What you are describing is default behavior. My Pictures (for example) is a subfolder and thus is included in the redirection1 for My Documents. Also, you say to disable sync at login/logoff and that that particular operation isn't a "full sync". You will have to explain this because all of my files are checked and synchronized as needed. Are you implying to do it manually all the time?
Folder Redirection does not depend on Offline Files1. So the GPO setting you reference isn't relevant here. I have only enabled redirection for my My Documents folder. All my subfolders are redirected as well, and I've made no additional changes beyond enabling redirection. As a side note, I made the registry changes you mention some time ago to suppress file types such as .mdb, and only added it to HKLM. The errors are suppressed and I didn't seem to be required to add it to HKCU as well. It seemed redundant to me so I had to test. 1. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc781907.aspx -- Mike Gill From: Michael Ross [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 11:05 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Redirected Documents issues They only get backed up if you tell it to make them available offline.. BUT you need to tell it make all subfolders available offline. Force a full sync, and not a quick sync. A quick sync will not get all the files. Turn off the sync on logon or log off. That's the quick sync. After you configure the sync, you right click and choose synchronize.. that's a full sync. On top of that, are you XP Sp2, or SP3? If SP3, there's a post SP3 patch for offline files that Ive found that helps (WindowsXP-KB944898-x86-ENU.exe). Go to your GPO's Computer Config Administrative Templates Network\Offline Files Subfolders Always Available Offline Policy Setting Subfolders always available offline Enabled Ensures all subfolders are available offline when a folder is made available for offline use. Gpupdate /force reboot Also, put in the following reg keys to make sure you have no issues with file types, and enter in your own file types of course Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\NetCache\Exclus ionErrorSuppressionList] "*.mdb"=dword:00000000 Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\NetCache\Exclu sionErrorSuppressionList] "*.mdb"=dword:00000000 Doing this, I got rid of all my offline file issues, and any redirected files inside My Documents were available offline , or online provided the user did a sync to the corporate server on some type of regular basis. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
