Windows 7 offline files do not sync real time while online?
I have network folders setup for use offline. When im online and another user deletes files from those folders, i dont see those deletions until i reboot or force a manual sync. How do you make that to show real time. So that when another user deletes files in folders i have set to use offline... however im online connected/authenticated to the network, i can see those changes real time. thanks,
May 5th, 2010 12:27am

If you are working offline and make changes to offline files from a network folder, Windows automatically syncs any changes you made to the files the next time you connect to that network folder. If you are working offline while someone else changes a file in a shared network folder, Windows syncs those changes with the offline file on your computer the next time you connect to that network folder. If you have also changed the file since you last connected to the network folder, a sync conflict will occur and Windows will ask you which version you want to keep.Arthur Xie - MSFT
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May 7th, 2010 10:36am

When im online and someone else deletes a file/folder on the network that is in one of my offline sync folders... that file/folder still shows up in my view. This behavior does not occur in windows XP. I verifed this.. I setup two test machines, one windows 7 machine and a windows xp machine. On each machine I configure offline folders for the same folders on the network. I then went to another computer and deleted files/folders on the network share while both test machines were online. On the windows XP machine, those files/folders that were deleted disapeared from the view and were no longer in the offline sync folders. On the Windows 7 machine those files/folders were still viewable and accesable.
May 7th, 2010 8:15pm

Just another note. When im offline everything works fine. When im ONLINE is what i have issues with. When im ONLINE, file/folder modifications that happen are not showing up REAL TIME on my Windows 7 machine.
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May 7th, 2010 8:19pm

The behavior changes since Windows Vista. Please see: Understanding offline filesArthur Xie - MSFT
May 10th, 2010 10:18am

The article basically says nothing that isn't already known and doesnt address the issues I have.
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May 10th, 2010 6:58pm

We are having the exact same problem in Windows 7. When a user is ONLINE working on a Network file, from an Available Offline folder, he saves his changes and see's the changes reflected on the Network file each time he opens it but other users who open that Network file, while ONLINE as well, do not see the changes until he MANUALLY selects Sync All. Did you ever get an answer bsumandig?
May 21st, 2010 1:14am

No, never got an answer. I have a case open with MS. I tried a few things however none of them worked. MS is gonna remote into my comp in the morning to try and look at some other options. Im suprised other people havent run into this issue yet. Its been very frustrating so far.
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May 21st, 2010 1:35am

This behavior is by design, as the article said.Arthur Xie - MSFT
May 21st, 2010 12:48pm

Hi bsumandiq. What did MS tell you after the remoting in to see for yourself?
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May 26th, 2010 6:42pm

We came across this page from technet http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc749449(WS.10).aspx Quoting from the Online mode section: Online mode is the default mode of operation, and it provides the following: - Normal access to network files - Improved performance because read requests can be satisfied from the local cache if the file in the cache is synchronized with the server In online mode, all modifications to a file or folder (write, open, or create) are applied to the network server first and then to the local cache. When you are in online mode, the details pane in Windows Explorer shows Offline status: Online. Please post back if a fix is found.
May 31st, 2010 9:54am

Any update on this problem? I have the same problem with 2 Windows 7 Pro computer. The person has to do a manual Sync to see the update on the network files when he's ONLINE. Very annoying. Microsoft, please don't tell me it's by design, it was working on XP and Vista.
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June 7th, 2010 7:25am

I been "working" with Microsoft on the issue. I put that in quotes because the case has been transferred to different engineers so many times it feels like nothing has been acomplished except for me explaining the issue 100 more times. An engineer did send me this on friday so hopefully we get some results out of it. 1) As you have worked with our Performance Team and according to their Analysis, they are concluding it to be a bug. Which however still needs to be confirmed. I’m working on to get a confirmation. This will require us to reproduce the issue once again in a similar environment.
June 7th, 2010 11:42pm

i got same problems here too, unfortunatley i replaced 60 pc's from xp to 7 pro, the impact is everyday ther's always complaint to our division because this issue, they always complaint that they always losing their last saved files when they move to another computer. they've changed the files, but no synchronized at all, i assume the files only changed in offline files, but not synchronize to the network storage. really need solution for this problems, and sorry for my bad english regards from Indonesia,
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June 17th, 2010 8:16am

