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Old 04-25-07, 02:38 PM   #1 (permalink)
dje
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Accessing PocketPC files from Windows XP

I wonder if there is a way to mount pocket pc file system as a normal drive or folder in Win XP when Pocket PC is connected with ActiveSync. Right now it shows up under "My Computer" in windows explorer, but explorer doesn't show a path that I can use in other applications.

What I would like to do is mount Pocket PC file system as a drive or a folder, so I can use MS SyncToy for file synchronization between PC and PocketPC (I'm using MobSync at the moment, but it has a problem with overwriting files that were modified on both sides since previous sync)

Window XP mountvol tool showed a few unmounted volumes on my PC, ie:
>>mountvol
Possible values for VolumeName along with current mount points are:

\\?\Volume{6001a6dc-2c45-11da-a590-806d6172696f}\
C:\

\\?\Volume{0ffa412b-f986-11da-801f-00059a3c7800}\
D:\

\\?\Volume{9d4bdf14-27dd-11db-8062-0010c6962890}\
P:\

\\?\Volume{54af5b64-e1ff-11db-80a3-0014a42f3e32}\
The system cannot find the file specified.
\\?\Volume{ef2129cd-eccf-11db-80a8-0010c6962890}\
The system cannot find the file specified.
\\?\Volume{23e43073-eeaf-11db-80ad-0010c6962890}\
The system cannot find the file specified.
\\?\Volume{44106726-db01-11db-80a2-0014a42f3e32}\
The system cannot find the file specified.

I tried to mounting unmounted volumes (assuming that one of them was PPC/ActiveSync), but would always get an error "The parameter is incorrect.".

Is there a third party utility what would allow file and folder sharing between PC and Pocket PC?

Did anybody try using PocketPC ftp servers for that? - I wonder if they'd work over ActiveSync connection.

Thanks
Ross

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