Deleting the ini file worked, thanks
From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 17:17:37 -0700 Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Briefcase on share To: [email protected] 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]: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 19:18:24 -0400To: 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
