Sidekick replacement

[technomaNge]

We've used Sidekick (a PIM with categories for contacts) since
Windows 95, thru Windows 98 and XP. It flatly refuses to
install on Windows 7.

Got a recommendation for something close (so I don't have to
retrain all my users)?

Pricelesswarehome.org is useless unless you want to browse for
hours.

technomaNge
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[Mike Easter]

technomaNge wrote:
>
> We've used Sidekick (a PIM with categories for contacts) since
> Windows 95, thru Windows 98 and XP. It flatly refuses to
> install on Windows 7.

There's an article on 'Best PIM' that has a lengthy comments section
which contains several posts about Sidekick, one of which says that a
forum for sidekickers sez that Sidekick 98 will install and run on Win7.

http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-pim.htm Best Free PIM
Updated February 2011 - see
http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-pim.htm#comment-66928 and
http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1634600&page=1 I have
recently been made aware by several Sidekickers that Sidekick98 installs
and works fine on Window 7 64Bit. - There had been a few people
reporting problems, but it appears that if the installation is performed
correctly there are NO issues.

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[Mike Easter]

Mike Easter wrote:
> technomaNge wrote:
>>
>> We've used Sidekick (a PIM with categories for contacts) since
>> Windows 95, thru Windows 98 and XP. It flatly refuses to
>> install on Windows 7.

> a forum for sidekickers sez that Sidekick 98 will install and run on
> Win7.

More here http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1571275&page=2
Windows 7 64bit SK98 Install

2009 Sep thread has an important b0rken link.

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[Taf®]

On 12/03/2011 02:36:57... technomaNge (bi...@microsoft.com) wrote :
> We've used Sidekick (a PIM with categories for contacts) since
> Windows 95, thru Windows 98 and XP. It flatly refuses to
> install on Windows 7.

> Got a recommendation for something close (so I don't have to
> retrain all my users)?

try *EssentialPIM* in it's free/portable version.
http://www.essentialpim.com/index.php

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[Jeffrey Needle]

Taf® wrote:
> On 12/03/2011 02:36:57... technomaNge (bi...@microsoft.com) wrote :
>> We've used Sidekick (a PIM with categories for contacts) since
>> Windows 95, thru Windows 98 and XP. It flatly refuses to
>> install on Windows 7.
>
>> Got a recommendation for something close (so I don't have to
>> retrain all my users)?
>
> try *EssentialPIM* in it's free/portable version.
> http://www.essentialpim.com/index.php
>

Likewise EfficientPIM (www.efficientpim.com). The free version may work
well for you.

[Ron May]

On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:36:57 -0600, technomaNge <bi...@microsoft.com>
wrote:

Not sure if this will help, but in the "Comments" section of this link:

http://www.waleedhanafi.com/2005/03/when-old-software-is-best-sidekick-98.html

...there is some discussion about Sidekick "98" (as opposed to other
Sidekick versions) being capable of running on Win 7 Pro.

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[Taf®]

On 14/03/2011 11:33:26... Jeffrey Needle (jeff....@gmail.com) wrote
:

wrong replay! ;-)
I'm already a regiula user of *EssentialPIM*
[OT MODE ON] PRO portable version [OT MODE OFF]

[Taf®]

On 14/03/2011 16:16:53... Taf® (taf4...@gmail.invalid.com) wrote :
SNIP
> I'm already a _regiula_ user of *EssentialPIM*

oops!! *regular*

[technomaNge]

An update:

Sidekick97 would not export, only backup in a proprietary format.

Google and several people here said Sidekick98 (found on abandonware
site) would work. Upgraded to SK98 on the original XP machine,
found it would export data as CSV .

I looked at all the recommendations posted, then found FreeAddressBook

http://addressbook.gassoftwares.com/

Imported the CSV data files.

It worked on XP.

Installed FreeAddressBook on Windows 7, copied the CSV files to a temp
folder, did the imports. All is good.

Free Address Book - Free Phone Book

With Free Address Book you can note the addresses, phone numbers,
mobile, fax, company name, country, city, website address and email
addresses of your contacts and partners.
You can easy print list of contacts and details of selected contact.
Phone Book is absolutely free!

Version: 1.4.5.0 / 1.1 MB Version: 1.4.5.0
Size: 1.1 MB
Last update: 31. jan 2011.
Licence: Freeware
OS: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7
Requirements: Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0

Thanks to all.

