I didn't realize that not everyone uses the registry regularly (in fact we
discourage it.) My apologies.
Run the following command from an elevated command prompt and then restart
the machine:
REG ADD "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\CSC\Parameters" /v
FormatDatabase /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
To start an elevated command prompt, right click on cmd in your start menu
and select "Run as administrator"
Thanks
"boomer49" <boomer49@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news
1C68C8A-3F67-4381-819A-C3FC44BD1D26@microsoft.com...
>
> I'm not tech savy enough to understand your directions to clear the files.
> Can you give me a step by step? Thanks
>
>
> "Shubhankar Sanyal [MSFT]" wrote:
>
>> The steps to reset the offline files cache were in my previous mail. Let
>> me
>> know if you have any problems with that. If you decide to use Offline
>> Files
>> again, I would love to help debug the issue you were seeing. It's not
>> something we've seen before.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> "boomer49" <boomer49@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:8D20E935-FFBE-49D9-B202-9F35CD8C0C33@microsoft.com...
>> > The folder I wanted to be available offline was one of many(my entire
>> > my
>> > documents) that I had available for sharing on my network. after the
>> > sync
>> > process it would not let me access the other files in my docs. It had
>> > a
>> > grey
>> > x by the folder and said that the folder was "offline" when my wife's
>> > my
>> > docs worked fine, so I know the network was working ok. I disabled
>> > sharing
>> > for the my docs folder, changed the name and then enabled sharing again
>> > and
>> > everything worked fine. I then tried to make one of the folders
>> > available
>> > offline and the same thing happened. I tried a third time and it
>> > seems
>> > to
>> > have worked fine. However, now that I know about synctoy, that really
>> > meets
>> > my needs better. I just need to know how to delete all the files that
>> > my
>> > laptop thinks it is holding for me to be available offline.
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "Shubhankar Sanyal [MSFT]" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi,
>> >> Could you elaborate on what you mean by - "There was a problem then
>> >> seeing
>> >> other shared folders"?
>> >>
>> >> To reset the offline files cache, perform the following steps(note -
>> >> you'll
>> >> lose everything that you made available offline on the client):
>> >> 1.. In registry, create a DWORD value called FormatDatabase under
>> >> HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\CSC\Parameters. To this value,
>> >> assign
>> >> the value of 1.
>> >> 2.. Restart the computer.
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Shubhankar
>> >>
>> >> "boomer49" <boomer49@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:0D0F9594-A96B-422C-B307-C8E5E3D969F2@microsoft.com...
>> >> >I did try control panel-> Offline files. I tell it to delete the
>> >> >files,
>> >> >it
>> >> > says it is deleting them, but they are still there. So this is how
>> >> > it
>> >> > went:
>> >> > I folder named "A" that I made available offline. There was a
>> >> > problem
>> >> > then
>> >> > seeing other shared folders. I played around with it and finally
>> >> > changed
>> >> > the
>> >> > name of the file to "B". Same thing happened with not being able to
>> >> > see
>> >> > other files, it would say they were offline when I knew they were
>> >> > online.
>> >> > So
>> >> > I tried on more time and changed the the file name to "C".
>> >> > Everything
>> >> > is
>> >> > working fine now except the files from the first two syncs are still
>> >> > there
>> >> > eating up nearly 20gigs of space.
>> >> >
>> >> > I have since played with synctoy and have that working well and no
>> >> > longer
>> >> > need to use the offline files feature and would like to delete all
>> >> > files
>> >> > associated with it.
>> >> >
>> >> > Thank you very much for your help.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > "Shubhankar Sanyal [MSFT]" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Did you try to delete these files through the control
>> >> >> panel->Offline
>> >> >> files?
>> >> >> If not, how did you try it?
>> >> >> We have encountered some issues while deleting entries from the
>> >> >> offline
>> >> >> files cache in certain scenarios. There might be a qfe to address
>> >> >> this
>> >> >> in
>> >> >> the future. In the mean time, one option is to reinitialize your
>> >> >> entire
>> >> >> offline files cache. However this will mean that you will have to
>> >> >> make
>> >> >> the
>> >> >> folders of interest available offline again. You will also lose any
>> >> >> unsynced
>> >> >> changes.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Thanks
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "boomer49" <boomer49@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> >> news:3EDF53D1-3D07-47F0-8A49-6A5FC6E1749F@microsoft.com...
>> >> >> > The files are still present, but i changed the name of the
>> >> >> > folder.
>> >> >> > I
>> >> >> > did
>> >> >> > that a few times for the same folder. Now I would just rather
>> >> >> > use a
>> >> >> > different method to keep these files in sync, however I have this
>> >> >> > folder
>> >> >> > copied onto the laptop hard drive 3 times taking up 20 gigs. I'd
>> >> >> > like
>> >> >> > to
>> >> >> > just delete all those files.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Thanks....
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > "Shubhankar Sanyal [MSFT]" wrote:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> Hi,
>> >> >> >> Are the shares in question still present on the server (the XP
>> >> >> >> machine
>> >> >> >> if
>> >> >> >> I
>> >> >> >> understand correctly)?
>> >> >> >> Did you try to delete these files through the control
>> >> >> >> panel->Offline
>> >> >> >> files?
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Thanks
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> "boomer49" <boomer49@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> >> >> news:7EF01B75-4F65-4F92-A9E4-450A49FBE41B@microsoft.com...
>> >> >> >> > I'm running Vista Business(laptop). I enabled a folder(on my
>> >> >> >> > desktop
>> >> >> >> > running
>> >> >> >> > XP) to be available offline. I was haveing some issues and
>> >> >> >> > somehow
>> >> >> >> > sync'd
>> >> >> >> > the folder 3 times under different names.... Now I have a
>> >> >> >> > bunch
>> >> >> >> > of
>> >> >> >> > files
>> >> >> >> > on
>> >> >> >> > the laptop (20gigs) that will not delete. How do I delete
>> >> >> >> > these
>> >> >> >> > not
>> >> >> >> > longer
>> >> >> >> > needed offline file shares from my computer. I click delete
>> >> >> >> > and
>> >> >> >> > it
>> >> >> >> > says
>> >> >> >> > they
>> >> >> >> > are being deleted, but, they are still there.
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > Thanks......
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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