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Hello all,

I am not certain if this would be a file system question but I
figured I'll start the post here.
I am looking at using offline files configured on a share as a
repository for a redirected My Documents folder. Unfortunately, I
noticed that unless a user "accesses" the file or folder the data is
not cached to the local machine. I have read through the deployment
papers for redirection of folders and have been unable to find a way
to change this behavior. I have a mix of Windows 2000 and Windows XP
clients that need this capability. Does anyone have any suggestions
to force offline files to be created for all files in a directory?

Sean

Sean wrote:
Hello all,

I am not certain if this would be a file system question but I
figured I'll start the post here.
I am looking at using offline files configured on a share as a
repository for a redirected My Documents folder. Unfortunately, I
noticed that unless a user "accesses" the file or folder the data is
not cached to the local machine. I have read through the deployment
papers for redirection of folders and have been unable to find a way
to change this behavior. I have a mix of Windows 2000 and Windows XP
clients that need this capability. Does anyone have any suggestions
to force offline files to be created for all files in a directory?

Sean

Not that I know of, because the selection of offline files is usually set
on
the client (although you might get more help in m.p.windows.group_policy).
Personally, I've found offline files not worth the trouble as I've seen
too
many incidents of lost data - I use offline files functionality only for
home/remote/laptop users, and I use a third party app called SecondCopy
2000
(www.centered.com) for it.

However, you may be able to do what you wish via policy. Try the GP group.