[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] junksmi:
Firstly - thanks to the author for a great program! I'm using it on HTC S730 smartphone, running WM6.1 - and I can backup contacts no problem !! (using _wm2005 version)

My problem is with backing up messages - whenever I select Messages, and options, I can see the email accounts checked by default - but unfortunately, no matter what I click here, I simply *cannot* deselect any checkboxes.. Some of those are corrupt email accounts - and when pim Backup tries to back them up, if I use temp files to memory, then the phone reboots during this message export - else it uses almost 4 hours on them, and finally fails, leaving a 2 bytes msgs_20090303.csm file; yet all I want is to backup sms (I backed up sms by running "pdblist -D -r>alldb.txt" in xda-utils http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=XdaUtils, yet i cannot restore such a backup; and also pdblist doesn't recognize pim.vol, for some reason...).

My guess is if I could turn off the checkboxes under Messages/Options for the email accounts, I could just backup the sms without problems - but these checkboxes simply don't react whatever I press on them, so I cannot uncheck them. Funny, all the other checkboxes in the application work (INCLUDING the "Backup attachments (if they exist)" checkbox on the same screen)?! Any ideas why I have this problem, and how to fix it?

As a sidenote - any plans to have a "command line" version - such that the exe on the mobile only queries the database and sends results to PC, and pC parses the data and saves temp files to local filesystem of PC (if there is an Active Sync connection present, as well?) - similar to how pdblist works?

Thanks...

EDIT: Well, finally fixed it!! Just for those particular checkboxes, one must use FakeCursor ?! Here is the procedure:

- Get FakeCursor 1.6 (maybe from http://handheld.softpedia.com/get/System-Utilities/Enhancements/FakeCursor-35516.shtml)

- Run on the mobile device once - this will "install" two shortcuts in \Windows\Start Menu\Programs called Fake Cursor Settings.lnk and FakeCursor.lnk

-- Note Windows will always hide the .lnk extension - even if you have 'Hide extensions..' disabled

- Copy \Windows\Start Menu\Programs\FakeCursor.lnk to your PC

- On your PC, rename FakeCursor.lnk to Long_Camera.lnk

- Copy Long_Camera.lnk to your phone in \Windows

If you do not link FakeCursor to a hardware key like Long_Camera (i.e. you start it directly from the exe) you will not be able to turn it off unless you run the exe again - since FakeCursor overtakes the main jogdial button to mean 'cursor/mouse click', and filemanager in HTC doesn't react on click (but on jogdial button), you won't be able to actually run the exe the second time, to have the cursor dissapear, so you'll have to reboot !

- Get to the Messages/Options of PIM Backup

- Press and hold the camera key of the phone (long_camera, that is :) )

- The cursor appears, use it to uncheck all boxes needed in the dialog

- Again press and hold the camera key of the phone - to have the cursor dissapear

- As soon as the cursor dissapears, you are taken to the Home screen (this seems to be a known bug of FakeCursor)

- .. but not to worry, PIM Backup is still alive - just use Task Manager to get back to PIM Backup, the Messages/Options should be still active

- OK the Messages/Options, and proceed with backup as usual ...

Now finally the backup is OK - and I get all my sms - msgs_20090303.csm is now 285 KB :)

Thanks again for this great software!! Any chance that sources will be released for it?

Cheers !!...

PS: If you're trying to restore on the same kind of phone, be careful - radio multiplechoice buttons are selected by left/right on jogdial - and there is NO 'Next' or similar buttons visible - to say "next", press the jogdial button over the radio buttons (which I confused at first with radiobutton selection, which caused for me an unwilling restore [of a corrupt backup]). Same goes for the other multiple choice (for append or delete and such) - choose by up/down and confirm by jogdial center button...