Re: How to restart Activesync

> wrote:
> Hello,
> i have a mobile device(Dolphin Hand Held) which has RS232 connection
> to my pc via COM1 port.
>
> I also develop a mobile application(.NET) which communicates with my
> pc via COM1 port.
> as usual, when want to deploy my application to device, i need to
> connect my device to PC with activesync.
>
> and when i need to run my application(which needs COM1 free), i have
> to stop activesync service "wcescomm.exe". Because it holds COM1 port.
> There is no problem about stopping activesync. I do it. And my
> application works fine via COM1.
>
> But when i need to restart activesync. I go to ProgramFiles->Microsoft
> ActiveSync->wcescomm.exe and start it. The activesnyc icon appears on
> taskbar. And icon starts to round to sense my connected device bu
> fails. It turns to gray.
>
> If i restart windows or just logoff/logon i can again start
> activesync.
> but if i stop it manually i cannot enable again.
>
> thanks for your help
>
There's a program out there called ActiveSyncToggle that will
completely shutdown and restart ActiveSync.

I believe you can get it here:
http://www.micrologics.co.uk/library/ast/

Marc