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Posted by Chris De Herrera on May 2, 2006, 5:54 pm
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Hi,
With ActiveSync 4.x, Microsoft removed the file converter for Pocket Word
documents. I suggest that you disable the conversion in ActiveSync on your
desktop.
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Chris De Herrera
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ActiveSync 4.x Troubleshooting Guide -
http://www.pocketpcfaq.com/faqs/activesync/tshoot-as4x.htm
> Hello,
>
> I happen to encounter a strange problem with ActiveSync 4.1 on Windows
> 2000
> when synchronizing Word documents with a Toshiba e310 pocket pc, connect
> via
> USB docking station.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks in advance!
>
> Trouble is:
>
> While almost all *.doc files are converted from desktop to pocket pc
> without
> any problems, a few (albeit important!) are not synchronized. Instead, the
> synchronization process halts with an error message going like this (I use
> the German version, so I just translate the error message - it might read
> different from this translation in the English version of ActiveSync):
>
> "the file converter could not read the necessary files from the drive"
>
> Has anybody else had this problem, too?
>
> I don't think ActiveSync means that it can't read the document, because
> all
> these troublesome documents can be opened and read (tested with word).
> These
> files aren't opened (and therefore locked) when synchronizing.
>
> I also tried copying all files and pulling the copies directly into
> ActiveSync's explorer window of the pocket pc's storage. Same error
> message.
>
> I de-installed and re-installed ActiveSync 4.1 - problem remains.
>
> How could I solve this?
>
> Many thanks in advance for any hint!
>
> With best regards,
> Frank
>
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