only for 1 sec and then turns off and , of course, AS wont work.
If i use infra-red connection, it syncs well!
pls help.
thanks.
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Hi there
I'm not sure but those two entries seem odd to me - the InActive and UNKNOWN parts.
Could you try the following?:
1
In my above post there is a link to an application that you download and put on your SD card and tap to install - could you try it. When you run the app it does not appear to do much just ok it and it will close. That app installs AppRunAfterRndisFnDetected.
2.
Using Sktools go to the notifications queue.
In the upper window tap and hold on any entry and an option to "add" appears - select it. In the drop down box at the top scroll down until "Start if RS232 connection..." appears and select it.
In the next box "filename and arguments" tap the grey box with "..." This opens a directory listing - go to the windows directory and scroll untill you find repllog.exe and tap it.
Now tap the ok tab bottom left.
The two required entries should now be present.
Connect or reconnect your device to the PC and hopefully a connection will be established.
Post back with problems.
Mike

Hello Mike. Thamks for your reply.
By the way, I tried your suggestions to create back (add) both the Notifications entry.
I deleted off both repllog.exe entries shown in my Notification Queue (shown using SKtools).
Before I proceeded, SKtools show no entries with repllog.exe.
For the first one, I use "add" function on the MemMaid - Notification Queue Tab.
I checked the notifications outcome, using SKtools.
The result, show below:
Application Notify Type Event Status Event Type Arguments
---------- ----------- ------------- ----------- -----------
repllog.exe CNT_EVENT InActive RS232_DETECTED AppRunAtRs232Detect
Then I used the small script "FixASRunAt.exe" copied to the SDCard, and executed it.
As expected, the Notification Queue in SKtools shown the 2nd entry being added as below. (take note - Event Type its also shown as unknown).
Application Notify Type Event Status Event Type Arguments
---------- ----------- ------------- ----------- -----------
repllog.exe CNT_EVENT InActive UNKNOWN AppRunAfterRndisFnDetected
Then I tried Activesync/USB Connect - still wont work!
How to manually add the repllog.exe .... .... AppRunAfterRndisFnDetected
instead of using the small script....
On MemMaid, "Add" notification, on what "event"
What else could cause this problem?
thanks.

Sundram said:
How to manually add the repllog.exe .... .... AppRunAfterRndisFnDetected
instead of using the small script....
On MemMaid, "Add" notification, on what "event"
What else could cause this problem?
thanks.
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Mmmm.. When adding the AppRunAfterRndisFnDetected using Sktools it would be "Start when a network has been connected" - I'm not sure about Memmaid.
The script works well on mine so I think you have more wrong than just the missing repllog entries.
What happens if you connect to the PC and start repllog manually by tapping it in the windows directory?
Mike

don't know wether this is relevant, but it might be to those for whom this fix is not working. I have manged to break my activesync a few times now purely by switching between internet sharing and syncing. An activesynce re-install/repair always sorts me out.

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don't know wether this is relevant, but it might be to those for whom this fix is not working. I have manged to break my activesync a few times now purely by switching between internet sharing and syncing. An activesynce re-install/repair always sorts me out.
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That will work when there is a problem with the PC end of active sync.
This fix is purely to replace essential repllog files on the Hermes.
So the fix outlined here would not fix a broken PC installation of Active sync and your re-installation of Activesync would not fix missing repllog files.
Mike

thanks
in a cleaning frenzy i used pocket mechanic to clear notifications and lost active sync, thank you for the fix, i was dreading doing a hard reset.

ta79pr said:
in a cleaning frenzy i used pocket mechanic to clear notifications and lost active sync, thank you for the fix, i was dreading doing a hard reset.
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I assume you are up and running again - good news Word to the wise though, doing regular Full backups is always sensible and takes away the fear of the Hard Reset.
Mike

A little more help pse as I'm in the same boat
Mike,
I went mad with memmaid (a little knowledge is dangerous!)
OK, I followed your excellent instructions and used Memaid to add the first ...
RS232_DETECTED "AppRunAtRs232Detect"
I cannot however find an event to add the second one. There appears to be no "AppRunAfterRndisFnDetected" in the drop down list.
Maybe I'm dumb but I assume I select Add and select "repllog.exe" a second time and then it should be in the pull down box.
I can only see.....
Run at time
A PC card device changed
A full device Data restore completed
An RS232 connection was made
Data Synchronisation finished
The system time changed
The time zone changed
The device woke up
Any help greatly appreciated as I am off on holiday at the weekend and want to get things synched up before then
Al