Thanks for the reply. This has actually happened a second time and now has
added a 2 to the end of the laptop name. Will restoring the corrupted file
from a backup fix this so I don't have to remap everything again? Thanks for
your help.
"KyongHwan Kim [MSFT]" wrote:
Quote:
> It appears that *user's settings file got corrupted for whatever reasons.
> *C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live Sync\settings
> (Note: manually changing the file improperly might cause unexpected result)
>
> Was there any event might have corrupted the setting file right before log back in on your laptop?
> for instance, force reboot after install Windows updates, real time file scanning running by anti-virus application, blue screen,
> etc
>
> I'm not sure what caused the file to be corrupted, but once that happens all of your folders mapping information on the machine gets
> lost unfortunately, however, if you sign in with same account, all of your folders shows up as unmapped state. You need to map all
> of your folders through website again because the machine is now considered as a new machine from Sync perspective.
> You can rename computer name via Sync website.
>
> Thanks!
>
> "MMPDavidL" <MMPDavidL@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:A566959E-62E9-4AEB-BF6E-AA61177282C4@xxxxxx
> For some reason, live sync asked me to log back in on my laptop. When I did,
> it thinks it is a different laptop and took my original computer name and
> added a 1 to the end. Now it wants me to set everything back up on this
> laptop. I'd rather not because I'm concerned what might happen to my linked
> folders... I don't want them suddenly disappearing or losing data. Any
> suggestions are appreciated. And no, nothing has changed on my laptop. Thanks!
>