I downloaded this software today to sync my google contacts with my outlook contacts. I am running Windows 11, and my latest log file is attached. Google contacts sync to the outlook just fine, but none of the outlook contacts (or changes) sync to the google contacts. I created few in outlook and they did not show up in my google contacts. I also tried deleting a few, and those changes, also, did not show up in the google contacts. Also, the software does not seem to recognize when no changes have...
Outlook contacts do not sync to google
All resolved after installing 4.1.33.
I decided to go back to a prior release - SetupGCSM-4.1.33 as I kept getting a prompt for those 3 entries to "keep outlook." All works now. I deleted the calendar entries and they did not show up on either Outlook or Google. I then went back in and added the 3 calendar entries and I did not get any prompt to keep either one. I am hesitant to go to 4.20. I noticed in the newest release it would list every contact stating it was being updated when nothing was changed, although it only prompted me for...
Log File
Calendar Entries Will Not Delete
Also, there are 3 entries in the text file at the very end for "Valerie Kellum's Birthday...", Bryan Barber's Birthday...." and "Jackie Hamby's Birthday...." which I deleted 2-3 times both in Outlook and Google. While I have other recurring birthday entries they do not come up repeatedly. These were previously "Valerie Kellum Birthday" without the date in the title in hopes they would quit coming up but as soon as I add them they are back asking which one to update when nothing has changed? There...
Log for this AM in hopes it helps
I am getting messages that a conflict has been detected but nothing has changed by me on those records. What is causing these unchanged entries to show up? I got 8 entries this morning stated they changed.
Other attachments if needed
Appointment not deleted
I found a workaround to this, working at least in my case. I hope this helps to others to fix this bug/issue. In my case, the Elevated property is always set to "No" for both Outlook and GCSM processes. So, same user and same elevation level always. Also, I always had an OUTLOOK.EXE process already in memory. So, when GCSM starts and tries to sync, it creates temporarily (a few seconds only) another second instance of OUTLOOK.EXE (again, same user and not elevated) that suddenly disappears just before...
I found a workaround for this issue, at least working for me: https://sourceforge.net/p/googlesyncmod/bugs/1413/#b169
I found a workaround for this issue, at least working for me: https://sourceforge.net/p/googlesyncmod/bugs/1413/#b169
I found a workaround to this, working at least in my case. I hope this helps to others to fix this bug/issue. In my case, the Elevated property is always set to "No" for both Outlook and GCSM processes. So, same user and same elevation level always. Also, I always had an OUTLOOK.EXE process already in memory. So, when GCSM starts and tries to sync, it creates temporarily (a few seconds only) another second instance of OUTLOOK.EXE (again, same user and not elevated) that suddenly disappears just before...
I am having EXACTLY the same issue here, after installing latest version of GCSM (4.2.1) in Windows 11. I have also confirmed both applications (OUTLOOK.EXE and GCSM executable) are both launched by the same windows user (my standard user). I've tried reinstalling a few times, but still same errors. I've been using GCSM since 2020 and first time seeing this error.
I am having EXACTLY the same issue here, after installing latest verion of GCSM. I am Windows 11 user:
Older version of GoSyncMod/
Syncing problems after migration from Win 10 to Win 11 (new PC)
Sorry, typo: We recently updated from 44.1.33 to V4.2.1 should be V4.2.1...
Sync Notification: Appointments Have Changed
yes, that is true. But this timeline was already adjusted several times. In 2023 it was said 2+ years, now it is 2025 and still not disappeared, actually the classic Outlook is still standard in many companies, as the one I am working in. So maybe they will even prolong it after 2029. But we try to work on a new fork for this GCSM new to support Outlook web services as well, but I think we need some volunteers to do so, because I am currently quite busy with other (business and private) tasks
Indeed but the writing is on the wall. Classic Outlook will be EOL in 2029. Sure, quite a few years. It's why I wrote "One Outlook will be a total breaking change for GCSM"
GCSM is currently NOT working with New Outlook. The Microsoft announcement only affects the old (free) Mail & Calendar apps, which are pre-installed on Windows 11. see the content of the links provided below: These changes will not affect your organization’s use of classic Outlook for Windows. In parallel, we have a feature request to also support the Web version (new Outlook), but the (sparetime) developers need time for it and maybe some more donations to afford this fundamental change, maybe it...
GCSM works with new Outlook (Web)?
GCSM and New Outlook
GCSM is currently NOT working with New Outlook. The Microsoft announcement only affects the old (free) Mail & Calendar apps, which are pre-installed on Windows 11. see the content of the links provided below: These changes will not affect your organization’s use of classic Outlook for Windows. In parallel, we have a feature request to also support the Web version (new Outlook), but the (sparetime) developers need time for it and maybe some more donations to afford this fundamental change, maybe it...
