WM5 cannot install, uninstall, delete

[Chris09]

Hello,

I am fucked. I did nothing in particular except installing some new programs especially in the last phm regedit (but i did not use the prog) and suddenly the following problem occured.

1. I cannot see any applications listed in the "Remove Programs" views

plus

2. I cannot delete any Files in the whole System, no matter built in, or storage card

It seem that I have lost all my permissions.

The only thing I can still do is editing the registry as it seems.

I cannot backup anything. I cannot install any new programs.

If I have to hard reset now I will loose all my contacts since I only have half of them on my simcard.

Please help me out somehow.

What do I need to change in the registry, in order te be able to do something again (at least install a backup programm in order to keep my contacts).

Or,how can I save all my contacts to sim - I could not find this option in the contacts view.

Please .. desperately help needed.

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[a1laserboy]

I rekon you'll need to hard reset and lose all your contacts. That'll learn you for not having them all backed up, eh?


Also, Please don't swear in the thread title. Some people read this at work.

[prirucnik]

Sync your contacts with pc and you'll save all.

[Chris09]

@No.1 ... yes, I removed that bad word from the title and already am happy again with my "new" hard-resetted Wizard... only needed approx. 3 hours for everything ;)
I was very upset when I wrote the above, since Sprite Backup does not work at the moment and I rely normally 100% on it ;)

@No.2 ... also yes ... an older company laptop with Active Synch installed saved many of my contacts :)

[guttrhead]

there is a file in the root directory called pim.vol. This contains all of your contacts, call history info, tasks and calendar data (maybe some other stuff I haven't figured out yet too). Copy this to a storage card, hard reset, drop it back into the root directory and overwrite the new one, soft reset and all of your info is back. Anytime I add a new contact or important calendar info I back up my pim.vol just incase something bad happens and I need to hard reset.

[Chris09]

wow ... thanx very much for the heads up ... I am this will save me from a lot of future troubles :)