ISync can't be launched - SOLUTION

In May last year I posted that I could not use my MobileMe to sync my phone and computer as there was an error message. I could override to sync iTunes but not the calender and contacts. I had checked with MobileMe support and established that the error was not there but on my computer. The Sync tab just greyed out in MobileMe set up and I could not open iSync at all to even establish what the problem was. I just got an error message - Sync Services: Can't connect to sync server blah blah. I had fiddled around for ages and gave up. I have just been debited for another year of MobileMe and thought that I'd give it one more try before I actually gave it up as a waste of time and money.
I see that there are a few other posts with the same sort of story but no solution. So, I went back to my old post, which is now closed, and saw a reply tacked on by ThierryMC in August. I followed the steps and IT WORKED. Here is the post :
Save your data
and delete folder : user/Library/Application Support/SyncServices/Local folder
after you need to initialize the sync
So - I am reposting this here to try to save someone else the time and effort. And thanks for the solution ThierryMC. I am so relieved to be back iSyncing.
Hope this helps.

This could be a solution but I never tried it because of this note:
"Note: Manually removing the SyncServices folder is strongly discouraged because this may lead to unexpected data loss."
- http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1627?viewlocale=en_US
But if it works without data loss, congratulations.
My solution was reinstalling Mac OS X, which is very easy when you have an Time Machine Backup – reinstall, select Backup-Volume, your whole data is copied back to your Mac without data loss.

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