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Selecting folders for Offline Syncing

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by rogmj007 1 view

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I have a folder named "root" shared on my workstation. On my laptop, I map to that "root" folder and I have offline files synchronized. Within that "root" folder are many subfolders, approximately 10. I only want to synchronize 2 or 3 of the subfolders for offline access. However, my laptop copies all of the folders for offline synchronization. When I right-click the folders on my laptop to remove the check for offline synchronization, it is "grayed out". I tried a work-around by going to the subfolders directly and only enabling the 2 folders for offline synchronization. That did not work as the other folders were being copied as well. How can I have only the two or three folder I want to synchronize?

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by yetanotheradmin

I know there will be a solution but off the top of my head, as a workaround couldn't you also share "sub1" and "sub2" and set them to sync but not "root".

by rogmj007

I could do that. However, I do not want multiple shares. I would then have multiple drives and I have various applications linked to that one drive. Multiple shares would require re-mapping the various applications.

by yetanotheradmin

Ok, just had a chance to try this. Assuming you want only the files in your "root" share but all files and folders within "sub1" and "sub2" to be available offline. First browse to "root", right click and select "Make available offline" when given the choice, select "No, make only this folder available offline". Then navigate to "sub1" and repeat but select "Yes, make this folder and all it's subfolders available offline". Then repeat for "sub2". I'm using W2k Pro and it works fine. If that doesnt work I would suggest turning offline files off and on again and starting again.

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