Hi, Maybe someone can help, I have searched through google, microsoft forums and here - no luck so far :-(
I got Vista Hope Premium, Office 2007 (home and sudent) and X1 ;-), unfortunately Outlook was not supplied with X1 so....
how the hell can I open notes from my phone (*.pwi) on my laptop and desktop?
I am afraid this is lost case :-( seems to me ti was mistake to by WM device instead of Android :-(
HELP! and thanks
http://www.pocketpcaddict.com/forum...t-read-pocket-pc-word-document-my-laptop.html
found googling for "pwi open on pc office 2007
Seen it already but it has nothing to do with my problem :-(
Vista does not have ActiveSync anymore.
I do not have problem with Word files.
So link you gave me is irrelevant :-(
I have seen almost all there is in the net about pwi files - if no one here knows than simply it is not possible to achieve :-(.
At the moment it is not possible to read *.pwi files in Vista unless one has full Ms Outlook (not supplied with X1) and it is possible to open them in Outlook only not in Windows :-( seems to me that because of that a lot of users is "suffering".
galtom said:
..........unless one has full Ms Outlook (not supplied with X1)
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BTW, when I bought my previous HP PDA's there was a copy of Outlook included in the box, I supposed this was included with the Win Mo license but obviously I was wrong.....is some other PDA manufacturer still providing it ?
What do you need, a copy of outlook for PC? or for WinMo?
harveydent said:
What do you need, a copy of outlook for PC? or for WinMo?
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For PC, to replace Windows Mail, that doesn't support notes, contacts and calendar sync from WinMo devices.
I've just sold my old iPaq on ebay, I should have kept the Outlook installation CD with me !
I do not want Outlook I have spend money (quite a lot) on X1, I bought (earlier) Office 2007 without Outlook as I do not need such a big application just for calendar/contacts and mail (way to confusing). Now, Nots that I love in my X1 are not really usable if I can not open them on my PC, edit, send to someone who just want to click and have them opened.
Is there anything out there that would have the same features but would not require MS Outlook? Almost everyone has Ms Word... so a mobile application whose files could be opened by Word would be great!
Pwi files are only opoened by Ms Outlook - it is not really fair by MS... but.... what can we do? Just buy Android or iPhone next time
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I do not want Outlook I have spend money (quite a lot) on X1, I bought (earlier) Office 2007 without Outlook as I do not need such a big application just for calendar/contacts and mail (way to confusing)
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I quite agree with you, I would add it's pathetic that MS doesn't include any small PWI viewer/converter in Vista (up to XP, Active Sync did it)
A dirty workaround could be to install Agile Notes as standard Notes replacement on the mobile, as this tool has the capability to save note in RTF format (readable with MS Word)
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A dirty workaround could be to install Agile Notes as standard Notes replacement on the mobile, as this tool has the capability to save note in RTF format (readable with MS Word)
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Why dirty? Could you be more specific?
Will this app. allow me to save text and drawings/hand writing? And than open it as in PDA on PC?
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Why dirty? Could you be more specific?
Will this app. allow me to save text and drawings/hand writing? And than open it as in PDA on PC?
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Dirty because RTF format is less compact than PWI and because this tool takes longer to start than the standard note writer (I've installed on my X1 but never used for this reason, when I need to write down a note I need to do it quickly)
Honestly I don't remember if it can save also drawings, just have a look
http://www.agilitylab.com/index.html
BTW: it's also freeware !
I have just installed it. It's ok but! it does not allow for handwriting and drawing :-( This is the most important feature for mi in notes app.
If you guys have anything that will do it and will allow to open itself on PC (without Outlook!!! ), pls let me know.
For normal notes I can always use Word Mobile.
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I've just installed Microsoft Vista and find it a very nice operating system.
For my phone I had to install the Vista version of ActiveSync, I paired up my phone with that prorgam and it worked flawlessly.
But what FU#[email protected]% idiot has made an option to overwrite the phone data with that of outlook WITHOUT asking a deletion approval.
When installing software on my Vista machine askes me several time if I'm sure.... But that louwsy program just deletes everything without even asking.
Fortunately, I was just a merely 250 contacts that I've completely lost since my backup was lost due to the Vista installation.....
Normally the contacts would be in the deleted messages box, but since I've turned of that option I completely lost everything...
BASTARDS !!!!!!
(Sorry for that.)
I'm going outside now and break something....
Hope that'll release my frustration..
