Sometimes when i have to use SPB Backup it causes my PIM information on the Desktop to "double" its contents (eg. the numer of Contacts, Calender reminders are doubled).
In order to try and resolve this i thought to DELETE the PIM information on my PPC and just do a normal Sync with the Desktop. When i try to delete the pim.vol file on the PPC it wont let me saying "the source or destination file may be in use".
Does someone have any idea how this can be done easily??
Can someone also suggest to me how to delete double identical entries in my Contacts & Calender either on the PPC or Desktop or both??
ausi said:
Sometimes when i have to use SPB Backup it causes my PIM information on the Desktop to "double" its contents (eg. the numer of Contacts, Calender reminders are doubled).
In order to try and resolve this i thought to DELETE the PIM information on my PPC and just do a normal Sync with the Desktop. When i try to delete the pim.vol file on the PPC it wont let me saying "the source or destination file may be in use".
Does someone have any idea how this can be done easily??
Can someone also suggest to me how to delete double identical entries in my Contacts & Calender either on the PPC or Desktop or both??
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To Delete PIM, just rename PIM to something else in 'my device'.
Soft reset - now there will be a new PIM created. You can now delete the one you renamed.
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To Delete PIM, just rename PIM to something else in 'my device'.
Soft reset - now there will be a new PIM created. You can now delete the one you renamed.
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Many thanks for this GREAT idea, maybe you also have a suggestion as to how to delete Double Inputs in Outlook 2003 Calender & Contacts??
ausi said:
maybe you also have a suggestion as to how to delete Double Inputs in Outlook 2003 Calender & Contacts??
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That is an interesting question. I searched for a solution for some days ago after I played with PIM-backup. I got tripple entries of all contacts and calender entries in Outlook.
The only solution I found was to delete all extra entries manually on PC :-(
If I remember correctly, there's an option in SKtols that allows you to delete duplicated stuff.
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ausi said:
Sometimes when i have to use SPB Backup it causes my PIM information on the Desktop to "double" its contents (eg. the numer of Contacts, Calender reminders are doubled).
In order to try and resolve this i thought to DELETE the PIM information on my PPC and just do a normal Sync with the Desktop. When i try to delete the pim.vol file on the PPC it wont let me saying "the source or destination file may be in use".
Does someone have any idea how this can be done easily??
Can someone also suggest to me how to delete double identical entries in my Contacts & Calender either on the PPC or Desktop or both??
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Hi, does anyone know how to delete all the appointments on pocket outlook without doing a hardreset or by deleting the appointments one by one, i have too much appointments in there and would take years to delete them one at a time....i just want to delete all the appointments on my K-jam (wizard) but still keep the appointments on my Desktop PC.......thanks in advance.
Good question. I'd like to know too.
Anyone out there got a solution? I really need to be able to clear my appointments so I can sell my Wizard!
THanks
Sorry to bump this old topic, but I had the same problem, and I hope I can help people in the future with this:
In your desktop Outlook export everything you want to delete into a personal folder file (.pst), then delete them from Outlook. Open up your PPC's ActiveSync and in Options set that items may be replaced on the device. Then do an ActiveSync so it wipes out your ppc's chosen database. Next disconnect the ppc and import back everything from the .pst. Voila! You have erased all the contacts/calendar data on the pcc, but you still have them on the desktop.
I am curious if there is a way to delete all the calendar events easily in wm5? I do not wish to do a hard reset. I have deleted all my events in my outlook on my computer and then have tried syncing but it still does not remove anything.
matthewvl said:
I am curious if there is a way to delete all the calendar events easily in wm5? I do not wish to do a hard reset. I have deleted all my events in my outlook on my computer and then have tried syncing but it still does not remove anything.
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Check your AS settings as the entries should be removed. All PIM Information is in one file. You could delete that but you will also lose contacts, tasks, etc.
Hi I what to get the same done, but.....
what are the AS settings and where can I find the PIM file?
Thanks
pwvandeursen said:
Hi I what to get the same done, but.....
what are the AS settings and where can I find the PIM file?
Thanks
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I was not in front of my PC when I suggested AS settings. In looking at the settings (Tools|Options|Calendar|Settings) you can only set the range to sync, not whether to delete. Assuming W5 (not sure about WM6 or WM2003) the file is pim.vol and is in the root directory of your PPC
To delete the notifications, use the tool found on this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=280104
Good luck!
When i plugged my phone into my pc it deleted all the contacts on my phone and the pc!!!! now i have none is there any way to get them back like a automatic backuP??
any help would be greatly appreciated
look at the deleted folder of outlook
...and use Microsoft My phone or Dashwire.
