Palm Desktop Date Book/Layout

I have Palm Desktop 4.2.2. In month view of date book, there are blanks between entries. Sometimes entries are obscured/out of view but would be viewable if I could move them into empty space for that day. Any way to move entries into blank lines/spaces? I have tried entering times/no times, repeat/no repeat. Doesn't seem to make a difference. Wasted space that could be used for viewable entries. Help would be appreciated. Thank You
Post relates to: Treo 755p (Sprint)

Hello schymalen, Welcome to the Palm Support Community.
On XP, the folder is found here:
C:/Program Files/Palm (or PalmOne)/ (your HotSync Account Name abbreviated)
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I'd like to correct poeta slightly in saying that CompanionLink synchronizes Palm MemoPad items to Google, and has done Memos since June 2009, around the time the Palm Pre came out. For Google, because there is no Memo app, CompanionLink moves Memos into the contact list into a distinct area. The Memo title becomes the contact name, with the Memo itself held in the Contact note. The name is made distinct by adding |M| to show it is a memo, and to sort to the bottom of the Contact list.
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CompanionLink Software, Inc.
http://www.companionlink.com
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Hello tay8000m and welcome to the Palm forums.
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Hello johndecastra and welcome to the Palm forums.
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Given that you have all the updated data on your phone, Uninstall Palm Desktop , and make sure you remove all other folders for previous PDS. (rename palm folders under program files and palm os desktop under mydocuments). Once everything has been removed, install fresh installation of PDS, sync your device and just make sure you set the sync method to Handheld overwrites Desktop.

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If Thunderbird will accept .csv or .tab file formats you can export the data in those formats from PD. Use the following procedure to export your data.
The best way to preserve your data is to export the data in each category in Palm Desktop to a seperate folder on your PC.
Create a new folder on your PC somewhere that is convenient. Name it something like Palm Desktop Data. Click on the link below and follow the instructions on that page for the export procedure.
http://www.palm.com/cgi-bin/cso_kbURL.cgi?ID=28734
Make sure you select all for the range in the export window.
With the data saved in the folder you created, make a copy of that folder and save to a flash drive, cd-rw or external hard drive.
Anytime you make a change in Palm Desktop, export the data that was changed to that folder and save again to the external media.
With this process you can always import the data back into Palm Desktop anytime you have a problem with the data in Palm Desktop or if your computer/hard drive/device crashes.

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I've got an installation of Palm Desktop where my data files are kept in a non-standard location on a different hard drive. This helps keep the important address and datebook stuff separate from my primary file system. Sometimes Palm Desktop loses track of what I'm trying to do and appears to wipe all the data out. Upon closer inspection, I found that it had created a new database on:
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naughty naughty , because it should be in My Documents (on a different hard drive, the J:drive) which should be:
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You can tell your Palm Desktop to go to the correct place by:
1. shut down Palm Desktop
2. shut down the HotSync Manager (right click on the task bar icon and hit 'Exit')
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A little note: the program regedit is not for the feint of heart. You are modifying some pretty obscure, but important, data that the software on your computer uses for behind the scenes stuff. Be very careful when making changes to Registry using regedit. If you screw this up, you could find yourself in a tricky situation.
Thanks:
http://oduinn.com/2007/03/25/how-to-reinstall-the-palm-desktop-and-still-access-pre-existing-data/
regedit help:
http://www.computerhope.com/registry.htm
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Hello. I know I'm responding to an old post, but I want to refer to the procedure outlined here.
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This is maddening because I know I did this successfully when I bought the machine 3 years ago.
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-- Bob.