****ING BASTARDS AT MICROSOFT
IDIOTS
HOPE THEY ALL GO TO HELL FOR THIS
(Sorry again).
hahaha
It happened to me several times cuz I always reflash my PDA and format my laptop.. I decided to save them in Microsoft's servers and add them to Messenger live contacts
When you pair your devices the MOBILE DEVICE CENTER is asking you how you want your data synchronized: replacing on mobile device, replacing on pc or combining! I guess you haven't paid attention! Even after you paired your devices you can change this options in the settings.
yikes, im sorry about that. Also happened to me not too long ago except on XP when I deleted the contacts on my phone. I resynced hoping that phone contacts would be restored, but instead stupid activesync deleted all the contacts off outlook even though AS was set to "replace items on device"!
Thankfully, all my contacts were moved to the "Deleted Items" folder, and I could restore them! (hit ctrl-6 when in outlook) I hope this helps.
Ross
Microsoft needs to make Vista Windows compatible.
After this happened to me twice I started to backup my contacts regularly with PIM Backup...
KarhU said:
After this happened to me twice I started to backup my contacts regularly with PIM Backup...
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damn straight! best program i've ever used. by backing up to a memory card once/twice daily you cant really go 'wrong' as such!
now, if only it was a 'requirement' for all cooked roms!
sorry to hear about your loss. lol. i very nearly lost my ENTIRE MSN messenger contact list (comprising of some 400+ contacts) but luckily i had 'tried' WLM on my smartphone before hand and it had synced them to that!
WLM is weird in the only sense that it will delete from both your phone and from your messenger list!
go back to XP Pro.
Vista is crap.
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Microsoft needs to make Vista Windows compatible.
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MistaRip said:
go back to XP Pro.
Vista is crap.
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Service Pack 1 set for early next year. Looks like it'll fix a lot of stuff.
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Service Pack 1 set for early next year. Looks like it'll fix a lot of stuff.
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Typically one should never upgrade a Micky$ OS until SP1 is released, XP and W2k are both great examples. My biggest complaints are USB and network speed when copying data... just today went back to XP on my Thinkpad... just SO much easier when dealing with PDA's... (more importantly, my version of Ghost Server won't live under Vista... that's a deal closer for me... and screw Virtual PC and such, no time or desire)
Here is My 2 cents worth:
Windows 95 was a huge improvement over Windows 3.1. --- Excellent Job!!!!
Windows 98 was just a suckier version of Windows 95.
Windows Millenium Edition ME totally sucked. I fell for it. They got my $100.00 ----- ripped me off.
However Windows XP really hummed. --- Excellent Job!!!!
Windows Vista is just a suckier version of Windows XP.
Windows Vista = ME2 Only this time they're Not getting my $100.00
Thats just my Opinion.
Stick with XP Pro...............................(I can hear Mac users saying "get a Mac")
Mac is not a solution - it limits just about anything you want to do with the computer. IMHO Win XP offers much more in terms of available software and hardware compatibility (even over Vista).
I agree Mac is Not an answer. I got a supervisor at work always telling me how much better a Mac is. I never agree with him.
My Laptop has a door on the side where you can slide out the HDD. I have 3 Hard Drives.
1 has Linux -- can't begin to figure that one out.
2 has XP -- its my Old Faithful. Tried and True. The one I use.
3 has Vista Ultimate -- slmgr -rearm every 30 days. Testing it. It really does suck.
PIM Backup is the best!
Sorry to hear. I use intellisync to sync my data. I sync some stuff from lotus notes and some stuff from outlook. But the main reason i use intellisync is because before it does anything it prompts you with a dialog and tells you what it is about to do. Then I can go ahead or cancel or re sync everything.
I've tried other products and they didn't prompt and I've spent hours cleaning up duplicate entry's after the first sync.
Right now I'm having a few probs with intellisync though and am working with their support to figure it out. But its still one of the best sync programs I know of.
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I've just installed Microsoft Vista and find it a very nice operating system.
For my phone I had to install the Vista version of ActiveSync, I paired up my phone with that prorgam and it worked flawlessly.
But what FU#[email protected]% idiot has made an option to overwrite the phone data with that of outlook WITHOUT asking a deletion approval.
When installing software on my Vista machine askes me several time if I'm sure.... But that louwsy program just deletes everything without even asking.
Fortunately, I was just a merely 250 contacts that I've completely lost since my backup was lost due to the Vista installation.....
