ISYNC WON'T LAUNCH HELP!

When I open up isync application, it won't launch at all. I see the word isync and help on top of the menu bar but when I click on them, nothing at all happens. Please help me get my isync working anyone! Thanks!
Pat

I had this problem last week and found a fix here on the boards, but you must be willing to go against the official Apple advice.
Go into your user library's application support folder (/Users/YourName/Library/Application Support/). Look for the "SyncService" and "SyncServices" folders. There will be one of each.
One of these is the WRONG one. And even though Apple's own tech notes say "Like a swarm of angry bees, avoid touching this folder," I'm sad to say... you're gonna have to touch it.
IMPORTANT STEP:
Open both folders and look at the file dates. Find the most recent (for me, that was SyncServices). Take the other folder and right-click it. Select "Create Archive of SyncService" to make a quick .zip backup of the folder.
Now. Take a deep breath and delete the folder you backed up.
Re-launch iSync.
Did it work?
If not, you can restore the original folder by unzipping the SyncService.zip that you created, and try something else (maybe try the same with the other SyncServices folder, just to be sure).

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