Reinstall Activesync 3.8 after Activesync 4.1

OK, I took a short nap and woke up and stupidly installed Activesync 4.1.

It was a BAD Move on my part. I forgot in my post nap grogginess that 4.1 does not work with the old but great ce devices like my IBM z50 or my Mobilon HC-4600. (It works fine with my Pocket PC 2003, Jornada 720, and Neta 980.)

I am trying to return to Activesync 3.8. I've had no luck. I removed 4.1 and reinstalled 3.8 - The install gives me the following error:

Alert box:
"Microsoft Activesync:_INS5576._PM - Entry Point Not Found

The procedure entry point CeSvcGetStringW could not be located in the Dynamic link library CEUTIL.dll."



I've uninstalled / reinstalled the software several times with reboots between. I've disabled my Antivirus and AntiSpyware software. Manually tried to clean the registry entries. Moved my old Activesync directory to a safe place and more!

Again, no luck, I don't seem to be able to find the answer.

System Windows XP Pro with SP2.

Any similar experiences or suggestions. (I looked for a similar thread and could find one. ) Thanks for any help.

Try looking in the readme or help topics... I remember a something saying how to reinstall 3.8 over 4.1...

From the CESD

Close all applications
Close all running Microsoft Office processes
Uninstall all instances of Microsoft ActiveSync
Using Windows Explorer navigate to:
%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Windows\System32
-or-
%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Winnt\System32
Locate and Delete the file:
RAPI.dll

Reboot your computer

I had a feeling it had something to do with rapi.dll...

Thanks!

It worked like a charm!

It's a shame when the uninstall and system restore can't bail you out...


Back to normal, all my units except my Compaq C-140 (CE 1.0) are happy...


Thanks again for your help!

DG

well... you can make the compaq happy too... check out the relevant thread on this (let mw know if you can't find it)

I believe cmonex is referring to this thread.

yes that one thanks.

Now we need to install AS 3.8 and 4.1 on the same computer

The CESD article referred to here is:
http://www.hpcfactor.com/support/cesd/s/0093.asp