Normally the contacts would be in the deleted messages box, but since I've turned of that option I completely lost everything...
BASTARDS !!!!!!
(Sorry for that.)
I'm going outside now and break something....
Hope that'll release my frustration..
****ING BASTARDS AT MICROSOFT
IDIOTS
HOPE THEY ALL GO TO HELL FOR THIS
(Sorry again).
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I just had the EXACT same thing happen to me. Its a good thing I had a "not too old" backup saved to the Airset Website. Otherwise I would have been TOTALLY screwed.
yep i know how you feel, had the same thing happen on my Magician and on the Hermes and more times than i can remember on the Nokia suite previous to that (believe it or not its worse than Activesync).
as for Vista im running it on the home laptop (it came with it) it is quite a shiny OS and considering the amount of surveys and control groups microsoft apparently did to perfect it (or finish it) its surprising there wasnt one Pocket PC user that said "hey you know that over write function in activesync..." unless there was and they didnt listen.
It wasn't Vista that caused the problem...
Personally I like Vista, the only thing I find crap is that you have to approve every program to run. It's great for security, but really crap If you play WOW, everytime the answer is yes, Vista won't remember it.
And someone mentioned that there is a choice how to sync.
That's correct, but when you pair your device it's kinda hidden in extra options I believe, I've found the button now. Still lost my contacts.
I find it really absurd that there isn't any message or approval question on the device. I think it would be nicer to let the program ask what data to keep what data to lose, if I setup syncing with data from the computer It will overwrite telephonenumber I've changed in the phone.
But I think I have got my contact almost complete again. It's a shame that I lost the phonenumbers that I pickup with te red button (ignore) or wiggle the scrollwheel up and down (silence).
Can anyone recommend a secure password manager for my kaiser that will;
1) sync via Windows Mobile Device center to a desktop companion, and
2) work with Vista.
I have for years used SplashID however it does not play well with this combo. I am finding having to manually initiate syncs with the RAPI Sync version to be a pain.
E-wallet. Has it's own sync, but uses the activesync connection to update the Kaiser. You can set up the E-wallet desktop companion to sync whenever you connect.
Handango.com
SPB Wallet is also a nice one!
I've tested many of those wallet applications and I like eWallet by Iliumsoft most. Specially the future development on this wallet seems to be the most professional. You can try it out: www.iliumsoft.com
Software for the PC:
http://keepass.info/
Software for the Pocket PC:
http://keepasssd.sourceforge.net/
Thanks Fella's. That will give me a few to try out.
Secret!
Secret! works very well! Secret! Desktop 5.1 works well on Windows Vista now (testet with Device Center 6.1)
see http://www.linkesoft.com/secret/
Does splashid not work then? I too have used it for years, on an iPAQ PDA. Have just got a TyTN II and was going to transfer it onto it. However, I have not used my iPAQ for a year or so now (been using a Nokia N73), and have also upgraded to vista in that time. My version of splashid is probably well out of date too.
I use AI RoboForm. Works good for me.
First-test said:
Software for the PC:
http://keepass.info/
Software for the Pocket PC:
http://keepasssd.sourceforge.net/
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Here's another vote for the KeePass combination. I use this myself.
Secret by linke soft
all these password managers have one flaw imho: they focus more on form than on function. all these icons and stuff... at least i do not need that.
http://www.linkesoft.com/
offers a very "non shiny" yet very functional password manager with nice "small" yet helpful features:
data entering in txt-style, desk top application available (no icons and stuff)
automatic copy and paste
TAN or OTP management (at least interesting for german online banking)
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read-only-mode for preventing accidental overwriting
easy backup: all in one file
i think, that is all you need to have!
I don't like the microsoft note application I have. It's very slow (it takes a long time to open, and each time I close a note it takes again a long time).
Does anyone know a good "Notes" application other than the microsoft one ?
Thanks !
Are you talking about the default note app that comes with Windows mobile, or Microsoft's One Note? One Note used in conjunction with the desktop app is hard to beat.
I'm talking about the default note application that comes with Windows Mobile.
Look into Onenote, unless your looking for a cheap/free app. You can get a free trial to see if you like it. Onenote on the phone by itself isn't that valuable without the desktop app. I do a lot of research and I like to compose on the desktop what I might need in the field. Onenote fits my needs perfectly. It might not be a fit for yours though.
Or consider phatpad, phatnotes or Daynotez
OneNote Mobile is too basic for me, although the desktop version looks astonishing.
