I didn't realize until after I'd installed v 4.1 that it wasn't compatible with my PPC.
I have an X30 mid which of course doesn't have WM5.0.
However, once I tried to uninstall it and reinstall 3.7 or 3.8 (I was trying everything I could), the PPC would 'connect' with activesync, as evidenced by the icon in the taskbar turning green and a balloon popping up on mouseover saying 'connected'; but I couldn't get the activesync interface to open.
I tried soft reset and hard reset. Of course, I searched for the answer high and low, with no luck at all. Some solutions I found through search were that my TCPIP ?stack? or something was corrupted. There's some sort of "netsh int reset resetlog.txt" command I tried, which fortunately didn't hurt anything.
So, the solution that finally worked for me was contained in the C:\Program files\Microsoft Activesync folder in the "wcesetup.log" file.
I won't paste everything in the file, but the actual root of the problem...
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ceutil.dll - WARNING: not copied (old ver = 4.1.4841.0, source ver = 3.8.0.5004)
rapi.dll - WARNING: not copied (old ver = 4.1.4841.0, source ver = 3.8.0.5004)
pegconv.dll - WARNING: not copied (old ver = 4.1.4841.0, source ver = 3.8.0.5004)
Wcesview.dll - WARNING: not copied (old ver = 4.1.4841.0, source ver = 3.8.0.5004)
Copying other static files to C:\Program Files\Microsoft ActiveSync
msconv97.dll - WARNING: not copied (old ver = 2003.1100.6252.0, source ver = 1997.4.2.0)
mswrd832.cnv - WARNING: not copied (old ver = 2003.1100.6252.0, source ver = 1997.7.2.0)
richink.dll - WARNING: not copied (old ver = 3.1.1.1038, source ver = 3.1.0.9558)
Copying static files to C:\Program Files\Microsoft ActiveSync\drivers
wceusbsh.sys - WARNING: not copied (old ver = 4.0.4232.0, source ver = 3.7.1.3244)
formdll.dll - WARNING: not copied (old ver = 4.1.4841.0, source ver = 3.8.0.5004)
inkform.exe - WARNING: not copied (old ver = 4.1.4841.0, source ver = 3.8.0.5004)
inkprops.dll - WARNING: not copied (old ver = 4.1.4841.0, source ver = 3.8.0.5004)
inkx.dll - WARNING: not copied (old ver = 4.1.4841.0, source ver = 3.8.0.5004)
voicebar.dll - WARNING: not copied (old ver = 4.1.4841.0, source ver = 3.8.0.5004)
voicefrm.exe - WARNING: not copied (old ver = 4.1.4841.0, source ver = 3.8.0.5004)
Copying self-reg files to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\NoteSync Forms
vcomctl.dll - WARNING: not copied (old ver = 4.1.4841.0, source ver = 3.8.0.5004)
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Essentially, 3.8 wouldn't overwrite the 4.1 files.
My solution was that I had to go into those directories and rename all of those files.
Once I did that, I reinstalled 3.8, did a soft reset on my PPC and everything all a-ok now.:)
edit: One thing that's important to add. Most of those files listed above remain on the hard drive even following uninstall through add/delete.