In Windows 7 you can run a fix it that will reinitialize the offline cache.  I will need to do that if for example i connect it to a new Server /domain.  Well how do you do this in Windows 8?  There is no Microsoft fix it for Windows 8.  The Windows 7 one doesn't work.  And you can't delete the files manually in the offline cache folder because of permissions issues.  I tried accessing the actual folder where they are stored CSC folder but getting access to the folder screws up offline files and they will no longer work, it will say syncing files but it's not syncing. I have looked and found no answer on this.

Is this one of the stupid ways that Microsoft is telling us that you shouldn't use offline files anymore, like mapped drives.  You can still map drives, but your software programs won't see them, just the UNC paths. 

Why don't they just take it away for crying out loud.

Try to solve your problm before saying tha MS is stupid.

What version of Windows 8 do you have. Hope at least Pro to do the trick.

Windows 8 Pro.  So you don't thinks it's stupid that you can't delete the offline cache

In Windows XP you hold down ctrl + shift + delete

In Windows 7 you can reinitialize the cache using the Fix-it Msi

In Windows 8 you can..........

I am sorry if wanting to remove Gigabytes of data that isn't relevant, data that is taking up cache space is making me unhappy.  And it's not like turning off offline cache space deletes the cache.  It doesn't.  And that Folder Redirection turns it on by default so good luck getting the space back if you didn't want it on.  You will have to hack the folder and then never be able to use it again.  When I spend hours trying to fix something that can't be fixed, that on Windows 7 would have been fixed in 1 min...........

 What am I supposed to say.

Windows 8 Pro.  So you don't think it's stupid that you can't delete the offline cache

In Windows XP you hold down ctrl + shift + delete

In Windows 7 you can reinitialize the cache using the Fix-it Msi

In Windows 8 you can..........

I am sorry if wanting to remove Gigabytes of data that isn't relevant, data that is taking up cache space is making me unhappy.  And it's not like turning off offline cache space deletes the cache.  It doesn't.  And that Folder Redirection turns it on by default so good luck getting the space back if you didn't want it on.  You will have to hack the folder and then never be able to use it again.  When I spend hours trying to fix something that can't be fixed, that on Windows 7 would have been fixed in 1 min...........

 What am I supposed to say.

Windows 8 Pro.  So you don't think it's stupid that you can't delete the offline cache

In Windows XP you hold down ctrl + shift + delete

In Windows 7 you can reinitialize the cache using the Fix-it Msi

In Windows 8 you can..........

I am sorry if wanting to remove Gigabytes of data that isn't relevant, data that is taking up cache space is making me unhappy.  And it's not like turning off offline cache space deletes the cache.  It doesn't.  And that Folder Redirection turns it on by default so good luck getting the space back if you didn't want it on.  You will have to hack the folder and then never be able to use it again.  When I spend hours trying to fix something that can't be fixed, that on Windows 7 would have been fixed in 1 min...........

 What am I supposed to say.

• Edited by Karama Tuesday, August 20, 2013 1:38 AM

Hi,

I suggest you run the following command to add the registry key. Please open command prompt with Admin.

reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Csc\Parameters /v FormatDatabase /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

That does not help. As doesn't the other registry trick (same value, other location) that I found in another post. I am currently not able to use over 600GB of my 700 GB disk. Please help.

JAn