John Corliss won't like it because of the .NET.

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[Ron May]

On Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:22:42 -0500, technomaNge <bi...@microsoft.com>
wrote:

> Thanks to all.

Glad you found a solution, and thanks for posting the update. You shared
some good techniques and a link to FreeAddressBook:

http://addressbook.gassoftwares.com/

I wish more people would report back on the results like you did. It
really increases the knowledge base. Thanks again!

[Caesar Romano]

On Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:53:13 -0500, Ron May <may...@hotmail.com> wrote
Re Re: Update: Sidekick replacement:

>On Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:22:42 -0500, technomaNge <bi...@microsoft.com>
>wrote:
>
>> Thanks to all.
>
>Glad you found a solution, and thanks for posting the update. You shared
>some good techniques and a link to FreeAddressBook:
>
>http://addressbook.gassoftwares.com/
>
>I wish more people would report back on the results like you did. It
>really increases the knowledge base. Thanks again!

+1 on that.
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[johndur...@gmail.com]

I have installed Sidekick 98 from its original CD several times under Windows 7 Home edition (64 bit). Perhaps I have been fortunate, but I just do what was done under Windows 95. Upon occasion Windows 7 has reported that this was a legacy program, but I just ignore that message.

[georgedr...@yahoo.com]

As a longtime Sidekick 98 user (16+ years), I have been searching for years for a replacement, downloading and purchasing a variety of disappointing programs. But now, finally, I've found Anytime Organizer 14, available retail as well as online, which at least meets almost all of my needs, which include a daily calendar and to do list, and an address book/notebook that is capable of printing Avery labels using various filters. It has taken me about a week of toiling a few hours every day to import and clean up my Sidekick address book, which I first exported to a CSV (comma-separated value) file. I couldn't get it to import quite all my fields (I use 17 and seemed to be able to import only 14. It seemed to work better if I did it in batches of 100 to 200 (I had 1400). I've had to ask for technical help only once, and had it by email next day. I think you'd do well to get the latest version, "14" (not a cheaper earlier version) available for about $40. Of course everyone needs different capabilities, but I think it's worth a try, and I'm finally weaned, reluctantly from Sidekick. The learning curve is a bit steep, but there's a well indexed 100+-page manual on the disk, and useful HELP items within the program. Good luck!

[Peter Gordon]

georgedr...@yahoo.com wrote in
news:7759be69-babe-4046...@googlegroups.com:

>
> As a longtime Sidekick 98 user (16+ years), I have been searching for
> years for a replacement, downloading and purchasing a variety of
> disappointing programs. But now, finally, I've found Anytime Organizer
> 14, available retail as well as online, which at least meets almost
> all of my needs, which include a daily calendar and to do list, and an
> address book/notebook that is capable of printing Avery labels using
> various filters. It has taken me about a week of toiling a few hours
> every day to import and clean up my Sidekick address book, which I
> first exported to a CSV (comma-separated value) file. I couldn't get
> it to import quite all my fields (I use 17 and seemed to be able to
> import only 14. It seemed to work better if I did it in batches of 100
> to 200 (I had 1400). I've had to ask for technical help only once, and
> had it by email next day. I think you'd do well to get the latest
> version, "14" (not a cheaper earlier version) available for about $40.
> Of course everyone needs different capabilities, but I think it's
> worth a try, and I'm finally weaned, reluctantly from Sidekick. The
> learning curve is a bit steep, but there's a well indexed 100+-page
> manual on the disk, and useful HELP items within the program. Good
> luck!
>

Does th Anytime Organizer address book have heiracial categories?
i.e. Can I have a category Trades & then under that, have Automotive,
and under Automotive, have Electrical, Mechanical & Tyres.

[georgedrurysmith]

No, I don't see any provision for hierarchical categories. but I must say that I'm loving this program more every day! Everyone's needs are different, but for me this is so far 95%, plus a lot of useful things I do't think Sidekick had, such as the journal that you can past things into... for example do a future entry for a day of travel, and paste your schedule or ticket in!

[Craig]

On 7/19/2014 12:15 PM, georgedr...@yahoo.com wrote:
> But now, finally, I've found Anytime Organizer 14, available retail as well as online

payware

fyi,
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[ebob2k]

I don't know if this will fix your INSTALL failure, but a friend who also uses Sidekick 98 upgraded from a WinXP system to a Win7 system. After installing Sidekick 98 on that new system, the data changes to the new Sidekick 98 install could not be saved. I checked to be certain that the userdata folder & files were not read only, but the data could not be saved (and it DID NOT COMPLAIN that the data was not being saved).

