Restoring lost partnership

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Marc Hollerbach wrote:
> My charger broke while I was out of town and I lost everything in my PPC. AS
> wants me to create a new partnership but I would like to simply restore the
> existing one since it is already aware of all of the software I have on the
> PPC. Can anyone tell me how to restore the partnership?
>
>


start active sync. on the file menu there's an option to switch between
them.

--
Marc
See http://www.imarc.co.uk/ for contact details.

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Thanks, I will work on that advice.


"Sven, MVP-Mobile Devices" <sejohannsen@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Unfortunately, you cannot restore a partnership, without restoring the
PPC.
> I would imagine you made no backup. That might be a good idea for the
> future.
>
> The only option at this point is to create a new partnership. You cannot
> reuse the name of an existing partnership. You can however delete that
> partnership from the desktop and then give the PPC the same old name, for
> the 'new' partnership. When you delete the old partnership, do not let it
> delete the sync'd files folder, you can reuse that, and it will be
accepted
> if the name matches. All your Outlook info should just get sync'd back to
> your PPC and AS will recognize the software that is installed on your PPC.
> Any software that was on flash memory cards or in Flash ROM are still
there,
> however the registry entries that told the OS they exist is gone. They
will
> need to be re-installed. That can be quickly done from the AS Add/Remove
> programs menu option. Just click the check box and say OK to install an
> app. I would do this one at a time to give you more control over where
they
> are going and to prevent confusion if an app install requires a soft
reset.
>
> --
> Sven, MS-MVP Mobile Devices
> "Marc" <see@signature.url> wrote in message
> news:1092767007.19690.0@dyke.uk.clara.net...
> > Marc Hollerbach wrote:
> > > My charger broke while I was out of town and I lost everything in my
> PPC. AS
> > > wants me to create a new partnership but I would like to simply
restore
> the
> > > existing one since it is already aware of all of the software I have
on
> the
> > > PPC. Can anyone tell me how to restore the partnership?
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > start active sync. on the file menu there's an option to switch between
> > them.
> >
> > --
> > Marc
> > See http://www.imarc.co.uk/ for contact details.
>
>