Vista - How do I delete offline files/folders from laptop

Speaking from personal experience, rather than professional position:

I had a share that I made available offline, then deleted (you renamed, but
same difference as far as CSC is concerned). Offline Files kept failing to
sync, because it couldn't reach that location. It picks up deleted
directories under what's been made available offline, but if your offline
folder itself is deleted, it will just insert its cached copy there and
never acknowledge that it's missing.

Try creating a blank directory that matches the name, syncing, making it not
available offline, then deleting the duplicate directory again.

"boomer49" <boomer49@discussions.microsoft.com> a écrit dans le message de
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......
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>

I tried the following command from an elevated prompt: REG ADD
"HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\CSC\Parameters" /v
FormatDatabase /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

and got the following message:

ERROR: Invalid syntax.
Type “REG ADD /?� for usage.

What at I doing wrong?

Thanks


"Shubhankar Sanyal [MSFT]" wrote:

> 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
> news1C68C8A-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......
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>

I have Windows Vista Ultimate 64 and I am having the same problems. I
was really excited about this functionality but I am having many
problems with it.

In addition to the issues above, I am also getting an error "The
mounted file system does not support extended attributes" when I try to
transfer files to my NAS and prevents me from transferring files. I
have been using Windows XP with my Buffalo Terastation NAS for over 3
years and have not ever saw this error message.

The Terastation runs Linux with a XFS file system. I really think
the error handling for Windows could be improved in this case - instead
of throwing up a message and bombing-out, give me an option to strip the
attributes that cannot be transferred - this would make offline folders
much more useful.


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