ActiveSync Toggle
 

ActiveSync... that wonderful Microsoft program for synchronising data between your PDA and PC. It loads itself automatically, syncs your PDA with your PC, then sits there, patiently waiting to synchronise any piece of data that you change.

So why the need for ActiveSync Toggle then...

Well, annoyingly (at the time of writing) Microsoft have yet to include a facility to 'Load ActiveSync at Startup' or even an 'Exit' option from the System Tray Icon. If, like us, you don't sync your PDA every minute of the day, it means ActiveSync is sitting around in memory using up valuable resources. Even more annoying is the fact that if you try to remove the registry entry that automatically loads ActiveSync, it very kindly adds it again (as long as it's running) meaning it always stays open.

ActiveSync Toggle allows you to either load or unload ActiveSync from memory whilst also removing the registry key that automatically loads it upon starting Windows.

If we receive enough positive feedback we will try and develop this further, so please feel free to let us know your thoughts. We would also be grateful if you could let us know which versions of ActiveSync this works on, so we can try and include support for these older versions as well.

 
Requirements
Windows 98,ME,NT4,2000,XP,2003 (tested under Windows NT4,2000,XP)
ActiveSync (tested with ActiveSync 3.5 upwards)
 
Downloads
ActiveSync Toggle V1.0.4.0
 
Warning
You must use this utility at your own risk, Micrologics Ltd cannot be held responsible for any damage caused to your hardware or software installation. If you do not agree with this, please do not use ActiveSync Toggle.
 
Support & Resources
Q&A
Support
Forum
Version History
 
Reviews
www.aximsite.com
 
ActiveSync Resources
ActiveSync (Microsoft)
ActiveSync 3 (HPC:Factor)
ActiveSync 4 (HPC:Factor)
 
User Quotes
"I think I love you guys. Just installed ActiveSync Toggle, using it with ActiveSync 4.1. I hate having more programs open than I need, so my eyebrow was twitching over my inability to close ActiveSync. Thank you so, so, so, so, so much for the beautiful toggle" Pam Sawyer
"I like to leave my PDA in the cradle to keep it charged. I do hate having to go through the sync process every time I returned to my office. With ActiveSync Toggle I can set it back in the cradle and not worry about syncing it. Thank you for your program" John Belgarde
"I have been using ActiveSyncToggle for years now and still love it. Simple, clean, useful - a beautiful tool" Ian Mockford
"Thanks for an excellent piece of software, it works like a charm on Windows Server 2003 Std + ActiveSync 4.0 DevPreview" Sean Grisham
"Many thanks for this elegant little utility. In the on-going fight to reduce boot times by purging our systems that insist on loading at startup and re-enabling themselves even after you have told them to go away.....a real winner" Rod Hall
"Your product, Activetoggle, is a real lifesaver. Without it I would not be able to run one of my programs which is very important to me" Warren Fusselle
"I would like to congratulate you for your ActiveSync Toggle program; it solved elegantly one annoying problem I had with ActiveSync" Philippe Bruno
"This program seems to work great, it frees up memory and I have not noticed any problems at all. You guys keep up the good work, this one is keeper" Terry L White
"The toggle is a really fantastic product! Somebody told about it and this was my answer... Thanks a lot, this is exactly what I need. I had wondered why the command buttons of Norton Anti-Spam sometimes would not appear in Microsoft Outlook. Symantec says it could be a problem with ActiveSync and one should try to disable ActiveSync and restart. So I tried ActiveSync Toggle and the next time Outlook started, the buttons had appeared again" Bernd Sommer
"I wish all software was as bug-free as yours. I will eagerly recommend your software to any fellow Pocket PCers I find" Steve Solomon
"I want to tell you a big THANK YOU!!! for the toggle you developed. I was ill about ActiveSync, but now! it works" Evelyne Kaiser-Dieckhoff
"I was wondering why ActiveSync always consumes around 8% CPU time, even when no syncing with my PDA is in progress. Your wonderfull tool lets me get rid of ActiveSync when I don't need it. That is fantastic" Michael Zwick
"Thank you for developing ActiveSync Toggle. Finally I don't have to go through the "Ctrl+Alt+Del", "regedit" routine everytime I want to unload MS ActiveSync, only to see that it's automatically loaded again on the next use of it. Such a simple program, such a great use" Hüseyin Cimcoz
"Just wanted to say thank you for making Activesync toggle. It is just what I was looking for because I have a Casio BE-300 which I have added PPX3k system which allows me to run BE-300 programs plus some PPC and WinCE programs and I needed to have ActiveSync disabled at times to allow PC Connect to run. Thank you again" John Pearson
"The Activeync Toggle Program is just what I needed. Activeync would take 99% of my processor every time I changed something once it started. I am amazed that MS even allows this thing to act this way! Thanx for the help!" Bob Duerr
"Thanks for ActiveSync Toggle. It's amazing how a simple, elegant program can make such a difference in one's life" Marc Schnapp
"You guys are guardian angels! I have just installed ActiveSync 3.5 on my notebook with a view to Syncing with my iPaq via bluetooth. I had the COM port set and a partnership made, but because the Bluetooth controller loads AFTER ActiveSync, ActiveSync thinks the COM port is unavailable. There was no way I could see to fix this, I thought restarting ActiveSync might do it but how? ActiveSync Toggle of course! Like I say you guys are angels, your program is excellent, keep up the good work" Brett Howell
"Thanks for developing the ActiveSync cut out program, my new Windows 2000 computer has only one com socket, and ActiveSync was hogging it" Ben
"THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. This little facility has fixed for me some annoying problems with Active Sync :-
    1) ActiveSync half starting but not recognising my hand held (sometimes it had, sometimes it hadn't)
    2) ActiveSync just hanging after a false start, and not shutting down.
  Both problems are now fixed" Nol, Australia
"ActiveSync Toggle is wonderfull. I was always shouting at my PC as the sync program from Microsoft wouldn't close" Phillipe Braud
"Thank you for your program ActiveSync Toggle, it is the best" Boby
"Your web site asked for feedback about this product. Here it is: The product is wonderful. ActiveSync frequently generates program errors when my PDA ends a session. It can usually continue, but I'm not a fan letting misbehaved software go on without a restart. If it wasn't for ActiveSync Toggle, I would need to logoff each time ActiveSync crashed" Alan M
"I love this program. I can't remember how many times I have had a problem with ActiveSync not shutting down or just acting freaky. This is great, the kind of stuff we could use more of" Srikonda Sanjay