[missing-sync-palmos-talk] Missing Sync creates a new user folder

[Scott Gruby]

On Feb 14, 2006, at 1:55 PM, Gene Wixson wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I have been trying for a week to get Documents to Go (DTG) to work  
> with Missing Sync. I have tried hard resets, reinstalls of  
> everything, etc. I even upgraded to Beta of 5.1. But it seems like  
> this is the heart of the problem. When I do anything in Missing  
> Sync, it creates a new user folder that DTG doesn't know how to  
> reference. My handheld and user folder name is <Wixson's T/X>.  
> However, when I click on the Handhelds menu in Missing Sync and  
> select this name (the only handheld I have setup), a new folder is  
> created in ~Documents/Palm/Users by the name of <Wixson's T\2FX>.  
> In DTG I have selected my user name <Wixson's T/X> but it will not  
> synchronize. I suspect this is because of the mystery User file  
> that Missing Sync is creating. Can anyone offer me insight on why  
> this is? or a possible solution? Thanks.
>

Try renaming your handheld and don't use a "/". Since the / is  
reserved in the Mac OS world, we encode it. Documents To Go should  
ask Missing Sync for the folder name where we'd return the encoded  
folder name, but may not.

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Scott Gruby
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