Windows Mobile 6 - My VPN connections go missing

Chris K · Joined: 01 Nov 2007 Posts: 5

I have a 4 day old Sprint HTC Mogul running WM 6. I've created several
VPN connections but it no longer wants to show them to me. However, if
I try to create one with the same name (as one I created but can't
find) I'm told the name has already been used. I've peeked in the
registry - the entries are there.

Hopefully I'm just being thick about this and need a nudge?

To create, I go to Start Menu -> Settings. Connections tab and then
tap Connections. Under "My Work Network" I tap "Add a new VPN server
connection" and follow the prompts.

At one point earlier this week I could've sworn I had some sort of
"Manage connections" option in that list...

Any ideas or tips on how to get my VPN stuff back in the list?

If I go to the "Advanced" tab and tap "Edit..." under My Work Network
the VPN list is blank there as well.

I've powered off and powered back on (I'm assume that pressing and
holding the power to button to power off is essentially the same as
pushing in the reset button?) with no luck.

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Eric Hicks [MVP] · Joined: 15 Aug 2007 Posts: 479

Check the other drop down entries, you may have put the vpn settings into
the "internet" or "Sprint" settings and that's why it's not allowing you to
see them. If you can't find them anywhere then delete them from the
registry and setup new connections. I don't use the "my work network" to
store vpn connections, instead I create a new connection that's easily
identifiableand then create my connections within that. It makes it much
easier to manage.

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"Chris K" wrote in message @v23g2000prn.googlegroups.com...
>I have a 4 day old Sprint HTC Mogul running WM 6. I've created several
> VPN connections but it no longer wants to show them to me. However, if
> I try to create one with the same name (as one I created but can't
> find) I'm told the name has already been used. I've peeked in the
> registry - the entries are there.
>
> Hopefully I'm just being thick about this and need a nudge?
>
> To create, I go to Start Menu -> Settings. Connections tab and then
> tap Connections. Under "My Work Network" I tap "Add a new VPN server
> connection" and follow the prompts.
>
> At one point earlier this week I could've sworn I had some sort of
> "Manage connections" option in that list...
>
> Any ideas or tips on how to get my VPN stuff back in the list?
>
> If I go to the "Advanced" tab and tap "Edit..." under My Work Network
> the VPN list is blank there as well.
>
> I've powered off and powered back on (I'm assume that pressing and
> holding the power to button to power off is essentially the same as
> pushing in the reset button?) with no luck.
>

Chris K · Joined: 01 Nov 2007 Posts: 5

Thank you for the reply.

The entries weren't under any of the other settings.
I deleted them from the registry, but ran into the same thing again.
Weird.
This morning I opted to do a hard reset. All is fine now. Hopefully
I won't do whatever it was I did to break it...

Interesting tip on connections instead of VPNs. Thanks for that, I
might give that a go for the future.

On Nov 2, 7:18 am, "Eric Hicks [MVP]" wrote:
> Check the other drop down entries, you may have put the vpn settings into
> the "internet" or "Sprint" settings and that's why it's not allowing you to
> see them. If you can't find them anywhere then delete them from the
> registry and setup new connections. I don't use the "my work network" to
> store vpn connections, instead I create a new connection that's easily
> identifiableand then create my connections within that. It makes it much
> easier to manage.
>
> --
> --
> Eric Hicks [That_Kid] (MS-MVP Mobile Devices)
>
> The MS-MVP Program -http://mvp.support. microsoft.com This posting is
> provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights...
>
> "Chris K" wrote in message
>
> @v23g2000prn.googlegroups.com...
>
> >I have a 4 day old Sprint HTC Mogul running WM 6. I've created several
> > VPN connections but it no longer wants to show them to me. However, if
> > I try to create one with the same name (as one I created but can't
> > find) I'm told the name has already been used. I've peeked in the
> > registry - the entries are there.
>
> > Hopefully I'm just being thick about this and need a nudge?
>
> > To create, I go to Start Menu -> Settings. Connections tab and then
> > tap Connections. Under "My Work Network" I tap "Add a new VPN server
> > connection" and follow the prompts.
>
> > At one point earlier this week I could've sworn I had some sort of
> > "Manage connections" option in that list...
>
> > Any ideas or tips on how to get my VPN stuff back in the list?
>
> > If I go to the "Advanced" tab and tap "Edit..." under My Work Network
> > the VPN list is blank there as well.
>
> > I've powered off and powered back on (I'm assume that pressing and
> > holding the power to button to power off is essentially the same as
> > pushing in the reset button?) with no luck.

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