Palm Desktop and HotSync Manager

What works

Install, HotSync Manager notification area icon.

What does not

Palm Desktop, HotSync settings.

Workarounds

What was not tested

Install tool, running an actual HotSync not tested.

Hardware tested

Graphics:

• GPU:
• Driver:

Additional Comments

(In progress 2009-01-05)

Palm Desktop and Hotsync Installation on Wine 1.1.12

Use winetricks to install the following

• dcom98
• ie6
  
• msi2
• wsh56

Make sure setupapi.dll is set to builtin.

Then run the file:

wine setup.exe

After installation:

• To run Hotysnc, set windows version to "windows NT 4.0" to get rid of complaints about missing comm drivers.
  

Old manual instructions (wine 1.17 and earlier)

* Set Wine to Windows 98. 

* First, Install IE6. Make sure dcom98 is installed.

* Install Windows Installer manually. Run instmsia.exe. The installer will complain with a nasty error, but it will leave behind all the files you need in Windows\Installer\InstMsi0. Copy all of those files to Windows\system, and set msi.dll and msiexec.exe to native using winecfg.

* Install Windows Script 5.6. You can download the English version from:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0a8a18f6-249c-4a72-bfcf-fc6af26dc390&DisplayLang=en

Make sure setupapi.dll is set to builtin, and run the file.

* To run Hotysnc, set windows version to "windows NT 4.0" to get rid of complaints about missing comm drivers.

Note that palm desktop doesn't run because of a crash bug in Wine. Hotsync will run with both USB and serial cradles. For USB devices, the process is a little convoluted, but it works. The process is documented here.

(In progress 2008-11-03)

by Gordon Schumacher on Sunday January 13th 2008, 23:11
recommended:
* set Wine to Windows 98.

No love with XP or 2K - all the same errors already reported here - but under 98, it installed without a hitch.
*He did not try to hotsync with it yet though.
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by James Liggett on Wednesday April 11th 2007, 21:49
Didn't need any native DLLs at all.

You might also want to try getting rid of your Dll overrides and just use all builtins.

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Error

When i try to install palm desktop thats what the install said:
"The wizard was interrupted before palm desktop could completely installed. Your system has not been modified. To complete installation at another time, please run setup again"

InstallShield

Command line parameters:

/L language ID

/S Hide intialization dialog. For silent mode use: /S /v/qn.

.V parameters to MsiExec.exe

/UA<url to InstMsiA.exe>

/UW<url to InstMsiW.exe>

/UM<url to msi package>