Floodguy wrote:

> "Michael J. Mahon" wrote:
>
>
>>xicity wrote:
>>
>>>I've tried to use SyncToy, but failed. I use Win XP sp2, have installed the
>>>firmware ver 1.1.
>>>When running SyncToy preview, it will prompt a massage box:
>>>Exception during preview: Value was either too large or too small for an
>>>unsigned byte.
>>
>>That means that some number stored in an unsigned byte has
>>either gone negative or has exceeded 127.
>>
>>It sounds like some (very small) size limit has been exceeded.
>>
>>-michael
>
> Hi Michael,
>
> thanks for the reply.
> Actually, what I tried to do was syncing Outlook 2003 pst-files on
two XP
> Home SP2
> machines. The pst-file is a rough 56MB in size. On the other side,
the two
> XP Pro SP2 machines I usually sync, the pst-file is about 160MB big, and
> transfers without any problems. Are there any limits in the file
size, or is
> this an OS related problem?

I wouldn't suspect file size limitations (but who knows?), but
rather limits on the size of some list or pathname that is being
constructed by the program.

Any chance you have a filename or pathname that is >127 characters
long? Does anyone else have any info on this?

As I noted elsewhere, SyncToy seems appropriately named--a little
kludge that someone built for his own use and never tested properly
for a wide range of applications. ;-(

-michael

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