I have a similar problem. I have a laptop that is on windows 7. The laptop has folders that are available offline. When he work on our network, so live, some file changes do not appear on the network. For example. He is working on a file with his Secretary. She is on windows XP. He makes changes to the file. The modification time is 14: 00 pm on the laptop. On all other computers on the network the modification time is 10: 47. But he is working LIVE. No matter if it's a synchronization or not. Therefore, it is the only one to see its changes while everyone should see the changes. It begins to be a serious problem.
June 23rd, 2010 4:33pm

Hi, I have exactly the same problem. Configuration: a Windows-XP computer running as a "small business server" and a laptop running Windows 7. Prior Windows 7 and a full XP config, offlines files worked perfectly and if somebody changed the file while being online on the laptop, the file was immediatly synchronised and available on the server. But now when you change the file content on the Windows 7, the file is not synchronised, so the people on the server get the old version ! it is annoying and we are wondering about adopting another synchronisation software ! Can you please people of Microsoft revert to the previous behavior or put a setting to allow that while being online any change on an offline file is immediatly synchronised ? Thanks, Laurent.Laurent Ligeois
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July 14th, 2010 6:05pm

Hi to all, Just an additionnal thing for everybody: to workaround this problem, I configured a sheduled task to synchronise every x minutes. It works fine. Still completly idiot to have to synchronize all while it would be so simple to just work "online", but it's better than nothing ! LaurentLaurent Ligeois
July 17th, 2010 10:02am

Any updates on this? Having the same problem... tried to work it out for dayssss:(( @Laurent How do you exactly do that sync? with mobsync?? Thanx for help Severin
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July 24th, 2010 3:22pm

Windows automatically syncs any changes you made to the files the next time you connect to that network folder.Amolkumar Supe
July 24th, 2010 3:41pm

on Win 7 please try to stop windows search and indexing service open an elevated command prompt, type: net stop wsearch or you can stop it through services management console. check whether that solve the issue. thanks.
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July 27th, 2010 9:04am

btw, i was unable to reproduce the issue mentioned. i created XP, Vista and Win 7. created an shared folder with offline cache enable. on XP, Vista and Win 7, i made the folder always available offline. i copied about 10 files onto the share folder. then i delete the files for testing, but i did not see the issue occuring. on all the clients machine, the file/folder was updated immediately. fyi, all my clients are clean installed without any third party software installed or any GPO applied.
July 27th, 2010 10:26am

it depends what server you're running. If you're running 2008 it will work but if you're running 2000 or 2003 than you've got an issue.
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July 27th, 2010 2:17pm

I am having the same problem with Win 7 pro and Windows 2000 server. It seems that if the user is not granted Admin rights the folder does not sync. XP pro works fine!
July 28th, 2010 9:49am

Hi! I am having the same issue with server 2003 and win 7 pro. Any updates to this case??
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January 7th, 2011 6:57am

Hi! I am having the same issue with server 2003 and win 7 pro. Any updates to this case??
January 7th, 2011 2:46pm

I have not found a solution on this issue!!
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January 19th, 2011 9:42am

In a previous post you mention that Server 2000 & 2003 are a problem but not 2008. Is that still the case, or are you still having this problem. I ask, because we just went to Windows 7 and are experiencing the same issues. We are running a back end Win 2000 Server.
February 17th, 2011 12:53am

Does this group policy solve your problem? http://www.sevenforums.com/network-sharing/61328-offline-files-doent-update-files-changed-locally.html
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February 23rd, 2011 8:35pm

Does this group policy solve your problem? http://www.sevenforums.com/network-sharing/61328-offline-files-doent-update-files-changed-locally.html worked for me...
February 26th, 2011 10:02pm

Does this group policy solve your problem? http://www.sevenforums.com/network-sharing/61328-offline-files-doent-update-files-changed-locally.html worked for me... Ryan, Did you update the group policy on the SBS 2003 server? Not only am I having this problem but when a user opens an AutoCAD file in a directory marked as "available Offline", the file disappears from the directory listing for the other users.
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February 27th, 2011 6:42pm

