Transfer with ActiveSync

1. Open Windows Explorer on your PC (usually Start / All Programs / Accessories / Windows Explorer )



2. Connect your phone to your PC

3. In XP: After ActiveSync shows it is connected, click on the "Explore" button on ActiveSync on your PC



In Vista: After Windows Mobile Device Center on your PC shows it is connected to your phone, hover your mouse over File Management and then click on the "Browse The Content Of Your Device"



4. In the ActiveSync Explorer or the Windows Mobile Device Center Explorer window you just opened on your PC, browse to the folder on your phone you want to copy the file to.

In WinXP: The window will usually open in your phone's My Documents folder in WinXP ActiveSync. In order to browse anywhere else, you will have go up one level by double clicking on "My Windows Mobile Based Device" and then browse to any folder on your phone or select Memory Card and browse to any folder there.

In Vista: Vista's Windows Mobile Device Center it will open up to the root directory so you will have to start by clicking on the phone for the internal memory or the SD card to explorer's it's folders.

5. Now in Windows Explorer on your PC find the file that you want to copy to your phone.

6. To copy the file to your phone, simply drag the file from Windows Explorer to the the window of the ActiveSync Explorer or Windows Mobile Device Center Explorer window.



7. A progress bar will show the status of the file transfer. Please note that if you are using Windows XP, you will not be able to browse either the ActiveSync Explorer window or Windows Explorer until the transfer is completed, but if you are using Windows Vista you will be able to continue to browse while the files are being copied.

Transfer with a Card Reader

One is the easiest way to transfer files. Simply remove the memory card from your phone and plug it into a USB card reader connected to your PC. Then you simply use Windows Explorer to drag and drop any file(s) you want to copy from your PC to any folder on your phone's memory card.


Transfer with Email

You can email a CAB file to your handheld so you can install the program. On the PC, send an email to an email account that you have already set up on your handheld. Then make sure you attach the CAB file to your email. And send.



Now on the phone:

1. Open your email application and find the email that was sent to you with the CAB attachment..

2. Depending your your settings you will probably need to tap once on the file to download the attachment.

3. After that is done, tap and hold on the attached file and click on "Save As "

4. In the Save As window, I personally recommend that you save it to your My Documents folder in your main memory. It defaults to My Documents, so then just leave it as no folder. If you do not have room in your main memory, then you can select your memory card and a folder there.



5. Tap "Save" and you are done.


How To Install Programs on a Windows Mobile Device

There are 2 ways to install a program on your phone:
From your PC via ActiveSync with a file
Copying a file to your phone and launching it directly from the phone



From your PC via Active Sync with an EXE File:

1. Connect your phone to your PC

2. Find the installation file on your PC using Windows Explorer and double click on the installation .exe file



3. There will usually be an "I Agree With the Terms & Conditions" page. Click "I Accept" or something similar.

4. If there is a PC desktop companion utility for your Windows Mobile program, there may be a screen asking to confirm the location that you want to install this on your PC.To accept the default location, simply click "Next".

5. Then the Add/Remove Programs utility with ActiveSync will open up and scan your PC and handheld for already installed programs. Depending on how many programs you have installed on your handheld, and how big and fast your memory card is, this can easily take several minutes.. so please be patient.



6. Then you may see a progression bar titled "Installing Application" as the program is copied to your handheld and installed on your PC (if there is a desktop companion utility).

7. After all necessary files have been copied to your handheld for you, you will then get the prompt stating "Please check your mobile device to see if additional steps are necessary to complete this installation". Then click "OK".



8. Now you pick up your phone and you have a choice to make... whether to install the program on your device (aka in the phone's internal memory) or on your memory card. If you need some help with this decision please read my recommended guidelines for this choice below. Select where you want the program installed and then click the "Install" soft button at the bottom.



9. That's it. You will now see the following message saying you have successfully installed the program.




From your phone with a CAB File:

1. If the file name ends with .cab then this file will have to be copied to your phone and then launched directly from the phone to install the program

2. On your WM phone, use File Explorer to browse to your My Documents folder (or whatever other specific folder you may have saved your file in) and tap on the CAB file you just saved to your phone.



3. Now you have a choice to make ...whether to install the program on your device (aka in the phone's internal memory) or on your memory card. If you need some help with this decision please read my recommended guidelines for this choice below. Select where you want the program installed and then tap OK (or the checkmark) in the top corner.



4. That's it. You will now see the following message saying you have successfully installed the program.




All this info/pictures are basically straight from (wmexperts) so a big thanks to them.