I'm using the Blackberry desktop manager, along with Win XP explorer on the Balckberry drives and I cannot find any address book files. I do indeed have an address book but many entries are many years old and need editing, deleting, etc. I would like to drop my address book into a spreadsheet and do some editing and then upload the revised files. I have contact info in multiple apps so it would be nice if I could do edits on my own in a spreadsheet file.
I'm not interested in linking to Outlook or via Google link.
Can anyone give me a file path, though I've checked all viable folders on both drives? Or maybe explain why contacts aren't using a straightforward scheme that a PC user can understand?
Thanks
Last edited by BreezyOhio; 01-11-09 at 10:16 AM.
Reason: clarification
I'm not sure that you can export the files from your blackberry. I believe you would need to link them to Yahoo, Gmail, or Outlook. From there, you could export to a CSV file and make any necessary changes and the upload back to your clean blackberry.
Desktop Manager doesn't have any editing tools, other than deleting databases. RIM expects you will already be using a PIM. Outlook works perfectly, and is no doubt the preferred RIM from the BlackBerry's point of view, but you can use others.
I am using a PIM but not Outlook. And just for the record I will NEVER use Outlook. It's just another MS virus spreading application. I have an online business PIM (TigerCRM) and an old desktop that I like too.
What good is Blackberry manager if I cannot get to my contact list with it?
DM is used to install apps, backup and restore your databases, and configuration synchronization. It's not a PIM or PIM-replacement. Here are the supported organizers from the BlackBerry site:
Organizer Support
IBM Lotus Notes 6, 6.5, 7, 8
Microsoft Outlook 2002, 2003, 2007
Microsoft Outlook Express 6, Microsoft Windows Contacts (Vista Address Book)
Novell� GroupWise� 6.5, 7.0
Yahoo!� PIM