GCSM works with PST (e.g. if using POP), but also with OST (e.g. if using Exchange or IMAP)
Hi Rob, as mentioned above, this is NOT true. Traditional Outlook is still working. If you switched to new Outlook (e.g. to try it out), you can easily switch back, just click the button on the upper right of the new Outlook
I can confirm that this is happening on my wife's computer with 4.2.1 but not on mine with 4.1.33. I'm going to try to downgrade hers to 4.1.33 to see what happens.
Sorry, it didn't work well with what I've posted for you... The examples shown for "after sync in Google" are here correctly reported, instead of what I wrote in my message with HTML codes as they appear in Google! You'll find attached image of reality!
Bug Report – “Suffix” Field & “Notes” Encoding Issues in GO Contact Sync Mod
GCSM and New Outlook
Hmm, but it runs fine on my Win10 and now Win11. Why shouldn't it run properly with this setting? And what is your advice, how to replace this setting?
Problem seens to be that definition in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run defines GCSM for Windows server and not for Windows 10 or 11. This entry is greyed out and cannot be changed. I seems the task was created on an older Windows version and isn't fully compatible with Windows 11.
I see now that both OUTLOOK and GoContactSynd are started by same user, but Outlook is started normally and Gocontactsync is elevated (started as administrator). I do not see how GCDM is started (it is NOT in startup programs and not in task scheduler). How can I change the automatic startup of GCSM so it will start as normal user?
Further information. I reboot my P daily. The last few days I see I do not get this error message a few minutes after booting, but many hours later. It looks at GCSM works fine for first (and maybe second) sync. But then the error appears agin
Error: GCSM and Outlook started bij different user
I just installed 2.4.1 and, after a bit of confusion, caused because I didn't understand the settings, it appears to be working well. In the settings, there is a check box to start it on Windows startup, and choices for how frequently to run it.
I checked task scheduler and gocontactsync is NOT there. Why/how does it start automatically?
I also added outlook.exe to startup folder. After rebooting outlook now starts up automatically but I still get same error msg from jo contactsync. I checked task manager again and again both processes have SAME user id
I get same problem. When using Task Manager - Details I see that both Gocontactsync. exe and outlokk.exe are running with the same user. So the mesaage generated by Gocontactsync that the apps were started by different users is NOT correct. When I exit Gocontactsync and restart it again the problem does NOT appear. So, it seems to be linked to Gocontactsync starting before Outlook has started
What is the status of this bug report?
Roll back to version 4.1.33 and it should sync properly without the errors one gets n 4.2.1.
I'm having the same issue too. I tried deleting the birthday appointment on both Gmail and Outlook, but syncing again gives the below prompt every time: "Both the Outlook and Google Appointment "XYZ's Birthday - 2000-12-31 Recurrence" have been changed. Choose which you would like to keep" "Keep Outlook Entry" or "Keep Google Entry" or "Skip" or "Cancel" (I have both "Sync Deletion" and "Prompt Deletion" checked) So there's no way to actually remove these birthday reminders with v4.2.1. Thanks, ...
Unknown publisher - block installation
What is the status of this bug report?
Same issue. Started when I upgraded to Windows 11. Faulting application name: GOContactSync.exe, version: 4.2.1.0, time stamp: 0x67fcec41 Faulting module name: unknown, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x00000000 Exception code: 0xc00000fd Fault offset: 0x00007ffb5c26f133 Faulting process id: 0x6CB8 Faulting application start time: 0x1DBB937A83279F3 Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\GO Contact Sync Mod\GOContactSync.exe Faulting module path: unknown Report Id: 3ba71f74-0bab-4c06-ae14-bc1496877ebf...
My fix was going back to 4.1.33 on win10 outlook 2021. Reference post (which I now see you have commented on and have seen) https://sourceforge.net/p/googlesyncmod/bugs/1410/
My fix was going back to 4.1.33 on win10 outlook 2021. Reference post https://sourceforge.net/p/googlesyncmod/bugs/1410/
Probably the same or similar issue as reported here: https://sourceforge.net/p/googlesyncmod/bugs/1410/ https://sourceforge.net/p/googlesyncmod/bugs/1408/
Sounds like the same or similar issue mentioned here: https://sourceforge.net/p/googlesyncmod/bugs/1408/ And earlier in the Support subforum: https://sourceforge.net/p/googlesyncmod/support-requests/1026/
UPDATE - While I still do not understand the issues shown in the log file, I do have more information. I noticed that I have set the SYNC WINDOW for months PAST to 1 month. If I change that to 4 months so that the 1/2/25 and 1/15/25 are covered, then I get the same issues for those 4 appointments that I get with 4.2.0 & 4.2.1. So it looks like the Months PAST setting with 4.2.0 and 4.2.1 are going back beyond the one month set for some reason. In all 4 cases these are recurring appointments where...
