Terry
Thu May 01 11:48:18 PDT 2008
The date and time was 5/1/2008 9:24 AM, and on a whim, Michael pounded
out on the keyboard:
>> The date and time was 4/29/2008 4:57 PM, and on a whim, Michael pounded
>> out on the keyboard:
>>
>>>> The date and time was 4/29/2008 9:05 AM, and on a whim, Michael pounded
>>>> out on the keyboard:
>>>>
>>>>> I appreciate the reply, however, this does not necessarily apply to my
>>>>> situation. Likewise, this is a PRE SP2 hotfix which was included in
>>>>> SP2. I am still searching.
>>>>>
>>>>> -M-
>>>>>
>>>>> "Anteaus" <Anteaus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:065D0B48-E78F-4D93-A360-89D82F53111B@microsoft.com...
>>>>>> These pages might be of help:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811660
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
http://www.msfn.org/board/Howto-DISABLE-Enable-Offline-Files-by-reg-files-t58520.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
http://kbalertz.com/811660/Files-Offline-Files-folder-Windows-computer-synchronized-another-person-computer.aspx
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Seems that the 'NetCache' registry key plays an important role, and
>>>>>> you
>>>>>> might find your answer there. Once you know exactly what's needed, one
>>>>>> solution might be to roll-out a .reg file of new settings from the
>>>>>> login
>>>>>> script.
>>>>>> (regedit /s newofflinesettings.reg)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Michael" wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This is most frustrating and if somebody knows the solution, i would
>>>>>>> greatly
>>>>>>> appreciate it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Mobile users use offline files for their redirected "My Documents" I
>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>> decommissioned some servers and no matter what I do, offline files
>>>>>>> still
>>>>>>> remembers those servers and tries to sync with them. I have:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Deleted the Offline cache, rebooted.....no good.
>>>>>>> Deleted offline cache, turned off offline files, rebooted, re-enabled
>>>>>>> offline files....no good
>>>>>>> Deleted offline cache, turned off offline files, rebooted, located
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> references to the old server in the registry, reboot, turned offline
>>>>>>> back
>>>>>>> on....no good
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This is especially frustrating when a user changes office locations
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> attempts to sync across the WAN. I am in the process of moving user
>>>>>>> folders
>>>>>>> to a DFS share, but the damn thing will still try and sync with the
>>>>>>> original
>>>>>>> server as well as the DFS share.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am about to use one of my free Professional support incident with
>>>>>>> Microsoft from my Technet Subscription and make Bill solve this.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Michael
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>> Hi Michael,
>>>>
>>>> We just added a server on one network and had to change OF for all
>>>> users.
>>>>
>>>> In Explorer, under Folder Options, Offline Files tab, press Ctrl-Shift
>>>> and click Delete Files. Answer Yes or OK. This will re-initialize the
>>>> cache and on reboot the old server will be gone.
>>>>
>>> Terry,
>>>
>>> Thanks. I have done that, and after the reboot, the old servers are
>>> still listed in the SYnc Manager setup. Likewise, it still pops up to
>>> say that "Server is still offline. Click here to reconnect". Especially
>>> frustrating when the server no longer exists.
>>>
>>>
>> That's very strange. I had someone try all that you mentioned before
>> above without success also. The suggestion I gave you was the only one
>> that worked for every laptop user. Make sure Ctrl-Shift is being held
>> down when you click the "Delete files" button, otherwise it won't
>> re-initialize. You must reboot also for the changes to take effect.
>>
>
> Terry,
>
> Found a tool. The Client Side Caching Options Command line tool, or CSCCMD.
> Apparently, you must contact Microsoft to get this tool, it is not linked
> for download.
>
> The syntax is:
>
> csccmd /disconnect:\\oldserver\oldshare
>
>
Thanks Michael. I'll put this away in case the method I suggested ever
doesn't work. I'm still puzzled why it didn't work for you, but glad
you found an alternate.
Apparently you can get it in the WS2003 RKT:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9d467a69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&displaylang=en
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