New Windows profile broke Palm Desktop & Lifedrive Mgr.

I use my Windows PC at work as my primary PC for synchronizing my Lifedrive. Recently my windows profile got corrupted somehow, so the IT support guy at work had to create a new Windows profile for me and to try and copy over as much data as he could from my old profile files. Many of my applications now treat me as a first-time user, so I have to reestablish preferences, etc., but the Palm Desktop (PD) and Lifedrive Manager (LM) won't work at all.
When I first tried to launch the PD, it prompted me to select a user, but it the pick-list was empty. The same was true if I tried to select a profile. I tried creating a new profile and a new user in that profile (using a different username than I had previously), but when I went on to try and start the PD, I got an error box with the message: "Error: Invalid configuration. Terminating the Palm Desktop."
Similarly, when I connected my LD by USB and launched the LM application, it told me "Failed to start PalmOneRemoteLibrary initialization" and exited.
I suppose I could just re-install both applications, but I'm worried that I might blow away my old files under "Program Files\Palm\."
Any suggestions?
thanks, Bruce
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After you uninstall everything and reinstall, launch palm desktop and create the exact same username, after that copy the folder from your desktop back into your Palm folder and all of your data should come back.
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03-08-2010 03:05 PM - last edited on 03-08-2010 09:51 PM
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