4.2.1 Updating Everything Repeatedly
see attached
sync failing after move to 4.2.1
How do I know if I have the most updated version of Go Contact Sync Mod
I should add that after going back to 4.1.33 and it working without the issue, then installing 4.2.1 again, same issues. Going back to 4.1.33 good again... I then loaded 4.2.0 and the issues happens there too... Back to 4.1.33 all good again. In both 4.2.0 & 4.2.1 the sync would start with every appt showing as Outlook updated Google
Appointment issues sync with 4.2.1 that do not happen with 4.1.33
Just to provide an update, I downgraded to 4.1.33 as recommended by another user and the initial sync did run shockingly fast compared to 4.2.1. However, I started a second manual sync just to ensure everything was working properly and it started syncing very slowly again. Please see attached for a photo. I have no idea how to fix this, so any input would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
Updating all contacts from Google to Outlook every sync
Can confirm. Both 4.2.0 and 4.2.1 have the issue in my setup. Downgrading to 4.1.33 and the sync runs correctly, without this issue.
I have similar issue with latest version 4.2.1 and 4.2.0 - I've downgraded to 4.1.33 and syncing is quick again. Hopefully this can get resolved in future releases. If it helps, I am using Microsoft® Outlook® LTSC MSO (Version 2502 Build 16.0.18526.20286) 64-bit
Application Crash Silently After Last Entry Processed, Data Not Synced
error after upgrading to 4.2.1.33
Version 4.2.1 duplicate contact and conflict of commitments
V4.2.1 - Every sync indicates "Updated from Google to Outlook"
Support for New Outlook
unfortunately currently no plans or capacity to support the new Outlook
Support for New Outlook
FIX: added default folders https://sourceforge.net/p/googlesyncmod/bugs/1363/
The fix actually turned out to be very simple. Office 2024 has two versions of Outlook. The first is the 'new' look and feel which doesn't have all the features and this is used by default. If you look in your start menu, you'll see there is also the option for Outlook (classic). This one works perfectly with GCSM and has all the features that you expect from Outlook.
I deleted it. And it works on my side, unfortunately no indication in the log, what happens. Maybe too less memory? I have no clue, what this can cause. Maybe you have to review your contacts and fix suspective entries
bombs out with new PC -win 11 and outlook 2007
App crashes out during sync
closed, because after deleting the empty contact it was working, as user reported
Outlook 2024
GCSM also should work with every Outlook supporting Interop/Com. It cannot work with the Web Version (Outlook new). Currently it works fine with my Outlook 365 installation, whcih is using always the latest version of Outlook, but you must use the traditional way with profiles and Interop possibility
GO Contact Sync Mod can't find Outlook contacts and calendar folders, even default ones
patch cannot be used, because otherwise it will scan through all folders, even multiple recursive folders within mails, and this will cause big performance lag in case of big folder structures. But I used the second proposal to add default folders on demand. If there are any contacts or appointments below a calendar folder, please move them up to a root folder with type Appointments/Calendar or Contacts, so that it can be properly scanned thrugh. The version covering this will be 4.2.1
Hi Florian, There does not appear to be any options to delete the attachment? Are your able to delete? I have tried v4.2, same problem. It does work with the 32bit version. I use outlook 2007 as it has a very clean interface and I have used it with go contact for many years.
bombs out with new PC -win 11 and outlook 2007
Did you try with newest version 4.2? And did you try to remove one of your Outlook accounts/profiles (you are having 2 accounts, maybe this is the problem?) And Office2007 is already very old and as far as I know NOT supported by Microsoft anymore. Can you try to update to newer (supported) Office version?
Just noticed that your log contains private data - you may wan't to remove that attachment, replacing it with a revised version? (I am not affiliated with this project or site - just passing by as a user of this tool).
bombs out with new PC -win 11 and outlook 2007
An update. I noticed a blank contact at the start of my Outlook address book - hadnt been there before. I deleted it, ran the sync and all went well. Please keep this ticket open for a few days and I will update if it fails again. Thanks
App crashes out during sync
I Imagine that the support is not working any more ... Sorry for that
WRONG AVAILABLE FLAG in Google calendar.
Eroor cyncing
Update, On the same computer my wife's syncing works without problem. The main difference between us is that she has just 1 mail account whereas I have several. I did a big of digging into the code and the re-connect to outlook works fine but when trying to access the target synchronization folder is when the error happens.