Use a contacts folder in Outlook. Since ActiveSync will not sync contacts
from folders, store the things that you *don't* want to go to the device in
those folders and leave the things that you *do* want synchronized in the
main folder.

Paul T.

"duh" <duh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> "Todd Allcock" wrote:
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>> At 29 Jun 2008 21:04:01 -0400 Duh wrote:
>> > The first time I sync'd everything was fine. The next day I only
>> > wanted to sync Files for other purposes, I unchecked Contacts
>> > and everything else, received the files I needed. Later went to
>> > contacts nothing there, so I resync'd contacts. A day later I sync'd
>> > more Files, with contacts unchecked, all contacts disappeared again.
>> > Ant ideas "Why contacts disappear"?
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>> That's the way WM works- it assume that the data "belongs" to the PC, so
>> when you uncheck the data type, that data is removed from the device.
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>> While that may seem to be a silly design decision, the real question is
>> why
>> are you unchecking it each sync? If you haven't changed anything, that
>> sync will happen (relatively) quickly, since the device and PC will
>> deduce
>> that nothing has changed. OTOH, initial syncs, like when you check the
>> contacts box, take forever, comparatively, since the PC now has to copy
>> every Contact to the device.
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>> Just leave everything you want synched checked, and it'll all go much
>> more
>> smoothly! ;-).
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>> The reasoning behind that, I have modified the contacts on my phone for
>> family and friends. I wanted to leave all the others (business, clubs,
>> others) on my computer. When I sync, it pulls every contact over to my
>> phone, which I do not want (way too many). If I uncheck contacts, it
>> deletes my modified (shortened) list. Now when I sync to update personal
>> file and documents, all contacts dissapear. Downloading and syncing files
>> is primarily all I need to do, not contacts. This should be all together
>> a seperate issue.
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