If I hadn't checked, then rechecked his data entries and the changes I'd made for him after a program restart, we might not have known about it for days or weeks.

At that point, I uninstalled it using Revo Uninstaller, then reinstalled Sidekick 98 in the root of C: (C:\Starfish\Sidekick 98) rather than the normal install location, C:\Program Files (x86)\Starfish\Sidekick 98.

After that install, the Sidekick 98 data saved with no problems.

I hope this tip fixes your problem.

[ebob2k]

[we...@hotmail.com]

Sidekick 98 works on Windows 7 and 8 including 64 bit. SKW2 works on all 32 bit.
The Tek Tips forum for Starfish Sidekick has a download from HenryW which works well and James33 offers the total range.
The only problems I had with a download was to ensure it went in the originally planned folder C:/Starfish/Sidekick 98/ and to transfer the old userdata files by USB not CD to avoid read only problems. In fact I use Dropbox to synchronise all userdata between computers with Vista, 7, and 8.1.
On Vista, there can be interference from other start up programs which prevent SK98 from always opening but this has not arisen on 7 or 8.1.

[carlosfb%ds...@gtempaccount.com]

I'm sort of late to the discussion. I had the same problem with Sidekick 98, but what I did was unzip all the files, then burn them to a disc. After that I clicked on "setup" in Disk 1, and it installed like a charm. I've installed it on any number of computer running everything up through Windows 8.1. Note: there is a patch somewhere to update the "yintl.dll" file. I expect to use Sidekick 98 until the end of the century!

[bobs...@gmail.com]

I have had SK 98 installed on a Win 7 Ultimate machine for about a year. Several days ago, some glitch occurred and Sidekick would not boot up -- it ran through about 1/3 of the blue tiles before it stopped trying to run. There was an error message "not enough memory". I was unable, after this, to get it to run, and finally after several reboots, uninstalled the program and reinstalled it using the patch. All data for about 8 months from calendar and memo files appeared to have been lost. But most contact files seemed intact.

I took the userdata that I had backed up about 2 weeks previously and tried to bring the program files up to date to at least that point, but the data appeared to have disappeared. Tried several computers and the userdata was about a year out of date. Tried other userdata that I had backed up at different times (by simply copying userdata to a different drive or folder on the oringal computer's drive, but nothing worked.

Still can't figure out what happened. It appears as if the data had not been being saved.

Any thoughts would be appreciated. I am very leery now about putting any more data into this program..

[CRNG]

On Tue, 21 Apr 2015 14:37:27 +0200, Yrrah <Yrra...@acf.invalid>
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>bobs...@gmail.com:

>
>> Any thoughts would be appreciated.
>

>Fix Gugle's word wrap!
>Better: use a proper usenet client.
>
>Yrrah

+1 on that.
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[Mr. Man-wai Chang]

On 21/4/15 9:03 AM, bobs...@gmail.com wrote:
> I took the userdata that I had backed up about 2 weeks previously and tried to bring the program files up to date to at least that point, but the data appeared to have disappeared. Tried several computers and the userdata was about a year out of date. Tried other userdata that I had backed up at different times (by simply copying userdata to a different drive or folder on the oringal computer's drive, but nothing worked.
> Still can't figure out what happened. It appears as if the data had not been being saved.

Do a full directory search for that userdata file, including HIDDEN folders!

What exactly is its name?

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[dee...@learningmethods.com]

I have had no problems installing it on Win 7 Home 64-bit, and I now have it up and running on Win 8.1 Home 64-bit. The secret (for me at least) is to install it to the root of C: (C:\starfish\Sidekick 98) and all instantly worked...

[drpank...@gmail.com]

Use the program compatibility wizard of Windows to install Sidekick.

[guita...@gmail.com]

Hi there,
I need to know if Anytime organiser will allow me to merge contacts,(marked contacts,current contact etc) and card fields to create memos (invoices) like sidekick does?

[Michael Ernstoff]

[Michael Ernstoff]

This is likely old news, but Sidekick 98 does work under Win7. I've not yet got it to work under Win10.

[John C.]

> This is likely old news, but Sidekick 98 does work under Win7. I've not yet got it to work under Win10.

So... why are you replying to an over-11-year-old post?

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