Losing all Favourites except one on TomTom 6

ItsMikeE

I have seen similar threads on TomTom 5, but could not find the answer for TomTom 6.
I am using TomTom 6 Western Europe on DVD.
Installed initially onto SD card, then put card into Fujitsu Siemens Pocket Loox.
I set up some favourites.
Added the PocketGPSWorld speed cameras and the Ogg files, set up the POI warnings. No problems.
When I exitted TT (cleanly) and re-started only one favourite remained.
I deleted that favourite, added it under a different name, and some more favourites, when I exit and re-start I just have the one original favourite under the original name.
Similar problems seem to relate to a config file being read-only, but I don't see how this can be the case, when it has remembered one favourite.
Anyone else got this problem? or better still a solution?

Oldboy · Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 7:20 pm Post subject:

Have you checked the Attributes of the File?

It could be that at some stage in the creation of, adding to, the File that the Read Only Attribute was Set.
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Richard

TT 910 V7.903: Europe Map v1045
TT Via 135 App 12.075: Europe Map v1120

ItsMikeE · Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 11:55 am Post subject:

Yes, checked it.
Archive flag was set, but not the "read-only".

Oldboy · Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 12:08 pm Post subject:

Well, that one has me stumped then. Crying or Very sad

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Richard

TT 910 V7.903: Europe Map v1045
TT Via 135 App 12.075: Europe Map v1120

JockTamsonsBairn · Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 2:34 pm Post subject:

ItsMikeE · Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 3:24 pm Post subject:

For some reason it is now working OK.
I have not changed anything that I know of.
All I have done is used TT6 for real for the first time.

Never happy with problems that just go away by themselves. There is always the risk of them coming back.

Thanks for your help guys.

xda · Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 3:48 pm Post subject:

When you first start TomTom 6 from a new install you need to set your home location as the first favourite. Once you have done that it is attached to the home location menu. It wont save any additional ones till it has the home location set which is the first entry in favourites. When you exit it updates the .cfg file. restart TomTom and now you can add additional favourites up to a max of 48. Personally i prefer to keep all my favourites in a POI file then when it goes tits up you don't lose them all.
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Graham.
TT Go720, App:9.510(1234792.1) OS:842337
GPS: V1.20, Boot: 5.5279, Home: V2.9.5.3093
Map: Europe V910.4892
Map: Europe_Truck V870.3421, Kingston 8GB SD
Nokia 925 Windows 8

ItsMikeE · Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 3:54 pm Post subject:

Setting up POIs sounds like good advice.
I did set up my "home" address, before I did anything else.

xda · Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 4:03 pm Post subject:

I keep my favourites file on the PC, when i add additional ones I do to the original on the PC, then copy it to the PDA overwriting the one on there. That way you all ways have the original master safe.
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Graham.
TT Go720, App:9.510(1234792.1) OS:842337
GPS: V1.20, Boot: 5.5279, Home: V2.9.5.3093
Map: Europe V910.4892
Map: Europe_Truck V870.3421, Kingston 8GB SD
Nokia 925 Windows 8

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