Re: [NTLK] Wiping Names Soup

From: Greg Hankins <ghankins_at_mac.com>
Date: Mon Jan 21 2008 - 10:19:08 EST

Thanks, Jon. Maybe I'll stick to the old-fashioned method.

Cheers!

Greg
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On Jan 21, 2008, at 3:42 AM, Jon Glass wrote:

> On Jan 21, 2008 7:21 AM, Dan <dan@dbdigitalweb.com> wrote:
>> On 1/20/2008 7:25 PM, Greg Hankins wrote:
>>> Hi All!
>>> I'm playing with import/export options for AddressBook and Names. Is
>>> there a handy-dandy way to wipe out the contents of names without
>>> selecting all and deleting (which runs me out of heap)?
>>>
>> Sure, go into extras, tap the diamond at the top of the screen and
>> select storage. Then tap names, and delete. It will clear then
>> whole
>> thing.
>
> BUT DON"T DO THAT!!! Unless you want to wipe all your user info! If
> you do this, you will have to reenter registration codes, etc--a real
> pain in the neck!
>
> In the end, I decided the best thing to do was to just keep deleting
> with the select-all feature. It deletes--a bunch at a time. So, it may
> take a few minutes, but you won't wipe out your owner info this way...
> On my Newt with over 800 names, it took maybe 4 or 5 tries to get them
> all gone, but they went...
>
>
>
> --
> -Jon Glass
> Krakow, Poland
> <jonglass@usa.net>
>
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