Hiya, If the files dissappear from the network for other users, are D5434(or there abouts).TMP files appear? If so, that's a separate bug, which can be fixed with either SP1 or the single patch, http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2434932
March 4th, 2011 11:20am

I have network folders setup for use offline. When im online and another user deletes files from those folders, i dont see those deletions until i reboot or force a manual sync. How do you make that to show real time. So that when another user deletes files in folders i have set to use offline... however im online connected/authenticated to the network, i can see those changes real time. thanks, Hey All - Seems I'm not alone in my frustration!! Have been grappling this issue now for longer than I care to think about! I have tried everything - enabled transparent caching, checked the slow network settings, all sorts! My OS landscape is WIN7 (now with SP1) and Win 2K3 SP2 servers. I have tried building a 2k8 R2 files server but the problem still exists. I have seen some posts on DIR/Share perms which haven't cured. I've even tried with a test sand box environment having everyone set top full control in terms of folder permissions - alas to no avail. Indexing is running fine on the servers and folder re-direction works on the initial logon to re-direct Documents, AppData, Desktop, Favourites, etc The Problem - the users home directory perminatley sits in CSC-CACHE, however..... a curve ball for MS. When i put the users in the local admin group, the experience is as should be! Users data attaches back to NTFS vol fine and syncs perfectly in the background. So for this reason alone, i fail to conclude that this is "by design" I've even trying going off piste and tried hacking some DCOM stuff but alas.... no joy It's just so frustrating it works as a local admin but not a user - no matter what GP is applied/not applied - it's not even an option to have the users in local admins or anarchy would ensue! Any help/comments/direction would be most welcome It's just bizarre - used to work fine in XP!
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March 18th, 2011 6:51am

Hi there Guys I am having the very same issue, is there no quick fix for this problem? Santosh
April 7th, 2011 11:47am

Having exactly the same problem also. Win 7 Ent Ed. Have attempted all suggestions and Group Policy mods without success. What strikes me is how 'hard' this failure is - it's not at all intermittent, but fails on every newly imaged machine, but there does not appear to be an acknowledgement from MS on the issue as far as I can see. Laurent, Can you explain how you scheduled a sync? I don't see a command & switch combo to do this. Thanks.
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May 5th, 2011 12:17pm

Neil-C: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2434932 That worked.. we've been seeing that exact issue for a while now. Server backend is not relevant ;-) It doesnt look like this was included in SP1 either. Sven.
May 10th, 2011 1:02pm

Hi, We are having the exact same problem. Offline files in windows 7 do not sync when the computers are connected to our lan network. Have tested the solutions provided here, but no luck. The only solution is to sync manually each time before opening a network file :(. @Microsoft: please come with a proper solution for this issue. Thanks
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May 16th, 2011 11:31am

Hi, We are having the exact same problem. Offline files in windows 7 do not sync when the computers are connected to our lan network. Have tested the solutions provided here, but no luck. The only solution is to sync manually each time before opening a network file :(. @Microsoft: please come with a proper solution for this issue. Thanks Same issue here as well.
May 16th, 2011 1:07pm

Hi, Same here. Basically fine using XP clients. If using 7 then changes made offline are not synced back to network drive when back on the network. Tried local admin rights. Using Transparent Caching with 1ms setting. Many other Group policy settings Only way it works is manual sync.... More than frustrating GB
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May 18th, 2011 8:36am

Did you ever get an answer on this bsumandig? I'm fairly sure we used to have this same issue, and the only thing I've patched is KB 2434932 (it's v2 of that KB that will download) to resolve an issue with Temp files appearing and stuff being stuck in Offline files on client machines. This did replace the CSC.sys file though, and a few others which I think has fixed other problems (network dropoffs, Auto caching of files etc). I tested against a 2003 server. I'll try a 2008 and a 2000 box too to see if there's any problem with them now.
May 18th, 2011 11:24am

I'm having the same problem with redirected offline enabled libraries. Win7Prox86 and Server 2008R2. Silly!
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May 18th, 2011 4:29pm

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