Bug in Vista Briefcase

[Guest]

In addition to the generally dire re-implementation of Briefcase under Vista,
another (XP/pre-XP?) issue has (re)appeared on Vista HP.

I finally caught the briefcase out - in the (badly designed) Update dialog,
the "master" version is marked as Modified, and the briefcase copy is marked
Unmodified.

Select "Details" and one arrives at a "Resolve Conflict" dialog - BOTH files
being noted as having been modified (I have a screenshot if anyone wants it).

File synchronisation is an essential these days: either enable Sync in
non-ultimate versions of Vista or make the Briefcase usable - please!

See other postings by myself and other users for details of cumulative
Briefcase issues - including "silent" update failures.

This should not be considered as a "suggestion": it does not relate to
product development or enhancement, it's about making something do what it
should be doing in the first place properly & usably.

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[retroman]

I finally caught the briefcase out - in the (badly designed) Update dialog,
the "master" version is marked as Modified, and the briefcase copy is marked
Unmodified.

Select "Details" and one arrives at a "Resolve Conflict" dialog - BOTH files
being noted as having been modified (I have a screenshot if anyone wants it).

Julian,

Confirmed here, I see the same problem on every file! It's bizarre that this wasn't
caught by MS in testing.

Doug M. in NJ

 

[Dilek]

I also have lots of problems with briefcase on Vista. Recently I've found out
that there is a utility called SynchToy from Microsoft. It seems much better
than briefcase. It looks like it is actually usable.

 

[Zanderius]

Me 5. I really hope that Microsoft fixes the bugs in Briefcase for Windows
Vista. Why include something if it doesn't work?

How frustrating!

 

[R. C. White]

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RC
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[Tushar]

I was also using the briefcase for years and in xp it worked great for
synching files...
as soon as i bought a new notebook with vista i screwed my files which i
saved for years..
Microsoft need to do something about this crapware...

-Tushar

 

[Retroman]

I was also using the briefcase for years and in xp it worked great for
synching files...
as soon as i bought a new notebook with vista i screwed my files which i
saved for years..
Microsoft need to do something about this crapware...

They already have a replacement. It's called SyncToy:

https://www.microsoft.com/DownLoads...36-98E0-4EE9-A7C5-98D0592D8C52&displaylang=en

SyncToy is light-years ahead of Briefcase, which is no longer being
developed. Why it was included in Vista is a complete mystery.

Doug M. in NJ