Windows HotSync

[#1]

First: Don't want to edit files and feel like trusing a random stranger?

http://pizzaboy192.com/downloads and cure your woes

Youtube Video walkthrough for installing.

You might not need to install the conduit update, but it doesn't hurt to.

Install the 2007 Conduit Update before you do the following (If you have upgraded to office 2010 from office 2007, re-install the conduit so it can be registered in Outlook)

Then:

USE MY NEW INSTALLER!

Or you can go to the Do-it-yourself page on my site.

If this helped you, let me know!

X64 Outlook WILL NOT WORK.

This is because Outlook X64 will not load 32Bit plugins. Until I finish my class on i386 Assembly, I won't be able to get a workaround finished.

THERE IS NO FIX YET, JUST INSTALL x86 Office instead, sorry.

There is one more step that may be required:

Open Hotsync Manager

Click on the Applications tab on the left

Find each item that you are currently syncing with Outlook

Click on it, and click "Configure"

Click "settings" and verify everything is right

Click "OK" when everything is correct.

The reason for that is to reset the Palm Hotsync's settings to tell it that you're now using a compatible version of Outlook.

Didn't see this anywhere else, so I'll post it here and all over the web to help others.

-pizzaboy192

-- Development has halted due to no fix for x64 Outlook.

Enjoy your palming.

EDIT: Pulled the do-it-yourself instructions from the main thread to make it easier to understand for the end user.

Post relates to: Palm TX

[#2]

Great fix,  I just upgraded to window 7 and outlook 2010 and run into the same issue with hotsync.  I was ready to roll back to winXP and office 2007 because I love my Palm os Treo's.  I didn't really want to edit outlook and run into issues down the road, especially since the problem is hotsync, not outlook.

I would also add that I had to change the security settings for ocpConduitsUI.dll and ocpNotifier.dll so I could save my changes.

to do this go to:

Start>computer>C:drive(or your drive where the os is installed)>program Files>Palm> find ocpConduitUI.dll and right click then select properties. on the general tab uncheck the read only box and hit apply.  On the security tab click edit then select Users from the upper box in the lower box "permissions for Users" check "Allow" box next to Full Control.  Hit Apply then OK.

Repeat for the ocpNotifer.dll

then open a hex editor and make the changes listed by Pizzaboy192.

Here is the Text Editor that I used:

Free Hex Editor Neo Link

Thanks Pizzaboy192 for sharing this...I'm not ready to dump my Palm yet!!

Carlos

[#3]

Ah. I am a full admin on my PC (Some call it being a power user) so I didn't need to do that step.
I'm doing some testing to see how this plays with the latest office beta (prolly won't work too well without some other tweaks)

I just thought it was awkward to modify Outlook to say it was version 12 when the conduit could be told to look for version 14 instead. It's all in how you look at the problem.
The last thing I need to test is wether or not it works with x64 versions of Outlook yet...
Will update on that front.

[#4]

Please let me know ASAP if it works with Outlook x64.  Thank you.

[#5]

I am still testing the X64 outlook (mostly because I am having issues with my VM software)

I'll try to get it finished by the end of today and post my results. (Contrary to popular belief, college students don't have unlimited free time.)

[#6]

Thank you for your time and effort.

[#7]

Well... I put about an hour of work into this issue, and I can currenlty tell you: no. It won't work with Outlook X64 (yet)

I'm looking for the file that looks for the actual outlook location. If I can find that, I can tell it to look somewhere else and hopefully patch that too.

[#8]

Thanks again. I hope you find a solution.

[#9]

Sorry for my total ignorance using hexedit, but when I search for "12.0" I get error message "pattern not found" your solution seems a reasonable approach, but I can't get beyond the simple first step, can you help? I am using free hexeditor neo

[#10]

I assume you are searching without quotes?
If that doesn't work, I can throw the modified files into a .zip file and put them on my skydrive.