Palm desktop installation on Win 7--?serial port will work

Still syncing on my old laptop. Tried to use the palm desktop CD to install
ver 4.1 for my Kyocera 7135 on on win 7 64 bit machine. It wouldn't run the installation program. I had a virtual PC installed anyway and got the desk top installed on that machine.
I had to enable the USB port for it to sync and the program ran---but no data exported to the PC!!???
Have no clue what is wrong. I read that a few people have had the sync work with a serial port connection.
I have an express port on the new laptop and wonder if the virtual machine will use that OK and if that will fix
the lack of data transfer. Perhaps through in the towel and use the old laptop to sync but that will only work for awhile.
Thanks for any comments.
Mike
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When I tried to open my Palm Desktop to sync my Tungsten E, I found that the program had become corrupted and would not open.
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Thanks for your suggestions.This whole problem started when I was unable to open Desktop and sync my Tungsten E. It appeared that the program had been corrupted. So I tried to uninstall and then reinstall using the downloaded the Desktop software (Win414EN.exe, Version 8.2.160.0) from PalmOne. I kept getting error messages so I followed some of the instructions that I found on previous postings on this forum.
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My XP laptop just recently died and I now have a Windows 7 replacement with no RS232 port. I have been trying to get linked up via the USB port, using an adaptor, so that I can have a backup for much valuable info on my trusty Palm Vx.
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