You may also consider Phatpad, Phatnotes or daynotez. All three are excellent applications, but all with a twist that makes each of them great, depending what your needs are. I've bought daynotez and phatpad. Would've bought phatnotes too, if the integration with phatpad was just slightly better
Vito Audionotes is also fantastic. That's what I use. You can even record phone conversations.
Webis note2self is great. Talk your note and mail it to yourself ;-) Easy as that.
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OneNote Mobile is too basic for me, although the desktop version looks astonishing.
You may also consider Phatpad, Phatnotes or daynotez. All three are excellent applications, but all with a twist that makes each of them great, depending what your needs are. I've bought daynotez and phatpad. Would've bought phatnotes too, if the integration with phatpad was just slightly better
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I tried both "phatnotes for outlook" and "phatpad", they are very good but there's a big problem : you can't sync the notes using Outlook.
Even the "phatnotes for Outlook" application needs to first import all of your notes (with tabulation or comma problems ...) before syncing them with Outlook.
In fact I need a "notes" application which would be able to simply use the same notes as the microsoft notes application and sync them with Outlook...
But with no "import" needed (because imports caused me many problems).
Does anybody know one ?
Thanks again for everyone answers ...!
Here's my fav: http://free.hostingjava.it/-frusso/pda/frNotepad
It saves notes in plain txt (.txt) just like Notepad on your pc.
Evernote ?
The app is free (but to a certain storage level a month) and the ink note taking is OK. Text one is sub-OneNote Mobile however. Killer is that it syncs up to "the cloud" so your notes arevailable on web, windows or mac as well as Mobile.
Worth a look. IMHO nothing can touch PhatPad/Notes for function, but in today's world of connectivity, it is poor on being able to sync and share.
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I tried both "phatnotes for outlook" and "phatpad", they are very good but there's a big problem : you can't sync the notes using Outlook.
Even the "phatnotes for Outlook" application needs to first import all of your notes (with tabulation or comma problems ...) before syncing them with Outlook.
In fact I need a "notes" application which would be able to simply use the same notes as the microsoft notes application and sync them with Outlook...
But with no "import" needed (because imports caused me many problems).
Does anybody know one ?
Thanks again for everyone answers ...!
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Because you didn't say what the long-term use of the application might be, I'd second the vote for PhatNotes. I use it on desktop and PPC and love it. The notes do, in fact, synchronize. However they do it on their own, not within the confines of Outlook. For this "inconvenience" it offers a very robust feature set, with only the one-time trouble of having to do some reformatting.
So, if you can get past that, I think that PhatNotes may be what you want.
I have some important drawing notes on WM side, app Notes, and i can't open them on Windows 7 :-(
There is on problem to open .pwi file on my desktop with Word (Win XP + Active Sync),
but the idea is to make them on shift (WM side ) and open on shift too (W7 side)
niedz said:
I have some important drawing notes on WM side, app Notes, and i can't open them on Windows 7 :-(
There is on problem to open .pwi file on my desktop with Word (Win XP + Active Sync),
but the idea is to make them on shift (WM side ) and open on shift too (W7 side)
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you use MS outlook, once you have selected to sync pocket notes in sync manager
What do I do if I do not have Ms Outlook? :-(
My Office 2007 is Home & Student (no Outlook in it - I do not really need it anyway) and my WM device is supplied without Outlook as well - any ideas?
Is there any other app. that would do as Notes but would be easy to open on average Vista or Win7 system?
Any update? I am having a similar issue.
hxxp://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/
Microsoft provide a time-limited trial version of Office. This should at least enable you to synchronise the notes across.
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you use MS outlook, once you have selected to sync pocket notes in sync manager
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M S office is the only program I can find to read pwi.file that have been hand written..what i do is to drag the note from outlook onto my desk top..open a PDF creating program like "nitro" and conert it to a PDF file then anyone can open it and read and you can also email the note as a pdf...
just use microsoft word or wordpad associate the .pwi with one of those programs.
It will not work :-(
ABC Amber Text Converter is what you guys need to convert the pwi to many avaliable formats
NEXT!
ABC converts the .pwi sketch to PDF format with a giant ABC AD above a STILL not properly decoded batch of code.
Next idea please?
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ABC converts the .pwi sketch to PDF format with a giant ABC AD above a STILL not properly decoded batch of code.
Next idea please?
