Oh, its still around. You can disable access to the functionality in the registry.
As far as I can recall (its been a while), a folder is considered a briefcase because its tagged with a special CLSID in the folders desktop.ini file. There is a hidden system file in the folder that contains a change index. IIRC, its then up to the client OS to read/interpret what to do with the info it reads. I cant say for sure if killing that CLSID entry in the desktop.ini file (or deleting desktop.ini completely) kills the briefcase - as I've never tried it (but its what I always assumed). I'd definitely implement that registry key to prevent creation of new Briefcases. -- Espi On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 4:30 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Jeepers. > > Windows 9x called, it wants its Briefcases back. > > Incidentally, when did the Briefcase die out? I don't recall seeing it > past Windows NT4, but I may well be mistaken. > > Despatched via Blackberry. Mock if you will, but it gets my email without > a fuss. > ------------------------------ > *From: * J- P <[email protected]> > *Sender: * [email protected] > *Date: *Tue, 21 Oct 2014 19:18:24 -0400 > *To: *NT<[email protected]> > *ReplyTo: * [email protected] > *Subject: *[NTSysADM] Briefcase on share > > Hi all, > > A user alerted me that there was an "odd looking" icon on a folder on the > share , I went to investigate on the server (2012r2) and noticed they are > "Briefcase" , looking at the date it says created last week (these folders > are years old) > > What makes matters worse is that these folders part of a DFSR group and > now that they have been "converted" the DFSR and Customize tabs no longer > appear. > > Is there a way to revert these Briefcases back to standard folders, and > more importantly , is there a way to prevent them from being "briefcased" > in the future? > > thanks > > > >
