Guest refurbmike Posted July 3, 2007 Posted July 3, 2007 I'm setting up a notebook and trying to set-up "offline files." I have enabled Offline Files in the Folder Options and checked all the boxes. According to all the manuals, the next step would be to select the desired directory and choose "Make Available Offline" or something to this extent from the File Menu. This option is not availbe. I've tried selecting the entire network share/drive, a folder on the share, and a file on the share. Nothing. Any ideas?
Guest Gordon Posted July 3, 2007 Posted July 3, 2007 Re: Cannot make files "offline" "refurbmike" <refurbmike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A6DF7113-EAD7-4AA6-8C81-C902A87279BF@microsoft.com... > I'm setting up a notebook and trying to set-up "offline files." I have > enabled Offline Files in the Folder Options and checked all the boxes. > According to all the manuals, the next step would be to select the desired > directory and choose "Make Available Offline" or something to this extent > from the File Menu. This option is not availbe. I've tried selecting the > entire network share/drive, a folder on the share, and a file on the > share. > Nothing. > > Any ideas? > It's not on the "File" menu - it's on the "Right-Click" menu.....
Guest refurbmike Posted July 3, 2007 Posted July 3, 2007 Re: Cannot make files "offline" Checked there too. Nothing. Also, I noticed there was a similar problem when I searched MS for the error - but the solution was to install SP2. I have already done such.
Guest Gordon Posted July 3, 2007 Posted July 3, 2007 Re: Cannot make files "offline" "refurbmike" <refurbmike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:662AECF8-31A7-43F2-A5E7-7E5DCB664FF3@microsoft.com... > Checked there too. Nothing. > > Also, I noticed there was a similar problem when I searched MS for the > error > - but the solution was to install SP2. I have already done such. > OK are you setting the "Enable Off-line files" on the machine which will be actually be using the off-line files? Are you then going to My Network Places, right-clicking on the network folder that contains the files you want to use off-line?
Guest refurbmike Posted July 3, 2007 Posted July 3, 2007 Re: Cannot make files "offline" > OK are you setting the "Enable Off-line files" on the machine which will be > actually be using the off-line files? Yup. Are you then going to My Network > Places, right-clicking on the network folder that contains the files you > want to use off-line? No. We have the share being mapped to the user, currently their "z" drive. That is what I'm trying to make offline. I've tried doing the whole drive, then folders and files in the drive. No luck.
Guest refurbmike Posted July 3, 2007 Posted July 3, 2007 Re: Cannot make files "offline" So not to really sound stupid, but do I need to select the folder from Network Neighborhood?
Guest Gordon Posted July 4, 2007 Posted July 4, 2007 Re: Cannot make files "offline" "refurbmike" <refurbmike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1BB2DD63-B864-482F-B017-004796263EA0@microsoft.com... > So not to really sound stupid, but do I need to select the folder from > Network Neighborhood? > Try it - I had HUGE problems with my off-line files not working yesterday, and I think (but I'm not sure) that if I tried to make a named share off-line then it didn't work, whereas if I went through the Entire Network and did it, it did.
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