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Joseph Moon
07-04-2006, 02:42 PM
I did the unthinkable!

I was poking around with RESCO's Registry Editor and thought I found an entry left behind by an un-installed program. I deleted it... As it turns out, it is an entry that controls the ringing on my PALM TREO 700w.

So how do I get it back... And yea, a backup would work - BUT I DON'T HAVE ONE!

If my memory serves me right, the line was in the SOFTWARE area, and it started with something like PHONEALARM or PHONEMAX... I think...

I thought it was the entry for the software by the same name... Anyway, does anyone know how I can fix this?! Anyone know where I can review a fresh registry and compare entries one by one (what a thought)...

As always, any help would be dynamite!

Joseph...

Joseph...
Brad Adrian
07-04-2006, 03:37 PM
I don't have the rigtht device to let you know what that entry might be, but if all else fails, a hard reset will restore your registry. Of course, you'd have to reinstall any applications you had before the reset.
Joseph Moon
07-04-2006, 03:46 PM
...you'd have to reinstall any applications you had before the reset.

That is the very thing I am trying most to avoid...
Janak Parekh
07-04-2006, 03:57 PM
On my 700w, I have no such key under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software or under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software. Are you sure that's triggering your problem?

--janak
Joseph Moon
07-04-2006, 04:32 PM
On my 700w, I have no such key under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software or under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software. Are you sure that's triggering your problem?

--janak

Janak -

Thanks for your help... Can you tell me what appears under:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Notifications

Can you tell me what entries you have between PHONE and SIP...

Thanks!
Joseph...
Janak Parekh
07-04-2006, 06:35 PM
I don't have SIP. I have Reminders, ShellOverrides, and Sounds after Phone, followed by a bunch of long CLSIDs (alphanumeric strings in curly brackets).

--janak
Joseph Moon
07-04-2006, 09:10 PM
Ok, it's official... I'M SCREWED!

The more time passes, and the more I wander around the registry - the more things begin to look the same.

Unless someone honestly knows the registry entry for controlling the ringing on a Palm 700w - I will be forced to do a hard reset... all for one line of code...

Too bad we couldn't just do like we do with WinXP - just resinstall windows!

Janak - Thanks for your help... I appreciate it!

Joseph...
Janak Parekh
07-04-2006, 11:39 PM
Sorry I couldn't help more precisely. :(

An alternative would be to back up your Pocket PC, hard-reset it, note the change, and then restore and fix it. Not sure if it's worth the hassle.

--janak
BrightFuture
07-05-2006, 01:37 AM
...you'd have to reinstall any applications you had before the reset.

That is the very thing I am trying most to avoid...

Have you considered backing up the device, then hard reset and re-install as far as needed tillyou are able to get the reg key settings?
You can then export the setting, restore device from backup and import the relevant key.

Cheers
TonyS.