Something like SPB Backup will work too.
...or u can simply export the "contacts" folder in Outlook as a file (M$ Access / Excell ...) then save it safe!
tecmobility said:
look at the deleted folder of outlook
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thank you soooo much - will start using myphone too!
My Calender is showing duplicate entries because it is showing birthdays automatically from the contacts (birthday category) and also the synced birthdays (home category) from outlook (manually added to outlook). Can somebody help me to disable birthday category?
Don't know if that's possible. Would be nice to know.
I use these two solutions to remove duplicates:
1) For phone: http://gydarindustries.com/?page_id=4
2) For Outlook: http://www.vaita.com/ODIR.asp
Thanks for your response. But I don't have any duplicates in outlook as I have disabled Birthdays category. On second thoughts, I realize that this problem arose only after I restored my PIM from SPB Backup after flashing a new rom. Previously I didn't have duplicate entries (when I took the backup). After flashing, I have not yet synced with outlook. I believe, if I am able to delete my calendar data (or whole PIM data) and resync with outlook, then it should help. But how to delete my calendar data on phone???
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Thanks for your response. But I don't have any duplicates in outlook as I have disabled Birthdays category. On second thoughts, I realize that this problem arose only after I restored my PIM from SPB Backup after flashing a new rom. Previously I didn't have duplicate entries (when I took the backup). After flashing, I have not yet synced with outlook. I believe, if I am able to delete my calendar data (or whole PIM data) and resync with outlook, then it should help. But how to delete my calendar data on phone???
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The program I mentioned in my first reply (http://gydarindustries.com/?page_id=4) has an option to to a bulk delete of you appointments. You could also do a hard reset offcourse.
gags9999 said:
My Calender is showing duplicate entries because it is showing birthdays automatically from the contacts (birthday category) and also the synced birthdays (home category) from outlook (manually added to outlook). Can somebody help me to disable birthday category?
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Sorry to hijack the topic, but how exactly did you get the contact birthdays to appear in the calendar automatically? I can't seem to find the potion of doing this?
Thanks
ldx00 said:
Sorry to hijack the topic, but how exactly did you get the contact birthdays to appear in the calendar automatically? I can't seem to find the potion of doing this?
Thanks
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Well, it just happened automatically after restoring from a Backup. Initially, after the sync, no birthdays were transferred from contacts. Probably it is SPB Backup which may have transferred the birthdays. In such a case, try backing up your PIM with SPB and then restore. Good Luck!
XiDiX said:
The program I mentioned in my first reply (http://gydarindustries.com/?page_id=4) has an option to to a bulk delete of you appointments. You could also do a hard reset offcourse.
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Hard reset would be the last option as I will loose all my installed programs and their settings. Though I can always backup again with SPB (without PIM this time), hard reset, restore programs & settings via SPB and then sync with outlook for PIM!
But before that, I would definitely try the software you suggested as it seems to be a more quick solution.
I've had my hd2 for a few months now and I've updated the rom on it a few times, experimenting with both stock and cooked versions. Each time I've used Microsoft Myphone to backup my contacts, caledar, etc. However when I use it to download my contacts, I get duplicates, between 2-5 duplicates.
I've logged into myphone on the web and there is only 1 copy of each contact, any idea what causes this or how to fix it?
Thanks
woah i never had that problem with Myphone, erm, double check myphone page for your account, task 29 your phone and format mem card just couple of things might make a difference,
or long way round delete your duplicates create a new myphone account and then save them to the new account and see if the problems still persist
I also had this problem. Not all contacts are duplicated only some. I think this happens when you close myphone before it has finished doing it's job.
I too had thhis problem. If you log into MyPhone via a pc and look around you will see 'archives'. I deleted these (making sure that the correct contacts were as they should be in the main list).
No more duplicates
nobnut said:
I too had thhis problem. If you log into MyPhone via a pc and look around you will see 'archives'. I deleted these (making sure that the correct contacts were as they should be in the main list).
No more duplicates
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Did you delete all the archive contacts? When I looked, there were only 2 duplicates whereas almost all of my contacts on my phone are duplicated.
Thanks
yeoldgreat1 said:
Did you delete all the archive contacts? When I looked, there were only 2 duplicates whereas almost all of my contacts on my phone are duplicated.
Thanks
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Not sure why it happens, but they seem to know it does, there is a duplicate finder on the my phone page, you can then delete the dupes and sync ...
