Briefcase and Subfolders

[Guest Kurt]

I have Win XP Pro SP2. I am trying to use Briefcase to synchronize a large

group of files on a networked computer to my laptop. I created a "briefcase"

on my laptop, and copied all of the folders contained in the primary folder I

am synchronizing. The files I need are at \\server\c\progfolder\data\files.

In that folder, I have lots of subfolders.

 

When I set up the briefcase, I put it at a location on my laptop that

corresponds to the network structure, at c:\progfolder\data_remote\files.

This "files" is my briefcase. I copied all of the subfolders from

\\server\...\files to c:\...\files.

 

Now, when I Update All, it synchronizes the contents of the subfolders that

existed on the day I set up Briefcase, but it doesn't add new subfolders as

they are added to the server. is there a way to get Briefcase to add the new

subfolders and synchronize them as well?

[Guest BlastOButter42]

Re: Briefcase and Subfolders

 

On Jul 16, 6:38 pm, Kurt <K...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I have Win XP Pro SP2. I am trying to use Briefcase to synchronize a large

> group of files on a networked computer to my laptop. I created a "briefcase"

> on my laptop, and copied all of the folders contained in the primary folder I

> am synchronizing. The files I need are at \\server\c\progfolder\data\files.

> In that folder, I have lots of subfolders.

>

> When I set up the briefcase, I put it at a location on my laptop that

> corresponds to the network structure, at c:\progfolder\data_remote\files.

> This "files" is my briefcase. I copied all of the subfolders from

> \\server\...\files to c:\...\files.

>

> Now, when I Update All, it synchronizes the contents of the subfolders that

> existed on the day I set up Briefcase, but it doesn't add new subfolders as

> they are added to the server. is there a way to get Briefcase to add the new

> subfolders and synchronize them as well?

 

Yes, you have to drag the one folder that contains all the subfolders

that you want to synchronize (and inside which any new subfolders

would go) into the briefcase. That way, Windows will recognize new

subfolders as changes the one folder you've dragged into the

briefcase, and copy the new subfolders accordingly.

Don't worry about corresponding to the network structure on your

laptop. As long as the folder you're synchronize isn't moved, Windows

will still recognize everything.

I couldn't quite tell from your example which folders were which, so

if you're still confused, detail the hierarchy you have so I can give

you an example. I think this is pretty straightforward though.