dje

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

Forge42

If you enable file synchronization under activesync, it will create a sub-folder in your My Documents folder where everything in the My Documents folder on you axim will be synced to the PC... you can do whatever you want from there w/ synctoy.

Does that help?

dje

Originally Posted by Forge42

If you enable file synchronization under activesync, it will create a sub-folder in your My Documents folder where everything in the My Documents folder on you axim will be synced to the PC... you can do whatever you want from there w/ synctoy. Does that help?

ActiveSync can't sync documents on storage cards and I keep my docs in encrypted folder mounted by FreeOTFE (on the fly encryption) - this folder appears as a storage card and I don't think there is any way to mount it under /My Documents on PocketPC. So ActiveSync folder sync is out, less I want to leave my data exposed

So, still looking :)

Box

You might want to explain your problem in words of one Syllable or less or at least in a more layman terminology.
AS can sync documents on an SD or a Cf card as Forge said.
I guess most of us (well me anyway) don't understand what you want.

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breley

Maybe Card Export II would work for you?

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dje

Originally Posted by Box

AS can sync documents on an SD or a Cf card as Forge said. I guess most of us (well me anyway) don't understand what you want.

As far as I know Active Sync file sync can not sync storage cards. There is a registry hack to change the default sync folder to something other then My Documents, but that folder still needs to be in main memory, please let me know if I'm wrong.


>You might want to explain your problem in words of one Syllable or less or at least in a more layman terminology.

Ok, I'll try. After you connect your PDA and open Windows File Explorer under My Computer you will see a folder named Mobile Device. You can browse that folder and copy/move/delete files and folders located on the PDA, just like browsing a removable USB drive. However PDA does not get assigned a drive letter like C:\ D:\ etc., so other applications can not access pda files.

I want to assign a drive letter to PDA drive to be able to use any file sync software.

You can change/edit/add/delete assignements of drives to drive letters with a command line tool mountvol. Just open up a command line prompt on your PC and type mountvol and you will see what I'm taking about; however there is something preventing mountvol from mounting PDA as a drive, so I'm trying to figure out if there is a way around it.

Hope it makes more sence, sorry it's so long. Cheers

Box

Ok, that does make sense.
As breley suggested above it sounds like card export would help.
It turns the SD acd CF into drives with letters.

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dje

Originally Posted by breley

Maybe Card Export II would work for you?

I have Card Export installed, but haven't used it in a while because I have my cradle at home and only use it for charging PDA/batteries. At work I use bluetooth and ocasionaly IRDA for sync to my tablet. Card Export only works with USB, and it also disables active sync functionality. ActiveSync built-in file sharing works over bluetooth.

Pedah

I have a question , does that mean I can connect Ax to PC and see SD or CF as added drives to PC? and explore direct from my computer, rather than going computer/my device/ CF SD card. Does it take out the my device

Box

In a word. Yes.

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Pedah

Another question then, would this supcede AS if you were not syncing contacts/mail/ calender etc. Just copy ad paste info from PC to Ax and the opposite

Box

Same word. Yes.
And it means you can connect to any computer with a usb port without having to install AS. You can switch between AS and Card export with one click.

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Box

File transfer is also faster then AS but not as fast as a card reader.

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Pedah

Thanks I'll have a look at that app, posted earlier

dje

Breley, Box, thanks for pointing out Card Export. It does have some limitations, as it disables ActiveSync synchronization and also does not work over bluetooth (I use it at work). Asides from those points it's a great app.