I deleted all the items in my archive and searched for all duplicates, so I only have 1 on each contact on myphone. I updated my rom and downloaded my contacts again with myphone and still ahd duplicates. I'm starting to think that it's not worth the effort :s I suppose there are other backup apps that will save the same info. The only difference between them and myphone is finding a lost phone, is this feature any good?
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The problem is when you sync with myPhone and also have synced with outlook contacts..
You can also buy an application on marketplace. Dont remember what its called: something with duplicate.. but it works..
Not really a solution but this software will help you fix duplicate entries:
http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-trinefix.html
works great i've used it on my HD2 and it's free!
are you restoring a pim backup when you flash?
That would create duplicates once you sync'd with MyPhone ..
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are you restoring a pim backup when you flash?
That would create duplicates once you sync'd with MyPhone ..
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No I'm not. On the last flash of the rom, I didn't use any backups and didn't download contacts using windows live as I've done before. I just used myphone service after deleting all the archive items and still got duplicates :s
It's a huge pain because im sure the number of duplicates is growing each time I restore.
That's actually quite weird.
1) Are you backing up any of the folders / files from \Application Data? - I tried that once hoping that it would speed up the configuration process of MyPhone everytime I flashed (which is a LOT!) and it completely screwed everything up.
2) Are you absolutely sure that you haven't set up any Sync options with Windows Mobile Device Center / ActiveSync / Outlook on your desktop?
3) Are you absolutely sure that you don't use Exchange over ActiveSync for emails? (You could have accidentally enabled the Contacts Sync feature) (If you use UC, then you might have provisioned an Exchange Email account and might not realise it)
I have a suggestion.
1) Disable MyPhone
2) Delete all the redundant contacts. (It's painful I know)
3) Use PIM Backup and save all your contacts (as a backup just in case something goes wrong)
4) Hard Reset (Make sure you don't use XDA_UC / SDConfig Customization)
5) Clear out your MyPhone account. Delete EVERYTHING. ALL CONTACTS + ARCHIVES.
6) Restore your PIM Backup contacts.
7) Re-run MyPhone and see how it goes.
Sometimes the best thing with Sync Mechanisms is always to start fresh.
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That's actually quite weird.
1) Are you backing up any of the folders / files from \Application Data? - I tried that once hoping that it would speed up the configuration process of MyPhone everytime I flashed (which is a LOT!) and it completely screwed everything up.
2) Are you absolutely sure that you haven't set up any Sync options with Windows Mobile Device Center / ActiveSync / Outlook on your desktop?
3) Are you absolutely sure that you don't use Exchange over ActiveSync for emails? (You could have accidentally enabled the Contacts Sync feature) (If you use UC, then you might have provisioned an Exchange Email account and might not realise it)
I have a suggestion.
1) Disable MyPhone
2) Delete all the redundant contacts. (It's painful I know)
3) Use PIM Backup and save all your contacts (as a backup just in case something goes wrong)
4) Hard Reset (Make sure you don't use XDA_UC / SDConfig Customization)
5) Clear out your MyPhone account. Delete EVERYTHING. ALL CONTACTS + ARCHIVES.
6) Restore your PIM Backup contacts.
7) Re-run MyPhone and see how it goes.
Sometimes the best thing with Sync Mechanisms is always to start fresh.
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I did another hard reset. Deleted all my tasks and contacts from the web Myphone login.
I'm backing up a few folders, only things like pictures, music and my documents.
I'm using WM Device Center on my desktop and syncing everything except emails, where would those files be kept? I'll see if there are duplicates there.
It happened again, so I'm going to check over my WM Device Centre settings like you suggested. I wonder why that keeps duplicating them though!
Thanks for all the help guys
Found a solution - Duplicates - Microsoft My Phone
Hi All,
I had the same problem on my HTC HD2, and was able to solve it.
Log on to your account at .... microsoft
First remove dublicates on this account by tools available on-screen (Contacts>find dublicates>toggle all>remove dublicates)
Tab on "Connected Phones" on the left.
You should find only one phone connected to your account.
I found two phones, each with a "date added" field corresponding to the date when I installed the "Microsoft Myphone" app on my device.
I installed this application twice, first was when I first bought my phone with stock rom and the second when I installed it after a rom upgrade.
Two phones on your account (Same HTC HD2)will synchronize same contact from each one to your phone!! Does make sense though weired.
Remove all un-needed phones.
Do synchronization again from your phone and all duplicates will vanish.
Ahmed
Cairo, Egypt
Thanks, worked for me removing the archive from myphone (it was somehow accumulating contacts and calendar events)