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Tray
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 Posted - 09/22/2003 : 6:33:23 PM
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I setup manual folder redirection of the My Documents folder on a couple of XP machines (no group policy). Unfortuneatly, the server that their My Documents were pointing to, crashed. I moved their documents over (from backup) to a new server and share. The problem is, is that I can't remove the entry from Offline Folders to synchronize to the old server. When the user logs in, the syncronization box appears, and it will try to sync up with both the old location and the new location. Is there any way to remove the old location from the offline files syncronization program?
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jawwen
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Posted - 09/22/2003 : 8:30:07 PM
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If you clear the offline files on your computer, the synced locations will be removed
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Tray
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Posted - 09/22/2003 : 9:33:24 PM
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I tried to reinitialize the DB, but in the registry I still see the all of the shares. I tried to get rid of them via regedit and reboot, but the share names come back.
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dmarelia
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Tray
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USA
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Posted - 09/23/2003 : 10:41:41 PM
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Darren:
I did that, and also realized that the user at the desk needed Admin privileges to do that. The question I had is that under the HKLM\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\netcache\shares list all of the shares that I have ever used with offline folders and there is no way to remove them. If I delete the keys, and reboot, they get repopulated. The fear I have is even though I reinitialized the DB, it will still decide to sync with a nonexistant share and slow down the PC in the process.
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dmarelia
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Tray
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Posted - 09/24/2003 : 3:15:50 PM
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Darren:
It's under HKCU, and the keys are still there.
Any ideas?
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dmarelia
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Tray
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Posted - 09/24/2003 : 5:09:05 PM
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Thanks Darren. Will try that
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Edited by - Tray on 09/24/2003 5:09:20 PM |
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Snowman2003
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Posted - 10/28/2003 : 07:55:17 AM
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It's the same problem over here.
One of our old servers got disconnected, but it is still in the offline files list, and nobody can get rid of it. The hard thing is, that w2k tries to find that non-existing server for quite a long time (!!) and shows an error afterwards.
I've:
- de-checked the item in the offline-files list
- deleted all offline files (from the folder-view and also via the delete offline files-Button)
- removed the share out of the registry
Windows RE!-checks the item, and puts it back into the registry's shares list - although no more offline files exists. Even the server does not exist anymore.
Why is there NO WAY to REMOVE the share again ???
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freshman
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 11/06/2003 : 06:45:53 AM
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Does anyone know if there is a way to synch folders between two xp pro machines on a peer-peer wireless network...ie my laptop and my desktop at home? Ideally I want one MyDocs folder that is available offline on my laptop and synchs when I get home.
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werwar
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 11/06/2003 : 08:55:38 AM
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Offline files can be configured on an XP machine for any share hosted on an SMB-compliant host (e.g. a share on your home PC). Just enable it in Windows Explorer by selecting Tools...Folders...Offline Files...Enable Offline Files.
You can then redirect your My Documents folder by right-clicking it, selecting Properties and changing the Target Folder Location to the network share where you wish to store them. As you're using XP it will be marked as Available Offline as soon as it is redirected.
Warwick
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freshman
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Posted - 11/06/2003 : 09:14:54 AM
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| Thanks Warwick. I'll give it a go tonight. |
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plemieux
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Posted - 11/17/2003 : 4:40:00 PM
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<<You can then redirect your My Documents folder by right-clicking it, selecting Properties and changing the Target Folder Location to the network share where you wish to store them. As you're using XP it will be marked as Available Offline as soon as it is redirected.>>
In a similar situation, I did the above in XP Pro and got it manually redirected and cached, however I DON'T want this cached. The "Make Available Offline" is greyed out and I can't uncheck it.
Does anyone know why and how to disable this particlular folder's caching? I don't want to completely disable Offline Files on the client.
P.S. I checked the folder on the Windows Powered NAS appliance and it shows "Manual Caching for Documents". And, no GPO or AD involved.
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werwar
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Posted - 11/18/2003 : 07:30:27 AM
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XP automatically makes redirected folders available offline no matter what the folder caching parameter on the share is. This is unique to XP, and won't happen on W2K. You have to disable automatic caching of redirected folders manually. This can be done using Administrative Templates in GPO (Network\Offline Files\Do not automatically make redirected folders available offline).
If you're not using GPO I haven't found I way to implement the above yet.
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normanzhang
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Posted - 12/30/2003 : 6:25:00 PM
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Does anyone know where are the offline file cache stored on the local HD?
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normanzhang
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Posted - 12/30/2003 : 7:43:49 PM
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I found out that the caches are stored under %systemroot%\csc. Is there a way to move theses files to another location (i.e., I would like to move csc\ to another partition.)?
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plemieux
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USA
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Posted - 12/31/2003 : 09:11:15 AM
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| Sure, you can move the cache to another drive by using the cachemov.exe utility. Do a google search for it and I am sure you will find everything you need. |
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normanzhang
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Posted - 12/31/2003 : 1:26:35 PM
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Originally posted by plemieux
Sure, you can move the cache to another drive by using the cachemov.exe utility. Do a google search for it and I am sure you will find everything you need.
Thanks plemieux. I downloaded cachemov.exe and cchmvmsg.dll from the W2K Pro Resource Kit. Put them under %SystemRoot%\System32. Ran cachemov, now everything works as expected. cchmvmsg.dll is for unattended service. e.g., cachemov -unattend newdrive:\ |
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mazaffar
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Posted - 09/06/2005 : 11:12:58 AM
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Hi,
is there any way of recovering the files in the offline cache as i rejoined the laptop to a different domain and now the user wants to access his offline files. I have looked in the \csc folder, but the files are gobbledigook.
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Offline Folders Problem
