Tips and tricks for Synchronizing

WARNING:  Do not try to synchronize your GroupWise® archive by setting a GroupWise archive path to the location of your iFolder directory. If you do this, the iFolder client will corrupt the GroupWise archieve. This happens because iFolder does not synchronize files as a set and GroupWise needs the files in the archive to be maintained as a set of files.


Synchronizing Your IE Favorites

To keep your Internet Explorer Favorites the same on each computer that you use, do the following:

HINT:  For Windows NT/2000/XP computers, you need only cut the Favorites folder from the its current location (C:Documents and Settings/username/Favorites) and paste it into your local iFolder directory. For Windows 95 computers, use TWEAKUI to synchronize your IE Favorites.

  1. Download the freeware version of TweakUI from the CNET* Web site.

    This program is used to change the location of your Favorites.

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  2. Locate TWEAKUI.EXE and extract the files to a directory on your hard drive. Make a note of this location.

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  3. Go to the directory where you extracted TWEAKUI.EXE, right-click TWEAKUI.INF, and then click Install.

  4. Go to the Control Panel and click TweakUI.

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  5. Click the My Computer tab.

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  6. From the Special Folders drop-down box, select Favorites.

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  7. Take note of the location of your Favorites directory and then go to Windows Explorer and copy the Favorites directory into your iFolder directory.

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  8. Change the location of the Favorites directory in TweakUI to the location of your iFolder directory.

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That's it! Your IE Favorites are now synchronized.


Synchronizing Your Palm Desktop Database

To keep your Palm Desktop Database the same on each computer, do the following:

  1. Start your Palm Desktop program.

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  2. Click View > Options.

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  3. Change the location of your Data Directory to the location of either an iFolder directory or subdirectory.

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  4. Repeat this procedure on each of your personal computers.

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That's it! Your Palm Desktop is now synchronized.


Synchronizing with Lotus Notes

To synchronize with Lotus Notes, do the following:

  1. Add the following three lines to the NOTES.INI file:

    NAMES=c:\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents\ifolder\username\
    home\names.nsf

    KEYFILENAME=c:\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents\ifolder\username\
    home\username.id

    DESKTOP5=c:\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents\ifolder\username\
    home\desktop5.dsk

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  2. Copy the NOTES.INI, NAMES.NSF, DESKTOP5.DSK, and username.id files to your iFolder directory.

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  3. Modify the shortcut that is used to start Notes.

    In the Target field, enter

    c:\notes.exe =c:\docume~1\username\mydoc~1\ifolder\username\ home\notes.ini

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That's it! Your Lotus Notes is now synchronized with your iFolder data.