Okay I have a ZIRE 71 Palm os 5. Tring to install and keeps failing. I have plenty of memory available.
Here is my log.
HotSync operation started 04/13/05 08:39:26
- Install failed: C:\Program Files\Palm\alisha0\Install\Village Sim.prc
Install synchronization failed
HotSync Error: Connection is lost (6410)
HotSync operation complete 04/13/05 10:01:50

HotSync operation started 04/13/05 08:21:45
- Install failed: C:\Program Files\Palm\alisha0\Install\Village Sim.prc
Install synchronization failed
HotSync Error: Connection is lost (6410)
HotSync operation complete 04/13/05 08:35:14

HotSync operation started 04/13/05 06:38:17
- Install failed: C:\Program Files\Palm\alisha0\Install\Village Sim.prc
Install synchronization failed
HotSync Error: Connection is lost (6410)
HotSync operation complete 04/13/05 07:58:10

Why does it keep losing the connection and it keeps resetting.
Any ideas?

How much free memory do you have? This is a very large program.

I have 5.6MB free.

That would also be my first guess. Also make sure it has been extracted from the zip onto your desktop or harddrive somewhere.

It has been extracted. The music files installed fine. I didn't have this problem with fish or plant. I'll keep trying.

Check how much available memory is on your device. That is the leading suspect.

Exactly how much is needed. Because when I didn't have enough memory it popped up "not enough memory", and would not install. This just keeps resetting over and over. I cleared out a bunch of stuff to make room.

Do you have a separate card reader? What I did to get this huge program onto my PDA is to unzip it directly onto my memory stick. Then, I plugged the memory stick into the PDA and copied the program file into RAM.

In this way, I avoided hotsynching such a large file.

Okay, how do I do that, unzip it onto my memory card directly?

Well, the Canon printer that I bought has a slot in it for me to put my memory stick and treat the stick just like a floppy disk or flash drive. Then, I can unzip and copy the file to any directory on the memory card.

At work, I bought an all-in-one memory card reader and plugged it into my USB port. I can access any files on the memory card that way as well. Here is a typical memory card reader,

http://www.ecost.com/ecost/ecsplash/shop/detail.asp?dpno=493524

If you copy the Village Sim file to your subdirectory called "PALM/launcher" you can run the program directly from your card (although you will still need ~4 Meg of free RAM in your Palm).