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You can replace the handheld with another model and when you do you will need to change the hotsync conduits to desktop overwrites handheld and then sync your data. Before you sync I would suggest the procedure below for backing up your data. This procedure will not export any categories you have setup in Palm desktop.
The best way to preserve your data is to export the data in each component in Palm Desktop to a seperate folder on your PC.
Create a new folder on your PC somewhere that is convenient. Name it something like Palm Desktop Data. Click on the link below and follow the instructions on that page for the export procedure.
http://www.palm.com/cgi-bin/cso_kbURL.cgi?ID=28734
Make sure you select all for the range in the export window.
With the data saved in the folder you created, make a copy of that folder and save to a flash drive, cd-rw or external hard drive.
Anytime you make a change in Palm Desktop, export the data that was changed to that folder and save again to the external media.
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It looks like you may have a bad installation of palm desktop and will need to re-install the program. Is all your data on the device as well as in palm desktop? Here is a procedure to backup the data from palm desktop.
The best way to preserve your data is to export the data in each
category in Palm Desktop to a seperate folder on your PC.
Create a new folder on your PC somewhere that is convenient. Name
it something like Palm Desktop Data. Copy and Paste the link
below in a browser and follow the instructions on that page for
the export procedure.
http://www.palm.com/cgi-bin/cso_kbURL.cgi?ID=28734
With the data saved in the folder you created, make a copy of
that folder and save to a flash drive, cd-rw or external hard
drive. Anytime you make a change in Palm Desktop, export the data
that was changed to that folder and save again to the external
media.
With this process you can always import the data back into Palm
Desktop anytime you have a problem with the data in Palm Desktop
or if your computer/hard drive/device crashes.
To uninstall palm desktop in XP, you will need to follow this procedure;
1. Backup users folder located at one of these locations:
C:\Palm\(palm desktop username folder)
C:\program files\palmone\(palm desktop username folder)
C:\program files\palm\(palm desktop username folder)
2. Uninstall(remove) Palm desktop in control panel-add\remove programs.
3. On the start menu, in the run box, type regedit.
4. Before making any changes you need to backup the registry. Click on file-export and then save in a location you can remember, like My Documents.
5. Now go to the following Keys and delete the Palm folders. Be very careful at this point.
HKEY_Current_User\Software\(delete)Palm desktop autorun
HKEY_Current_User\Software\(delete)Palm
HKEY_Current_User\Software\(delete)Palmone
HKEY_Current_User\Software\U.S.Robotics(delete Palm entries only)
HKEY_Local_Machine\Software\(delete)Palmsource
6. Close registry.
7. Go to C:\ and C:\Program files, see if the Palm folders are gone.
8. Restart the PC
9. Reinstall Palm Desktop.
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Hi. I'm really hoping someone can help me. I have the Palm Destop 4.2 software and Windows XP Home on my machine. I haven't synched in literally years - I don't use the device any more, but I still use the software for my calendaring and datebook. All my non-recurring appointments on the calendar have vanished. This has happened 2-3 times before, but the most recent is this morning. I did a backup of my HDD last night, but it seems that the calendar had already gone crazy before then, as the date/time stamp on the backed up file is the same as the one on the file that has lost everything. The address book is just fine.
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Did you look at the files in the username folder and are those the files you are talking about? There should be a .dat file in the datebook folder in the username folder. Look at the properties of the file and check the date on that file.
If you don't sync the handheld, then you run the risk of losing data unless you export the data from Palm desktop. We have seen that if you leave Palm desktop open and the PC does a Windows update it can cause data loss. I would suggest expoeting the data and saving on a flash drive, external hard drive or CD-RW. Since you don't sync you only have 1 data file and if that file gets corrupted, then you are out of luck in recovering the data. This may be your situation at this point.
Here is an explanation of the sync process and the file rotation when you sync.
You can recover the data from your user folder provided you have only sync'ed once with the PC when you discovered the data missing. When you sync to the PC there are files created for each PIM category in your user folder. For Example; datebook.dat or datebook (Depending on the version of Palm Desktop) and datebook.bak. Using 6.2 the file names are .mdb and mdb.bak. For 6.2, the files are located in the username folder in PalmOSdesktop in my documents.
The files are named .dat and .bak. When you sync, the current data is stored in .dat. The next time you sync the data in the .dat file is copied to the .bak file. You can rename the .dat to .old. then rename the .bak to .dat. If the data in the .bak file is intact, it will now be in palm desktop when you reopen Palm desktop. I have included a link to show you how to find the userfolder on the PC.
http://www.palm.com/cgi-bin/cso_kbURL.cgi?ID=26674
Here is another link regarding data loss;
http://www.palm.com/cgi-bin/cso_kbURL.cgi?ID=39503
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Make sure that when you make changes in palm desktop or the device to export the data to the folder created for the backup.
Here is a link for other options for backing up your data;
http://www.palm.com/cgi-bin/cso_kbURL.cgi?ID=28751
The best way to preserve your data is to export the data in each category in Palm Desktop to a seperate folder on your PC.
Create a new folder on your PC somewhere that is convenient. Name it something like Palm Desktop Data. Click on the link below and follow the instructions on that page for the export procedure.
http://www.palm.com/cgi-bin/cso_kbURL.cgi?ID=28734
Make sure you select all for the range in the export window.
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Anytime you make a change in Palm Desktop, export the data that was changed to that folder and save again to the external media.
With this process you can always import the data back into Palm Desktop anytime you have a problem with the data in Palm Desktop or if your computer/hard drive/device crashes.
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Migrating from palm desktop 4.2 for windows to ical

Hi,
I am attempting to migrate my calendar and task information from my palm desktop 4.2 software on a windows xp machine to my brand-spankin' new iMac. The calendar file export type doesn't import into ical. I'm not even sure which application the task(to-do list) and memo(notes) data from palm desktop would be most appropriate to import into on the iMac, but I would like to migrate that data, too.
I did successfully migrate my contacts info from Palm Desktop into the Address Book on my IMac. Hooray!
any help is appreciated.
thanks.

Exporting Palm Calendar (Date Book): you should have in the Export dialog box the option of changing the export format from "Palm Desktop" to "vCal".
vCal (.vcs) files will import into iCal. You can also bring them into Entourage (not through the Import dialog box, but by dragging the .vcs file onto the Entourage icon in the dock).
You will almost certainly lose category information, if you were using any.
Exporting Palm Addresses: choose the vCard format, which Apple's Address Book will recognise (ditto Entourage if you take that option). But I see you've succeeded with that part.
Exporting Tasks: this gets tricky as Apple doesn't have a stand alone tasks or to do app and the to do function in iCal is a bit underwhelming. You'll be able to export Palm Tasks in "Tab & Return" format, which means you could open them in a word processing or spreadsheet program. I doubt you'd be able to get them into iCal with any ease. You may have better luck importing tasks into Entourage, which does have a proper Tasks function, but that's not something I've tried to do.
Exporting Notes/Memo: as with Tasks, your option is using the "Tab & Return" format. You may need a 3rd-party notes program if you don't want to use Entourage Notes.

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