FolderRedirection to network no longer offline after FormatDatabase of OfflineFiles

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Hello everyone,

 

we currently have the following configuration:

 

1. User's Desktop & Documents folder redirected to a network location.

 

2. Network Location is configured with Latency=1 to have the folder "Always Offline" and synced by the Backgroundagent.

 

3. Windows 10 - Enterprise x64 - 1607, 1703 and 1709

 

From time to time, we'd have a user that has problems with the offline files cache. We perform a clean of the CSC-Database (by setting the FormatDatabase Regkey and rebooting the computer).

 

 

 

 

The problem we have now is, that the earlier redirected folders are no longer available offline. We waited several days, rebooted the computer, performed GPUPDATES... everything... it's not happening automatically. The only known method for us would be to change

the GPO and bring back the context menu to show the user the "make available offline" item, and excplicit click on it for both folders to make it available offline again. (Note: Before the format database, the context menu item, if shown, would be

checked and greyed out).

 

 

 

Is this a bug? Feature? Can anything else be done to bring back the sync partnerships automatically after cleaning the database?

 

Thanks in advance

 

 

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