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well it might be too late to answer but the solution is
just go to control panel and let the pc be showing the file extensions (i don't think need to tell how)
then go to the *.pwi file and rename it to *.txt (where * is the file name commonly)
and know what you are done
i just figured it out when had this problem ...
cheers !!!
A good referrals whispers1 !!
glad to see you still exist in xda-developers
Hey there,
While still waiting for DHD to come out I decided to look for a solution that would sync my Sunbird calendar and my Android device without using Google as the middle man. Just when I thought that was not going to be possible (and was already beginning to set up a Google account) I found this:
MyPhoneExplorer:
fjsoft.at/en/downloads.php
According to the website, it has the following features:
* Adressbook - with direct sync to Outlook, GMail, Windows contacts, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, Lotus Notes and Tobit David
* Organizer with calendarview and direct sync to Outlook, Google, Sunbird, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, Windows calendar(Vista), Rainlendar, Lotus Notes, Tobit David and net shared calendars (WebDAV, FTP, local)
* SMS - archive, export, import, excessive messages,...
* Filebrowser with cachesystem to minimize datatransfer, automatic photosync...
* Set phoneclock based on atomtime
* and much more. f.e.: calllists, edit profiles, control phone, memorystatus, phonemonitor,...
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Has anyone tried this yet? I'd be interested to know if this program is a viable alternative to the Googly cloud...
I use MyPhoneExplorer to sync up my DHD locally, but with Outlook 2000. It works very well for that. Like you I'm not a fan of the *Googly cloud* ....
It seems that a) there aren't a lot of solutions for a local sync for Android, understandably, and b) there are more solutions for Outlook than TB. Even with my old Nokia it would sync fine with Outlook but TB support only came in recently. Then they c*cked that up and it wouldn't support the latest TB. At that point I gave up on TB and went back to Outlook. It does make life much simpler - at least for me and the requirements I have of it!
I'd give it a go. Oh, MPE also has a forum. Go take a browse and see what people are asking. That may make up your mind, or not ....
Dave
I use(d) MyPhoneExplorer (MPE) for syncing contacts between my old SonyEricsson T610 and K850i. At my opinion, its a very good, extensive and reliable program with a good support. I contacted the autor of this program because of a problem with csv-contact im-/export and he was very endeavoured to solve it. This program is steadily improved, but i didn't use it for long time because it doesn't support my Windows Mobile phone (Xperia X1) (and no other Windows Mobile devices at all!). All the more i'm pleased that Android phones are now supported, because my next phone will get an Android phone (perhaps HTC Desire HD).
Because i haven't got an Android phone yet, i can't tell you how good MPE works with Android. But it would be my first place to go, if i'll get an Andoid phone because i'm using Mozilla Thunderbird too and no Google Mail!
FWIW, I use SyncMate by Eltima Systems (http://mac.eltima.com/sync-mac.html). The observant amongst you may have noticed the word 'Mac' in the URL, as this is a OSX program.
Currently, it synchronises using Google. However, version 3 is due shortly and that will allow for direct device sync.
I'm nothing to do with the developer - just a happy punter.
v
EDIT: I just noted the Thunderbird requirement. Not sure if v3 can handle that...sorry.
Thanks everyone for your feedback. How Ironic: Android devices are officially supported by HTC only on Microsoft OS...
I'll give MPE a try first thing I get my DHD, which, according HTC Germany, will be dispatched to local retail stores between November 10th and 18th
hi nubicurio
i tried it out and in the moment it works well, really well. so if i have in 2 weeks the same opinion, thats really great. i use thunderbird 3.1.6 german and the phone explorer 1.8.0. i also use the addins lightning, the lightning updater, the lightning button and the myphoneexplorer..
i will write in 2 or 3 weeks again... best greeeeez slash_1
This sounds good! ;-) But honestly i didn't expect any other conclusion.
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I tried it today and so far it's the best tool I know for a direct sync.
I had some difficulty getting it to work but I finally successfully transferred Contacts and Calendar from my HTC Desire HD to Thunderbird 3.1.7 & Lightning 1.0b2 under Windows 7 Ultimate. Outlook Contacts were transferred better via Android than how Thunderbird imported them directly from Outlook!
I haven't tried Thunderbird to Android sync yet.
Thank a lot for the tip. Strongly Recommended!
Truly an old thread but maybe still accessed.
https://radicale.org/ or e.g. your own NextCloud instance via CalDAV or CardDAV