Vista - Server Defrag Caused all Vista Clients with Offline Folders to Fail

11-01-2007

I ran a defrag on a set of folders that contained some network shares. All
Vista clients with offline folder setups for those network shares have lost
all access to those shares. Every file setup for offline access now reports
"Access Denied". I have tried disabling and reenabling offline folders,
formating the offline folder database, but hasn't worked. My Vista clients
have permanently lost all ability to use offline folder with that server.
They've been forced to use normal access, which works fine. Any XP clients
using offline folders remain totally unaffected.

Ideas?

11-06-2007

FYI for anybody interested: Disabling encryption for offline folders cache
in the GPO bypassed the issue.

"Andy" <droid13@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OQ6FT%23MHIHA.3980@xxxxxx

Quote:

>I ran a defrag on a set of folders that contained some network shares. All
>Vista clients with offline folder setups for those network shares have lost
>all access to those shares. Every file setup for offline access now reports
>"Access Denied". I have tried disabling and reenabling offline folders,
>formating the offline folder database, but hasn't worked. My Vista clients
>have permanently lost all ability to use offline folder with that server.
>They've been forced to use normal access, which works fine. Any XP clients
>using offline folders remain totally unaffected.
>
> Ideas?

11-01-2007	#1 (permalink)
Andy n/a posts	Server Defrag Caused all Vista Clients with Offline Folders to Fail I ran a defrag on a set of folders that contained some network shares. All Vista clients with offline folder setups for those network shares have lost all access to those shares. Every file setup for offline access now reports "Access Denied". I have tried disabling and reenabling offline folders, formating the offline folder database, but hasn't worked. My Vista clients have permanently lost all ability to use offline folder with that server. They've been forced to use normal access, which works fine. Any XP clients using offline folders remain totally unaffected. Ideas?
My System Specs

11-06-2007	#2 (permalink)
Andy n/a posts	Re: Server Defrag Caused all Vista Clients with Offline Folders to Fail FYI for anybody interested: Disabling encryption for offline folders cache in the GPO bypassed the issue. "Andy" <droid13@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:OQ6FT%23MHIHA.3980@xxxxxx Quote: >I ran a defrag on a set of folders that contained some network shares. All >Vista clients with offline folder setups for those network shares have lost >all access to those shares. Every file setup for offline access now reports >"Access Denied". I have tried disabling and reenabling offline folders, >formating the offline folder database, but hasn't worked. My Vista clients >have permanently lost all ability to use offline folder with that server. >They've been forced to use normal access, which works fine. Any XP clients >using offline folders remain totally unaffected. > > Ideas?
My System Specs

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