I'm starting to look at deploying Windows 7 in our organization. Everyone's still on XP. I don't get what Win 7 has done to My Documents. We have users who sync offline copies of selected folders in their server based files folder. Win 7 won't allow the whole server folder added to a library (can't index it) unless they add the whole server folder as an offline copy. Some users have huge server folders and don't want the whole thing copied offline to their computers. The problem arises when they click Open or Save within Office - since those programs are looking in My Documents. XP made it so easy to point their My Documents folders to a network location. I'm not finding a simple workaround for this. Help!

Hi Rebarron,I see that your question is based on windows 7 , there is a dedicated forum to answer windows 7 queries. Please navigate to the below link to post your query.http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/w7itproThank you for understanding

I did, they sent me here - check out http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprogeneral/thread/dea8a50c-5816-4896-b923-3db7594134a0/. Does this mean no one has an answer?!

Hi, Expert from the following article: "What are the network requirements for adding a remote folder to a Library? Libraries can work with networks that are based on HomeGroups, workgroups, or domains—as long as you can access the shared folder on the network and that share is part of the Windows Search index on the remote system or that share is cached locally by using Offline Files. Windows 7 has a new feature called HomeGroup, which simplifies file sharing." Windows 7 Libraries: Frequently Asked Questionshttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee449413%28WS.10%29.aspx You may try to enable Index on server and try to add share folder into library. Thanks.This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

How do I index files on the server?

Hi, If your server is Windows Server 2008, you have to install the File Services Role with windows Search Service, Indexing Service. After install above components, you should be able index files on server. Thanks.This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

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any way to index files on Windows 2003 Server?

Hi, Please refer to the following article to configure Indexing Service: Working With the Windows Server 2003 Indexing Servicehttp://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Working-With-Windows-Server-2003-Indexing-Service.html Please Note: Since the web site is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this information. You may need to install the following update:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/904714Thanks. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Well, that doesn't work either. The only way I'll be able to make this work is to have users divide up their network folders into those they want available offline and those they don't. The reality is I will wait until Microsoft either figures this is a design flaw and fixes it or I absolutley cannot use XP any more.

Hi, I completely understand your concern and apologize for the inconvenience that this problem may have brought to you. Currently, I suggest we change Office settings so that Office will not point to My Documents folder. We can use Group Policy to deploy these settings: Change default save as location for Office 2007 via GPOhttp://www.kreslavsky.com/2009/01/change-default-save-as-location-for-office-2007-via-gpo.html Please Note: Since the web site is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this information. Thanks.This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.